Local News and Sports

From The Pages Of The Ponca City News, Sunday, October 13, 1996

LOCAL
D.A. Issues Pyramid Warning
Nearly News
Po-Hi Math Teacher Receives Annual Carolyn Berry Award
Sidewalk Routes May Be Changed
Storyteller To Bring Tour to Celebration
Many Craft Demonstrations Planned During Celebration
Correction
Group of Diseases Need Special Care
United Way Update
Betty Durkee To Be Featured At GOP Meeting
NOC Students To Be Featured In Season Debut
SJRMC To Honor New Physicians
United Methodist Women To Meet
Collectible Ornament To Be First in Series
Angels Map Deadline Near
Roof Renovations On Board Agenda
Karaoke Talent Contest Planned
Central Dedicates Ultra-Modern Computer-Driven Class Building
'Little Eagles' Concert Opens 1996-97 Season
School Menus
Middle School and Mid High
School Calendar
Dream Catchers Program Theme
Singles Network Sets Activities For the Week
Diabetes Topic To Be Presented
Letters Say:
Hearing Aids Donated To Poncan Theatre
Blood Drive Set To Benefit Longtime Newkirk Grocer
Opponents for District 37 Seat Give Views at 2nd Friday Forum
County Candidates Give Answers at Forum
Adult Watercolor Class Planned At Art Center
Marriage Licenses

CITY CALENDAR

NEWS BRIEFS

DEATHS
Mabel Agatha Donelson
Ruth Schmid
Hal Michael McHenry
Shirley Mae Wilkinson

Services Pending
Raymond Cross

FAMILY LIVING
CWC Plans Country Fair Auction
Xi Gamma Sigma Celebrates Teen Years
Class of 1987 Is Seeking Classmates for Reunion
Vows Join Janelle Simmons and Ty Williams
October Wedding Planned
Engagement Is Announced
Tah, Delodge To Wed Oct. 27
Brewer Family Has Reunion
50th Anniversary Celebrated
Miss Ponca City To Attend Festival in Arkansas City
Landes, Kincaid Engaged
Red Rose Aids Memorial
Conference To Feature Killer of American Women
Stillwater Quilter Is Guest Speaker
Seniors Attend Local Health Fair
Foster-Duttweiler Wedding in Austin
PrimeTimers Tour Nova Scotia
PC Newcomers Planning Auction
Wheatheart Menu
Iris Garden Club Studies Plants
German Group Plans Harvestfest
Ponca City Happenings
T-Shirt Sales, Face Painting Raises Funds
Former Wilson Residents Sought
Robbins Hosts Garden Club
101st Birthday Dinner Honors Hildur George
Little News

SPORTS
Cats Come Back, Win in Four OTs
Golf Notes
PCCC-WGA
Golf Pairings
Fall Shootout Results
Senior-Boomer Championship Results
YMCA Mat Season Set
Woodland Wears Out Foe, 27-13
Softball Meeting Set

LOCAL

D.A. Issues Pyramid Warning

NEWKIRK - District Attorney John Maddox has urged citizens to stay away from any money-making schemes which promoters may be falsely claiming have the blessing of the district attorney's office.
Maddox said his office was buried last week with phone complaints and questions about a current local get-rich-quick scheme that the prosecutor deems instead to be an illegal pyramid practice.
The scheme reportedly is promoted as an easy method for investors, who each put up a $2,000 gift, to watch their money multiply to $16,000 as they reap the individual $2,000 gifts of the next eight investors down the line, Maddox said. With the same promise as from a high-dollar chain letter, each investor is supposed to accumulate big money as more investors are recruited.
At best, the pool of potential investors depletes quickly, but more likely it's just a simple way to say goodbye to your savings to the first few ambitious recruiters, which is why it's illegal in all 50 states.
During an apparently busy recruitment meeting last week - one caller told the district attorney of seeing $96,000 change hands - the promoters were trying to reassure the investors that "the D.A. has given his approval of this," Maddox said.
Actually, the district attorney is telling would-be investors "to beware of this practice, and I'm telling the people who are doing it to quit."
The law says any person convicted of promoting such a scheme can be fined up to $10,000 and imprisoned for as long as 10 years, or both. Violators also can be required to pay restitutions to victims.
Maddox said an illegal pyramid scheme should not be confused with legitimate multilevel network marketing programs, which are not get-rich-quick programs but are in fact hard work. Multilevel service and merchandise programs frequently have hierarchical structures that can appear similar to illegal pyramid practices.
Pyramid practices are focused instead on quick profits gained from a continually diminishing group of potential investors in a given area, with little or no mention of a market, or merchandise or services, according to the Better Business Bureau.
If the premise is just "getting a lot of money for nothing, with no selling of advice (and) they're not selling any products," citizens should beware, said Maddox.
The prosecutor said persons who feel they have been victimized by such a scheme should contact his office at 405-362-2571.

Nearly News

The annual News Update edition is in today's paper. There are two sections packed with information about local industry, businesses and institutions.
Due to lack of available space, many of the stories prepared for this special section could not be used today. Look for more Update '96 information in future sections of MidWeek and on the weekly business page.

Po-Hi Math Teacher Receives Annual Carolyn Berry Award

By KRISTI GRABEAL
News Education Editor
Ponca City High School math teacher Sandy Pendergraft has been named the Carolyn Berry Award winner by the Ponca City Public School Foundation.
Pendergraft was honored during "A Salute to Excellence in Education" Thursday at the Poncan Theatre. The annual event, cosponsored by the Ponca City Public School Foundation and the Ponca City Area Chamber of Commerce honors outstanding educators and recognizes new teachers.
Pam Oster, trustee of the Public School Foundation, presented Pendergraft with this years award. Pendergraft said, "I am shocked to receive this award. I feel very fortunate that I received the grant. This is the icing on the cake."
Pendergraft received a grant for her Calculator Based Lab System. This system records real world data and then the data will be graphed on a calculator. She said that the students are very excited, not only about the grant she got, but the award she received.
Dr. Bill White, superintendent of schools, also presented the 1995-96 Teachers of the Year. The district teacher was Beverly Barger. Other teachers presented were Lois Corbin, Lincoln; Ann Gage, Union; Clyde Pendergraft, Middle School; Karen Dale, Garfield; Christ D'Onfro, Roosevelt; Pixie Hunter, Washington; Lynn Hopkins, Mid-High; Berlinda Bonha, Liberty; Tamera Chaney, Trout; Marsha Shields, Woodlands; and Pam Lessert, Senior High School.
The keynote speaker of the evening was Sherol L. Hovis. He is a native of Ponca City and a popular public speaker throughout the United States. From 1969 to 1985 Hovis was a general manager of Oklahoma News Network, Sooner Football Network and vice president of Broad Street Communications Corporation. He currently lives in Edmond and is affiliated with The New York Life Insurance Company.
Hovis spoke about "Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and the Fourth R." He went on to tell the teachers that they are "doing a very beautiful thing by teaching." He says that they are expanding a mind and that they should continue the beautiful thing they are doing. Hovis concluded by saying, "The Ponca City School system is one of the best I have ever seen. I am proud to say that I graduated from Ponca City High School."

Sidewalk Routes May Be Changed

By LAURA TREADWAY
News Staff Writer
The Ponca City Board of Commissioners may decide to change the proposed route of the Sidewalk Enhancement Project during Monday's meeting which is scheduled at 5:30 p.m. at the Public Safety Center, 200 East Oklahoma Avenue.
The Traffic Commission recommends reducing the scope of the project to stay within the budget. Traffic Engineer Mike Lane commented that the project goal entailed completing sections with heaviest pedestrian traffic.
If approved, sidewalk construction will include Fourteenth Street from a half mile north of Prospect Avenue to Grand Avenue; Grand Avenue from Fourteenth Street to Seventh Street; Seventh Street from Grand Avenue to Hartford Avenue; and Hartford Avenue from Seventh Street to Fourteenth Street.
In other new business, the board will consider a request by Precision Tool to purchase a four foot strip of city-owned property in the Ash Street Industrial Park. The business plans to construct an expansion of their building. Precision Tool has been maintaining the land and using it as a parking lot.
Additionally, authorization to contract with the Oklahoma Department of Transportation for bridge inspections in Ponca City will be considered as well as payment of city claims totaling $2,215,613.08.
In old business, consideration will be given on removing the Bid Committee's recommendation to demolish and clean up a public nuisance in the 1100 block of Scott Avenue.
Furthermore, on the consent agenda, the following items are expected to be approved by one motion of the board.
- Correct an ordinance rezoning a tract of land in the Acre Homes Addition from family residential to Hospital Medical Zoning District.
- Consider an emergency clause for correcting the ordinance rezoning a piece of property in the Acre Homes Addition from family residential to Hospital Medical Zoning District.
- Accept Change Order No. 1 and the final payment to Evans & Associates Construction Company in the sum of $24,305.34 for work completed on resurfacing various streets.
- Execute documents necessary to complete the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) loan application to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce. This would provide partial assistance for the Phase II Ponca City Landfill Improvements.
- Approve the removal of the two-hour parking restrictions on the east half of the south side of 400 East Cleveland Avenue.
- Consider installation of Bus Loading Only signs with applicable hours on the south half of the east side of 100 block of North Sixth Street.
- Authorize Ram Engineering & Construction Inc. as an agent for the city on the Northwest Water Transmission Pipeline, Phase 2 project.
- Acknowledge receipt of a permit to construct water line and appurtenances to serve Ponca City.
Subsequently, the commissioners will reconvene as the Ponca City Utility Authority to consider consent agenda items including authorization to purchase 12 transformers from International Transformer Company in the amount of $3,900.
Also, the board will review the State Revolving Fund Partial
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Disbursement Request for Wastewater Treatment Plant Improvements, Phase I in the amount of $7,463.80. In additionally, submission of the monthly operating statement to the Oklahoma Water Resource Board as part of the OWRB loan agreement will be regarded.
Afterwards, the board plans to recess to executive session to discuss the purchase of real property.

Storyteller To Bring Tour to Celebration

Will Hill (Kabitcha Feke Sego), Native American storyteller, will be presenting a 13-performance tour in Ponca City the week of Oct. 21-25 in honor of the honored Ponca Chief Standing Bear.
The presentations will be a part of the week-long celebration prior to the unveiling of the 22-foot Standing Bear Monument, Oct. 26 at Standing Bear Native American Park.
At 7:30 p.m. Oct. 22, he will present his entertaining and versatile program in the programming room of the Ponca City Library. The public is invited to the free program. He will present other programs during the week at various schools in the area and for organizations.
Hill, a full-blood Muscogee Indian, was raised by his family in the traditional Indian home and trained since the age of 4 to be the oral historian and storyteller for his family. He is a member of the Muscogee people from Alabam Corsate.
Hill incorporates music, dance, language and audience participation to make his stories come alive, as he shares stories that have been passed down through the years in his family. He will also be sharing history and stories about Chief Standing Bear, heroic defender of Native American rights in the late 1800s.
Hill has traveled extensively throughout the United States as an emissary of Native American Culture. He has appeared on the Americana Cable Network's Storyteller's Theater, the "Legends From Our Fathers" video produced by Ithlo Films, and his melodic voice can be heard in a mixed media product entitled "Oklahoma Treasure Trails," produced by Mythic Media and sold in bookstores across the United States.
In 1993, he was honored as the best Native American storyteller by both the University of Minnesota Law Library and the Native American Children's library. He was the featured storyteller at Earth Day in Washington, D.C, in April 1995, and has participated in the "Roots and Shoots" programs by invitation from noted anthropologist Jane Goodall.
Hill is co-founder of Mahenwahdose, a Native American Indian production company based in Tulsa. His name is also on rosters of the Arts and Humanities Council of Tulsa, Oklahoma Arts Council, Oklahoma Touring Program, Oklahoma Department of Libraries, Young Audiences of Greater Dallas, Young Audiences of New Orleans/Lafayette, Acadia Arts Council, Nevada Arts Council and Utah and Wyoming Arts councils.
The program by Will Hill is sponsored by the Ponca City Arts and Humanities Council, Conoco Inc., and the Oklahoma Arts Council.

Many Craft Demonstrations Planned During Celebration

By KATHY ZEHR
News Staff Writer
Approximately 30 Native American men and women will present demonstrations about ancient crafts, as well as some modern works, in conjunction with the unveiling of the Standing Bear Monument.
Two storytellers will also be on the grounds to bring tales of early day culture and some crafters will provide an opportunity for hands-on crafting.
"The Native American Craft demonstrations to be presented at the upcoming Standing Bear Monument unveiling, Oct. 26, will be numerous and unique," say Diane Simpkins and Emma Lou Stiver, Standing Bear Educational Committee chairmen.
Demonstrators will be situated in a large tent on the Standing Bear Park grounds, and some in tepees and will be presenting crafting information throughout the day.
Tom Oglesbee of Tulsa, who will identify the various types of tepees and how they are made.
Tom Bacon Rind of Hays, Kan., a member of the Osage Tribe, assisted by Anna Adams of the Winnebago Tribe, will demonstrate beading on a loom.
Andrew Snake (Bigsnake) Jr., Marland, is a member of the Ponca and Sac/Fox Tribes and a nephew of Chief Standing Bear. He will present his skills and knowledge in making contemporary ceremonial war dance drum sticks. He also is involved in feather costumes and does leather work. Snake has also formed a drum group, "The Oklahoma Standingbear Singers." His brother, Kenneth Snake of Marland, will demonstrate the craft of making metal cones (for the ladies ceremonial dresses).
Clyde Otipoby, award winning Ponca City art teacher and member of the Comanche Tribe, will be demonstrating pottery making and painting.
Anita Lookout West of Hominy will present a finger weaving demonstration of skills taught to her by her grandmother and aunts. In an interview, West says most of her customers are Osage Tribal members and most of her weavings are used for belts and other regalia used in the series of seven Osage ceremonial dances held in June in Osage County.
Billy Williams, a Chickasaw from Anadarko, will demonstrate drum making and Bill Morgan, a Cherokee from Tulsa, will present his skill in arrow making in the Plains Indian Warriors style, which he learned as a boy. Morgan also creates war bonnets, lances, coup sticks, ceremonial staffs, rattles, war shirts and much more.
Maggie Alberty, also a member of the Cherokee Tribe from Tulsa, will demonstrate her artistry in backbrush basket making. She uses special roadside grasses for her ancient craft.
Donna Leonard, an Osage from Pawhuska, will be presenting her skill in moccasin making and Davy Watts of Fairfax, an Osage Tribal member and charter member of the Oklahoma Alliance of Artisans, will present demonstrations in Osage ribbon work and finger weaving. Chris Johnson an Osage from Stillwater, will also present a demonstration of finger weaving.
Raymond and Waltena Red Corn, members of the Osage Tribe from Pawhuska, will talk to visitors in the demonstrations tent about Indian corn (ha-pay oshu-tse) and its history and significance to the Osage Tribe. Wabi Snow, a Seneca from Joplin, Mo., will demonstrate skills in quill work.
Kathy Buttery, an elementary school teacher from Oklahoma City, will be demonstrating clay sculpture. She says her favorite areas of focus are the face, throat and head, which are sites of reflected character and emotion.
Connie Seabourn will demonstrate layering in watercolor and her style is described as contemporary Southwest art.
Also included in the demonstrations in the park, will be 12 or more tepees from various tribes.
Some craft demonstrations will be presented at the teepee sites.
The craft demonstrations will open at 9 a.m. on Oct. 26 and will close at 11 a.m. for the unveiling ceremony of the Standing Bear Monument. They will be resumed from 1 to 5 p.m. For more information about these craftsmen and their arts, contact Stiver or Simpkins at the Standing Bear Souvenir Shop, located at Pioneer Bank and Trust or call 762-5651.

