LOCAL

City Calendar
School Menu for Oct. 23-27
Speaker To Present Teen Fact Consequences Seminar Oct 23
Local DA Says Drug Store 2000 Should Leave Lasting Impression
Thuringer Group To Perform Tuesday
District Judge Boyd Recognizes Children
Local Ambucs Attend Annual Great Plains Convention
Board of Commissioners To Discuss Radio Operation
Authorities Investigate Kay County Jail Death

City Calendar

Items for the City Calendar should be brought in or telephoned (765-3311) to Bob Patterson, at the Ponca City News, by Thursday noon.

Anytime

FOLOBS (Friends of Library Ongoing Book Sale), anytime the Ponca City Library is open, North of Multimedia Room (downstairs).

First Monday

Lions Vision Group meets the first Monday of the month, with the exception of holidays, at 10 a.m. at Grace Episcopal Church, using the Thirteenth Street entrance. Refreshments are served at 9:45 a.m. For a ride call 765-4370. The meetings are open to visually impaired residents.

Every Wednesday and Friday

Elks Lodge Food Night, 6-8 p.m., Elks Lodge, 3612 Lake Road.

Monday

Drug Store 2000 Opening Celebration, 10 a.m.-noon, Hutchins Auditorium.

Ponca City Board of Commissioners, Ponca City Utility Authority, Ponca City Development Authority, 5:30 p.m., Public Safety Center, 200 East Oklahoma Avenue.

Gorden Deckert, M.D., F.A.C.P., 7 p.m.-8:30 p.m., Hutchins Auditorium, public invited to attend.

Elks Lodge Meeting, 7 p.m., 3612 Lake Road.

Monday-Thursday

Drug Store 2000, 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m., Hutchins Auditorium.

Tuesday

Movie and Popcorn “Drums Along the Mohawk,” 12:30 p.m., Senior Center, 319 West Grand Avenue.

Wednesday

Crafts with Mary Jo!, 12:30 p.m., Senior Center, 319 West Grand Avenue.

Thursday

Ponca City Noon Ambucs, Noon to 1 p.m., Ponca City Country Club, interested in joining come by.

Domino or Table Games, 12:30 p.m., Senior Center, 319 West Grand Avenue.

Alzheimer’s Support Group Meeting, 7 p.m., Conference Room A (in cafeteria), St. Joseph Regional Medical Center.

American Legion Huff-Minor Post 14, 7:30 p.m., Post Home, 407 West South Avenue.

Friday

Drug Store 2000, 8:30 a.m.-noon, Hutchins Auditorium, public invited to attend.

District XVII Child Abuse Prevention, noon, El Patio, 731 North Fourteenth Street, call Katina Combes, 765-2476 for more information.

Ponca City Literacy Council Third Annual Spaghetti Dinner, 4:30-7:30 p.m., Ponca City Masonic Lodge, West Grand Avenue, adults $5, children under 12 $3.

Senior Pitch, 6:30 p.m., Senior Center, 319 West Grand Avenue.

Saturday

Join Volunteers on Make A Difference Day, contact Ponca City Tomorrow 763-8051 or United Way Office 765-2476.

19th Annual McCord Arts and Crafts Festival, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., McCord School, three miles east of Ponca City on U.S. 60 and one mile south on McCord Road, more than 70 exhibitors featuring herbal crafts, ceramics, needlework, woodcraft, holiday items and more, admission free, sponsored by parents and teachers of McCord.

Peer Mediation Training, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Conoco Fourth Street Clubhouse, adult volunteers welcome, contact Katina Combes, 765-2467 or Byron Tribble, 762-9764.

Y.E.S. (Youth Empowerment Services) workday, 9 a.m.-noon, Help clean seniors yards, contact Katina Combes 765-2476, sponsored by Ponca City Alliance for Youth, United Way, 205 North Second Street.

RSVP Annual Recognition Banquet, 5:30 p.m., Senior Center, 319 West Grand Avenue, open to all RSVP volunteers; must make reservations by Oct. 25, more information 762-9412.

October 30

Halloween Bingo (Wear your disguise!), 12:30 p.m., Senior Center, 319 West Grand Avenue.

October 31

Fall Spelling Bee, win a prize!, 12:30 p.m., Senior Center, 319 West Grand Avenue.

Free Harvest Festival for Kids, 6-7:30 p.m., Second Baptist Church, 1112 West Grand Avenue, on the church grounds, fun house, face painting, games, prizes, candy and more, kids must be accompanied by an adult, more information 765-3449.

November 1

Energy Advisory Board, 7:30 a.m., Public Safety Center, 200 East Oklahoma Avenue.

November 2

Ponca City Noon Ambucs, Noon to 1 p.m., Ponca City Country Club, interested in joining come by.

Kay-9 Dog Training Club, 7 p.m., Ponca City Library, public welcome, more information 762-9053 or 762-7360.

November 3

Annual Rummage and Bake Sale, 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m., St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, 1904 North Pecan Road, (Pecan Road and East Hartford Avenue).

World Community Day, 9:30 a.m., sponsored by Church Women United, First United Methodist Church, theme “Standing Up with Those in Need,” all churches invited to attend.

An Evening with Sullivan and Gilbert featuring Cox & Box, comic operetta, 7:30 p.m., Poncan Theatre, presented by Ponca City Arts and Humanities, Oklahoma Arts Council, National Endowment for the Arts, and Conoco Inc., no charge.

November 4

Alpha Gamma Study Club 29th Annual Arts and Craft Fair, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Unity Recreation Center, Ponca City, contact Karen Yost (580) 765-4688 for application.

Christian Motorcycles Association, 8:30 a.m., Conestoga, I-35 and U.S. 60.

Unique Holiday Boutique, 1-6 p.m., Pioneer Motor Bank, North Fourteenth Street and Lake Road, crafts, collectibles, decor and more.

November 6

Ponca City Board of Commission Work Session, 2 p.m., Public Safety Center, Commissioners’ Room, 200 East Oklahoma Avenue.

November 8

Community Pool Committee, 4:30 p.m., YMCA, 702 East Grand Avenue.

Rural Water, Sewer and Solid Waste Management District No. 3 Monthly Board Meeting, 7 p.m., District Pump House, Perch Lane, Sandy Park Estates.

November 9

Ponca City Housing Authority, 10 a.m., Broadway Plaza, 201 East Broadway Avenue.

Ponca City Noon Ambucs, Noon to 1 p.m., Ponca City Country Club, interested in joining come by.

Agrarian Club, 6 p.m., southwest meeting room, Western Sizzlin.

American Legion Huff-Minor Post 14, 7:30 p.m., Post Home, 407 West South Avenue.

November 11

Veteran’s Day Parade, 10:30 a.m., Downtown Ponca City, contact Chuck Gregg, 580-765-1367.

November 13

Ponca City Board of Commissioners, Ponca City Utility Authority, Ponca City Development Authority, 5:30 p.m., Public Safety Center, 200 East Oklahoma Avenue.

November 14

Economic Development Advisory Board, 7:30 a.m., City Commission Chamber, Public Safety Center, 200 East Oklahoma Avenue.

Ponca City Library Board, 11:30 a.m., Ponca City Library Board Room, 515 East Grand Avenue.

AARP, 12:30 p.m., Wheatheart Nutrition Center.

McCord Volunteer Fire Department, 7 p.m., McCord School Library.

Rural Water District No. 1, Kay County, Regular Monthly Board Meeting, 7:30 p.m., Enterprise School.

November 15

Ponca City Public School Foundation, noon, Ponca City Chamber of Commerce office.

Ponca City Tourism Authority, 2 p.m., Cultural Center Sunroom, 1000 East Grand Avenue.

November 16

Ponca City Noon Ambucs, Noon to 1 p.m., Ponca City Country Club, interested in joining come by.

Ponca City Park and Recreation Advisory Board, 5:30 p.m., Public Safety Center, Municipal Courtroom, 200 East Oklahoma Avenue.

Disabled American Veterans McKnight-Printz Chapter 47, 7 p.m., 401 South Lincoln Street.

November 17

Traffic Commission, 1:15 p.m., Commissioners Room, Public Safety Center, 200 East Oklahoma Avenue.

November 18

Liberty PTA Arts and Crafts Show, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., anyone interested in booth space, Derra Bishop 762-6288 or 762-6422.

Food Fair with Grace Episcopal Church Women, frozen casseroles, baked goods, specialty foods, mixes, dips, teas, cookie mix and various sauces, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., Parish Hall, Grace Episcopal Church, 109 North Thirteenth Street.

November 20

Ponca City Board of Commission Work Session, 2 p.m., Public Safety Center, Commissioners’ Room, 200 East Oklahoma Avenue.

United Ostomy Association Inc., Stillwater-Ponca City Chapter, 7 p.m., St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Ponca City, Conference Room B (ground floor), review of Hollister products with Randall Boord, Hollister rep.

November 21

Kaw Lake Association 2000 Board Meeting, noon, Hero’s, Holiday Inn.

Marland Estate Commission, 4:30 p.m., Program Room, Ponca City Library, 515 East Grand Avenue.

Osage Cove Volunteer Fire Department, 7 p.m., Fire Station, corner U.S. 60E and Keeler Road, new volunteers always welcome.

November 22

Christmas Tree Lighting and Caroling, 6 p.m., Centennial Plaza, Fifth Street and East Grand Avenue, Ponca City, contact Tamara Sharp, 580-763-8082.

November 22-December 30

Festival of Angels, 6-10 p.m. nightly, Citywide and Lake Ponca Park, contact Kathy Adams, 580-767-0420.

November 23

Pioneer Woman 15K and 5K Run, 9 a.m., Pioneer Woman Statue, 701 Monument Road, contact Bob Kammiller, 580-765-7855.

November 27

Ponca City Board of Commissioners, Ponca City Utility Authority, Ponca City Development Authority, 5:30 p.m., Public Safety Center, 200 East Oklahoma Avenue.

November 30

Ponca City Noon Ambucs, Noon to 1 p.m., Ponca City Country Club, interested in joining come by.

December 1

Lighted Christmas Parade, 6 p.m., Downtown Ponca City, contact Tamara Sharp, 580-763-8082.

December 2

Christmas Gala, 7 p.m.-midnight, Marland Estate Mansion, 901 Monument Road, contact Kathy Adams, 580-767-0420.

December 3

Cann Home, Garden Clubs will have an Open House, with cookies and coffee, 1-4 p.m., 1500 East Grand Avenue, Ponca City.

Marland’s Grand Home Twentieth Century Will Hold an Open House, with cookies and coffee, 2-4 p.m., 1000 East Grand Avenue.

December 3-31

Christmas Tree Collage Exhibit, 1-5 p.m., Wednesday-Sunday, Ponca City Art Center, 819 East Central Avenue, contact Donna Secrest, 580-765-9746.

December 8-9-10

“Amahl and the Night Visitors” musical, 7 p.m., First United Methodist Church, free admission, for information Donna Butler, 762-1681.

December 8

Historic Homes Holiday Tour, 6-9 p.m., Citywide, contact Missy Morland, 580-763-8067.

December 20

Ponca City Public School Foundation, noon, Ponca City Chamber of Commerce office.

School Menu for Oct. 23-27

Elementary Breakfast

Monday — Hostess muffins or pop tart or cereal, assorted juices and milk.

Tuesday — Breakfast bites or cereal or pop tart, assorted juices and milk.

Wednesday — Hostess muffins or pop tart or cereal, assorted juices and milk.

Thursday — Pancake on a stick or pop tart or cereal, assorted juices and milk.

Friday — No school

Elementary Lunch

Monday — Pizza sticks or cheeseburger, tater tots, tossed salad with ranch dressing, applesauce, saltine crackers, dill spears, raisins or assorted cold sandwiches, chef salad, yogurt plate, juice and milk.

Tuesday — Chicken chunks with hot roll or chili cheese corn dog, mashed potatoes and gravy, sunflower seeds, saltine crackers, dill spears, raisins or assorted cold sandwiches, chef salad, yogurt plate, juice and milk.