Correction

Due to a clerical error by a News reporter an incorrect charge was listed on page 8A of Wednesday's News concerning Kevin Scott Gelino of Ponca City.
Gelino has not been charged with lewd molestation as listed in the District Court column.
The News regrets any embarrassment, confusion, or misunderstanding that may have resulted from this publication.

Group of Diseases Need Special Care

In today's society approximately 75 percent of all nursing home residents have been diagnosed with a group of diseases that not only endanger their health, they destroy dignity, families and integrity - Alzheimer's, Senile Dementia and Organic Brain Syndrome - to name a few.
These diseases are not discriminative. They inflict all races, sexes and religions and researchers have yet to find a cure for these diseases. They have also yet to find a cause for them. Until preventive measures or cures are found, society must educate itself on how to offer those afflicted with these diseases a life of quality and love.
One such way to do this is to offer a controlled environment - a place in which the person with these diseases may be free to do as they please, but are not made any demands upon to make numerous decisions. Simple decisions such as what to wear, when to eat, what room to go to or where the restroom is can cause frustration and sometimes combativeness. These feelings can lead to low self-esteem, sorrow or paranoia. Less decisions mean less stress and often will stimulate the person so as to enhance their orientation.
Effective Oct. 21, 1996, in addition to the services for those in need of acute medical attention, Fairfax Manor will be offering, as alternative care, the services of a Dementia/Special Needs Unit and Adult Day Care. Any persons diagnosed with Alzheimer's, Senile Dementia or other related diseases will now be offered a more specialized-type of care.
In the unit, workers will coordinate activity programs that are specifically designed for anyone with the above mentioned diseases. The unit will also be staffed with caregivers who have been trained with state-approved workshops by professionals who specialize in Alzheimer's-type diseases.
For family members who are not ready to admit their loved one into the home for 24-hour care, they will be offering an Adult Day Care Program. This program will allow family members or in-home caregivers the opportunity to leave their loved one in a safe and secure place with a homelike atmosphere for an entire day (not to exceed 8 p.m.).
If there are questions or the need of more information, please feel free to call Fairfax Manor at (918) 642-3234 or stop by anytime at 701 West Taft in Fairfax.

United Way Update

YMCA Expands Programs To Better Serve Families
Editors Note: This is the 17th and final article in a series describing the services provided to the community of Ponca City by United Way's 17 member agencies.
Ponca City's YMCA has spent the past year expanding its programs for families and children and emphasizing the four values of honesty, caring, respect, and responsibility. For example, the 1996 Summer Day Camp program increased over 50 percent from last year.
YMCA Board Chairman Ben Cavett said, "We are concentrating our efforts on running quality programs that are affordable to those within our community."
Cavett continued, "One thing that sets us apart from other agencies serving our youth is that we have the ability to offer scholarships to those who may not otherwise be able to participate. The donors to the United Way, our Chairman's Club, and our Annual Support Campaign truly help make a difference in our community as this year we were able to award more than $13,000 in scholarship assistance for children in our Summer Day Camp program."
"We work to help strengthen families and nurture the healthy development of children all year long," said Cavett. He added, "In everything we do, we try to help build values like honesty, caring, respect, and responsibility."
The YMCA has also experienced success in the "Parent's Night Out" program offered to parents of young children. On the fourth Friday of each month the YMCA provides an evening of structured activity for the kids so that parents can spend quality time together.
At the beginning of the summer, the YMCA again sponsored the "Swim Safe" free swimming program. During the week of free swimming lessons, the YMCA served more than 200 youth and all expenses were paid by the Chairman's club.
The YMCA sponsored their first annual "Healthy Kids Day" in April. The event was devoted to improving families' health and fitness by featuring a range of activities to help children and their families learn how to live healthier lives, and was provided in partnership with St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, the United Way, and Conoco.
"For the YMCA, good health isn't just for the body. It involves the mind and spirit too. That's why the 'Y' has added a character development component to all of its programs. "Healthy Kids Day" was celebrated by YMCAs across the country to call attention to the importance of improving the health of young people, their families, and their communities.
"The YMCA has been in Ponca City for more than 40 years, and we plan to continue to serve the families, children, and adults of our community. And we couldn't do it without the support that the United Way provides," Cavett concluded.
United Way of Ponca City serves 17 agencies within the community, including American Red Cross, Arthritis Foundation, Bluestem Girl Scout Council, Boy Scouts of America, Bridgeway, Child Development Center, Domestic Violence Program, Golden Villa Adult Day Care Services, Helpline Inc., Hospice, New Emergency Resource Agency, Northern Oklahoma Youth Services, Peachtree Landing, ProTeens, RSVP, Salvation Army, and YMCA.

Betty Durkee To Be Featured At GOP Meeting

The Republican Women of Kay County Evening Chapter will meet at 6 p.m. Thursday, for a Dutch Treat supper and program.
The meeting will be held at Golden Corral with the program scheduled for the West Meeting Room.
The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. with Betty Durkee of the Standing Bear Committee as guest speaker. Durkee will show a couple of videos about Standing Bear and the sculptor, Oreland C. Joe, and answer questions from the floor following the videos.
The Standing Bear Monument dedication is scheduled for Oct. 26.
Plans are also to select a nominating committee for the 1997 officers of the organization.
A spokesperson for the Republican Women said the organization still has some 1996 Elephant mugs for sale, as well as a number of political and non-political items for Christmas giving. Dole-Kemp Buttons are also available at Republican Headquarters located at 620 East Comanche, open from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekdays and 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturdays. Several members of the Republican Women Evening Chapter are staffing the headquarters, and may be reached by phoning 765-5105.

NOC Students To Be Featured In Season Debut

The first Ponca Area Chamber Orchestra concert of the 1996-97 season will feature two Northern Oklahoma College vocal students Marie Beyer of Ponca City and Molly Hall of Edmond as soprano soloist.
Scheduled for 8 p.m. Tuesday, the concert is free to the general public and will be performed in the Northern Performing Arts Center on the NOC campus in Tonkawa.
Beyer is a sophomore vocal performance major who transferred to Northern in the fall of 1995.
Hall is a freshman majoring in music with an emphasis on voice. She was a leading player in the recent college production of "The No Frills Revue."
Guest conductor will be Dineo Heilmann, Northern Fine Arts Division chair.

SJRMC To Honor New Physicians

St. Joseph Regional Medical Center is planning a reception to honor the new physicians who have recently joined the medical staff. The reception will be held Sunday, Oct. 20 from 1 to 3 p.m. in the lobby of SJRMC.
Five new physicians have relocated to the Ponca City area and joined the medical staff of SJRMC in the past year.
Harry B. Tate, M.D., opened his practice specializing in neurosurgery in August 1995. Dr. Tate is a board certified neurosurgeon, and his practice specializes in diseases of the spine and corrective surgery. He also holds membership in the Oklahoma State Medical Association and the Congress of Neurological Surgery.
William J. Graham, M.D., joined the medical staff in January 1996. Dr. Graham specializes in radiation oncology (therapy). He is originally from Glasgow, Scotland, and has served on the SJRMC consulting staff as radiationoncology consultant for the past 20 years. He is a Fellow of the American College of Radiology, and is certified by the American Board of Radiology.
A native of Ponca City, Michele J. Moyer, M.D., returned to the community in April of this year to establish a practice. Dr. Moyer specializes in emergency medicine and is a full time physician in the emergency room at SJRMC. She is a member of the American Medical Association, the Oklahoma State Medical Association and the American College of Physicians.
Sara Jane McGee, M.D., has been practicing in Ponca City since May of this year. Dr. McGee is a native of Woodbridge, N.J., and specializes in hematology/oncology. She is a member of the American Board of Internal Medicine and the American College of Physicians.
After moonlighting in the emergency room of SJRMC during his residency, J. Kent Davidson, M.D.c decided he liked the town of Ponca City. After completing his education, Dr. Davidson and his wife moved from Sapulpa, and he joined the staff of SJRMC in July of this year. He specializes in family medicine with special emphasis on geriatrics. He is a member of the American Medical Association, Oklahoma State Medical Association and the American Academy of Family Practice.
The reception gives community members a chance to meet each of the physicians, welcome them to the area, and talk with them in an informal setting.
Refreshments will be provided and the public is invited to attend.
For more information, contact Sandy Gearhart at (405) 765-0301.

United Methodist Women To Meet

The October United meeting of the United Methodist Women, First United Methodist Church, will be Thursday, Oct. 17, at 9:30 a.m. in the Youth Room of the church, Sixth and Central.
Hostess duties and the devotional thoughts will be handled by the Darla Rowley group. The program will be on "Missions in Russia."
An election of 1997 officers will be held.

Collectible Ornament To Be First in Series

The first in a series of Festival of Angels collectible tree ornaments will be available when Angel Central opens Tuesday at noon in the Pioneer Shopping Center on North Fourteenth Street.
Hours for Angel Central are noon to 6 p.m.
The 1996 ornament is a replica of "Angel Host," the 30-foot lighted display located at the Pioneer Woman Statue at Fourteenth Street and Lake Road. The Angel Host angel is designed to welcome visitors to Ponca City and to the Festival of Angels lighting extravaganza and many other related activities Nov. 29- Dec. 28.
Handmade of porcelain clay and created by Tonkawa artist Audrey Schmitz, the special ornament is attractively gift-boxed. The collectible is 2.5 by 3.5 inches and sells for $10 each. It is also available in suede-matted wooden frames.
The collectible ornament, plus many other gift items, decorations, jewelry, and outdoor displays, have filled the gift shop at Angel Central, which is also the information center for the Festival of Angels.
Angel Central is staffed by volunteers and all profits are donated to the Festival of Angels project to purchase more displays and lights for Ponca City. Most items in the shop are handmade by local crafters, and many feature the angel theme.
A limited selection of fall and Thanksgiving gifts and decorations are currently available as well.
Consignment items are still being accepted, and can be taken to Angel Central each Wednesday at noon. Interested persons may call Sara King at 762-3072 or Betty Lindsay at 765-2093 for more information.

Angels Map Deadline Near

The last call for individuals, businesses and neighborhoods who want to be located on the Festival of Angels map has been made by the Festival of Angels Committee. The registration closes Wednesday.
The map will include locations of all the specially lighted and decorated areas in Ponca City including neighborhoods, public buildings, churches, businesses and the special displays at Lake Ponca Park, Cann Gardens, Pioneer Woman Statue, Cultural Center and downtown.
"Entities and individuals who have not registered their intent to decorate but want to be place on the official maps should immediately contact the Ponca City Tourism office at 767-8888 to get on the map before it goes to the printer this week," said Kathy Adams, chairman of the Festival of Angels committee.
Festival of Angel maps will be available to the public and tourists Nov. 1 at Angel Central Headquarters and Gift Shop in the Pioneer Shopping Center on North Fourteenth Street, and at the Ponca City Tourism Office at Fifth and Grand Avenue.

Roof Renovations On Board Agenda

By KRISTI GRABEAL
News Education Editor
Renovating the roof of the Administration Building will be a main item on the agenda when the Ponca City Board of Education holds its monthly meeting Monday.
The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m.
Discussion topics are on the agenda will begin with John Young, chairman, giving a presentation on the Property Committee. Janet Goll will discuss the Blue Ribbon Committee and Dr. Bill White, superintendent of schools, will report on long-term study with Southwest Educational Development Laboratories.
White will also report on current issues in the school district.
The board will also vote to approve or not approve the following items:
- Permission for the general fund to borrow from another fund if needed until ad valorem is received.
- A possible contract with Jostens Learning Corporation for an elementary computer learning lab.
- Awarding a bid for re-roofing of the east portion of the Administration Building.
- Changing order No. 2 on Lincoln Elementary School and change order No. 2 on Math Science Business Center.
- A possible athletic weight room facility to be paid for by private donations and building fund.
- Discussion of the new board member ward boundaries and terms of office.
The board will vote to go into executive session to discuss possible termination, reassignment or resignation; the possible purchase or sale of real property, and negotiations.
Also on the agenda will be the approval of the "Consent Calendar." This calendar includes items such as the minutes of meetings, use of facilities, fund raising applications and travel. Also to be discussed on this calendar will be gifts donated to the schools by Jeff Fox and C.E. Barber.
During the meeting, the floor will be open for comments from the public. The board cannot discuss or take action on topics presented under the public comment section. They can, however, take matters under advisement.

Karaoke Talent Contest Planned

The 1996 Fast Track to Fame Karaoke talent search will conduct a one-night event at Cassiopeia's Thursday, at 9 p.m. Eight singers will be taped for national TV's Karaoke America, which has aired periodically on TV 27 in Ponca City
The first place winner will represent the state of Oklahoma for the Fast Track to Fame talent search finals which will air on national TV in December.
Grand prize for Fast Track to Fame winners are recording contracts with Anlock Records, a Winston Salem, N.C.-based label, which is already marketing "Fast Track to Fame Vol. One" nationally on TV and in "Best Buy" stores.
The talent search is open to anyone 21 years of age or older. For further information, contact (910) 760-1380.

Central Dedicates Ultra-Modern Computer-Driven Class Building

By LOUISE ABERCROMBIE
News Staff Writer
EDMOND - As the new $4.5 million education building was dedicated at the University of Central Oklahoma Friday, "the wind came sweeping down the plains," according to UCO President George Nigh, former governor of Oklahoma.
The education building, an ultra-modern computer driven facility is one of the showpieces of the $54 million renovation of the UCO campus.
During the dedication ceremony the wind blew so hard it dumped pots of mums from the stage to the ground. This sent Nigh, on the stage, and the next president of UCO Roger Webb, seated in the first row, scrambling to retrieve the flowers. Higher Education Chancellor Hans Brisch noted it was not a "good hair day" for anybody.
The building stands near Old North, which began fulfilling the education mission in 1893. The first Territorial Normal School was established in Edmond and was the forerunner of UCO. The symbolic bell from Old North was rung, calling students to school. A student who won a $750 scholarship in a drawing rang the bell. Nigh noted the campus has the oldest and newest education facilities in the state.
The three-story structure, has about 48,000 square feet, houses 30 classrooms, a complex for two offices, two computer laboratories, a student lounge area and a conference room.
About 93 percent of the building is devoted to high-tech instruction. Dean of the College of Education Kenneth Elsner said, "We built the infrastructure not only for the technology now on-line, but also for the technology of the future."
The computerized, state-of-the-art building can be operated from a centralized, remote system allowing large groups in multiple classrooms to view information simultaneously.
Video, audio and data displays can be operated directly from the class in which they're being used. These class displays are viewed on ceiling-mounted projection monitors.
"In the classroom, the instructor can bring in a laptop computer, connect it to a network connection, and then display to his or her class Internet Web sites that correlate with his or her curriculum, said Dana Owens, multi-media curriculum specialist in the College of Education."
Roger Webb, the heir apparent to Nigh's job, had been at Northeastern State University at Tahlequah for 17 years prior to accepting the job as the new president of UCO when Nigh officially retires in 1997.
The University of Central Oklahoma College of Education has been accredited through the year 2000 by the National Council for accreditation of teacher education. The agency responsible for Professional accreditation of teacher education.
UCO's College of education is the state's largest teacher education college with nearly 6,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
Nigh said the university's college of education has successfully navigated its way through rapid growth and significant demographic changes. Since 1989, UCO has grown nearly 40 percent in enrollment and the average age of students, most of whom commute, continues to rise, now standing at 28.
The UCO jazz band, dressed in tuxedos, played prior to the event and swung into a rendition of "Happy Birthday" during the festivities. Cakes in the shape of the new building fed the dedication crowd, which included legislators, former UCO officials, students and educators.

'Little Eagles' Concert Opens 1996-97 Season

The first Community Concert of the 1996-97 season, the "Little Eagles of Siberia." will be presented at Hutchins Memorial today at 2:30 p.m.
The 28 young singers and musicians ranging in age from 11 to 19 are from the city of Krasnayarsk, in the distant reaches of Central Siberia, 3000 kilometers east of Moscow.
Under the baton of Ludmilla Stebnjkova, who founded the choir in 1971, the youngsters perform with incredible purity of sound, and excellent musicianship. Siberian songs and instrumental works as well as representative works from other Russian republics and great Russian and Western international classics are featured.
Their program will include instrumental works for balalaika accordion (the traditional Russian Bayan) and piano. The choice of repertoire and the polished choral arrangements by Stebnjkova, range from Glinka to Gershwin.
Brilliant and colorful national costumes have been designed and created for the young performers by artists of the world-renowned Krasnayarsk Ballet and Opera.
Stebnjkova was born in Siberia and is recognized throughout Russia as a leading choral conductor and musical pedagogue. She was recently named "Representative worker of Russia" and has participated in world-wide choral symposiums in Moscow, Slovenia, St. Petersburg and most recently in Sydney, Australia.
Many of her arrangements and transcriptions are included in the "Little Eagles" programs and she has collaborated with well known Russian composers in the creation of new works for the choir. She also frequently appears as guest conductor with the State Symphony Orchestra of Krasnayarsk.
The program by the "Little Eagles," will include works by Glinka, Tchaikovsky, Rimsky-Korsakof, Humperinck, Hassler, Telemann, Saleri, Mozart, Kodaly and Gershwin, as well as characteristic Siberian and Russian works.
Admittance to the concert is by membership only and Annual 1996-97 membership cards will be required at the door. Members who enrolled by have not received membership cards should call secretary Mary Lois Nield, at 762-5156.

School Menus

Elementary Breakfast
Monday - Honey bun, graham crackers, assorted cold cereal, fruit, milk.
Tuesday - Egg and cheese biscuit, honey buns, assorted cold cereal, fruit, milk.
Wednesday - Graham crackers, honey buns, assorted cold cereal, fruit, milk.
Thursday - No School
Friday - No School
Elementary Lunch
Monday - Cheese pizza, spaghetti, glazed carrots, assorted cold sandwiches, fresh fruit, juice and milk.
Tuesday - Chili, chicken strips, whipped potatoes and gravy, assorted cold sandwiches, fresh fruit, juice and milk.
Wednesday - Chicken and noodles, Philly steak sandwich, carrot and celery sticks, assorted cold sandwiches, fresh fruit, juice and milk.
Thursday - No school
Friday - No school
Middle School and Mid High
Breakfast
Monday - Honey bun, graham crackers, assorted cold cereal, fruit, juice and milk.
Tuesday - Egg and cheese biscuit, Honey buns, assorted cold cereal, fruit, juice and milk.
Wednesday- Honey bun, graham crackers, assorted cold cereal, fruit, juice and milk.
Thursday - No school
Friday - No school

Middle School and Mid High

Lunch
Monday - Cheese pizza, spaghetti, glazed carrots, chef salads or cold sandwiches, Domino's pizza, Taco Bell burritos, Taco Mayo or Hardee's, assorted fruit, milk.
Tuesday - Chili, chicken strips, whipped potatoes and gravy, chef salads or cold sandwiches, Domino's Pizza, Taco Bell burritos or Taco Mayo, assorted fruit, milk.
Wednesday - Chicken and noodles, Philly steak sandwich, carrot and celery sticks, Domino's pizza, Taco Bell burritos, Taco Mayo or Hardee's, chef salads or cold sandwiches, assorted fruit, milk.
Thursday - No school
Friday - No school
High School Lunch
Available every day in the high school cafeteria, the Training Table Deli offers pasta with sauce, assorted sandwiches, salads and fresh fruit; the Ala Carte Wildcat line offers Pizza Inn, Taco Bell burritos, Taco Mayo, Hardee's items, French fries, onion rings, cheeseburgers, enchiladas, hot pockets, chicken wings, hot shots and more. A baked potato bar will be featured on a regular basis at the Training Table.
All American
Monday - Meat nachos, refried beans, Mexi beans, fresh fruit.
Tuesday - Chicken strips, whipped potatoes and gravy, green beans, fresh fruit.
Wednesday - Pizza pocket, corn, baked beans, fresh fruit.
Thursday - No school
Friday - No school
Training Table
Monday - Teriyaki chicken breast, rice, California veggies, fresh fruit.
Tuesday - Pasta bar, potato bar, fresh fruit.
Wednesday - Turkey and dressing, whipped potatoes and gravy, green beans, fresh fruit.
Thursday - No school
Friday - No school
McCord Breakfast
Monday - Ham, egg and cheese bar, toast, juice, milk.
Tuesday - Sausage, biscuits, juice and milk.
Wednesday - Cereal, toast, juice and milk
Thursday - No school
Friday - No school
McCord Lunch
Monday - Sloppy joes, French fries, dill spear, cookie and milk.
Tuesday - Beef stew, applesauce, cornbread and milk.
Wednesday - Turkey tetranzzini, broccoli, hot roll and milk.
Thursday - No school
Friday - No school
Pioneer Technology Center
Tuesday - Beef enchilada, chef's grilled chicken, sweet and sour pork, assorted salads, vegetables, breads and desserts.
Wednesday - Grilled steak, fried chicken, spaghetti with meat sauce, assorted salads, vegetables, breads and desserts.
Thursday - No school

Pioneer Technology Center's cafeteria is now open to the public Tuesday through Thursday from 11:15 a.m. to noon

School Calendar

Po-Hi
Monday, Oct. 14 - Nine weeks tests will begin at the high school. Junior varsity football vs. Sand Springs at 6:30 p.m. at Sullins Stadium. Chamber Orchestra will meet at 7 p.m. in the Band Room.
Tuesday, Oct. 15 - Nine weeks tests will be held during the day at the high school.
Wednesday, Oct. 16 - Nine weeks tests will continue throughout the day. Cross country conference meet in Ponca City with the time to be announced.
Thursday, Oct. 17 - No Classes will be held today due to Professional Day. Amateur Radio Club will meet at 7 p.m. in Room 111.
Friday, Oct. 18 - No Classes will be held due to Fall Break. Varsity Football will play Tulsa Washington at 7:30 p.m. in Tulsa.
Saturday, Oct. 19 - P.S.A.T. Testing will begin at 7:30 a.m. in the Anderson Building.
Sunday, Oct. 20 - Ponca City Jaycees will meet at Sullins Stadium from 10:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.

Dream Catchers Program Theme

It may be hard to make a dream come true, but those attending the next Medicine Bag program can make a "dream catcher" of their very own.
Anna Adams, a local artist, will present the free program, "Catch Your Dreams," or "How to Make Dream Catchers," Tuesday at the Conoco Fourth Street Clubhouse, 1500 South Fourth Street, from noon to 1 p.m.
"This is a special program, where participants will be actually making their own 'dream catchers' under Anna's direction" says Connie McAbee, director of marketing and business development for Pioneer Bank, of the latest lunch time Medicine Bag Program.
Everyone is encouraged to bring a sack lunch, as well as a pair of scissors to participate in the hands-on craft class.
McAbee said, "We hope everyone will come as early as 11:30 a.m. to prepare to stay till shortly after 1 p.m. The program is the fourth in a series of free Medicine Bag Lunch programs hosted by Pioneer Bank and Trust, which will provide drinks for participants.
Adams, a member of the Winnebago tribe, is an artist who teaches painting and calligraphy in the area. She will give hands-on instructions for the art of making dram catchers with all materials furnished.
Adams has a bachelor's degree in fine art from Oklahoma University. Her works have been exhibited at the annual Red Earth Festival in Oklahoma City.
The Medicine Bag Lunch Series will run through the week of the unveiling of the 22-foot Standing Bear Monument on Oct. 26. The series will feature a number of performers and special programs for adults of all ages.°

Singles Network Sets Activities For the Week

An organization of understanding men and women is in place in Ponca City, especially for folks who are divorced, widowed or never married - Singles Network.
This group meets for various activities each week, beginning each Sunday evening at 6:30 with the Discussion Group at First Presbyterian Church. Usually some of the group will get together after the discussion for a snack and fellowship.
On Monday this week at 6 p.m. the group will eat out at Blimpies, meeting there at 6 p.m. A card party is planned for Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Phil's. Bring snacks and call 765-4620 or 765-8381 if you plan to attend.
The regular board meeting is scheduled for Thursday at 7 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church. Mexican Joe's in Stillwater is the destination on Friday at 5:30 p.m. If planning to attend, call Dorothy at 765-5903 to carpool from the Presbyterian Church parking lot.
Plans are to close the week's activities on Saturday with a Pot Luck and Card Party at Pecan Place Clubhouse from 6 to 9 p.m. Please bring a covered dish to share. Call Dorothy D. at 765-1403 if planning to attend.

Diabetes Topic To Be Presented

J. Kent Davidson, M.D., will present the program "Managing Type II Diabetes," Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at Grand Avenue Church of Christ, 1300 West Grand. The program is sponsored by the Kay County Area Diabetes Support Group.
Dr. Davidson is currently in family practice medicine in Ponca City, with specialization in geriatrics. He also serves as resident physician at the Newkirk Medical Clinic three days a week.
He first became acquainted with Ponca City during internship when he worked as an Emergency Department physician at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. He said he found he liked the city and he and his wife moved here earlier this year.
Dr. Davidson is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine and is a member of the American Medical Association, Oklahoma State Medical Association and the American Academy of Family Practice.
All interested persons are invited to attend the meeting.