Wednesday — Frito chili pie or chicken patty sandwich, mexican beans, peaches, Jello, trail mix, saltine crackers, dill spears, raisins or assorted cold sandwiches, chef salad, yogurt plate, juice and milk.

Thursday — Cheese dogs or pepperoni pizza, corn, pork and beans, bear grahams, fresh fruit, saltine crackers, dill spears, raisins or assorted cold sandwiches, chef salad, yogurt plate, juice and milk.

Friday — No school

West Middle School

Breakfast

Monday — Waffles with little sausage or pop tart or cereal, assorted juice and milk.

Tuesday — Breakfast bites with hash browns or pop tart or cereal, assorted juice and milk.

Wednesday — Biscuits and gravy or pop tart or cereal, assorted juice and milk.

Thursday — Pancake on a stick or pop tart or cereal, assorted juice and milk.

Friday — No school

Lunch

Available on Monday through Friday at the Middle School is Domino’s pizza and Taco Bell burritos. Also available on Tuesday and Thursday is Subway.

Monday — Cheeseburger, french fries, tomato and lettuce salad, pudding, fresh fruit, saltine crackers, dill spears, raisins or assorted cold sandwiches, salads, juice and milk.

Tuesday — Chicken chunks with hot roll, mashed potatoes and gravy, salad with dressing, saltine crackers, dill spears, raisins or assorted cold sandwiches, salads, juice and milk.

Wednesday — Frito chili pie, mexi beans, peaches, Jello, cheesy rice, fresh fruit, saltine crackers, dill spears, raisins or assorted cold sandwiches, salads, juice and milk.

Thursday — Stuffed crust pizza, corn, fruit, tossed salad, Jello, fresh fruit, saltine crackers, dill spears, raisins or assorted cold sandwiches, salads, juice and milk.

Friday — No school

East Middle School

Lunch

Available at East Middle School Monday through Friday are Domino’s and Taco Bell burritos. Subway is available on Tuesday and Thursday.

Monday — Chili cheese corn dog, tater tots with cheese, lettuce and tomato salad, fresh fruit, dill spears, raisins or assorted cold sandwiches, salads, juice and milk.

Tuesday — Cheese filled pizza with marinara sauce, broccoli with cheese, Jello, lettuce and tomato salad, fresh fruit, dill spears, raisins or assorted cold sandwiches, salads, juice and milk.

Wednesday — Chicken strips with hot roll, potatoes and gravy, glazed carrots, fresh fruit, salad with ranch dressing, dill spears, raisins or assorted cold sandwiches, salads, juice and milk.

Thursday — Soft tacos, mexi beans, cheesy rice, fresh fruit, Jello, dill spears, raisins or assorted cold sandwiches, salads, juice and milk.

Friday — No school

Po-Hi

Breakfast

Monday — Biscuits and gravy or cereal, assorted juice and milk.

Tuesday — Jelly donuts or muffins or cereal, assorted juice and milk.

Wednesday — Breakfast bites with hash browns or cereal, assorted juice and milk.

Thursday — Biscuit sandwich with hash browns or cereal, assorted juice and milk.

Friday — No school

High School Lunch

The Ala Carte Wildcat line offers Pizza Inn every day and Subway on Tuesday and Thursday. The Retro Mart features Mexican food, bakery/deli and Italian food courts.

All-American Line

Monday — Pizza sticks or cheese sticks, broccoli with cheese sauce, tossed salad with ranch dressing, pudding, seasonal fruit, juice and milk.

Tuesday — Breaded chicken sandwich, lettuce and tomato slice, pork and beans, chips, Jello, seasonal fruit, juice and milk.

Wednesday — Burrito with chili, mexi beans, lettuce and tomato salad, jalapenos, seasonal fruit, juice and milk.

Thursday — Chicken nuggets with hot roll, mashed potatoes and gravy, tossed salad, peas, seasonal fruit, juice and milk.

Friday — Ravioli with hot roll, tossed salad, seasoned green beans, seasonal fruits, juice and milk.

McCord Elementary

Breakfast

Monday — Cinnamon rolls, juice and milk.

Tuesday — Ham, egg and cheese bar, toast, juice and milk.

Wednesday — Rice, toast, juice and milk.

Thursday — Cereal, toast, juice and milk.

Friday — No school

Lunch

Monday — Hot dog with relish and mustard, tater tots, green peas, applesauce, cookie and milk.

Tuesday — Tuna noodle casserole, blackeye peas, peaches, hot roll and milk.

Wednesday — Chicken pot pie, biscuit, mixed fruit, ice cream and milk.

Thursday — Tostado, lettuce, cheese, corn, applesauce and milk.

Friday — No school

Pioneer Technology Center

Tuesday — Beef tips with rice, barbecue grilled chicken or chef’s choice plus soup, assorted salads, salad bar, vegetables, breads and desserts.

Wednesday — Beef enchiladas, almond chicken or catch of the day plus soup, assorted salads, salad bar, vegetables, breads and desserts.

Thursday — Lasagna, pork chop and dressing or chef’s choice plus soup, assorted salads, salad bar, vegetables, breads and desserts.

The cafeteria is open to the public Tuesday through Thursday from 11:15 a.m. to noon.

Speaker To Present Teen Fact Consequences Seminar Oct 23

Learn the facts about teens in Kay County on Oct. 23 from 7 to 8:30 p.m. at Hutchins Auditorium, 5th and Overbrook. National speaker and member of the Oklahoma State Board of Health, Gordon H. Deckert, M.D., FACP, will present “Teens —Facts-Consequences-Solutions,” The speech will focus on drug use and sexual activity of teens in Kay County.

Deckert will provide information needed to help local teens avoid at-risk behaviors. Concerned parents, caring adults, educators, social workers, counselors, and members of the medical community are encouraged to attend this free presentation.

Deckert, a dynamic speaker, has given presentations in every state of the union and was featured in the Continuing Medical Education Bulletin as one of the top three presenters in the United States.

Presently, he is serving his second term as a member of the Oklahoma Board of Health, chair of its Public Health Policy Committee and is a past president. Under his leadership, the first State of the State’s Health report to the people of Oklahoma was published in 1996.

Currently, his top professional priority is to facilitate an improvement in Oklahoma’s health status.

Deckert will present statistical information and possible solutions regarding Kay County area’s growing problems of teen drug use and sexual activity. After clarifying the number of teens involved, Deckert will discuss the medical and social ramifications of these teen actions. The presentation will continue with suggestions about what actions can be taken by the community and individuals to help prevent drug use and sexual activity among teens.

Finally, the presentation will end with an open audience discussion of the issues. The audience is encouraged to voice questions and share concerns and ideas regarding the discussion.

The presentation, “Teens: Facts-Consequences-Solutions,” is made possible by the staff physicians of St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center; Kay County Health Department; Ponca City Alliance for Youth, Teen Pregnancy Prevention Taskforce; Drug Store 2000, a Ponca City collaborative effort; United Way of Ponca City; and AmeriCorps Corporation for National Service. These organizations provided financial and/or volunteer support to bring this information to Kay County citizens.

The groups hope the information shared can be used to help make a difference in the lives of youth. Don’t miss this chance to hear Deckert and find out what you can do to protect and help the youth in your life.

For more information, contact Katina Combes, United Way/AmeriCorps Promise Fellow at 765-2476 or e-mail: uwvolctr@ponacity.net.

Local DA Says Drug Store 2000 Should Leave Lasting Impression

Drug Store 2000, a powerful drug prevention drama needs volunteers! The program is scheduled to take place Oct. 23 through 26, 8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Hutchins Memorial Auditorium, Fifth and Overbrook for sixth, seventh, and eighth grade students. Friday, Oct. 27, the Drug Store 2000 will be open to ninth graders and the public 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Everyone is encouraged to participate.

Volunteers will guide students through the program and/or distribute T-shirts and information to participating youth. The support of volunteers enables Drug Store 2000 to teach our youth the dangers of drug use. Caring adult volunteers will help make a positive impact on the youth of Ponca City. This is a chance to step out of the silent majority and take an active role in fighting against drug use. Contact Pixie Rowland, Oklahoma Blood Institute, at 762-9488 to volunteer.

District Attorney Mark L. Gibson says the store brings reality to kids.

“By using professionals performing in their actual roles. Drug Store brings a large dose of reality to the performance seen by the kids. They are not seeing actors — they are seeing us do what we really do. I believe this has an even bigger impact on these kids, who have been raised with ‘reality-based’ programming and want to be entertained by real-life situations,” he said.

Gibson also says the Drug Store will make a lasting impression. “We believe that the last drug store made a lasting impression on the kids that went through it, and I am sure that we can accomplish that again. We want this program to plant a seed in these kids’ minds that drug use causes very serious, frightening, lifelong consequences — medically, socially and criminally. Hopefully that seed, planted now, will thrive and grow so that when a child is later faced with a decision whether to use drugs, (s) he will know that the only answer is to choose not to use.”

Drug Store 2000 is an interactive educational experience that teaches the real consequences of drug use. The 45-minute drama is performed by real students, pharmacists, police, district attorneys, lawyers, judges, counselors, emergency medical technicians, emergency room personnel, funeral directors, and convicts serving time for drug-related crimes.

Mark L. Gibson, Eighth District attorney said, “Drug Store brings a large dose of reality to the performance seen by the kids. They are not seeing actors — they are seeing us do what we really do.”

Drug Store is a way to teach youth the truth about drug use and where it can take you. Many of the students who experienced the first Ponca City Drug Store in 1997 wrote letters about how it affected them.

A seventh grader wrote, “I learned not to toy, use, or push drugs because I saw the consequences of all this.” Another student wrote, “Drugs can hurt and even kill”.

Gibson also states, “We want this program to plant a seed in these kids minds that drug use causes very serious frightening, lifelong consequences. We believe that the last Drug Store made a lasting impression on the kids that went through it.”

Drug Store 2000 is a Ponca City collaborative effort involving concerned citizens, civic organizations, business, religious community, and schools. Volunteers have raised funds through donations to give every youth attending a free Drug Store 2000 T-shirt. The shirts list contributors and will continue sending a drug prevention message. T-shirts from the first Ponca City Drug Store are still popular with youth and adults.

Drug Store 2000 is the second Drug Store in Ponca City. Volunteers came together through the Ponca City Alliance for Youth and decided to recreate the successful 1997 program. Many of the same committee members from the first Drug Store rejoined the team to organize Drug Store 2000.

Honorary chairman and CEO of Pioneer Bank, Carl Renfro states, “Drug Store is a powerful drug prevention program, and I am honored to be a part of it again.” The Drug Store 2000 Committee is focusing not only on Drug Store 2000 but also on promoting The Drug Store program in other communities.

If interested in learning more about Drug Store 2000, contact Katina Combes, AmeriCorps Promise Fellow/United Way of Ponca City, at (580) 765-2476 for information about how to create a Drug Store in your community.

Thuringer Group To Perform Tuesday

The Thuringer Salonquintett will perform Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., the second in this season’s Community Concerts series, at the Hutchins Memorial Auditorium.

The Thuringer Salonquintett is a chamber music ensemble committed to the central European tradition of light and entertaining music. Transcending notions of “classical” and “popular” music, the quintet combines music with fun and innovative programming. The quintet is comprised of the classic Kaffeehaus instrumentation of two violins (one doubling viola), cello, double bass and piano. The group is renowned for its high performance standards.

The group’s repertoire ranges from the Viennese classics of the mid 1700s to the waltzes, golops, and fantasies of the 19th century. They also include film music from the first half of the 20th century as well as commissions by leading composers writing in current idioms.

The violin virtuoso and concertmaster Herbert Voigt founded the Thuringer Salonquintett in 1973 as the Salonorchester Voigt. In its early years, the group achieved recognition on the East German music scene through its concerts and recordings. When Herbert Voigt retired, the ensemble found a successor in Andreas Hartman, one of Germany’s leading violinists. After German reunification, the group was renamed the Thuringer Salonquintett. Their first CD, Serenade d’Amour, garnered international acclaim; a second CD, Fruhling in Wien (Springtime in Vienna), was released in fall 1998, and an all-Strauss CD will be released in the year 2000. All CDs are available on the German label Querstand (U.S. distributor: Jem Music Corp.)

Community Concerts is a subscription series with membership renewal each spring. Any new Ponca City resident who was unable to purchase a season membership last spring may do so now by calling Leslie Rardin at 765-3971 or Mary Lois Nield at 762-5156. Season ticket prices are: adult $30, student $15, family $75, single parent family $45. Tax-deductible contributions are also accepted to support the new season.

District Judge Boyd Recognizes Children

In 1996, District Judge D.W. Boyd recognized that deprived and neglected children needed and deserved advocates. Because of this, in 1997 he fostered the establishment of the Kay County CASA program.

CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) volunteers provide information to the court concerning the child’s current placement, progress, concerns, desires, along with many other aspects. The court uses this information, together with information supplied by other parties of the case, to reach decisions concerning the status of the case, including placement of the child and possible reunification of the family.

Unfortunately, at the present time, there are not enough CASA volunteers available for one to be assigned to each case. Training to be a CASA volunteer is available at no cost to anyone interested. It is conducted using National CASA’s curriculum as well as community professionals, such as the DA’s office, court appointed attorneys, Ponca City Police Department, Child Welfare, Kay County Health Department, Edwin Fair Community Mental Health and Judge Boyd.

If you or anyone you know would be interested in learning more about becoming a volunteer for CASA, please call 580-763-8341. Informational meetings will also be held on Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2000 at 6 p.m. in Blackwell at the Red Carpet Room and on Friday, Oct. 27, 2000 from 2-4 p.m. at the Perry Courthouse in Courtroom B. Judge Dan Allen will be in Perry along with CASA volunteers to answer questions.

Local Ambucs Attend Annual Great Plains Convention

Representatives of the Ponca City Noon Ambucs attended the Annual Great Plains Regional Convention in Hutchinson, Kan., and walked away with five first place district awards.

Topping their awards list, the non-profit organization won first place in the local charities division.

This included spearheading the fundraising drive for the canine drug dog provided for the Ponca City Police Department, raising over $20,000.

The club also won first place in the community service, visibility, club bulletin and the club scrapbook divisions.

Other community projects conducted by the Noon AMBUCS include the NMA Moto-X-Races, local Special Olympics, Annual Easter Egg Hunt and the Annual Toy Bowl. Major emphasis this year is providing children with disabilities with specially engineered and constructed Amtrykes.

Members attending the convention were Wayne Leven, Gordon Thompson, Brian Simon, Doug Nickles, Mike Mott, Leonard Epperson, Tom Fender, Jerry Bakewell, Duke McCormick and Matt McGee.

The Ponca City Noon AMBUCS meet every Thursday at noon at the Ponca City Country Club. Members are business men of the community who are dedicated to creating independence for people with disabilities.

Our membership drive is underway. If anyone has an interest in joining an active organization dedicated to community service, call 765-5491 or 762-3716.

Board of Commissioners To Discuss Radio Operation

By JEFF POLITTE

News Staff Writer

The Ponca City Board of Commissioners is scheduled to meet for a regular session Monday at 5:30 p.m. in the Public Safety Center’s commission chambers, 200 East Oklahoma Avenue.

Members are expected to discuss four new items of business at the meeting.

The board will consider and vote on an ordinance defining amateur radio operation, providing for registration of existing amateur radio towers; providing regulations for new tower construction; and providing for codification of this ordinance by recodification agent. The board will also vote on an emergency clause for the ordinance.

Members will also consider and vote on an ordinance rezoning real property located on the southeast corner of Prospect Avenue and Lansbrook Road from R-2 two family residential to C-1 local commercial.

A third item listed on the agenda is to consider and vote on awarding the contract and authorizing the execution of the contract documents for asbestos abatement of the Civic Auditorium to Environmental Action, Inc., out of Depew, in the amount of $34,700.

The final item members will consider and vote on is a request for authorization to advertise for bids for “Street Improvement Project, Phase I of Fifth street Extension from Prospects Avenue to Knight Avenue,” project No. GEN 00-6.

Authorities Investigate Kay County Jail Death

By JEFF POLITTE

News Staff Writer

Kay County Sheriff’s Department officials say “no foul play” is believed to have been involved in the death of a 37-year-old Ponca City woman who died in her cell last week at the Kay County jail.

According to reports, a female trustee at the jail discovered inmate Michelle Alexander’s body at around 4:40 a.m.

The trustee had gone to the cell to awaken Alexander for a 6:45 a.m. kidney dialysis treatment at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center (SJRMC) when she was found on the floor of her cell.

Officials say detention officers performed CPR on Alexander until EMT workers arrived.

Alexander, arrested the previous day by an officer with the District Attorney’s office on a Kay County warrant for failure to appear on drug-related charges, was transported code blue to SJRMC.

The death is under routine investigation by the State Jail Inspection Division, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation and the State Medical Examiner’s Office.

“As far as I can tell at this time, there was no foul play involved,” indicated undersheriff Buddy Thomas. “State investigators will conduct their investigation and a report will be sent to us regarding their findings.”

He suggested the investigation, conducted entirely by outside agencies, was routine.

“Their job is to investigate the death to ensure there was no foul play involved by the jailers or fellow inmates,” he explained. The investigation inculdes an autopsy of the body.

Thomas said Alexander listed several serious health problems when she was booked into the jail. “We did everything under our power to get her proper medical attention.” This included the scheduling of a dialysis appointment at the hospital.

“At this time, we aren’t sure what she died of,” Thomas continued.

Thomas, citing a signed statement written by a female trustee, said the trustee had gone downstairs to get an aspirin that morning when she heard a noise. The trustee’s cell was located above Alexander’s cell and she heard the noise on her way down the stairs but didn’t think anything about it.

At the detention desk, the jailer on duty asked the trustee to awaken Alexander for her dialysis appointment. That’s when the trustee found Alexander on the floor near the door of her cell unconscious and unresponsive, and resuscitation attempts be-gan.

Shortly afterward, a deputy, who also signed a statement, arrived at the jail to pick up Alexander for her dialysis appointment — around 4:45 a.m. The deputy, who later learned this was the woman he had come to transport, observed detention officers performing CPR on Alexander.

“It was a very unfortunate situation. Our prayers are with the family,” Thomas said.

According to a funeral home report, Thomas was a resident of Ponca City and a 1980 graduation of Ponca City High School. It also stated she was the mother of one child.

DEATHS

Frances L. Bieber
Arthur Anderson Smith
Jack J. LeClair
David Vaughn Shores Jr.
Michelle Renee Alexander
Delpha Lucille Musgrave Cooper
Jay D Sanders

Frances L. Bieber

Frances L. Bieber, former longtime Ponca City resident, died Thursday, Oct. 19, 2000 at St. John’s Hospital in Tulsa. She was 88.

The funeral will be Monday, Oct. 23, at 10 a.m. in the chapel of the First Presbyterian Church with the Rev. Dr. James Struthers of Stillwater officiating. Burial will follow in the Odd Fellows Cemetery under the direction of the Trout Funeral Home.

Francis L. Bieber, was born Aug. 21, 1912, at Douglas, Kan., she was the daughter of Edward and Eva Mae Eckel Doornbos. The family moved to El Dorado, Kan., where she graduated from El Dorado High School, and later attended Kansas State University. A member of Chi Omega Sorority, she graduated in 1934 with an education degree and taught in a one-room country schoolhouse near El Dorado. She met Jack Bieber at Kansas State, and they were married Dec. 26, 1934.

She and her husband moved to Ponca City in 1938 where they had lived until just recently. She was an active member of the First Presbyterian Church.

Surviving are her husband of the home in Tulsa; three children, Donna Taiclet of South San Franciso, Calif., Charles Bieber of Los Altos Hills, Calif., and Marie Willey of Tulsa; a brother, Philip Doornbos of Riverside, Calif; nine grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.

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

Arthur Anderson Smith

STILLWATER — Arthur Anderson Smith, resident of Stillwater, died Friday, Oct. 20, 2000, in the Stillwater Medical Center. He was 71.

The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, in the chapel of Strode Funeral Home of Stillwater with the Rev. Mike Brannon officiating. Burial will be in the Fairlawn Cemetery in Stillwater.

Arthur Anderson Smith was born April 18, 1929, in Stillwater, the son of Melvin and Cleona Smith.

He was employed as a construction worker in Stillwater.

Survivors include a brother, Raymond Smith of Ponca City; a stepbrother, Delbert Smith of Stillwater; eight nieces and nephews; 19 great nieces and nephews; and 15 great great nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Jessie Smith Jr. and Donald Ray Smith.

Obituaries

Jack J. LeClair

Jack J. LeClair, former Ponca City resident, died Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2000, near Littlefield, Texas, due to injuries suffered in an aircraft accident.

He was 75. He died doing what he loved.

The funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 23, 2000, at the Sunset Baptist Church with the Rev. Ron Ledbetter, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in the Odd Fellows Cemetery under the direction of Grace Memorial Chapel.

Born Nov. 13, 1924, in Ponca City, he was the son of Charles Eugene LeClair and Abbie (Mann) LeClair Stigall. He attended school at the Tearney School and graduated from the Chilocco Indian School. While at Chilocco, he met his lifelong friend, Clifford Ott, now of Houston, Texas.

In July of 1943, he entered the United States Army Air Corps and served as a flight officer in California, training flight cadets. While in the service, he achieved his boyhood dream of earning his wings and becoming a pilot. He was honorably discharged in March of 1946.

At the age of 21, he started his career in crop dusting. At age 24, he bought his first Piper PAII. He managed to complete his bachelor’s degree at Oklahoma A&M by studying in the winter and flying in the summer.

Jack flew for several companies in Oklahoma but, in 1956, he moved to the Rio Grande valley in Texas where he started LeClair Aviation in 1958. He was active in the Aerial Applicators Association and had served as past president of the organization.

In 1945 he was married to Grace J. Nichols in Ponca City. The couple had two sons, Jack Jr. and Joe LeClair. He later married Jackie Madsen, now divorced, and had three stepchildren.

He enjoyed hunting and fishing, but flying was his first love.

Surviving are his two sons, Jack LeClair Jr. and his wife Dianne of Aubrey, Texas, and Joe Wayne LeClair and his wife Louann of Norman; five grandchildren, Jeffrey, Stephen, Ashli, Nicholl, and Jonathon; two step-granddaughters, Pam and Lisa Clegg; three stepchildren, David, Dianne, and Marty; four sisters, Jean Flechel of Spokane, Wash., Geraldine Jefferson and her husband V.W. Jefferson of Oklahoma City, JoAnne Bible of Glenpool, Maxine Hall and her husband Jerry P. Hall of Ponca City; three brothers, Charles E. LeClair of Casselberry, Fla., James D. LeClair and his wife Hazel of Oklahoma and Robert E. Stigall and his wife Diana of Plano, Texas; one uncle, Alec LeClair and his wife Lucy of Moyers, Okla.; and a host of loving nieces, nephews, and cousins. He was preceded in death by his parents and one daughter, Pamela Sue.

Casket bearers will be his nephews, Victor Jefferson Jr., Dean Jefferson, Larry Bible, David Bible, Tony LeClair and Jerry B. Hall.

Honorary casket bearers will be Barney Jefferson, Jeffrey Jefferson, Joshua Jefferson, Robert Bible, Timmy Bible, Charles LeClair III, Kevin Flechel, Kurt Flechel and Roger Flechel.

Friends may call at the funeral home until 9 a.m. Monday.

The family will be at the church following the service.

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David Vaughn Shores Jr.

NEWKIRK — David Vaughn Shores Jr., 20 year old Newkirk resident, died Friday, Oct. 20, 2000, in St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. His death was the result of a vehicle accident.

His funeral has been scheduled for 2 p.m. at St. Francis Catholic Church in Newkirk with the Rev. Richard Beckman officiating. Burial will follow in Newkirk Cemetery under the direction of Miller-Stahl Funeral Service. Friends may call at the funeral home Sunday from 1 until 9 p.m. and Monday from 8 a.m. until noon.

A memorial fund has been established with the Newkirk FFA. Contributions may be made in David’s memory through Eastman National Bank, P.O. Box 468, Newkirk, Okla. 74647-0468.