Letters Say:

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Editor, The News:
From a concerned Ponca Indian.
I sit and listen 'n' hear 'n' see. What's happening to our leaders? I'm working in the white man's world and I have to take a drug test once a year. If I fail this test I'm out of a job. Some places give you a chance to go to Rehab and clean up your act. Our leaders are given the same chance but refuse. They don't want to clean up their act.
Why should they be allowed to sit on the Council? That's a bad example for our children. Our children are our future. Tribal leaders, do we as a Tribe condone pot smoking on our Tribal council?.
Oct. 19 we go to the polls to re-elect a Council members should meet the same standards as anyone else. Think about it.
Odell Overland

Editor, The News:
Are you tired of seeing a pile of dirt, rocks, logs and other junk dumped in your front yard. The state has been dumping junk in the median of U.S. 77 just north of the Ponca City. I consider this to be the front yard of Ponca City. I have also seen the same type of dumping along I-35, both in the medians and the cut-up pieces of old concrete piled up along the side of I-35 south of Ponca City.
I don't know about anybody else, but I am also tired of seeing the weeds and grass three and four feet high on the Oklahoma roads. I think this looks bad to anyone driving on our highways whether they are tourists, business people looking for a new location for themselves or just people passing through. The high grass and weeds also create a fire hazard, even after they are cut because it becomes so much dead growth.
If you are like me, and are proud of our city and state, please call or write the Department of Transportation and complain to them about how bad they are maintaining our green areas by our roads and dumping this junk where everyone can see it: Department of Transportation; Telephone number (405) 521-2554; 200 NE 21st St.; Oklahoma City, Okla. 73105.
John Sutton

Editor, The News:
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month. This month, we join Americans across the county to support victims who have survived domestic violence, to remember those who have lost their lives to domestic violence and to let batterers know there is no excuse for the abuse. Over the past year, our community has lost several of it's members to the crime of domestic violence. As we remember those who have perished at the hands of an abuser, let them remind us of what love is not. It is not hurt, fear and shame.
Domestic Violence touches every one of us. It fills emergency rooms and morgues. It keeps employees from being able to work. It makes once happy children fearful and angry. It destroys homes and it destroys families. It is extremely damaging for a child to know that his or her mother - the source of love and security - is in constant danger. Often the abuser batterers the children as well. In many cases, the abuser is providing some financial support. The abused woman knows that her family cannot manage without that support. So she stays and endures the abuse and whispered criticisms ("Why doesn't she leave?").
We all have a responsibility to end domestic violence. We must all join together in this effort. Domestic violence does not discriminate. It knows no racial barriers, no economic barriers, no social barriers. Domestic violence exists in all neighborhoods. For individuals or groups who would like more information on how to help, the Domestic Violence Program of North Central Oklahoma, Inc. is available 24 hours at (405) 762-2873.
There is no excuse for domestic violence. Each and every one of us must take a stand and do what we can to reduce this crime. I encourage everyone to learn the facts and help stop domestic violence.
Christy Dulick Williams
Domestic Violence Program
Of Northern Oklahoma, Inc.

Hearing Aids Donated To Poncan Theatre

The Poncan Theatre is now equipped with hearing assistance devices, theater president Charles Casey announced today.
This means that any audience member who is hard of hearing may check out a device from the concession stand and hear the production amplified for his convenience.
The devices were a gift from the friends and family of former Ponca Citian Corrinne Herring in honor of her birthday. Mrs. Herring, whose son Howard graduated from Ponca City High School and is now a nationally known musician, has been interested in classical music all her life.
There will be no charge for use of the aids, but patrons will have to leave their drivers license or a major credit card as security when they borrow them. The card will be returned to them when the aid is returned to the concession stand. Contributions for purchase of additional devices will be accepted.
It is not necessary to sit in any specific part of the auditorium to use the aids. They are battery-operated remotes, receiving their amplification from a transmission terminal in the theater's sound booth. They work equally well for movies and for live performances, music or speech.
"Cold Comfort Farm," an English comedy movie, is currently playing at The Poncan Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays through Oct. 20. It will be followed by the American movie "Spitfire Grill" through Nov. 9. On Nov. 15, the Poncan Playhouse production of "Greetings,'' a family Christmas story, will open at the theater.

Blood Drive Set To Benefit Longtime Newkirk Grocer

Employees of the Ponca City Wal-Mart and the Oklahoma Blood Institute Ponca City Center will hold a blood drive Thursday in honor of longtime Newkirk grocer Carol Sheid.
Donors can give blood 1-7 p.m. at the donor coach in front of the store at 1101 East Prospect.
Sheid, who was in the grocery business in Newkirk for many years, is currently awaiting liver transplant surgery. Numerous blood products will be used during his transplant procedure.
"Carol Sheid has been an important asset to his community for many years through his involvement in local business," said Gary Gregg, Wal-Mart blood drive coordinator. "Now it's time for the community to do something for him. Residents can help by donating blood at our Oct. 17 drive or at the OBI Ponca City Center at 518 North Fourteenth street, next to Mail Boxes Etc."
For helping with this special blood need, donors will be eligible to participate in a drawing for a $25 Wal-Mart gift certificate. Donors also receive a free mini-physical, which includes checks on blood pressure, temperature, pulse rate, iron level and cholesterol. Written cholesterol test results are mailed to donors within two weeks of the donation. Additionally, OBI Ponca City Center offers men a prostate cancer screening (PSA) blood test for the nominal fee of $15 for donors and $20 for those unable to donate.
For more information, contact Gary Gregg at 405-762-0395.
The Oklahoma Blood Institute Ponca City Center is an affiliate of the Oklahoma Blood Institute, a regional, not-for-profit blood center responsible for supplying blood to 57 hospitals across Oklahoma, including St. Joseph Regional Medical Center and all Oklahoma City hospitals.

Opponents for District 37 Seat Give Views at 2nd Friday Forum

By LOUISE ABERCROMBIE
News Staff Writer
District 37 candidates Bernie Jackson and Jim Newport squared off in the Second Friday Forum on right to work, workers comp and a variety of other issues. The candidates are vying for the post being vacated by long-time legislator Jim Holt, who is retiring.
It wasn't a debate of national significance, but certainly a forum of interest to about 90 folks in attendance. And besides all politics are local.
After opening statements, where both candidates established their creditability as far as being dedicated to Ponca City and serving the public, they fielded questions from the audience.
Answers reported here are in the order the candidates were called on to respond.
Right to Work
On right to work, Newport, a Republican, told the need for the legislation saying that the Fantis Company, which locates companies to new sites, has determined if the state does not have right to work 50 percent of the companies cross off that state as a prospective industrial site. To ignore this is "asinine," Newport said. Newport quoted several authorities.
He said, "On one hand we say we want to do everything we can to draw industry and jobs and boost our economy and on the other hand we say 'oh that's not really and issue.' I'm saying lets be big enough as a people to look at that. It has been proven that this is an issue we need to carry out.
Jackson, a Democrat, said, "Certainly it's an issue it ranks about 12th or 13th on businesses' lists as to where they want to relocate. They want to relocated because of quality of life, education and those other factors. And it (right to work) ranks down there.
"One of the chief CEOs of one of the larger companies in Oklahoma said he didn't want to have to bargain with a lot of different groups. In Oklahoma the labor unions represent less than eight percent of the work force and about 90 percent of that work force is in three companies.
"We have no closed shop in Ponca City what so ever. It is an issue, but it's not that big of an issue. Why am I opposed to it? It will do the same thing that Jim Newport talked about how low we (the state) rank in per capital income. I don't want to go from 47th to 50th. If anything we want to go up."
Financial Contributions
This question from the forum audience was "have you accepted financial support from trial lawyers specializing in workers compensation or state on national union affiliations?"
Jackson answered, "Yes, we've had over 300 contributors and they've come from all different backgrounds, some of lawyers, doctors, teachers, blue collar workers and others. I'm very proud of the fact that I have been supported by the labor union of Ponca City, I got a nice check from them, I appreciate their support as well as some state organizations, some of which I've never heard of before."
Newport said, "I accepted a check from a workers comp attorney's wife at my church and I made it very clear that workers comp reform was going to be a part of my platform and if that was a problem I wouldn't take it. She said that was it was all right 'we're behind you.'
"No I've not received any union money. I will be a fair representative. I'll listen to all sides. I want to do what is best for our state and our people, but I think you need to ask yourselves why would outside attorneys from other parts of Oklahoma and union bosses be interested in owning a representative from Ponca City?"
Experience
The candidates were asked how their experiences would serve them and the public in the position of state representative.
Newport said, "I have a deep running passion for this state and this community. My heart is a servant's heart. It is not a personal gain. If you know the salary of a state representative, you know that. It is because I care. I have children, I have an investment.
"I have been the vice president of a local trucking company until it was acquired by an outside company. That experience has led me to deal personally with pension plans, workers comp, with government regulatory environments. I understand those things, I've been there. I've done that." Newport said that he and his wife have small businesses here.
Newport said, "I believe that I offer you a wide variety of experience and knowledge and a real zeal to be your next representative."
Jackson, speaking on experience, said, "Some of the leadership experiences I mentioned early (in opening remarks) in leadership positions across the state have made for networks. That's one reason I've received some help from a number of people throughout Oklahoma. Leadership Oklahoma, that's a group of 50 people, and several years ago I was a part of that group and that made long lasting networks all over the state. My leadership positions in the Academy for State Goals and the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy, Arts and Humanities and others.
"I've got networks across the state and presently even with the State Legislature. Because of those leadership abilities and because I worked in a school district in which over half of my career was spent as a school administrator. In the last few years I dealt with federal and state regulations. I had several million dollars worth of budget and lots and lots of staff members. So all of those experiences would help me to be a state representative that could represent Ponca City and this state quite well."

County Candidates Give Answers at Forum

By MARK GALVIN
News Staff Writer
Kay County's two candidates for District Two County Commissioner and both County Sheriff candidates took turns at the podium Friday morning to reestablish their campaigns, as part of this month's Second Friday Forum sponsored by the Ponca City Area Chamber of Commerce.
District two commissioner Wayne Leven, the Democrat incumbent who is seeking his third term, met the Republican challenger Marvin O. Johns, the Newkirk businessman.
Sheriff Marion "Van" Van Hoesen, the Republican incumbent vying for his second term, also faced Democratic challenger Jim Henley, retired Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper and former Blackwell police chief.
Working within a time-budgeting presentation system controlled by forum moderator Jan Watkins of the chamber, each candidate seized the time to introduce himself and to express his reasons for running. They spent most of the forum fielding several handwritten questions submitted by members of the audience.
To qualify himself for the commissioner post, Johns pointed to his background as a self-starter who first established a construction business and later a manufacturing business, and to his years of experience with the John Deere and J.I. Case companies.
"I'm a very strong believer in managing through people," Johns said. "I think people need to trust you and you need to trust people. You can get a lot of things done by doing that."
He stressed the importance of equipment management: "If we maintain our equipment properly, you get longer life out of it and better use of it, less downtime, and less cost to the taxpayers."
He said financial stewardship and economic development also will reduce costs.
"I can do that very well, and I'll do the county a very good job," he said.
Leven, who was elected the county's youngest-ever commissioner in 1989, cited his own accomplishments, first in a construction company he started with his brother and those since his election.
He has been responsible to help balance the county's $2.8-million budget "and to oversee the budget to make sure everybody - the sheriff, the county clerks, the assessor - stay within their own budgets," Leven said.
He emphasized his methods of preventative maintenance - "to fix it before we have a problem with it" - and of equipment replacement, to ensure the county's $800,000 worth of equipment lasts a lot longer, he said.
Leven also pointed to his cost-cutting major renovation of the Kay County courthouse that repaired the building's roof, resealed the basement, and replaced windows, the interior electrical system and unsafe exterior steps.
"By using county labor and the community service sentencing program (CSSP), we saved close to $50,000 in just that one project," he said. The CSSP is a program that puts county jail residents to work.
Leven also mentioned he has so far resurfaced "all but a mile-and-a-half" of the paved roads in the district.
Sheriff Nominees
When the sheriff candidates were called, Henley cited as his qualifications his long career in law enforcement, his steady activity in community affairs and organizations, and his constant study of emergency-preparedness improvements.
Henley, who was in a close race for sheriff against Van Hoesen four years ago, said he remodeled the police department and built a new jail while he was police chief in Blackwell.
He described his background as a firefighter and later an assistant police chief in Wewoka prior to becoming a trooper.
He said he has stayed active in organizations such as the Oklahoma Sheriff and Peace Officers Association and the Oklahoma Retired Troopers Association and several civic groups.
Van Hoesen pointed to his current operation of the sheriff's department and said he was proud of his good crew of deputies, secretaries, jailers, and other staff members. He described his abilities to operate the county jail and to employ some special methods to stretch the minimal budget he is given to run it.
"Of that $2.8-million (county) budget, my operating budget is $155,000 a year. We are required to maintain the county jail and we have to run it regardless of the price," Van Hoesen said.
"Well, $155,000 a year won't do that, so about seven years ago we started the community service sentencing program while I was the under sheriff, and this generates about $140,000 a year back to the sheriff's department that I use to run the jail.
"And if it wasn't for that, we would have to put that cost back on the taxpayers as a property tax or pass a sales tax," Van Hoesen said.
The sheriff said he has effectively used county prisoners to help restore the Ponca Theatre and the Marland Mansion, and to provide community service help to the county commissioners and various organizations.
He said he also is busy negotiating for a juvenile detention facility to be located in Kay County, so the deputies can save the 100,000 miles per year they now spend transporting juveniles to facilities elsewhere.

Adult Watercolor Class Planned At Art Center

An adult watercolor class taught by local award-winning artist Ruth Loucks will begin Oct. 23 at the Ponca City Art Center.
Classes will continue for six weeks from 7 to 9 p.m. each Wednesday. Mrs. Loucks will also hold one make-up class.
Mrs. Loucks calls her class a "paint along" class for beginners and advanced beginners. Instruction will be offered along and mixed in with the painting philosophy. "In other words - its learn by doing," says Loucks.
Cost for the six class sessions will be $40 and can be paid in advance at the Ponca City Art Center, where students may also pick up a list of needed supplies. Students must also be members of the Art Association. Annual Art Association memberships are available for $10 at the Art Center.
The Ponca City Art Center is open Wednesday through Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. For more information call 765-9746 or 762-5477.

Marriage Licenses

Newkirk
Marriage Licenses
Ryan Davis Posey, 21, and Betty Cho Failing, 20, both of Ponca City.
Loay Howard Hall, 46, and Quenetta Marie Shupe, 43, both of Blackwell.
Lawrence Eugene Wilks, 62, and Anna Mae Duncan, 56, both of Ponca City.
Will Emerson Sisco, 25, and Tatum Nicole Ipsen, 18, both of Ponca City.
Jesse James Smith Jr., 49, and Peggy Gail Turner, 43, both of Ponca City.
Steven Charles Gilmore, 40, and Carrie Renee Lindsey, 36, both of Wichita.
Brent Lee Glass, 20, and Amanda Kay Childers, 18, both of Blackwell.
Justin Wade Trenary, 20, Tacoma, Wash., and Lisa Nichole Bell, 19, Ponca City.
Everett Allen Buntt, 52, and Pamela Lea Adams, 48, both of Ponca City.
Donald Ray Bales, 27, and Tamara Lynn Johnson, 24, both of Ponca City.
Daniel Harry Braden, 26, and Louanna Mashelle Uselton, 25, both of Ponca City.
Gregorio Perez (Diego), 41, and Gloria Elva Carrasco, 46, both of Winfield.