David Vaughn Shores Jr. was born June 25, 1980, at Sulphur, the son of David Vaughn and Tammy Renee (Walker) Shores. His early years were spent in Sulphur where he began his education. In 1990, he moved to Newkirk and continued his education in the Newkirk schools.

While in high school, he was very active in FFA, serving as treasurer and vice president. He raised his own sheep and enjoyed showing them. He graduated from Newkirk High School with the class of 1998.

After graduation, David attended OSU Tech in Okmulgee, where he was studying auto collision repair. In his off hours, he worked on campus for the Auto Collision Department.

He attended St. Francis Catholic Church, and he enjoyed his sheep and helping others. He was very knowledgeable about sheep and was often called by his friends when they had problems with their sheep.

David is survived by his parents, Wayne and Tammy Leven of Newkirk and David and Ruth Ann Shores of Sulphur; a brother, Vance Leven of Newkirk; two sisters, Tanya Leven of Newkirk and Sarah Shores of Sulphur; his grandparents, John and Lahoma Shores of Wichita Falls, Texas, Mary Walker of Springer, and Dee and Nancy Leven of Newkirk; two nieces, Nicole Leven and Kyli Leven, both of Newkirk; and numerous uncles, aunts and cousins.

He was preceded in death by his grandfather, Hubert Walker, and two grandmothers, Gypsy Shores and Eleanor Leven.

Those serving as casket bearers will be Ryan Kersey, Darren Wood, Jesse Bain, Dave Harris, Jake Beck and Josh Fields. Honorary bearers are members of the Collision Repair Department of OSU Tech.

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Michelle Renee Alexander

Michelle Renee Alexander, lifetime Ponca City resident, is now through with the troubles of this old world as of early Tuesday morning, Oct. 17, 2000. She had lived to see 37 years and 17 days.

A celebration of her homegoin' will take place on Monday, Oct. 23, 2000, at 2 o'clock in the afternoon in the Newlife Baptist Church, 301 S. Waverly. The Rev. James L. Williams, pastor of Newlife Baptist Church, will officiate. He will be assisted by the Rev. Toby A. Blackstar of Victory Tabernacle. The funeral is being directed by Grace Memorial Chapel where friends may visit from noon to 9 p.m. on Sunday and from 8 a.m. to noon on Monday.

Born Michelle Renee Alexander on Sept. 30, 1963, in Omaha, Neb., she was the daughter of Dee Walter and Patricia (Alexander) Smith. She grew up and attended schools in Ponca City, graduating from Po-Hi in May of 1980. Michelle had attended Northern Oklahoma College for one year and, due to her failing health, was not able to complete her studies.

This did not stop the youthful and energetic lady from enjoying her life and having a good time, though. She will be greatly missed by all who loved and rolled with her. She truly was an overcomer in the sense that though she was feeble, nothing could separate her from enjoying her music, dancing, reading and being with her family and friends.

Michelle leaves behind to cherish her memory her mother, Pat Smith of Ponca City; two brothers, Michael and Kevin Alexander, both of Ponca City; one daughter, Tiffanie Sharmise Pollard of the home in Ponca City; her maternal grandparents, Elder Sylvester and Cherie Alexander of Ponca City; aunt, Lois Price of Ponca City; two uncles, Harold Moore of Springfield, Mo., and Ernest Alexander of Ponca City; three cousins, P.D. Goldsmith and Dawn Goldsmith, both of Ponca City, and Richard Goldsmith of Enid; four nieces, Shani Alexander and Ariel Alexander of Lewisville, Minn., Tatum Alexander and Chelsie Goldsmith both of Enid; five nephews, Christopher Alexander of Lewisville, Minn., Jordon Alexander of Enid, Byron LeClair and Donald Lamar Goldsmith both of Ponca City and Richard Goldsmith of Enid.

Michelle was preceded in death by her father, Dee Walter Smith; her paternal grandparents, Willie and Alene Smith; and her maternal grandmother, Dorothy Pierce.

Casket bearers will be Ernest Alexander, Kevin Alexander, Michael Alexander, Roosevelt Gibbs, P.D. Goldsmith and Richard Goldsmith.

Flower bearers will be Rashauna Miller and Kolika Bars.

Memorial contributions, to help defray funeral services, may be made in Michelle’s memory to Grace Memorial Chapel, P.O. Box 961, Ponca City, Okla. 74602.

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Delpha Lucille Musgrave Cooper

Delpha Lucille Musgrave Cooper, resident of Ponca City, died Thursday, Oct. 19, 2000, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. She was 80.

The memorial service will be held 2 p. m. Monday, Oct. 23, 2000 in the Albright United Methodist Church with the Rev. Dr. Sheila Combs-Francis, pastor, officiating. Arrangements are with the Trout Funeral Home.

Delpha was born in Stillwater on Oct. 2, 1920, to Robert Carl and Hazel Nellie (Coleman) Musgrave. She moved to Ponca City at an early age. She graduated from Ponca City High School.

She was married to Ralph D. Cooper on Nov. 3, 1944, in Ponca City. She was a homemaker who enjoyed golf, bowling and was an excellent seamstress. She was a member of the Albright United Methodist Church.

Survivors include her husband Ralph of the home; two sons, Doug Cooper and his wife Janet of Stillwater, Clint Cooper and his wife Shirley of Dallas, Texas; one daughter, Beckie Cooper of Stillwater; seven grandchildren, Tony Cooper of Los Angeles, Calif., Jon Cooper of Tulsa, Andy Cooper of Tulsa, Brent Cooper of Dallas, Jennifer Cooper of Stillwater, Ryan Cooper of Stillwater and Matthew Dunn of Stillwater; one great-grandson, Austin Cooper of Dallas; two sisters, Ruth Villines and Opal Brown, both of Ponca City; and one brother, Robert Musgrave of Tulsa.

She was preceded in death by her parents and two sisters, Thelma Coats and Velma Ealick.

Memorial contributions may be made to Albright United Methodist Church, Organ Fund, 128 South Palm, Ponca City, Okla. 74601.

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Services Pending

Jay D Sanders

Jay D Sanders, longtime Ponca City resident, died Friday, Oct. 20, 2000, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. He was 72. Services are pending with Trout Funeral Home.

NEWS BRIEFS

Burglary — A resident in the 200 block of North Seventh Street reported someone had broken a residence through a bathroom window and stole a stereo to Ponca City police at 12:13 p.m. Friday. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

Concealed hand gun class scheduled for October 28th, 8 a.m. to ? For more information 765-6589. adv.

Fire Run — A grass fire at White Eagle was reported to the Communications Center at 12:57 p.m. Friday. Ponca City Fire Department handled the call.

PTA Fundraiser — Lincoln Elementary PTA will hold a frozen food fundraiser from Oct. 16 to Nov. 1. Some items available include pizzas, burritos, cookie dough, cheesecakes, tacos and egg rolls. Call Debora at 762-9577 for more information. The public is invited to participate.

Free Sample of Estee Lauder foundation now through October 31st. at John’s, 2nd and Cleveland. adv.

Theft — Someone in the 500 block of South Fourteenth Street reported a stolen bicycle to Ponca City police at 2:50 p.m. Friday. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

Gas Drive-Off — A clerk at a business in the 400 block of East South Avenue reported a gas drive-off to Ponca City police at 2:45 p.m. Friday. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

Free Pregnancy test. Birth Choice cares. Confidential. Hours: Monday 1-3 p.m., Tuesday, 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, 1-3 p.m. and Thursday, 6-8 p.m. 700 West Broadway. 765-9689. adv.

Wheelchairs Available — The Senior Wheels USA Program makes available Power Wheelchairs to senior citizens (65 years and older) and the permanently disabled at no cost to the recipient, if they qualify. The Power Wheelchairs are provided to those who cannot walk and cannot self-propel a manual wheelchair, and who meet the additional guidelines of the program. No deposit is required. If your need is for use in your home, please call for more information to see if you qualify. Call toll free Leon Johnson at 1-800-246-6010.

Theft — The manager of a business in the 3200 block of North Fourteenth Street reported a stolen car tag to Ponca City police at 4:19 p.m. Friday. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

Don Sawyer “The Chimney Sweep”. In business for 26 years, no mess. 762-8883. adv.

Theft — Someone in the 300 block of South Pine Street reported a stolen car tag to Ponca City police at 4:28 p.m. Friday. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

Accident — A hit-and-run accident in the 500 block of South Twelfth Street was reported to Ponca City police at 6:33 p.m. Friday. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

Antique Shipment; dressers, wardrobes, draw leaf tables, sewing box on legs, and spinnet desk. No interest lay-a-way plan. Christy’s 3005 North 14th. adv.

Balloon Release — The World War II Memorial Balloon Release will take place at 2 p.m. Veterans Day, Nov. 11, at the Resthaven Memorial Park. To sponsor a balloon call 765-4411 or 762-5659. The cost of the balloon is $10.

Accident — A two-vehicle accident five miles west of Ponca City on U.S. 60 was reported to the Communications Center at 7 p.m. Friday. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol was advised. An ambulance and rescue one from the Ponca City Fire Department also responded to the scene.

Sale, new and used Maytags. Copeland’s 315 East Grand. adv.

Theft — A sales associate at Wal-mart, 1101 East Prospect Avenue, reported a male shoplifter was being held to Ponca City police at 8:06 p.m. Friday. An officer was assigned and a report was taken. A 19-year-old man was taken into custody for grand larceny.

Stormescape Shelters, perfect for garage, under vehicle, installation. $1,695. 765-2633. adv.

Gas Drive-Off — The Osage County Sheriff’s Office advised Ponca City police at 8:11 p.m. Saturday of a $20 gas drive-off at a business one mile east of Fourteenth Street on U.S. 60. A description of the vehicle was given. An officer was assigned and a reported was taken.

Accident — A three-vehicle two-injury accident at the intersection of Grand Avenue and Second Street was reported to Ponca City police at 9:57 p.m. Friday. An officer was assigned and a report was taken. Both of the injured subjects declined treatment.

Windshield Chips repaired professionally. Guaranteed and insurance approved. Ponca Glass, 300 W. Highland and Pine. 762-6522. adv.

Jueschke Carpet Cleaners. For professional carpet cleaning, call the professionals. Jueschke Carpet Cleaners. 765-3421. adv.

Fight — A clerk at a business in the 300 block of West Grand Avenue reported a possible domestic fight brewing to Ponca City police at 10:22 p.m. Friday. Two officers responded to the scene. A man was taken into custody for domestic assault and battery. A woman was escorted to the police station to file a report.

Subject Held — An officer at the intersection of Hartford Avenue and Union Street reported a 26-year-old man was taken into custody after a traffic stop on a city warrant for failure to appear at 10:24 p.m. Friday.

Spaghetti Supper- Friday, Oct 27th, Ponca City Masonic Lodge on West Grand, 4:30 pm to 7:30 pm adults, $5 under 12, $3. All proceeds benefit the Ponca City Literacy Council. adv.

Subject Held — An officer at the intersection of Broadway Avenue and Elm Street reported a 21-year-old man was taken into custody for driving under suspension at 1:43 a.m. Saturday.

Disturbance — A caller reported several subjects were being loud in the 3500 block of North Union Street at 5:25 a.m. Saturday. Four officers responded to the scene. A 22-year-old woman, 28-year-old woman, 30-year-old man, 24-year-old man and a 41-year-old man were taken into custody for public intoxication.

Just Arrived! Sandy Gore Evans Christmas cards. See our shipment of antiques. Lay-a-way for Christmas. Christy’s 3005 North 14th. adv.

Subjects Held — An officer in the 500 block of North Palm Street reported two 18-year-old men were taken into custody for public intoxication after a disturbance call at 6:39 a.m. Saturday.

LIFESTYLES

WWII Memorial Dedication Discussed by Local Kiwanis
Meeting Postponed
Little News
Pair Plans December Vows
Memorial Ground Breaking Ceremony Slated Nov. 11
Mandy Wilks Is Bride-Elect
Overeaters Anonymous Members Find Comfort, Solutions in Group
Mother’s Club Members Meet
Bliss Homemakers Discuss Contributing To Noble County 4-H
Christmas ... 64 Days Away
Couple Will Renew Vows
Mozart Music Club Available to Kids
Garden Club Holds Meeting
Piano Workshop Opens New Year
Meals on Wheels
Bits and Pieces
Wheatheart Nutrition
Xi Beta Tau Chapter Holds Monthly Meeting
Ponca City Happenings

WWII Memorial Dedication Discussed by Local Kiwanis

Heroes — ordinary people doing extraordinary things — were our fathers, mothers, grandparents, sisters, brothers, any and all who fought to save the world from tyranny during World War II.

Steve Huston presented the plan for a Veteran's Day, November 11, 2000, groundbreaking for a WWII monument in Washington, D.C.

Huston played a video reminding viewers of the generation that deferred their hopes and dreams for the cause of freedom. The memorial is a salute to the contribution of all Americans, those serving overseas as well as those serving on the home front to keep things running.

Trout Funeral Home, as part of the National Funeral Director's Association, will accept donations for the national memorial. Huston stressed that his intent was to inform the public about the memorial. However, in answer to members' questions, he did provide information on the way to donate and the levels of donations.

For a $10 donation, a person becomes part of the National Funeral Director's Association balloon release on Veteran's Day all across the country. The balloon release in Ponca City will be held at Resthaven Memorial Park. More contribution levels are available by calling Trout Funeral Home for information.

In closing, Steve Huston quoted actor Tom Hanks, the honorary chairman of the fundraising, “Dying for freedom isn't the worst that could happen. Being forgotten is.” It's time to say, “Thank you.”

Earl Czaplinski shared information about the Veteran's Day parade here in Ponca City. Members approved the recommendation of the board that the club change meeting place to Apple Cart Restaurant effective Tuesday, October 24.

Men and women interested in community service are invited to visit Kiwanis on Tuesdays, noon to 1 p.m., second floor at Apple Cart Restaurant, Second and Cleveland.

Meeting Postponed

The Kay County Democrat Women's Club regularly scheduled October meeting has postponed. Notice will be published at a later date as to the time and place of next meeting.

Little News

Adam and Traci Arrington of Katy, Texas, announce the birth of their son, Conner Christian Parma Arrington, born Sept. 19, 2000 at 10:36 p.m. in the Christus St. Catherine Hospital. Conner weighed 8 pounds, 13 ounces, and measured 21 inches.

Grandparents are Cris and Gwen Klinger of Glencoe, Kevin and Laura Arrington of Ponca City and Ed and Shirley Parma of Katy, Texas.

Great-grandparents are Lewis and Irma Murray, Vernon and Earline Arrington all of Ponca City, and the late Thelma Murray.

Trey and Rebecca Thompson of Fallbrook, Calif., announce the birth of a daughter, Abigayle Lauren Thompson, at 1:02 a.m. on Oct. 14, 2000, in the Camp Pendleton Naval Hospital, Camp Pendleton, Calif. She weighed 9 pounds, 7 ounces and measured 21 inches long.

Maternal grandparents are Greg and Laura Boeding of Tipton, Iowa. Paternal grandparents are Dale and Kim Coons of Ponca City and Warren and Jane Thompson of Independence, Mo.

Maternal great-grandparents are Lloyd and Margie VanDorn of Monmouth, Iowa and Coletta Boeding of Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Paternal great-grandparents are Rex and Chleora Tebow of Blackwell, Don and Pat Niebaum of Lakeland, Fla., Margaret Thompson of Fort Smith, Ark., and Art and Marcellene Coons of Ponca City.

Greg and Maureen Stokes of Broomfield, Colo., announce the birth of an 8 pound daughter, Abbey Elizabeth, on Oct. 2, 2000. Abbey has two sisters, Monica, 5, and Emma, 2.

Grandparents are Jeanne O’Meilia of Ponca City and Mary Ann Stokes of Lee’s Summit, Mo.

Great-grandmother is Iona Sullivan of Lee’s Summit.

Pair Plans December Vows

Sandra Smith of Winfield., Kan. and Tom Price of Willard, Mo. announce the engagement and approaching marriage of their daughter Shelli Deanne Price to Robert Shane Davis, son of Teresa and the late Rick Davis of Tonkawa. The couple plans a Dec. 16 wedding at 1 p.m. at the Creekside Community Church in Edmond.

Shelli is a 1996 graduate of Tonkawa High School. She will graduate in May from the University of Central Oklahoma with a bachelor’s degree in business education.

Shane is a 1993 graduate of Taloga High School. He received his master’s degree in business administration from the University of Oklahoma. He is currently employed at Ralston Purina in Edmond.

Memorial Ground Breaking Ceremony Slated Nov. 11

On Nov. 11, 2000 the National World War II Memorial ground breaking ceremony will take place on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.

The 7.4 acre site is located at the east end of the Reflecting Pool between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. The site was dedicated on Nov. 11, 1995 and the design approved in 1998.

This prominent location is commensurate with the historical importance and lasting significance of World War II to America and the world. it has been described by F. Haydn Williams, Chairman of the Site and Design Committee of the American Battle Monuments Commission as, “a place for commemoration and the celebration of the American Spirit and national unity. It will honor the whole nation and it’s people.”

The Oklahoma Society, daughter of the American Revolution, became involved in this project in 1998 by taking donations of $10 per person for those to be honored in the National Society Daughter of the American Revolution Books of Remembrance. Four volumes contain not only the names of the men and women who fought, but men and women who worked in the defense plants, those who planted, “victory gardens” and children who bought defense stamps at school and picked up scrap metal for the war effort. These four volumes will be at the DAR Library in Washington, D.C., and at the memorial. DAR has raised more than $363,00 thus far.

More than 27,000 names of civilian and military patriots are already entered in the Remembrance books.

The deadline for donor Forms to be submitted is Dec. 31, 2000. Forms my be obtained from Audrey Jones, Ponca City Chapter Regent, at 765-6455.

Pictures and more information about the World War II Memorial may be found at www.wwiimemorial.com

Mandy Wilks Is Bride-Elect

Mr. and Mrs. Orville R. Wilks Jr., 2300 Calvert Drive, Ponca City, announce the engagement of their daughter Mandy Lyn Wilks to Ross Jackson Edens son of Mr. and Mrs. Ron Edens Sr., 3462 South 7 Mile Road, Ponca City.

The future bride is a 1996 graduate of Ponca City High School and is currently employed with Payless Shoes in Wichita, Kan.

The groom to be is a 1992 graduate of Ponca City High School and is employed with JCI Industries, also in Wichita.

Maternal grandparents of the bride are Patricia Patterson and the late Waldo C. Patterson of Ponca City. Maternal great-grandmother is Priscilla Patterson of Ponca City. Paternal grandparents are Orville and Jean Wilks and paternal great- grandmother is Mary B. Wilks. All are from Ponca City.

Maternal grandparents of the bridegroom are Bonita DeNoya and John Ross DeNoya, both of Ponca City.

The wedding is scheduled for Nov. 18, at the Sunset Baptist Church. An open invitation is extended to family and friends.

Overeaters Anonymous Members Find Comfort, Solutions in Group

Every day, there are those who are dangerously overweight, whose eating is out of control, or who are just 10 to 15 pounds overweight — those who desperately need to hear the message of recovery that Overeaters Anonymous can give.

Members of Overeaters Anonymous have found in the fellowship a way to recover from the disease of compulsive overeating. After years of guilt over repeated failures to control eating and weight, members now have a solution that works — a 12-step program patterned on Alcoholics Anonymous.

In OA, there are not diets, no exercise, no scales and not magic pills. There is, however, a fellowship in which members find and share the healing power of acceptance and understanding. The common bonds are two — the disease of compulsive eating which all members suffer and the solution members find when living by the principles embodied in the 12 steps.

All are welcome who want to stop eating compulsively. There are no dues or fees for members; it is a self-supporting group. OA is not affiliated with any public or private organization, political movement, ideology or religious doctrine; we take no position on outside issues. Our primary purpose is to abstain from compulsive overeating and to carry this message of recovery to those who still suffer.

For more information, attend a meeting on Saturday from 10 to 11 a.m. at the Woodlands Christian Church, corner of Hartford Avenue and Fourteenth. For further information, call 762-2161.

Mother’s Club Members Meet

Unit II of the Ponca City Mother’s Club met in the home of Sondra Scott on Oct. 6. There were 15 members and one guest speaker present for the luncheon and meeting. Lorene Stalcup and Ruth Ellen Summers served as the co-hostesses for the event. Jan Browning presented an interesting and informative program on women in Christ’s genealogy. Sue Ziegenhain, Chair Lady, led the Collect and called the meeting to order. Jerri Boyer won the door prize. The next meeting is scheduled for Friday, Nov. 3. Members will be notified of the time and place.

Bliss Homemakers Discuss Contributing To Noble County 4-H

Linda Short, president, called the Bliss Homemakers meeting to order Wednesday Oct. 18, at the Marland Methodist-Christian Church Fellowship Hall, Melanie Williams red the devotional “You Can’t Take It With You.” and “Always Say A Prayer.”

The quarters for the quarter drill and pennies for friendship were given and nine members repeated the creed in unison. All reported having read to a person, or read a book this past month, seat belt survey was taken. Minutes of the Sept. 20 were approved, treasure report filed for audit.

Under old business, continue to collect aluminum tabs to be given to Noble County and Frontier 4-H Environmental Chairman Rachel Kelly for the Ronald McDonald house. The Noble County Fair Kitchen was discussed, Soni Kodesh will represent Bliss Homemakers at the county meeting Nov. 16 at 5 p.m. at the Women’s Building, Noble County Fairgrounds. The group decided to order a box of greeting cards from St. Jude’s Ranch of Boulder City, Nev., a home for abused children, the children made the new cards from old ones and sell them to support ranch projects. We would decide if this is a project we want to continue. A work date for the Nursing Home “clothing protectors” was discussed, K-Mart Stores and members had donated towels.

Under new business, the Bliss Homemakers received the premium from their Noble County Fair exhibits. The group voted to make a contribute to the Noble County 4-H Adult Leaders for purchasing trophies. Catherine Robinson reported business from the Oklahoma Home and Community Education - Noble county organization meeting Oct. 12 Kodesh shared information about the Noble County 2001 Fair Exhibit and Lesson Topic meeting Oct. 11. Shelley Cook, chairman of Red Ribbon Week activities, noted events were planned during the week of Oct. 23 through 27 at Frontier Public School, also Otoe Missouria Headstart School would be visited at their new building on the Otoe Missouria Tribal Complex.

New baby in the community receiving a “Golden Book” Tammy and Anthony Carney’s daughter, April.

The Oklahoma Home and Community Education - Noble County meeting to be held Dec. 7 at 10:30 at the Woman’s Building, Noble county Fairgrounds will include a covered dish lunch, Bliss will provide the table decorations.

Burdettya Linn gave the Lesson “A Home Inventory,” to do a home inventory that will be part of an insurance plan, estate plan and cover a family at a time of disaster. Members enjoyed Melanie Williams sharing several “Ice-Breakers” and games. Williams and Linn were hostess and Robinson received the hostess gift. The Nov. 15 meeting will be held at the Marland Methodist Christian Church Fellowship Hall at 7 p.m.

Christmas ... 64 Days Away

By LOUISE ABERCROMBIE

News Staff Writer

When angels fly over pumpkins and scarecrows top Christmas trees one can be sure that Christmas trumps Halloween and Thanksgiving falls through the cracks in between.

Why bother taking down the Christmas displays in the stores or Yuletide lights strung about the eves of our humble abodes. The wheel of time turns faster and faster every year.

Quality time when families sat around the dinner table and discussed the events of the day are long gone. Value time now for families with school children is known as the “FQT” (family quality time) is spent in a moving vehicle. The family care giver may not only be the parents, or single-parent families, but grandparents as well.

These are some suggestions as to how Ford might win back the hearts of the traveling public after the calamity of the Explorer. The family vehicle could have a changing room that would activate at the touch of a button.