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).
October 6-20
Ponca City Art Association 14th Annual Photography Competition, Ponca City Art Center, 819 East Central Avenue, Ponca City.
Today
Community Concert "Little Eagles of Siberia," 2:30 p.m., Hutchins Memorial, Fifth Street at Overbrook Avenue.
Monday
Ponca City Board of Commissioners, Ponca City Utility Authority, Ponca City Development Authority, 5:30 p.m., Public Safety Center, 200 East Oklahoma Avenue.
Tuesday
Ponca City Main Street Authority Inc., Promotion Committee, 7:45 a.m., Main Street Office, 206 North Third Street.
Influenza Immunizations from Kay County Health Department, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., St. Luke's Church of the Nazarene, 1715 East Prospect Avenue.
Marland Estate Commission, 4:30 p.m., Marland Estate Conference Center.
Ponca Area Chamber Orchestra, 8 p.m., Northern Oklahoma Performing Arts Center, Tonkawa.
Wednesday
Influenza Immunizations from Kay County Health Department, 8:30 a.m.-11 a.m., St. Luke's Church of the Nazarene, 1715 East Prospect Avenue.
Ponca City Main Street Authority Inc., Design Committee, noon, Main Street Office, 206 North Third Street.
Convention and Tourism Authority, 2 p.m., Conference Room, Chamber Office.
Thursday
Economic Development Foundation Inc., 7:30 a.m., Ponca City Area Chamber of Commerce.
Parks and Recreation Advisory Board, 6 p.m., Public Safety Center, 200 East Oklahoma Avenue.
Friday
Ponca City Traffic Commission, 1:15 p.m., Public Safety Center.
Billie Letts, Durant, author "Where The Heart Is," reading and autographing, 6-8 p.m., Brace Books and More, North Fourteenth Street.
Saturday
Betty Rohde, Gore, Okla., author "So Fat Low Fat No Fat," and "More So Fat Low Fat No Fat," autographing and leading seminar on Fat Free Cooking, 1-2 p.m., Conference Room C, St. Joseph Regional Medical Center.
October 21
Ponca City Board of Commissioners Work Session, 8 a.m., City Manager's Office, 516 East Grand Avenue.
October 22
Ponca City Main Street Authority Inc., Promotion Committee, 7:45 a.m., Main Street Office, 206 North Third Street.
Cultural Affairs Commission, 5:15 p.m., Ponca City Cultural Center, 1000 East Grand Avenue.
Lake Ponca Users Association, 6:30 p.m., Lake Ponca Park Shelter House No. 3, open invitation to anyone interested.
Mahenwahdose Productions - Will Hill, program on Standing Bear, 7 p.m., Ponca City Library Programming Room, free.
October 24
"Songs of the Heart - Every People's Native Music," by Dr. George and Camille Stevenson, accompanied by Lillian McConnel, 8 p.m., Poncan Theatre, free.
October 25
Fall Salad Luncheon and Craft Sale, 11 a.m.-1 p.m., St. Paul's United Methodist Church, East Hartford Avenue and Pecan Road, $4 admission at the door, public invited.
October 27
Romance authors Karen Kay and Heather Cullman, autographing, 3-5 p.m., Brace Books and More, North Fourteenth Street.
October 28
Ponca City Board of Commissioners, Ponca City Utility Authority, Ponca City Development Authority, 5:30 p.m., Public Safety Center, 200 East Oklahoma Avenue.
High Plains Food Coop Ordering Meeting, 6 p.m., 700 West Liberty, for more information call Jeanette 762-3648.
October 29
Ponca City Main Street Authority Inc., Promotion Committee, 7:45 a.m., Main Street Office, 206 North Third Street.
Ponca City Main Street Authority Inc., Board Meeting, 11:30 a.m., Main Street Office, 206 North Third Street.
October 30
Ponca City and Regional Planning Commission Work Session, 7:45 a.m., Commercial Federal Building, Suite 304.
November 2
25th Annual Arts and Crafts Fair of Alpha Gamma Study Club, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Marland Mansion Estate Gym (Unity Gym), information from Karen Yost, 765-4688.
McCord Arts and Crafts Show, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., McCord School.
Carrie Dickerson, author "Aunt Carrie's War Against Black Fox," speaking to NOW 10 a.m., Ponca City Library, autographing 1-3 p.m., Brace Books and More, North Fourteenth Street.
Oklahoma Children's Theatre, "Puff the Magic Tail," 1:30 and 4 p.m., Poncan Theatre, free.
November 5
General election. Polls open 7 a.m.-7 p.m.
Sleep Support Group, for anybody with sleep apnea or family or friends, 7-8 p.m., St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Ponca City.
November 9
Babysitter Basics Class, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., for sitters ages 11-13, St. Joseph Regional Medical Center.
Fall Workday, 9:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Tallgrass Prairie Preserve, operated by The Nature Conservancy, just north of Pawhuska.
Lou Dean Jacobs, author "Angels In Disguise," autographing 1-3 p.m., Brace Books and More, North Fourteenth Street.
November 11
Kay County Retired Educators Association, 11:30 a.m., Program, Joe Kreger, Cowboy Poet, Westminster Village, 1601 Academy Road.
November 16
Carolyn Hart, Oklahoma City author, autographing "Mint Julep Murder," 1-3 p.m., Brace Books and More, North Fourteenth Street.
November 17
Community Concert "Cafe Noir," 2:30 p.m., Hutchins Memorial, Fifth Street at Overbrook Avenue.
November 24-December 28
Festival of Angels.
November 25
High Plains Food Coop Ordering Meeting, 6 p.m., 700 West Liberty, for more information call Jeanette 762-3648.
November 28
Thanksgiving
December 2
Sleep Support Group, for anybody with sleep apnea or family or friends, 7-8 p.m., St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Ponca City.
December 23
High Plains Food Coop Ordering Meeting, 6 p.m., 700 West Liberty, for more information call Jeanette 762-3648.
December 25
Christmas
January 1
New Year's Day
January 19
Community Concert "Black Mountain Mail Choir of Wales," 2:30 p.m., Hutchins Memorial, Fifth Street at Overbrook Avenue.

NEWS BRIEFS

Cat Paw Painting - Attention motorists. The Ponca City High School Tip-Off Club has scheduled the annual cat paw painting on Seventh Street from Highland to Hartford for Sunday, beginning at 1 p.m. Motorists are advised to be alert.

A Philharmonic Halloween - The Tulsa Philharmonic will perform favorite "Halloween Hits" for people of all ages at 7 p.m. Oct. 26 at the Union High School Performing Arts Center, Tulsa. Selections from "The Phantom of the Opera," "Night on Bald Mountain," "Ghostbusters," the theme from "The Addams Family," "When the Night Wind Howls" and others will be performed. A trick-or-treat PhilharMonster session of treats and surprises for the whole family will precede the concert at 6 p.m. Call (918) 746-7445 for information and reservations.

Stolen - A resident in the 100 block of Cooley Avenue notified the Ponca City Police Department that a mobile phone was stolen from a vehicle. An officer responded at 11:28 a.m. Friday and took a report.

Found - A resident in the 300 block of South Seventh Street advised the Ponca City Police Department at 11:44 a.m. that a bike, coat and school books had been left near the alley. Animal Control picked up the items and took them to the police department.

Arrested - A Ponca City police officer arrested a 34-year-old man at West Grand Avenue and Oak Street at 9:18 a.m. Friday for driving under suspension.

Found - An abandoned bike was found in the 1300 block of West Highland Avenue. The Ponca City Police Department contacted Animal Control at 7:35 a.m. Friday to pick up the bike.

Accident - An employee at a business at North Fourteenth Street and East Hartford Avenue contacted the Ponca City Police Department at 10:26 a.m. Friday to report a non-injury accident. A state accident report was taken.

Subject Held - A Ponca City police officer arrested a 19-year-old man at 1:55 p.m. Friday for grand larceny.

Arrested - A Ponca City police officer arrested a 34-year-old woman at 4:18 p.m. Friday on a city warrant for petit larceny.

Subject Held - A 31-year-old woman was arrested by a Ponca City police officer at 5:39 p.m. for petit larceny and a city warrant for failure to pay.

Stolen - A Ponca City police officer located a possible stolen bike at 7:14 p.m. Friday and took it to the police department.

Burglary - A resident in the 1000 block of South Fifth Street contacted the Ponca City Police Department at 7:45 p.m. Friday to report burglary to the residence. An officer took a report.

In Custody - Two 19-year-old men were taken into custody Friday at the Ponca City Police Department on city warrants for 26 counts of destruction of private property. One was booked at 8:52 p.m. and the other at 11:09 p.m.

Fire - McCord Fire Department handled a grass fire in the 2600 block of City View, according to the Ponca City Police Department. The call came in at 1:22 p.m. Friday.

Arrested - A Ponca City police officer arrested a 13-year-old boy at Po-Hi at 9:48 p.m. Friday for destruction of private property. The officer caught the youth breaking tail lights.

Burglary - A resident in the 900 block of South Fourth Street advised the Ponca City Police Department at 12:56 a.m. Saturday of burglary to a vehicle. An officer took a burglary of auto report.

Arrested - A Ponca City police officer arrested a 34-year-old man at West Grand Avenue and Oak Street at 9:18 a.m. Friday for driving under suspension.

In Custody - A 33-year-old man was taken into custody at 2:30 p.m. Friday by a Ponca City police officer for two Kay County warrants.

Found - A Ponca City police officer took a report of a lost or stolen billfold in the 1500 block of Donald Avenue at 11:59 a.m. Friday.

DEATHS

Mabel Agatha Donelson

PAWHUSKA - Mabel Agatha Donelson died on Oct. 12, 1996, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Ponca City, Okla. She was 89 years old.
Born Aug. 23, 1907, on a farm near Washunga, Okla., she was the daughter of James and Cecelia (Biehler) Pappan. She grew up in Pawhuska where she received her education.
After graduation, she worked for a short time as secretary for the Justice of the Peace in Pawhuska, and then for a period of two years was a legal secretary for the lawyers, Arrington and Mattingly of Pawhuska.
She married James Lynch Donelson on Dec. 22, 1927, in Vinita, Okla. At that time, they made their home on his farm southwest of Burbank.
She enjoyed sewing and handwork, working in her yard, and playing bridge.
She was a member of St. Ann's Catholic Church in Shidler.
Survivors include a son, James Lewis Donelson and a daughter, Kathleen Starr, both of Wichita, Kan.; a daughter, Mrs. Arthur (Joan) Jacques of Burbank; a nephew, Merle Benson of Cecers, Ill.; a niece, Mrs. Wayne Southall of Cherryvale, Kan., six grandchildren and seven great-children.
She was preceded in death by her parents, two sisters, three half-sisters, a great-granddaughter and her husband, on July 21, 1981.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, 1996, at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Shidler with Father Leonard Higgins officiating. Burial will be in the Pawhuska cemetery under the direction of Johnson Funeral Directors.
A Rosary Service will be Monday, Oct. 13, 1996, at 7 p.m. in the Johnson Funeral Home Chapel, Pawhuska.
Memorial may be made in her name to St. Ann's Catholic Church or the charity of choice.
Paid Obituary

Ruth Schmid

Ruth Schmid, longtime Ponca City resident, died at her home Friday, Oct. 11, 1996. She was 85.
The funeral will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at the First Lutheran Church with the Rev. Paul M. Volz, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in the Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery under direction of Trout Funeral Home.
Ruth (Anderson) Schmid was born Nov. 21, 1910, in Osage County.
She was married to Eugene Schmid on Nov. 10, 1934, in Ponca City, where the couple established their home. Mrs. Schmid was a homemaker and enjoyed sewing and cooking. She was an active member of the Women's Guild of the First Lutheran Church.
Survivors include two sons, Bryan Eugene of Pasadena, Texas, and Allen Dwight of Clinton, Iowa; two daughters, Judi Ann Rhoads of Stillwater and Linda Kay Heyd of Littleton, Colo.; one brother, Harry Anderson of Ponca City; three sisters, Vetta Sadie Klinger and Elsie Townley, both of Ponca City and Emily Christianson of Arkansas City, Kan.; 10 grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband on Jan. 26, 1977; her parents; two brothers, Marvin and Raymond Anderson; and two sisters, Zolene Anderson and Sylvia Wilkerson.
Casket bearers will be Robert Rhoads, Michael Rhoads, Charles Schmid, Brett Taylor, Andrew Heyd, and Bruce Pawley.
Memorial contributions may be made in Mrs. Schmid's name top The First Lutheran Church, 1104 North Fourth Street, Ponca City, OK 74601.
The family will be at 301 South Ash.

Hal Michael McHenry

SHIDLER - Hal Michael McHenry, longtime Shidler area resident, died at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Ponca City on Friday, Oct. 11, 1996. He was 42.
The funeral will be held in the Webb City Church of God at 2 p.m. Monday with the Rev. Charles Richey, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in the Burbank (Okla.) Cemetery under the direction of Grace Memorial Shidler Chapel. Friends may visit at the Shidler Chapel until noon Monday.
Hal Michael McHenry was born July 23, 1954, in Fairfax, the son of Wesley and Lela (Campbell) McHenry. He attended Burbank Schools in earlier years and graduated from Shidler High School in 1973. McHenry had been employed as a truck driver for more than 20 years. He enjoyed fishing and spending time with his sons.
Survivors include two sons, Hal David McHenry and Michael Wayne McHenry, both of Shidler; three brothers, Steve of Ponca City, Ricky of Houston, Texas, and Terry of Arlington, Texas; and one sister, Joyce Williams of Shidler. He was preceded in death by one son, Christopher Lee, and his parents.

Shirley Mae Wilkinson

Shirley Mae Wilkinson, longtime Ponca City resident, died Thursday, Oct. 10, 1996, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. She was 67.
The funeral will be held at 10 a.m. Monday at Northeast Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. Larry Nigh, pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery under the direction of Grace Memorial Chapel. Friends may visit at the funeral home until 9 p.m. Sunday.
Shirley Mae (Weems) Wilkinson was born Jan. 3, 1929, in Centralia, Ill., one of eight children born to the Rev. James Edward Forrest and Ruby Jane (Davis) Weems. She grew up in Centralia, graduating from Centralia High School.
On Nov. 19, 1946, she was married to James E. Wilkinson at her parents home in Centralia. Following her husband's discharge from military service, the couple made their first home in Tulsa. They moved to Ponca City in 1951. Mrs. Wilkinson was employed as a dental assistant in the office of Dr. Burrows for over 20 years.
Mrs. Wilkinson became a member of Northeast Baptist Church in the early 1960s while it was holding early day meetings at Woodlands Elementary School. She continued to remain active, singing in the church choir, and serving on numerous committees. Mrs. Wilkinson was also a member and past president of the Dental Assistant's Association. While her children were growing up served as a den mother with Scout Troops. She enjoyed singing, camping and spending time with her family.
Survivors include her husband, Jim, of the home; two sons, James of Ardmore and Frank of Fort Smith, Ark.; five sisters, Mrs. Kenneth (Doris) Phelpps of Salem, Ill., Mrs. Lester (Dorothy) Vaughn of Milano, Texas, Mrs. Bill (Peggy) Myers of Eunice, N.M., and Mrs. Bill (Jane) Borgess and Mrs. Jim (Ruth) Moore, both of Centralia, Ill.; three grandchildren; and four great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her parents and two brothers, William Wesley Weems and Forrest Dwayne Weems.
Memorial contributions may be made in Mrs. Wilkinson's memory to Northeast Baptist Church, 2200 Pecan Road, Ponca City, OK 74604.
The family will be at the home, 708 Gray Street.

Services Pending

Raymond Cross
TONKAWA - Raymond Cross, 111 1/2 North 10th Street, Tonkawa, died at his home Saturday, Oct. 12, 1996, after a long illness. He was 80. Survivors include his wife Imogene, of the home. Arrangements are pending with McCafferty-Bolick Funeral Home, Tonkawa.

FAMILY LIVING

CWC Plans Country Fair Auction

A "Meet Me at the Fair" Luncheon and Country Fair and Auction will be held Wednesday from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. at the Ponca City Country Club. The Ponca City Christian Women's Club invites all area women to join them. Cost for the luncheon is $8.25.
Presenting the "Honey of a Deal" special feature will be Grant Hodges, Country Fair auctioneer. A graduate of Oklahoma State University, Hodges was born and reared in Ponca City, where he taught science at East Junior High for 30 years. Hodges and his wife, Deanna, have four married children and four foster children. They have owned and operated G & H Pure Clean Carpets for the past 15 years. Horseback riding, western movies and golf are among his hobbies. Funds from items that have been donated for the Country Fair will be sent as a Christmas gift to the Stonecroft Village Missionaries.
Bill Justice, Larry Masters and Doyle Brewer will be sharing "A Jam Session" for the special music. Born and raised in Ponca City, Justice is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma and is employed with the Oklahoma Department of Human Services as a social service supervisor. He is occasionally involved in live theater opportunities such as the Ponca Playhouse and Ponca Theater productions as well as entertaining for tours at the Marland Mansion. For the past few years, he has portrayed Jesus in the Easter Pageant at Hutchins Memorial. Other interests include snow and water skiing, and tennis.
Masters and his wife, Barbara, moved to Ponca City in May 1990 from Texas to serve as minister of music at a local church. They have two married children. A graduate of Oklahoma Baptist University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Masters is a member of the Singing Churchmen of Oklahoma, the American Choral Directors Association, American Guild of English Handbell Ringers and the Southern Baptist Church Music Conference. His hobbies and interests include playing golf, collecting ceramic turtles, gardening, traveling and sports.
Brewer, born and reared in Altus, holds a bachelor's degree in accounting and voice minor from Southwestern Oklahoma State University. Founder and manager of the KLVV Christian radio, he worked as a tax accountant for Conoco for 13 years. He and his wife, Nancy, have two grade school daughters. Snow and water skiing are among his hobbies.
Diane Hraban will be playing the background music for the day.
"Preserving Those Thoughts" will be Anita Montgomery of Yukon, executive secretary to a world-renowned ear surgeon. A graduate of Southwestern Oklahoma State University, this former farmer's daughter designed the house she lives in and served as its general contractor. Married to a Yukon real estate broker, she and her husband have two sons. Interested in genealogy research, she will share "Thoughts on Tackling Tension."
All area women are invited to attend the luncheon and auction. Reservations for the luncheon and child care can be made by calling Cindy, 762-2151 or Karen, 765-9835 by Tuesday. Reservations must be honored, canceled or used by a friend.

Xi Gamma Sigma Celebrates Teen Years

Teena Robbins presented the program following the Oct. 7 meeting of Xi Gamma Sigma chapter of Beta Sigma Phi. Mrs. Robbins read from "Apples of Gold," telling about "real friends," love, faith and "building bridges" of friendship. She closed with a reading about joy.
The meeting, held at Pioneer Motor Bank, was conducted by Catherine Horner, vice president and hostess. Margaret Price, recording secretary, read minutes of the previous meeting and Sue Meek, treasurer, gave the financial report. It was announced that dues and assessments are still being taken.
Mrs. Horner read a selection from the "Invitation to Life" book. She also reported that a pledge training meeting had been held and another was scheduled prior to the next meeting.
She thanked members of the social committee for the Teen Party held at the home of Glenda Brown. Members dressed as they did during their teen years and brought music, yearbooks, and photographs of those years. A shopping trip is planned Oct. 26 and a "Couples's New Recipe Dinner ("If it flops, it flops") is scheduled for November.
Sue Waggerman reported on service plans for the holidays. Peggy Cookson gave the City Council report. She advised members the Preferential Tea will be Nov. 19 at 6:30 p.m. at the Conoco Fourth Street Clubhouse. Xi Gamma Sigma is hostess and will be in charge of the guest book and tickets. Rho and Xi Gamma Sigma chapters are to bring desserts, and other chapters will bring the remainder of the meal. Mrs. Price volunteered to provide a door prize for Xi Gamma Sigma. Each chapter will be providing one prize. Xi Gamma will also obtain the ice and paper goods.
The meeting adjourned with the Closing Ritual and Mizpah.
The next meeting will be at the home of Leora Simmons, with Delorus Patterson presenting the program.

Class of 1987 Is Seeking Classmates for Reunion

The graduating class of 1987 is planning their 10-year reunion and are seeking the following classmates:
Ruthy Arredondo, Amy Bailey, Randy Bloemendall, Mike Brunette, Mark Bryant, Shelli Burk, Kelly Capehart, David Chaney, Chris Chappell, Scott Clark, Bil1 Collins, Mark Collins, Mark Cook, Lee Corbin, Bennett Crazybear, Brian Cresswell, Ron Culver, David Cunningham, Patrick DeJuluis, Darrien Dewberry, Renae Dickison, Doug Eagle, Doug Elliot.
Also Linda Elliot, Glen Bates, Noel Evans, James Farrell, Leroy Fredrick, Brandt Gee, Rusty Gentry, Keith Grace, Mark Granger, Rusty Groves, Kim Guier, Dan Hartman, Laurie Hassell, David Heimberg, Matt Hendrickson, Chris Hill, David Hill, John Horst, Mike Huffman, Kirk Jenkinson, Michael Johnston, Doug Klopp, Richard Klufa, Leslie Koch, James LeClair, Kim Leaming, Keri Leatherman.
Also Mike Legendre, Melissa Mann, Tammy Marlar, Troy McCall, Joanna McGimpsey, Kris McNeal, April McWithey, John Myers, Marcus Nesbit, Craig Newlin, Kelly Odfeldt, Jeff Pearson, Robin Privett, Robyn Purdum, Asha Raju Ellis, Olga Ramirez, Leianne Ray, Tina Ray, Diane Rice, Alan Robertson, Lance Rodgers, Keith Rogers, Kristina Rogers, Elaine Roland, Melody Salinas, Mary Jo Schlitz, Lane Sherrill, Glenda Short, Vernon Sisco, Jeff Skaggs, Doug Smith, Karen Spencer, Dean Taylor, Jeff Wainscott, Bruce Warrior, Sue Wayman, James Welch and Chris Woods.
Anyone knowing the whereabouts of any of these people is asked to contact: Class of 1987, P.O. Box 1694, Ponca City, OK 74602.
The reunion will be held the weekend of IJune 20-21, 1997. The next committee meeting will be Jan. 12 at 1 p.m. at 912 Overbrook. All class members are welcome to attend.

Vows Join Janelle Simmons and Ty Williams

Janelle Dawn Simmons became the bride of Ty David Williams in a Sept. 7 ceremony. The Rev. John Bartlett officiated the double ring rites at First Christian Church in Tonkawa.
The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Furman Simmons of Tonkawa. Parents of the bridegroom are Mr. and Mrs. David Williams, also of Tonkawa.
Harp music was played by Estelle Russom. Krista Hembree sang "The Wedding Song." "Trumpet Voluntary" and "Bridal Chorus" were played for the processional. "If You Could See What I See" was sung by Mrs. Hembree during the unity candle ceremony. "Andiam Mio Tesoro" was played for the recessional.
The altar was adorned with an arched brass candelabrum, flanked by matching tree candelabra, all decorated with cascades of English ivy accented with gold, raspberry and tulle bows. Altar arrangements were displayed in cherub pots and featured 12 varieties of flowers in various shades of purple, pink and yellow. Stained glass window ledges were adorned with hurricane lanterns surrounded by bridal tulle and English ivy. Lanterns were flanked by rosebud topiary trees in gilded pots created by the bride and her mother. Pews were decorated with gold bows and connecting swags of bridal tulle. All bows were made by Norma Lea Ascue, grandmother of the bridegroom.
The bride was escorted to the altar by her father and given in marriage by her parents. She wore a formal gown of heavy white bridal satin. The gown featured a portrait collar. The bodice extended into a deep Basque waistline and sheath skirt. The bodice and long, tapered, detachable sleeves were heavily adorned with lace and embellished with pearls and sequins. The skirt was also adorned with lace motifs, pearls and sequins. A wide band of scalloped lace, encrusted with hundreds of pearls and sequins, embellished the hemline. A detachable, cathedral train extended from a large butterfly bow at the back waistline. The train was adorned with lace streamers running the length of the train along with lace motifs. The border of heavily jeweled scalloped lace completely encircled the hemline.
The headpiece was a lace tiara encrusted with pearls, iridescent sequins and crystals, releasing two layers of rolled-edged bridal illusion.
The bride carried a large cascade of stargazer lilies surrounded by white bridal roses, stephanotis, English ivy and sheer gold ribbon. The bride also carried a handkerchief belonging to her great-grandmother. Completing her wedding attire, the bride wore a double stranded pearl choker with matching pearl drop and crystal earrings. In her shoe, she carried a six pence given to her by Ruschelle Morgan.
Kerry Esch and Christy Tarrant of Tonkawa served as matrons of honor. Bridesmaids were Angie Hargraves, Ponca City; Ruschelle Morgan and Anita Linton, both of Tonkawa, and Amiee Williams, sister of the bridegroom, Dallas.
Each was attired in a black crepe pantsuit. The ensemble was completed with a pearl "Y" necklace, a gift from the bride. Each carried a nosegay of a single stargazer lily accented with English ivy and gold Ting-Ting, surrounded by sparkling sheer white organza ribbon edged in gold.
Flower girls were Michelle Thomas, niece of the bride, and Chandler Tarrant. Michelle wore a white satin dress with lace sleeves, collar and side bow, and carried a white basket trimmed with raspberry ribbons. The basket was filled with dried rose petals which the bride had collected from the groom over their six-year courtship. Chandler wore a white cotton eyelet, ballerina-length dress. She carried a Victorian kissing ball composed of miniature white and raspberry rosebuds topped with a white bow and loop. The kissing ball was made by the bride and the bridegroom's grandmother.
Ring bearer was Garrett Plush, cousin of the bridegroom. He was attired in a black tuxedo and carried a white satin Teddy bear accented with black rib on and symbolic gold rings.
The bridegroom was attired in a black tuxedo with tails, silver and black paisley vest and a Mandrian shirt. His boutonniere was a white rose.
Travis Williams of Stillwater served his brother as best man. Groomsmen were Chris LaBlue, Ponca City; Kirby Fisher, Stillwater, and Mark Tarrant, Tonkawa. Guests were seated by Pat Green, brother of the bride, and groomsmen Kirby Fisher.
Heather Felton, cousin of the bridegroom, Mesquite, Texas, presided at the guest registry.
The reception was held at the First National Bank Annex in Tonkawa. Balloon bouquets in metallic gold, white and black lined the walls. Harp music played as guests sat at raspberry linen-covered tables decorated with cherubs holding vases filled with pale pink roses. Also decorating the tables were clear votive holders surrounded by English ivy and sheer gold ribbon bows. Cherub confetti was sprinkled around the centerpieces.
The bride's table was covered with a white cloth and decorated with a swag of ivy and tulle bows centered with stargazer lilies. The bride's four-tiered cake was decorated with roses in shades of pale pink, deep pink and pale yellow, stargazer lilies and English ivy. Topping the cake was an Austin sculpture of a bride and groom. The bridegroom's chocolate fudge cake was decorated with chocolate curls, roses and hearts accented with English ivy.
Servers were Bobbi Finton, Andrea Lehman, Jennie Legg and Lisa Burns. Assisting the bride and her mother were Susan Thomas, sister of the bride, and Sherri Coutre.
Guests were given tiny bottles of bubbles as favors. After the bouquet and garter toss, guests released hundreds of tiny bubbles in the evening sky as the couple departed.
Later that evening, the couple attended a dance hosted by the bride's parents at Manley's beach in Tonkawa. Guests danced to the live music of Bloom.
The rehearsal dinner, hosted by the bridegroom's parents, was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Dewayne Ascue, grandparents of the bridegroom.
Prenuptial parties included a shower hosted by Faye Lindsey, Eva Kitchen and Debbie Lindsey, and a shower at Ristorante Bravo, hosted by the bridesmaids, and Bobbi Finton and Andrea Lehman. A church shower was held at First Christian Church, Tonkawa, hosted by Valerie Buss, Rosemary Robison, Judy Robinson and Helen Turbush. A bridesmaid's breakfast was hosted by the bride's mother in the Simmons' home.
The couple spent their honeymoon in Eureka Springs, Ark., and are now at home in Tonkawa. The bride is employed at Country Day School and attends Northern Oklahoma College, pursuing a career in nursing. The bridegroom is employed by the family business, Williams Roofing.