This would be a second story compartment so as to not interfere with right or left lane traffic and serve as a payback for those high and mighty semi-trucks which have been blocking our views for ages. This small dressing room would provide privacy for the cheerleaders to change into their chanting suits.

Another button would convert the spare room to a mini-locker area for the guy-kids to switch from kicking soccer togs to football tackling duds. Back on the time frame, some sports no longer go into overtime, but instead enter “sudden death” - another reflection of a violent society.

To go along with this FQT, the food folk could get in on the action instead of packaging “Lunchables” they could supply “gulpables” for the time travelers. These nutrition sources would combine Gatorade and straw fed seven-course meals using NASA technology. Naturally the products would carry sport hero endorsements.

Not only are the youngsters on a short time span - the adults are also “time deprived” - racing from one activity to another for the youths as well as to their own aerobics, tee-times, Bingo and Bridge parties or the latest computer class.

With “to go food,” “ten minute oil changes,” microwaveable food and instant cappuccino have we reached the point of no return? Are we so time programed that we no longer enjoy the sunset or sunrise, because we’ve already seen one of each and want to move on to the next horizon?

This “time famished” syndrome comes with several symptoms. We become impatient with the telephone that takes so long to connect - we talk back to computers which are “too slow.” Once we were amazed and satisfied with these speedy conveniences that now seem to be nuisances.

More about time. Isn’t about time the Post Office got its stamp machines fixed? For two weekends in a row customers have tried to get stamps at the main Post Office. The small machine has a handmade “out of order” sign and points to the larger machine around the corner, that doesn’t work either. Time is running out - the peak season mailing season is coming - its only 64 days until Christmas.

Couple Will Renew Vows

Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Landers Sr. will be renewing their wedding vows at 7 p.m. Oct. 25 at the Calvary Temple Church, 612 North Maine, in Newkirk.

The Rev. Don Brannan of Tulsa and the Rev. Dale Ledford, pastor at Newkirk, will perform the ceremony. A reception honoring the couple will be held on Sunday, Oct. 29, at the Calvary Temple Church from 2 to 4 p.m. Children of the couple, Ralph and Mickey Landers Jr. of Newkirk, Vera Parr of Blackwell, and Amos and Pat Landers of Ponca City, will host the event. The couple also has six grandchildren and two great - grandchildren.

All friends and family are invited to attend. The couple requests no gifts.

Emma Jeanette Freek and Ralph Richard Landers Sr. were united in marriage Oct. 25, 1950, in Perry. They then moved to Udall, Kan., and Ralph was employed by Beech Aircraft in Wichita. In 1951, they moved to California, where they made their living in the logging business. In 1952, they moved to Newkirk where they made their home. Ralph was employed with the New Era Flour Mill in Arkansas City for four and a half years before moving to the Mauer-Neuer Packing Plant from which he retired in 1988.

Emma worked for Southwest Cupid in Blackwell for 24 years before retiring in June of this year.

Mozart Music Club Available to Kids

All students in grades Kindergarten through 8th grade who are studying music are invited to join the Mozart Music Club. The first meeting will be Sunday, Oct. 29, 2000 in the Cultural Center, 1000 E. Grand, Ponca City. Students may wear a costume to match the piece of music which they will perform but costumes are not required. those students whose last names begin with M-Z as well as older students may come at 2:45 until 3:30 p.m. All members will have refreshments from 2:45 until 3 p.m.

There are three additional meetings during the school year. The second meeting will be Dec. 3 and will be a celebration of the Christmas as well as other seasonal music. Our third meeting will be Feb. 11 and will be our Junior Music Festival Showcase.

At this meeting, students will perform one of their Festival selections. On Feb. 17, 2001, the students are invited to participate in the Junior Music Festival which will be in Ponca City for the seventh year. Students must belong to a Junior Music Club in order to participate in this festival and their teachers must belong to the Ponca City Music Club. The final meeting will be April 22 and will highlight various types of ensembles as well as solos along with a poster contest.

Families are always welcome to Mozart Music Club meetings which are an opportunity to see and hear many students perform.

For those who are not able to attend the first meeting, get a registration form from your music teacher and send it and a check for $5 made out to Mozart Music Club to: Suzi Lenhart, 7 Hillcrest, Ponca City, Okla. 74604. If you have questions, please call Suzi at 762-9895. Deadline for registration is Nov. 15, 2000.

Garden Club Holds Meeting

The Four O’clock Garden Club will meet on Wednesday, Oct 25, at 9:30 a.m.in the home of Martha Jones, 1104 E.Central.Co-hostess for the meeting will be Verlee Gardner and Sherry Muchmore.

The program, “ Poncan Theatre Ghosts”, will be given by JoAnn Muchmore.

The group will dedicate a cement bench purchased in memory of Vera Parkinson, charter member of the Four O’clock Garden Club.It will be placed at Cann Memorial Gardens.

Piano Workshop Opens New Year

Members of the Piano Workshop, division of the Ponca City Federated Music Club, opened their new year with a meeting at the home of Mary Sunshine Cogman on Tuesday, Oct. 17. Lois Rence assisted the hostess and also presided at the meeting.

The lesson was entitled “ The Third “B” (Brahams) Revisited”, and featured works performed by Kay Anthony, Alice Crowder, Kathy Wimberley, Elma Robson, Mary Sunshine Cogman and Bobbie Motz.

The group, which meets the third Tuesday of the month at 9:30 a.m., will be hosted by Barbara Manering, 1417 Reveille, on Nov. 21. Dee Nelson will assist as co-hostess as well as with the program, given by the hostess, in celebration of three hundred years with the piano as we know it today.

Special guests introduced were the daughters of Lois Rence, Dorian and Margaret.

Meals on Wheels

Meals on Wheels are delivered at noon Monday-Friday by volunteers. The meals are prepared at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center and special diets can be prepared with a written order from a physician. For more information call 762-4707 or 765-0331. Substitutions may be made by SJRMC if necessary.

Monday, Oct. 23: Beef and macaroni casserole; breaded cauliflower; dinner roll; Sunset jello salad; Rice Krispie square.

Tuesday, Oct. 24: Meatloaf; whipped potatoes/brown gravy; cauliflower au gratin; kidney bean salad; peach cobbler.

Wednesday, Oct. 25: Beef stroganoff/noodles; winter mix vegetables; dinner roll; fresh fruit salad; brownie.

Thursday, Oct. 26: Chicken fried steak; whipped potatoes/gravy; fried cabbage; tossed salad; raspberry gelatin.

Friday, Oct. 27: Catfish fillet/tartar sauce; tater tots; zucchini; apple-raisin slaw; bread pudding.

Bits and Pieces

The General C.W.F. Covered Dish Luncheon at the First Christian Church will be held Nov. 2 at noon. The study will be presented by Duane and Leona Ward. They will tell about their mission work of 14 years at the Inman Center in San Antonio, Texas. Edith Short will lead the worship.

Wheatheart Nutrition

Volunteers are needed to deliver noon meals to the elderly homebound. Call 767-1620. Menus for this week are as follows:

Monday, Oct. 23: BBQ beef; tomato rice soup; mixed vegetables or vegetable sticks; bun; margarine; ice cream.

Tuesday, Oct. 24: Ham/macaroni and cheese; tomato relish; oven fried okra; cornbread; margarine; red fruit gelatin w/whipped topping.

Wednesday, Oct. 25: Hot turkey sandwich w/gravy; mashed potatoes; buttered peas and carrots; bread; margarine; fresh fruit.

Thursday, Oct. 26: Vegetable loaf; coleslaw; buttered corn; whole wheat roll; margarine; peaches/sugar cookie.

Friday, Oct. 27: Chicken noodles; seasoned green beans; tropical mixed fruit; biscuit; margarine; gingerbread.

Xi Beta Tau Chapter Holds Monthly Meeting

Members of Xi Beta Tau chapter of Beta Sigma Phi met in the home of Terri Buesing. President Jan Ellison called the meeting to order, and the members stood for the opening ritual.

June Miller, recording secretary, took roll and minutes from the previous meeting were read and approved.

Treasurer Cindy Wardlow reported the chapters’ financial status. Lois Coats donated a long stem yellow rose for new member Patti Braden’s welcome ritual.

Unfinished business regarding project for breast cancer donation, it was decided that the chapter will make small crafts to sell with the proceeds going to a Fairfax recipient to help with expenses.

A trip to Brick Town was tabled because of conflicting schedules. A site and time will be arranged at the Oct. 23 meeting for the Hobo Stew Social.

New business regarding the progressive dinner, it was decided to make the arrangements in January. The traveling basket was passed to Braden from Wardlow. The traveling bear was presented to Coats from Wardlow.

The cultural program was the candle-light welcome ritual for new member Braden. President Ellison read the Xi Beta Tau welcome. Hostess for the next meeting on Oct. 23 will be Miller who will also be Cultural hostess. Food hostesses will be Miller and Buesing. Members are to bring a small gift to exchange at the next meeting.

Members closed the evening by reciting the closing ritual and Miz Pah.

Ponca City Happenings

Sunday

Pioneer Woman Museum, open Tuesday-Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, 1-5 p.m. The museum is closed on Mondays and holidays.

Ponca City Art Center, 819 East Central. Wednesday through Sunday, 1-5 p.m.

Marland’s Grand Home, 10th and Grand. Home of Indian exhibit, 101 Ranch collection, and DAR Museum. Available for receptions, teas, bridge parties, etc. Open Tuesday-Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. 767-0427.

Marland Estate and Mansion, 901 Monument Road. National Historic Landmark with 55 rooms and 10 acres. Guided tours daily at 1:30 p.m. plus 3 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. Open daily 10 a.m.-5 p.m., sunday 1-5 p.m. Available for receptions, weddings, meetings, parties. 767-0420.

11th Step AA meeting — open, 11 a.m.; AA Discussion meeting, 8 p.m. Harmony House, 212 South Third.

Monday

Al-Anon meeting, 8-9 p.m. Monday, upstairs in the Harmony House, 212 South Third.

Domestic Violence Group, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Mondays. Programs for women and children of family violence. Babysitter provided. For information call 76A-BUSE.

Fibromyalgia Support Group meets the fourth Monday of each month at the First Baptist Church parlor. For information contact Betty, 762-9776, or Vivian, 765-8871.

Multiple Sclerosis Support Group meets the third Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m. at Westminster Chapel. For more information contact Lori White, 767-1668. There will not be a July or August meeting of the group.

Ponca City Rotary Club, noon Monday, American Legion.

Simple Steps AA — closed, noon; AA Step Study — closed, 8 p.m.; Harmony House, 212 South Third.

TOPS OK 308 members weigh-in time is 6 to 6:45 p.m. with meetings starting at 6:45 p.m. on Mondays. For information call Betty Flower at 765-5448.

Principles Before Personalities, Narcotics Anonymous, 8 p.m. Monday, Harmony House basement (use south entrance by parking lot).

Pioneer Area Quilter’s Guild meets the first Monday of each month at Community Christian Church on West Grand. Business meeting begins at 12:30 p.m. The July and September meetings are held the second Monday of those months.

Lions Vision Group meets the first Monday of each month, with the exception of holidays, at 10 a.m. at Grace Episcopal Church, using the Thirteenth Street entrance. Refreshments are served at 9:45 a.m. For a ride call 765-4370. The meetings are open to visually impaired residents.

Tuesday

The American Family Support Group will meet 7-9 p.m. Tuesdays at 1105 West Highland. The topic will be Child Welfare Services and child abuse.

Kay County Wheatheart Sweet Adelines, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Performing Arts building (south entrance) Northern Oklahoma College, Tonkawa. All women welcome. For information call 765-6829, 628-5026, or 762-2885.

Kiwanis Club, noon Tuesday, Apple Cart.

New-Found Freedom Co-dependents Anonymous, 8 p.m., Tuesday, Harmony House (upstairs library).

AA Discussion meeting at noon; AA Big Book Study — closed, 8 p.m. Harmony House, 212 South Third.

Freedom Group of AA; Tuesdays at 8 p.m. Woodlands Christian Church (Room 202), Fourteenth and Hartford. Smoke-free meeting and building. We study and practice tradition. Study Discussion of “As Bill Sees It” and other AA approved literature. For more information, call John at 762-3345 or Darron, 765-0021.

Parent Support Group, 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesday at Northern Oklahoma Youth Services Center. Focus on parental concerns and frustrations, as well as ways to increase understanding and communications between parent and child. Support, education, coping techniques, and introduction to nonpunitive parenting styles.

Preschool storytime for 4-, 5-and 6-year-olds, 10 and 11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at the Ponca City Library.

Ponca Prairie Pleaters meet the first Tuesday evening of each month with the exception of the summer months. For more information call Nathalia, 762-3820.

The Pioneer Water Garden Society meets the third Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Cann Garden. Those interested in water gardens are welcome to attend. For more information call Marsh, 765-8249, or Ray, 762-7806.

Weight Watchers meeting, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, St. Paul’s United Methodist Church. Weigh-in begins at 6 p.m.

Fanchon Chapter 53, Order of the Eastern Star, meets the first and third Tuesday of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Masonic Temple, 1200 West Grand.

Free pregnancy test is kept confidential at Birth Choice, 700 West Broadway, Hours are 6-8 p.m. Tuesday; 1-3 p.m. Wednesday; 6-8 p.m. Thursday. Call 765-9689.

The Vision AMBUCS meet at 6:30 p.m. every second and fourth Tuesday of each month.

Raindrops Support Group for parents who have lost children meets the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church, Hartford and Pecan. For more information call Lisa Lewis, 765-3972.

Wednesday

Deadline for Happenings and items for Sunday’s edition of Lifestyles is 5 p.m. Wednesday. For Happenings include name of club, time and day of meeting, place and hostess.

The International Club will meet Wednesday, Oct. 25 at 7 P.M. in the home of Nora Slaughter. The program will be "Women's Health Issues: Menopause, breast cancer and women's general health" presented by Janet White. For more information about International Club, contact Teresa Panza-Mohedas, 718-9892.

Pioneer Toastmasters Club, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, R&D East Auditorium, Conoco Complex, 1000 South Pine. Guests welcome; public invited. For additional information, contact Bob Ennis, 767-5946.

Ponca City Bahai Community Discussion Group, 7:15 p.m. Wednesday. For location call 765-5695 or 762-5529.

Simple Steps AA meeting; Step Study — closed, noon. AA Discussion meeting, 8 p.m. Harmony House, 212 South Third.

Al-Anon meeting, 8-9 p.m. Wednesday, upstairs in the Harmony House, 212 South Third.

Storytime for 2 and 3-year-olds, Ponca City Library, 515 East Grand, 10 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Short stories, songs, use of flannel board. Lasts about 15 minutes.

Ponca City Council of Garden Clubs meets at the Cann Center on the first Wednesday of each month at 9:30 a.m. Anyone interested in gardening, flowers, birds, butterflies, conservation, historic preservation, landscape design or environmental education, is welcome to attend. For more information call 762-3695, or 762-3555.

Principles Before Personalities, Narcotics Anonymous, 8 p.m. Wednesday, Harmony House basement (use south entrance by parking lot).

Noon Lions Club meets at noon each Wednesday at the American Legion.

Four O’Clock Garden Club meets the fourth Wednesday of each month at 9:30 a.m.

Chapter EL of PEO will meet for a salad lunch at noon Oct. 18 in the home of Virginia Stephenson. Those wil last names A-H are asked to bring salads. Co-hostesses will be Lorita cleveland, Pat Drake and Jodi Gilbert. Linda sparks, guest speaker, will give a holiday preview.

Chapter FC of PEO will meet with Lavon Sutton Oct. 18. Dorothy Novak and Ann Slief will be co-hostesses. Cleo Leterle is in charge of the program which is Sharon Brantley “Stained Glass.”

Thursday

AA Discussion meeting, noon; AA discussion meeting, 8 p.m., Harmony House, 212 South Third.

Freedom Group of AA; closed Big Book Study at 8 p.m. Thursdays, Woodlands Christian Church (Room 202), Fourteenth and Hartford. Smoke-free meeting and building. We study and practice tradition. Open meeting the last Thursday of each month for birthdays. For more information, call John at 762-3345 or Darron, 765-0021

Model Railroad Club, 7-10 p.m. Thursday, Stephenson Building, 113 North Third. For information call 762-8687 or 765-7996.

Parent Support Group, 9:30-11 a.m. Thursday Northern Oklahoma Youth Services Center. Focus on parental concerns, frustrations, as well as ways to increase understanding and communications between parent and child. Support, education, copying techniques and introduction to non-punitive parenting styles.

Ponca City Newcomers Club meets the third Thursday of each month at the Ponca City Country Club. For more information and to make reservations call Joyce Fox, 762-9578.

Story hour for school-aged children Thursday at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m. at the Ponca City Library.

Principles Before Personalities, Narcotics Anonymous, 8 p.m. Thursday, Harmony House basement (use south entrance by parking lot).

American Legion Post 14 meets at 7:30 p.m. the second and fourth Thursdays of each month at the Huff-Minor Post home, 407 West South Avenue.

Disabled American Veterans meet the third Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at 401 South Lincoln.

North Central Continuum of Care is hosting a community meeting regardinf local homeless issues Oct. 19 at 10 a.m. at the Conoco fourth street Club House. for more information call Carmaleta Wesbrook, 762-3208, or Christy Williams, 762-2873.

Friday

Simple Steps AA — open, noon; AA speaker meeting — open, 8 p.m. Harmony House, 212 South Third.

Principles Before Personalities, Narcotics Anonymous, 8 p.m. Friday, Harmony House, 212 South Third, basement (use south entrance). Smoke-free building. For more information call 762-3345 or 765-9459.

Pioneer Rotary Club meets at noon on Fridays at Westminster Village.

Saturday

AA Discussion meeting at noon Saturday. AA Discussion meeting at 8 p.m., Harmony House, 212 South Third.

New Found Freedom Co-dependents Anonymous, 8 p.m. Saturday, Harmony House (upstairs library). Smoke-free.

Order of the Amaranth meets the first and third Saturdays of each month at 7:30 p.m. at the Masonic Temple.

Overeaters Anonymous group meets 10-11 Saturday mornings at Woodlands Christian Church. The meetings are open to “anyone who desires to stop eating compulsively.” Fore more information call 762-2161.

McCord Arts and Crafts Show will be 9 a.m.-4:40 p.m. Oct. 28 at the McCord School.

SPORTS

Northern Oklahoma College Basketball
Lady Cat Harriers First To Qualify as a Team
Jr. Hi. Boys State Champs
Volleyball
Regional Cross Country Results

Northern Oklahoma College Basketball

The Best Kept Secret in America

By DAVID DAVIS

News Sports Writer

College basketball begins its annual march to madness Nov. 2. The Lady Mavs of Northern Oklahoma make their 2000-2001 home debut Nov. 9 against Oklahoma Christian JV. The men open at home Nov. 15 against Pratt, Kansas.

Region II of the National Junior College Athletic Association has been realigned beginning this season. The east-west district format has been eliminated. The will only be one conference champion at the end of the regular season. Seeding in the conference tournament will be determined by the regular season win-loss record.

Vice President of Student Services, Athletic Director and Mavericks’ Basketball Coach Mick Weiberg talked about the role of NOC as an academic institution and the high quality of junior college sports programs in spite of having to replace half the team every year.

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Northern Oklahoma College Vice President of Student Services Mick Weiberg is partial, but according to him, the Tonkawa junior college is the best kept secret in America.

“We have a president (Dr. Joe Kinzer) who cares about the whole student. Not just academics.”

He said Kinzer is concerned about how the school fits in the communities it serves. Take the new wellness center, for example. It is a complete fitness center with an indoor track that is open to the public for a fee. the public also has access to the indoor swimming pool and raquetball courts as part of the wellness center membership.

Athletic Director Weiberg believes the high caliber sports programs are revealing the secret. The men’s soccer team is currently ranked 14th in the nation and the men’s basketball team has appeared in the National Junior College Athletic Association Tournament in two of the last three years.

Basketball coach Weiberg said Northern Oklahoma is a great place to watch a game. Fans are close to the floor and on top of the action in the 1,100 seat Foster-Piper Fieldhouse where the Mavericks play an exciting brand of basketball. It’s easier to get involved in a game at NOC than in a large colliseum-type setting.

“We have Division I athletes and we play Division I basketball on a two year maturity level,” he said. “If we get someone to come out and watch us once, they come back often.”

He said they have good fan support from Tonkawa, Ponca City, Blackwell and other surrounding communities. On occaision there is a full house, but normally there are about 800 to 900 people in attendance. The student body varies from semester to semester, but it is currently about 1,650. The population of Tonkawa is estimated at about 3,300.

“We have better facilities than anywhere we play and we have better fan support,” he said. “We enjoy good support from Tonkawa, but we get huge support from Ponca City.”

The downside of being a small town college is attendance suffers when youth events are scheduled at the same time as a ball game. He said sometimes parents have to choose between a game at NOC or a junior high game to watch their kids.

“The parents go to the junior high game, and they should,” Weiberg said.

Probably the best known player to pass through Northern Oklahoma is John Starks. He went from NOC to Oklahoma State, then to the New York Knicks. He signed with the Utah Jazz as a free agent on Aug. 3. Starks played basketball only his junior year of high school in Tulsa. He is an example of a player overlooked by the major programs.

Paul Wright, another graduate of NOC. The huge 7-footer continued his basketball career at Witchita State. He later joined the World Wrestling Federation as the Son of Andre the Giant. Later, his name was shortened to, The Giant.

“His fingers were so big, he couldn’t dial a phone without using a pencil,” Weiberg said. “He couldn’t press just one button on the dial pad.”

From last year’s team Larry Reid went to Kansas State; Sherman Rochell, University of Denver; Chris Arledge, Tarleton State; Josh Nichols, Bartlesville Weslyan; Tyler Barnard, University of Central Oklahoma; Jeff Newby, Northwest Oklahoma State and Colt Clark, Northeastern Oklahoma State.

“Arledge turned down a better known Texas university because Tarleton offered a medical degree he wanted to pursue,” Weiberg said. “But almost everyone who plays junior college ball goes on to play somewhere.”

NOC keeps an open door to all four-year colleges and universities. He said one of the major concerns of a coach at a major university is if the student athlete can maintain eligibility. Because NOC is a small school, students get more one-on-one time with instructors that helps to reinforce the subject matter. However, training basketball players for Division I schools is not the focus of the athletic department.

“Academics is number one and everything that revolves around academics comes first. Athletics comes second. A good student is a much better learner on the basketball floor,” Weiberg said. “The four year colleges and universities know they are getting an athlete that plays Division I basketball and has a strong academic background.”

Sometimes, a four-year program will recruit an academic ineligible, then refer that player to a junior college where anyone with a high school diploma or G.E.D. can enroll.

“Or a player might be coming off an injury and he’ll be referred to a junior college to get playing time and get his strength back,” he said. “And sometimes a kid will go to a Big 12 school and feel uncomfortable because he’s too far from home or away from home for the first time.”

Even though Weiberg competes for the same players as the Big 12 schools, he can’t beat them. Recruiting is no less fierce at the junior college level than at the four year level.

“A four year college can stockpile players. We can’t do that because students graduate their sophomore year,” he said. “So, we have to recruit half of our team every year.”

Most of his players come from Oklahoma because the state produces well coached and disciplined players.

“That says a lot about Oklahoma high school basketball,” he said. “We recruit all over the nation, but we go out of the state mainly for size.”

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Next: Coach Weiberg and Lady Mavs’ coach Greg Krause talk about their teams.

Lady Cat Harriers First To Qualify as a Team

By DAVID DAVIS

News Sports Writer

The Ponca City girls’ cross country team will run in the state meet for the first time ever next week.

The Lady Cats finished in seventh place at the regional meet held Saturday at Lake Ponca. Led by second and ninth place finishers Chelsie Baldwin and Jessica Jorgensen, the girls took the final qualifying with a total 189 points.

The boys finished in eighth place with 187 points, only two points behind seventh place Putnam City West. Kris Upchurch and Noah England qualified for state as individuals by finishing in the top seven among runners whose teams did not qualify. Upchurch, the lone Wildcat senior finished 16th and England, a freshman, finished 24th.