October Wedding Planned

The engagement and approaching marriage of Pamela L. Adams and Everett A. Buntt is being announced by her mother, Maxcene Adams of Route 7, Ponca City. The future bridegroom is the son of Ruth Mary Buntt, 901 North Osage. The couple will wed in a 7 p.m. ceremony Oct. 26 at Osage Heights Baptist Church, east of Ponca City. Friends and family are invited to attend.
The bride-elect is employed by Sure Finance and the prospective bridegroom is employed with Mertz, Inc.

Engagement Is Announced

Scarlett Michelle Ford and Kenneth R. Marchman announce their approaching marriage. The outdoor ceremony will take place Nov. 17 at the La Paloma Country Club in Tucson, Ariz
The bride-to-be, a graduate of Ponca City High School, received a bachelor's degree in journalism from the University of Missouri in 1985. Her fiance graduated from Shafter High School, Shafter, Calif., and received a bachelor of science degree in electrical engineering from the University of the Pacific in Stockton, Calif., in 1984.
Miss Ford is employed as director of program development for the Muscular Dystrophy Association in Tucson. Mr. Marchman is director of sales and marketing for Methode Electronics in Chicago.
The bride-elect is the daughter of Lynda Ford Fox of Ponca City and the late James F. Ford. The prospective bridegroom is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Marchman of Shafter, Calif.

Tah, Delodge To Wed Oct. 27

Mike and Julia Tah, Red Rock, announce the upcoming marriage of their daughter, Gloree Dawn Tah, to Ezra Manuel Delodge, son of Dwight Delodge Sr. of Marland and Ruby Delodge of Shawnee.
Friends and relatives are invited to witness the wedding Oct. 27 at 2 p.m. at Ponca Indian United Methodist Church in White Eagle. The Rev. George Miller will officiate. A reception will follow.

Brewer Family Has Reunion

The eighth Brewer Family reunion took place at Wentz Campgrounds Sept. 27-28, with 53 descendants and friends of Willie and Bertha (Ballantine) Brewer met for food, fellowship and reminiscing.
The invocation at dinner was given by Dexter Brewer of Cypress Inn, Tenn.
Attending from Newkirk were Joe and Pat Brewer, Judie Henderson, Malynda Tally, Coy and Wylidene Brewer and Kathy Stuart.
Attending from Ponca City were Marion and Dene Fredricks, Ralph and Lucy Brewer, John, Gwen and Matthew Powelson, Denny, Diana, Jordan, Jared and Jennae Brewer, Don, Cathy and Candy Hicks, Peggy and Randi Hannum, Brandon Ellis, Gladys Ramsey, Brad, Helen and Tonja Cassity, Karrol Ramsey, Shirley Alexander and Dale and Donetta Hicks.
Others attending were Cheryl and Brandon Tucker, Marlow, Okla.; Henry and Oneida Harness, Wichita; Dexter and Evelyn Brewer, Cypress Inn, Tenn.; Jim, Paula, Whitney and Sarah Aldrich and Rachael Fredrick, Lamont; Laudis and Anna Brewer, Mountain View, Ark.; R.W. Henderson, Overland Park, Kan.; Spike and Karey Henderson, Stillwater; Sheron Carter, Siloam Springs, Ark.; Retha Moore, Oklahoma City; and Elaine and Megan Hardman, Deer Creek.

50th Anniversary Celebrated

Mr. and Mrs. George William Heppler celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Oct. 5. The former Irene A. Dvorak of Perry and George W. Heppler of Mulhall, Okla., were married Oct. 5, 1946, in Perry at the First Baptist parsonage by the Rev. James V. Grey.
Mr. Heppler served with the Navy Medical in the South Pacific during World War II.
The couple have resided in Ponca City throughout their marriage. They are the parents of a son, Stephen, who resides in Illinois, and a daughter, Carla Ann, deceased. The couple also have two grandchildren, Jordon and Celline Heppler of Ponca City.
Mr. Heppler worked for Continental Oil Company in the Maintenance Engineering Department, retiring in 1985 after 38 years of service. Mrs. Heppler was a homemaker and later worked as a secretary for Dempewolf Transfer and Storage, retiring in 1986.
In July, the couple toured the Canadian Rockies by rail and bus. A trip to Laughlin, Nev., is planned. They will be met there by Mr. Heppler's sisters and brothers-in-law, Gloria and Gary Jordan of Poway, Calif. and Terry and Bill Trimble of San Diego, Calif.
The Hepplers are members of First Baptist Church. Their hobbies are golfing, bridge and gardening.

Miss Ponca City To Attend Festival in Arkansas City

Miss Ponca City, Kristy Dawn Essary, will represent Ponca City as a Visiting Queen and a member of the Queen's Court in the 66th annual Arkalalah, Arkansas City's annual Halloween Festival Oct. 25-26.
Miss Essary will participate in a variety of events for this weekend, including a coronation ceremony and Grand March Friday night, and the Arkalalah parade at 2 p.m. Saturday. Her escort for Friday evening will be Tony King, a Ponca City High School senior.
Miss Ponca City is a senior at Ponca City High School. She is a member of Student Council, Fellow of Christian Athletes, Civic Orchestra, Vocal Choir and Good Shepherd Lutheran Church Youth. She is also a Varsity Cheerleader co-captain. School honors include the National Honor Society nominee, Academic Honor Roll, and letters in orchestra, academics and cheerleading.
Charitable and Civic events in which Miss Ponca City has participated during her reign include the Relay for Life, benefiting the American Cancer Society, a Special Olympics Softball Tournament, in Winfield, Kan., the Ponca City Iris Festival, and 101 Ranch Rodeo Parade. She was also a guest speaker for the Ponca City Newcomer's Club, as well as a special guest at the 97th Birthday Bash for a local attorney, the late Joe S. Lewis.
Anyone wishing to have Miss Ponca City as a guest speaker or to participate in an event may contact Vicki Graves, 765-4736 or 765-3377.
Miss Essary is the daughter of Jim and Vanessa Suter, Ponca City, and Ron Essary, Overland Park, Kan.

Landes, Kincaid Engaged

Nora Landes and Richard Kincaid announce their engagement and approaching marriage. The wedding will take place Nov. 2 at Coon Creek Cove Campground.
The bride-to-be was reared in Pawhuska and has resided in Ponca City 22 years. She has been employed with Conoco for 18 years.
The prospective bridegroom was reared in Amarillo, Texas, and recently moved to Ponca City. He is currently employed by NOICO.
Parents of the bride-to-be are Vada Blenden of Ponca City and the late Melvin Blenden. Ms. Landes has a daughter, Angela Landes, and a grandson, Dakota Landes, both of Ponca City.
The prospective bridegroom, son of Skinny and Wanda Berry of Amarillo, Texas, has two daughters, Heather and Lauren Kincaid of Duncan.

Red Rose Aids Memorial

Red Rose Garden Club ann-ounces that Oklahoma Garden Clubs are having a Murrah Tree Memorial Dedication Oct. 22. Red Rose Club members have contributed money for work on the special memorial.
The tree planting will be at 3 p.m. at the Oklahoma State University Technical Institute John E. Kirkpatrick Center in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma Garden Clubs and their members developed the tree memorial with donations from local garden clubs, a Petals Grant from National Council of State Garden Clubs, Inc. and Shell Oil Company.
The Murrah Tree Memorial is being planted in the memory of the victims, survivors, and heroes of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building bombing April 19, 1995. The location is on the renamed campus of the John E. Kirkpatrick Horticulture Center grounds located in Oklahoma City.
The project is being guided by Brian Dougherty and Melaine Migura from OSUTI. The Tree Memorial project has been incorporated into a learning class for students by instructor Melaine Migura.

Conference To Feature Killer of American Women

The facts are plain. The threat is real. Heart disease is the number one killer of American women. No longer considered "a man's disease," cardiovascular diseases and stroke will take the lives of nearly half a million women a year.
The American Heart Association has launched a nationwide initiative on women and heart disease. The Oklahoma Affiliate of the American Heart Association and Norman Regional Hospital are presenting a Women and Heart Disease Conference Oct. 25 at the Norman Regional Hospital. Registration, with exhibits and a continental breakfast will be held from 7:45 to 8:15 a.m. The all-day event will conclude at 3:30 p.m.
Keynote speaker is Karen J. Beckman, M.D., who will speak on "Women and Heart Disease, an Equal Opportunity Killer."
Other speakers include Vincent C. Dennis, Norman Regional staff pharmacist and clinical assistant professor at the OU Health Sciences Center, and Darin L. Smith, clinical coordinator in Pharmacy Services at Norman Regional, "Therapeutic Treatment of High Cholesterol and Stroke."
Diana M. Lee, Ph.D., will speak on "Women, Lipoproteins and Atherosclerosis." Dr. Lee is a research associate professor in the Research and Education Division for Women's Health with the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the OU Health Sciences Center.
Jack Medina, national lecturer and president of Fitness by Design, will talk about "Fact and Fantasy in Nutrition and Exercise."
The topic of Christa F. Hanson, Ph.D., CFCS, assistant professor in the Department of Nutritional Sciences at OSU, will be "What's New? What's True? Beef and Heart Disease," and David J. Karasek, M.D., medical director at St. Anthony Hospital Rehabilitation Center, will speak about "Secondary Stroke Prevention."
Interested persons may send the $10 registration to cover all conference materials. Lunch will also be provided. Make checks payable to AHA and mail to American Heart Association, Oklahoma Affiliate, Inc., 3545 Northwest 58th, Suite 400 C, Oklahoma City, Okla. 73112.

Stillwater Quilter Is Guest Speaker

Pioneer Area Quilter's Guild met Oct. 7 at Community Christian Church. The program for the day was presented by Susan Lucky of Stillwater.
Ms. Lucky had been a member of Pioneer Area Quilters Guild. She thanked Mary Alice Sinton and Joyce Eagan for teaching her many quilting techniques, which she used to make the 19 quilts that are entitled "Legacy of Hope - Children's Memorial Quilts."
She created each quilt in memory of a child lost in the Murrah Building bombing in 1995. Ms. Lucky showed each quilt she made and told a little about each. She put the name of each child and their picture on the back of each quilt. The quilts will be distributed around the world to other children through the Methodist Church. Ms. Lucky also said she had received a quilt from a friend she had met in Michigan, designed for her as a thank-you for her work and was signed by children in Michigan in hope that the quilt would warm her.
Ruth Jared welcomed 73 members, including five guests. Hostesses were Colleen Miller, Ruth Jared, and Dorothy Bobbitt.
Stitch and Assist portion of the meeting was held at 9:30 a.m., followed by registration. Jerry Moore, president, opened the meeting by reading "Cheerio." Shirley Hallmark, secretary, read September minutes and presented a financial report for Eleanore Ciskowski, treasurer. She reported there were 123 dues paying members to date for this year.
Cindy Wilson, vice president, proposed that Jodi Barrows of Kansas be the speaker for February, and that "Kansas Troubles" be the program for June or September of next year. A vote was taken and passed. Ms. Wilson reminded members of the Winter Wonderland Challenge due at the Dec. 2 Christmas luncheon.
Door prizes were won by Jean Buskirk, Phyllis Clark, Maxine Griggs, Velma Hawkins and Mary Butler.
Vickie Heart, 1997 fund-raising chairman, reported the quilt will be ready to baste next month. Members are asked to arrive early and help baste, starting at 9 a.m., prior to the Nov. 4 meeting.
Joyce Eagan gave a report on fund-raising and said the McCord School Craft Show, set Nov. 2, had enough volunteers. Mary Alice Sinton showed the Angel Quilt she had sewn for Toni Hereford to be sold at Angel Central for additional fund-raising. She also thanked the women who had participated in the fund-raising at the State retreat at Western Hills. Participating were Marcelle Gosting, Sue Roy and Mary Butler, along with Mary Alice Sinton.
Jean Buskirk reported Christmas ornaments would be sold this year to raise funds. Needed are handmade ornaments with a quilting technique used somewhere on the ornament. Angel ornaments are needed for Angel Central. Other ornaments will be sold at the Ponca City Art Center. The ornaments are to be brought to the November and December meetings.
Ms. Buskirk also reported a Christmas Tree will be decorated at the Ponca City Art Center and encouraged members to make more than one ornament for this, too. A large tree will be decorated and many ornaments are needed, she said. A drawing will be held for the ornaments. For each ornament made, the maker's name will be entered into a drawing to be held at the Dec. 2 luncheon. Ms. Buskirk encouraged members to make these really special since this will represent the Pioneer Area Quilter's Guild and many people will view the tree.
Jan Browning reported for Elaine Hughes, librarian, and gave a review of new magazines that are available to check out prior to the meeting each month. Cheryl Pritchett reported that 10 members had already turned in their block for the "Heart Blossom" Block Party due at the Nov. 4 meeting. Ms. Pritchett also showed the six blocks that should have been completed for the Christmas Block of the Month pattern.
Mary Alice Sinton, newsletter chairman, reported Oct. 21 is the deadline for the next newsletter. Vickie Manek, workshop chairman, thanked Cindy Wilson for inviting Fran Iverson Gonzales and reported the "Crows In the Cabin" workshop in September was successful and fun.
Ms. Manek will be giving the next workshop, a "Mystery Workshop" Nov. 6 and encouraged members to sign up. Oletta Demaree, hospitality chairman, will hold a workshop Nov. 8 for all who have signed up to make the Christmas Luncheon decorations. This year, the luncheon will be a salad luncheon.
Jerry Moore, president of PAQG, announced that Mary Alice Sinton had her quilt, "Male Pua Aloha, Garden of Aloha," included and published in a book entitled "Glorious American Quilts - The Quilt Collection of the Museum of American Folk Art" by Elizabeth V. Warren and Sharon L. Eisenstat. Mrs. Sinton was the winner of the "America's Flower Garden" contest at the Great American Quilt Festival 3, a Museum of American Folk Art event held in 1991. Her quilt hangs in the Museum of American Folk Art in New York.
Show and Share participants were Christine Schiltz, Beverly Carpenter, Norma Kinzie, Altus Patton, Betty Prilliman, Peggy Gumm, Leslie Graham, and Cindy Wilson.
The next Guild meeting will be Nov. 4 at the same location. The program, to be presented by Vickie Manek, will be "A Quilter's Journey from Dark to Light," followed by a "Mystery Workshop" Nov. 6. Contact Jerry Moore, PAQG president, 765-4185 or Cindy Wilson, PAQG vice president, 765-6911 for Guild information.