No other Ponca City girls team has ever qualified for the state meet. Individual girls have qualified, including Jorgensen, who was expected to qualify for the third consecutive year. No other Lady Cat has been to state more times than the junior runner.

Coach Kelly Chaney, who is in his tenth year could hardly contain his emotions.

“This is super!

“It’s thrilling!

“It feels great! All the girls worked so hard and it has finally paid off.”

He said this is not only for the girls this year, but for all the ones who ran before them and improved every year.

“The program has improved every year,” he said. “Success breeds success.”

Chaney said some of these girls have been running three and four years, since the seventh grade. Jessi Gwin is the only senior on the team. Melissa Stangeland and Mandy Bacher are sophomores. Jorgensen, Maria Mena and Sunna Hingst are juniors. Baldwin, the number one runner is a freshman.

“There are some talented runners coming up through junior high who will help and you can never tell who will move in,” he said. “Every little bit helps.”

At about the halfway point, Chaney admitted he was worried because the times were beginning to fall off from normal.

“But this is a challenging course and the times will fall off 20 to 40 seconds. This is not a big oval like they usually run,” he said. “They stayed focused, though.”

The coach has said for several weeks that the girls would peak just in time for the regionals.

“The crowd was great, too. Not only were there spectators from other schools, but there were a lot of Poncans cheering.”

Jenks won the 5A Girls’ meet followed by Edmond Santa Fe, Bartlesville, Tahlequah, Enid, Owasso, Ponca City, Stillwater, Sapulpa, Tulsa Union, Sand Springs, Tulsa Memorial and Putnam City West.

In Boys’ 5A, it was Jenks, Stillwater, Owasso, Tulsa Union, Tahlequah, Edmond Santa Fe, Putnam City West, Ponca city, Sapulpa, Bartlesville, Enid, Tulsa Memorial, Broken Arrow and Will Rogers.

In Boys’ 4A, Guthrie was followed by Harrah, Thomas Edison, Bishop Kelley, Noble, Bixby, Carl Albert, Claremore, Catoosa, B. T. Washington, Tulsa Nathan Hale and Daniel Webster.

In Girls’ 4A, the order of finish was Grove, Bishop Kelley, Harrah, Noble, Guthrie, Pryor, Claremore, Carl Albert, Bixby and B. T. Washington.

The state meet will be held Oct. 28, at Oral Roberts University.

Jr. Hi. Boys State Champs

OKLAHOMA CITY — Ponca City’s junior high boys’ cross country team are the 2000 state champions after nosing out Moore in the Junior High All-Star Meet last week.

Led by John Wheeler, Aaron Auld and Kyle Upchurch, the Cougars finished with 63 points, four points in front of Moore. Jenks was third with 73 points and Tulsa Union fourth with 98. Broken Arrow had 111 points, Enid 112 and Edmond Central 184.

Wheeler took eight place individually, finishing the two-mile run in 11:28, Auld was ninth in 11:31 and Upchurch 12th in 11:37.

Jonathan Gilliland was 21st, Jobe Stewart 22nd, Adam Gibson 33rd, Kyle Baldwin 39th and Mark Chaney 63rd.

Each of the Ponca City front runners improved three places in the second half of the race. Wheeler was 12th after one mile, Auld 13th and Upchurch 15th.

The four-person Ponca City’s girls team did not place as a team.

Danielle Jorgensen was 31st in that one-mile run in 10:28. Kelly Williams was 35th in 10:36. Erin Carlson was 63rd and Laura Stangeland 76th.

Volleyball

Park and Recreation

Volleyball

Women’s League

Team W L Pts

B-Cubed 12 0 180

Diemer Farms 6 3 113

Just 4 Fun 6 6 109

Smash N Bash 2 10 70

PSI 1 8 65

Mixed Fun League

NEBC Bumpers 17 4 299

NEBC Blue 14 4 254

ASC 9 7 178

Flying Aces 7 5 146

FCC 3 15 174

CBC 2 16 120

Mixed Upper League

Ody’s 12 3 181

Home Nat. Bank 9 3 167

CBC 9 9 212

In The Woods 5 10 174

Up In The Air 4 8 137

Smith Tool 3 15 132

Regional Cross Country Results

CLASS 5A - Girls

Individual Results

PLACE. NAME SCHOOL TIME

1—BRIANNA MCLEOD, JENKS, 11:45

2—CHELSIE BALDWIN, PC 12:07

3—LAURA MAJOR JENKS 12:24

4—JENNIFER CLARKE,STILL. 12:24

5—MEGAN BURNS JENKS 12:34

6—ALISON THOMPSON, B’VILLE 12:37

7—ALAYNE THOMPSON, JENKS 12:41

8—SARAH GAYLOR ,TAHL. 12:46

9—JESSICA JORGENSEN, PC 12:47

10— MIA VESANEN , JENKS 12:48

11—RACHEL BARBER, JENKS 12:48

12—KRISTY DEEDS, TAHL. 12:49

13—JAMIE GERMAN, OWASSO 12:50

14—SUSAN WARDEN, ED, SF 12:50

15—HEATHER RAY, ED. SF 12:52

16—JESSICA ELDRIDGE, BA 13:05

17—CARI GRIFFIN B’VILLE 13:05

18—JESSICA STONG, ENID 13:12

19—RACHEL DRAKE, B’VILLE 13:16

20—ANDREA HENDERSON, SAP.13:17

21—ASHLEY ENDERLIN, B’VILLE 13:19

22—KARI COLEMAN, T. MEM. 13 23

23—CHELSEA LOGAN, ENID 13:25

24—AMBER GAITHER, SAP. 13:26

25—ASHLEY SPAETH, ENID 13:26

26—BLYTHE HENRY, ED. SF 13:27

27—JENNA JAMES, JENKS 13:33

28—LAURA TURNEY, ED. SF 13:35

29—STEPHANIE CARROLL, OW. 13:37

30—CARMEN DAVIS, SS 13:40

31—KATY RADER T. UNION 13:42

32—CARRIE SPIELMAN, ED. SF 13:45

33—AMY AHLBORN , OWASSO 13:52

34—HEATHER WALLACE, ED.SF 13:54

35—TIRSIT ASSAYE, ED, SF 13:54

36—EMILY RIVERS, ENID 13:56

37—TRUDY PATTERSON, PCW 13:59

38—ANETT SCHROETER, TAHL. 13:59

39—ANGELA HAYNIE, TAHL. 14:00

40—NATALIE BAKER, ENID 14:01

41—JENNY SCHULTZ, T. UNION 14:02

42—MICHELLE WOOLSEY, TAHL. 14:03

43—KATIE PATON, ENID 14:04

44—RACHAEL MONTIN, STILL. 14:07

45—CHRISTY SCHULTZ, UNION14:08

46—CRYSTAL STEED, OWASSO 14:09

47—KYLE COHLMIA, STILLWATER 14:11

48—SIRI SCOTT, STILLWATER 14:12

49—KENDRA FOSTER, SAPULPA 14:13

50—MELISSA STANGELAND, PC 14:14

51—DANIELLE HENRIE, OWASSO 14:17

52—ERIN BAXTER, ENID 14:18

53—ASHLEY ELDRIDGE, T. UNION 14:19

54—CHERI RUSKJER, B. ARROW 14:20

55—JENNA MANNING, PUTNAM W 14:22

56—MAGGY HALLGREN, S’WATER 14:27

57—HEATHER PHILLIPS, S’WATER 14:30

58—VANESSA THOMPSON,SAP 14:30

59—ASHLEY GOLDEN, OWASSO 14:34

60—CARLIE SINER MUSKOGEE 14:35

61—MYSHA EWERS, S’WATER 14:38

62—JESSICA JONES, T.MEM. 14:39

63—SHELBY RIKER , OWASSO 14:40

64—HEIDI BECKMAN, SS 14:42

65—CAMILLE SUTRICK, SAPULPA 14:44

66—CHELSEA TEACHMAN, UNION 14:46

67—MANDY BACHER, PC 14:48

68—SUNNA HINGST, PC 14:49

69—KARI-ANNE GRANT, B’VILLE 14:54

70—SHANNON ROMINES, B’VILLE 14:54

CLASS 5A - Boys

1—BLAKE CULP, BARTLESVILLE 16:37

2—LANDON WILLETS, T. UNION 16 39

3—CHASE HALL, JENKS 16:51

4—REM MOLL, JENKS 16:56

5—DANIEL ELLIS, SAPULPA 16:58

6—DALLAS CARROLL, OWASSO 17:08

7—BRIAN GOSNELL, TAHL. 17:10

8—DAVID MCVAY, JENKS 17:21

9—PETE LAUGHLIN, JENKS 17:23

10—ROSS COHLMIA, JENKS 17:24

11—ANDY ROBINSON, S’WATER 17:27

12—HUNTER STEPHENS, B. A. 17:28

13—ANDREW TOWER, S’WATER 17:28

14—JEFF PROCTOR, PCW 17:31

15—NICK MILLER, STILLWATER 17:39

16—KRIS UPCHURCH, PC 17:39

17—KYLE ROBBINS, OWASSO 17:47

18—JONATHAN BOLDEN, PCW 17:50

19—BRETT TUROWSKI, B’VILLE 17:53

20—MARCUS MAYES, SAND SPGS 17:53

21—DAVID SUTTER, OWASSO 17:53

22—BRIAN CALDWELL.ED. SF 17:55

23—DAVID HARRIS ,JENKS 17:57

24—TIM FORTHMAN, JENKS 17:58

25—NOAH ENGLAND, PC 17:59

26—NATE SWANSON, T. UNION 18:02

27—CHRIS KIRK, TAHLEQUAH 18:03

28—JOHN SATRICK, SAPULPA 18:07

29—CRAIG SWIGER, ENID 18:08

30—KYLE KARNISH, PC 18:09

31—CHRIS LEGERE, ED. SF 18:10

32—BILLY SLATER, TAHLEQUAH 18:12

33—SCOTT KASERMAN, ED SF 18:13

34—CLIFF PITTMAN, TULSA UNION 18:21

35—CY HENLEY, PCW 18:22

36—VINCE MILLER T, MEMORIAL 18:24

37—PETE RIDILLA, T. MEMORIAL 18:26

38—SCOTT SUTTLE, TULSA UNION 18:29

39—TYLER SELVEY, STILLWATER 18:31

40—NATE TUMLESON, OWASSO 18:34

41—BRIAN SEIDL, ENID 18:35

42—MONTELL WILLIAMS, T. UNION 18:37

43—JOSH WARD, ED. SF 18:38

44—DUSTIN STUBBS, T. UNION 18:41

45—TROY HUTCHINS, STILLWATER 18:41

46—DAVID ISAAK, ENID 18:42

47—DAN STRONG ENID 18:44

48—WES BRANSTETTER, SAPULPA 18:45

49—BLAKE DENTON, ED, SF 18:48

50—JUSTIN KEMPH, TAHLEQUAH 18:52

51—EUGENE BAKER, T. MEMORIAL 18:53

52—CALEB CUMMINGS, T. UNION 18:56

53—CRAIG PERRY, TAHLEQUAH 18:58

54—MONTANA KELLER, OWASSO 19:00

55—JOHN FROST, SAPULPA 19:00

56—JORDAN HUGHES, B’SVILLE 19:01

57—MIKE WALLIS, T. MEMORIAL 19:01

58—RYAN HUFFMAN, PCW 19:04

59—JON KEMPENICH, PC 19:08

60—MATT TUMLESON, OWASSO 19:11

61—DERICK VILJOEN, PC 19:13

62—CHUCK KING, SAPULPA 19:14

63—MICHAEL MOSER, (PCW 19:14

64—EVAN BLACKBURN, STILL. 19:16

65—JASON MIRANOV, ENID 19:17

66—HECTOR AGUIRRE, T. MEM, 19:17

67—MARK SIGLER, BARTLESVILLE 19:18

68—JAMES DEPUY, ED SF 19:19

69—MATT HENDERSON, ENID 19:21

70—WILLIAM PILK, SAPULPA 19:21