Seniors Attend Local Health Fair

The YMCA's second annual Senior Health Fair, held Oct. 3, welcomed over 150 guests, making it a great success, according to Deena Marazas, Health Fair coordinator.
Ms. Marazas expressed her appreciation for those on the committee for all of their hard work and dedication. Serving on the committee were Amy Allen, Judy Evans, MaryAnn Hall and Susan Henning.
The Health Fair lasted throughout the day, offering free booths, speakers, and exercise classes. Door prizes were given out every 15 minutes. Winners of the grand prize, a limousine ride, donated by Rose Stone Inn, were Bill and Cleta Kirkpatrick.
Informational Booths were provided by OSU Extension, Hospice, RSVP, OK Blood Institute, TLC Klassic Kuts, Westminster, American Hearing Aid Society, C&D Home Health Care, American Express Financial Consultants, Toni's Westside Mart, YMCA, Four Square Church, Heritage Club, Dr. Nida, Primetimers, Dr. Polland, Arthritis Foundation, Maids and More, Dr. Potter, General Nutrition Center, Dr. Highfill, Edwin Fair Community Mental Health Center, Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center, and Digital Dimensions.
Beginning at 11:30 a.m., Kelly Peck, with the Arthritis Foundation, spoke on "What the Arthritis Foundation Can Do For You." Dr. Potter followed with "Chiropractic Care." Pat Blubaugh visited with the seniors on "Diabetes Management," and Susan Henning shared information on "Growing Plants."
The free lunch was provided by Domino's, Mazzio's, Gambino's, Pizza Inn, Blimpie's, United Deli, Wal-Mart Bakery, Deli & Produce, Albertson's bakery, Buy for Less, Snyder's, Bagels Etc., Seven-Up Bottling, Taco Bell, Jack Griffith's and Buy and Bye.
The afternoon included bingo with Walmart/McDonalds by Floyd Pomeroy, a cake walk and dancing the Macarena. "It was great fun", said Ms. Marazas.
"I am looking forward to even more growth in the 1997 Senior Health Fair based on the positive response we had this year," she added.

Foster-Duttweiler Wedding in Austin

Delaina Foster, a 1985 graduate of Ponca City High School, and Bill Duttweiler were wed Sept. 7 in a 2:30 p.m. ceremony at the Four Seasons Hotel in Austin, Texas. Judge Jon Wisser officiated at the double ring vows.
Parents of the bride are former Ponca Citians Dr. Delbert and Elaine Foster, now of Temple, Texas. The bridegroom is the son of David and Patricia Duttweiler of Clemson, S.C.
The music program included classical selections, with a violin and guitar duet. The processional was "Canon in D" and the recessional was "The Rondo."
The bride was attired in a floor-length gown of silk shantung, fashioned with short sleeves. The bodice, adorned with Battenburg lace, featured seven rows of graduated pearls at the sleeves, waistline and sweetheart neckline. The elbow-length, two-layered veil, with rolled edging, was held by a barrette accented with matching rosettes and pearls sprays. The bride carried a teardrop bouquet of white roses, purple roses, dusty rose alstromarium, with blue and white accents.
Tara Foster, a 1988 graduate of Ponca City High School, now a resident of Temple, Texas, served her sister as maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Donna Hughes of Houston, formerly of Ponca City, and Jessica Robson, also of Houston.
Each wore a tea-length dress in dusty rose with dusty rose piping and beads. The attendants carried clutch bouquets similar to the bridal bouquet. Each bouquet was accented with a tulle bow.
Richard Dauchy of Houston served as best man. Also attending the bridegroom were his son and daughter, Tim Duttweiler and Darcie Duttweiler, of Georgetown, Texas.
Serving as usher was Jim Duttweiler of Fort Riley, Kan., brother of the bridegroom. Peter Duttweiler of San Francisco, brother of the bridegroom, was reader.
A reception in the grand ballroom of the Four Seasons followed the ceremony. The wedding cake was an Italian creme, and the bridegroom's chocolate truffle cake featured a crossword puzzle. Music was provided by a jazz trio.
Special guests were the bride's paternal grandparents, Otho and Perky Foster, Amarillo, Texas; the bride's maternal grandmother, Elsie Belle Lindsay, Broaddus, Texas; Chesna Foster, Dair Gillespie, Carrie and Jack Howe, Ellen Duttweiler, Carolyn Duttweiler, Kerri (Gantz) and Gary Wilson, Robert Szafranski and his wife, Nguyet Vo, and Gary and Janet Hughes.
After a wedding trip to Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla, the couple are at home in Austin, Texas. The bride is a software engineer with Schlumberger and the bridegroom is a software engineer with Global Soft.

PrimeTimers Tour Nova Scotia

PrimeTimers have been on the move with day trips to Braum's Dairy, Wichita Greyhound Park, Horsefeathers and Applesauce, the Pollard Theater in Guthrie and Van Cliburn.
PrimeTimers attended an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, "Miss Saigon," held at the Fair Park Music Hall in Dallas. The group also attended a night at Six Flags before staying overnight at the Radisson Suite Hotel in Arlington. The next morning, PrimeTimers had lunch at Friday's Grill at the Ball Park in Arlington before attending a Texas Ranger baseball game. A ceremony to retire Nolan Ryan's jersey was held prior to the game.
PrimeTimers flew to Boston and motorcoached across the seascapes of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island and Bar Harbor, Maine. The trip through the Mystic Maritimes started with a drive north through the upper reaches of Massachusetts into the wooded countryside of Maine. The group crossed into Canada and overnighted at the Algonquin Hotel in St. Andrews-by-the-Sea.
The next morning, the group passed through the bustling harbor of St. John, the French settlement of the Kennebecasis Valley and on to Cape Tormentine to board the ferry to Prince Edward Island. That evening, the group attended a tribute to Patsy Cline at the McKenzie Theater in Charlottetown before staying at the Prince Edward Hotel for two nights. The next morning the group toured the city of Charlottetown, Province House, where Canada became a United Confederation of Provinces and the Historic Waterfront.
They continued on to the literary home of Anne of Green Gables, Cavendish Beach and Rustico Harbor. That evening, the group had a traditional lobster dinner. After a brief ferry ride back to mainland Nova Scotia, the group crossed the Canso Strait to Cape Breton Island. Descendants of French, Scottish settlers and even Micmac Indians maintain separate cultural identities in this area of seascapes, forests and highlands. A tour of Alexander Graham Bell's Museum ended the day before checking into a two-night stay at the Inverary Inn at Baddeck.
This day brought the group on a scenic drive along the John Cabot Trail. PrimeTimers visited Cheticamp, a distinct French-speaking village by the sea where "hook-weaving" was being demonstrated. A tour of St. Anne's Gaelic College, a cultural center for descendants of Scottish Highlanders, ended the day of sightseeing. The PrimeTimers stayed at the Delta Barrington while in Halifax.
The next day, before an afternoon of leisure and shopping in Halifax, points of interest visited included Peggy's Cove, the lighthouse and village, the Citadel and the Old Town Clock.
The day began with a visit to Lunenburg and the Fisheries Museum of the Atlantic. The group then motorcoached the Lighthouse route to Yarmouth at the southern tip of Nova Scotia before boarding for a sunset cruise to Bar Harbor, Maine. In Bar Harbor, a drive through Acadia National Park was taken. Stops at Thunder Hole and on top of Cadillac Mountain, with its panoramic view, proved to be one of the highlights of the trip. A farewell dinner was held at the Bar Harbor Inn.
On the last day, a surprise stop at the L.L. Bean store in Freeport, Maine, concluded the trip to the Mystic Maritimes.
Upcoming events for PrimeTimers are "Hello Dolly" with Carol Channing, Carol Burnett, DeGray Lake Resort, the annual Birthday Bash, OU-OSU game in Stillwater and Christmas trips to Branson and Carthage, Mo. Coming up in 1997 will be a trip to Ireland. A travel show will be held Oct. 21 at the Conoco Fourth Street Clubhouse at 6 p.m. For more information about PrimeTimers, contact Kate Morton at Pioneer Bank and Trust, 762-5651.

PC Newcomers Planning Auction

The Ponca City Newcomers Club Dinner will be held Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Ponca City Country Club. Activities will be a silent auction.
For reservations and/or information, contact Tami Jacobs, reservations, 765-9843 or Joyce Fox, sponsor, 762-9578. For information, contact Tamra Wink, programs, 765-6530.
Day Trippers, hosted by Randi Brevitz, vice president, will visit Tulsa for bingo Oct. 25, departing from Ponca City promptly at 8:30 a.m. For membership, new arrivals and/or information regarding any club events, contact Joyce Fox, sponsor, 762-9578.

Wheatheart Menu

Here is the menu for the Wheatheart Nutrition Project, Ponca City, Oct. 14-18. For transportation or reservations, call 767-1620 in Ponca City. Menu is subject to change.
Monday
Meatloaf, corn, mashed potatoes, tomato juice, whole wheat roll, and applesauce ambrosia.
Tuesday
Turkey enchilada casserole, refried beans, tossed salad, cornbread, and fruit crisp.
Wednesday
Hearty beef vegetable soup, cabbage slaw, crackers or bread, and oatmeal cake.
Thursday
Smothered beef patty, mashed potatoes w/gravy, club spinach, biscuit, and pineapple upside down cake.
Friday
Chicken rice casserole, under the sea salad, broccoli, muffin, and cinnamon apples.

Iris Garden Club Studies Plants

Evelyn Spiva presented the program at the Oct. 8 meeting of Iris Garden Club. The meeting, with nine members present, was held at Cann Garden Center.
Ms. Spiva spoke about the care of ferns, house plants and butterflies. She also read "Think on These Things" and two poems, "Discovery" and "Forgotten Language."
Mrs. Leota See opened the meeting, with all members reciting the Gardener's Creed. She thanked the hostess, Merylne Cassingham. Ms. Spiva distributed Garden Club calendars, and roll call was answered with tips for growing house plants.
The Council report was given by Vincie Paisley. The meeting closed with the Gardener's Benediction.

German Group Plans Harvestfest

The Central Oklahoma Chapter of the American Historical Society of Germans from Russia will hold their annual "Harvestfest" Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. under the tent at Marianne's Rentals, 2701 West Britton Road, Oklahoma City.
All you can eat -sausage, sauerkraut, and bierok- will be served for $6. Special orders of sausage and bierok will be ready for delivery at that time.
The public is invited by Lillian Larwig, chapter president, to attend.

Ponca City Happenings

SUNDAY
Ponca City Art Center, 819 East Central. Fourteenth annual Photography Competition, Ponca City Art Association, Oct. 6-20, Wednesday through Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m.

Marland Mansion and Estate, 901 Monument Rd., open daily May-September, 10 to 5 p.m. Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Daily guided tours, 1:30 weekdays. Petroleum Museum and Marland Memorabilia Museum, 1 to 4 p.m. daily. For Mansion guided tours, 767-0420.

Ponca City Cultural Center and Museum, 1000 East Grand. Includes Bryant Baker Studio, 101 Ranch and DAR Rooms. Open 1-5 p.m. Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. weekdays, closed Tuesday.

Singles Network discussion group, 6:30 p.m. Sunday, First Presbyterian Church. All single adults welcome.

Narcotics Anonymous, 8 p.m. Sunday, Harmony House, 212 South Third, basement (use south entrance by parking lot).

MONDAY
Road to Hope Al-Anon, 11:30 a.m. Monday. Call Linda at 765-7045, home, 767-5328, work; or Carol at 765-2390, home, 767-6192, work, for location.

Ponca City Rotary Club, noon Monday, Marland Mansion Chapel.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon Monday, for those with desire to stop drinking. information, call Sue 765-256.

Red Rose Garden Club, 1 p.m. Monday at the home of Sue Boettcher 210 South Tenth. Tea party to celebrate 65th anniversary of Red Rose Garden Club. Barbara Younger and Carolyn Bourne, co-presidents.

TOPS OK 308, 6:15 p.m. Monday weigh-in. Meeting starts at 7 p.m. For more information, call Delpha Clemens, 762-2844 or Betty Flower, 765-5448.

Freedom Group of AA open meeting 12 and 12 study, 6:30 p.m. Monday, Woodlands Christian Church, Fourteenth and Hartford. Smoke-free meeting and building. Call 762-3345 for more information.

Senior Citizens' Dance every Monday, 7 to 10 p.m. at the American Legion, Ponca City. Everyone welcome.

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

Principles Before Personalities, Narcotics Anonymous, 8 p.m. Monday, Harmony House basement, 212 South Third. Use south entrance by parking lot.
TUESDAY
Preschool Storytime for 4, 5, and 6 year olds, Ponca City Library, 10 and 11:30 a.m.

Kiwanis Club, 11 noon Tuesday, American Legion.

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

Domestic Violence Group, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesdays. Programs for women children of family violence. Baby sitter provided. For info, call 76A-BUSE.

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

Kay County Wheatheart Sweet Adelines, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Room 110, Wilkin Hall, Northern Oklahoma College, Tonkawa. All welcome. For information, call 765-1172 or 363-0469.

Overeaters Anonymous, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Woodlands Christian Church. For information, call 762-2965.

Fanchon Chapter 53, Order of the Eastern Star, 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Masonic Temple, 1200 West Grand. Memorial program by Evelyn Pederson. Hostesses: Alice Birdsong and Virginia Perciful.

New Hope AA at 8 p.m. Tuesday, at DAV, 401 South Lincoln.

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