From The Pages Of The Ponca City News, Friday, November
7, 1997
LOCAL
Wakita Christian Church Making Rebuilding Plans
Oil and Gas Report
Women Veterans Also Observe Veterans Day
Smokers 'Commit to Quit' In Three Phase Program
Angel Central Opens
Osage County Land May Become Available
Letters
Giant Veterans Day Parade Set Saturday
Woman's Death Ruled Homicide
Nearly News
DEATHS
Flossie M. Gardner
Jack Don Mason Sr.
Services Pending
Lorene J. Hess
Funerals
Wiley J. Johnson
Ruth Russell
NEWS BRIEFS
LIFESTYLES
Women Veterans Can Call for Information
Country Christmas Bazaar at Kildare
Bits and Pieces
RELIGION
Renewal Meet Set at Mansion
Pastor's Notes
Central Baptists Complete New Facility
St. Paul's UMC Members Gather To Study Needs
Church Briefs
EDUCATION
School Notes
Student, Parent Decisions Key to ACT, Life Success
First Lutheran To Host Program Nov. 11
PTC Students Attend Conference
Young Parenting Classes Offered
SPORTS
Wakita Strikes Early, Often
Wildcats in Final Game Tonight Seniors Have Mixed Emotions
Tonight's High School Football Ponca City vs. Shawnee
Mavs Blast Thunderbirds
NOC in Tournament Play LadyMavs Now 2-0 In Win Over Texans
Wakita Rolls On
Prep Football
By BOB PATTERSON
News Staff Writer
WAKITA - There wasn't much of a decision to make for the congregation of the Wakita Christian Church, which lost its facilities to a devastating fire early Sunday morning, Nov. 2.
"Despite the overall feeling of needing to rebuild, there were certainly a number of other questions that they (members of the congregation) wanted answers to," said Pastor Barry Worcester Thursday following a Wednesday night board meeting.
Meeting at the Wakita Senior Citizens Center, the board, which usually has around a dozen members attending a meeting found out quickly the full sentiment of the congregation when about 50 showed up Wednesday night.
"It was still a hard thing to realize, but the reality has been thwarted somewhat with so many offers of help and assistance," Pastor Worcester said.
"We probably had some 40 offers of hymnals available, and the phone calls were received throughout Monday. There have been offers to help reconstruct, plus unused pews from the Deer Creek Church of Christ that closed its doors Sunday, to a baby grand piano. Tom Jewell of the Disciples of Christ regional ministry brought a communion set and a box of books for my (our) use," he said.
He also said the Jefferson Christian Church will return a communion table to the Wakita congregation, which had become available when the Wakita sister church, at Sand Creek some five miles west of Wakita, closed down, according to Worcester.
Early Monday, insurance adjusters were available to take care of that situation, plus State Fire Marshal investigators, along with other investigative teams. "They have all said today (Thursday) that we can start clearing the way for any new construction at the site," Worcester said.
He said too that a submitted partial estimate of items lost in the fire amounted to at least $60,000. He was very gratified that upon going to the bank in Wakita when "it gave us paper, pencils and pens to use, for any business we may have to take care of."
There has been ongoing negotiations with all of the other three churches in Wakita (Baptist, Methodist and Catholic), for possible use of facilities during the period of reconstruction. And Worcester said too that "we're trying to find some office area."
That problem may be the first resolved, according to Worcester, who along with other church officials journeyed to Enid and other cities Thursday looking at possible portable structures that would not only house an office, but another area for Bible study of small groups.
Worcester said the congregation for the immediate period, will be worshiping at the catholic church in Wakita, where "our congregation and theirs will stagger services in order to hold them without any interference."
So, "From Ashes Comes New Life," may be the expressed way of communicating by the Wakita Christian Church congregation for the next several months as they meet at the catholic church for 9:30 a.m. worship and 11 a.m. Sunday School. That was the theme expressed by Pastor Worcester Sunday morning, when they met while the remains of their facility smoldered a few blocks away.
The No. 2 Barrows, a 4,700-ft. wildcat well, is scheduled to be drilled in Kay County.
R.D. Brunner is the operator.
The well will be spudded two miles north of Newkirk.
Section 11-township 28n-range 2w-sw-ne.
Three Sands Oil Inc. has revealed plans to drill a 5,400-ft. developmental well in the South Gansel Field, Noble County. The operator has designated the venture as the No. 1 Harman "A." Drillsite is four miles southwest of Perry.
Section 2-township 20n-range 2w-nw-sw.
Drillsite has been staked for the No. 1-97 Don, a 1,200-ft. developmental well in the Orlando Field, Noble County. The operation will be located 4.5 miles south of Perry. Three Sands Oil Inc. is the operator.
Section 20-township 20n-range 1w-nw-nw.
Lamamco Drilling Co. has posted first production figures for a pair of new wells in Noble County's South Lone Elm Field, 6.3 and 5.7 miles southeast of Perry.
The wells are designated as the No. 126 and No. 127 South LEC Sand Unit.
They showed ability to pump 44 and three barrels of oil per day, after being bottomed at 4,910 and 4,951 feet, respectively.
Production intervals will range from 4,247 to 4,873 feet into wellbores.
Section 19-township 20n-range 1e-se-ne and ne-nw, respectively.
BEZ Resources Partnership has plugged and abandoned an unsuccessful developmental well in Noble County's South Perry Field, 3.5 miles south of Perry. The well was spudded on June 2 and was known as the No. 6-97 Bezdicek "A."
Section 10-township 20n-range 1w-nw-se.
Drillsite has been staked for the No. 21 Kantor, an 1,850-ft. developmental well in the Bowring Field, Osage County. The operation will be located 5.3 miles southeast of Bowring. Kantor Oil Co. is the operator.
Section 5-township 27-range 12-ne-ne.
Two developmental wells are planned by James A. Taylor in the Atlantic Field, Osage County, about 10.3 miles southeast of Little Chief.
The wells will be known as the No. 97-1 and No. 97-2 Taylor. Both will seek production in the Mississippi Chat Formation, with total depths projected to 2,500 feet.
Section 32-township 25-range 8-ne-nw and c-nw, respectively.
The No. 3 Marmac, a 2,200-ft. developmental well, is scheduled to be drilled in Osage County's Pershing Field. Marmac Resources Co. is the operator. The well will be spudded 1.1 miles south of Pershing.
Section 7-township 24-range 10-nw-nw.
Riffel-Dix Partnership has posted first production data for the No. 1 Riffel-Dix, a newly completed gas well in Osage County's Hulah Field.
The well flowed 30,000 CF gas per day.
It bottomed at 1,865 feet.
Location is one mile west of Hulah.
Section 6-township 28-range 12-se-se.
By KATHY ZEHR
News Staff Writer
Several women in the Ponca City area will also be celebrating Veterans Day as they observe their honorable service in the military ranks in various wars.
Recently, the Women in Military Service for America Memorial was dedicated in Washington, D.C. in honor of the more than two million women who have served their country.
Donna E. Evans, a local woman veteran, will be among those who observe the special day, said, "I hope to see many of those women in the area who have served our country, at the celebrations for Veterans Saturday."
Evans joined the WACs in 1949 and was sent to Fort Lee, Va., for basic training. "I joined for three years, but due to the outbreak of the Korean War, President Truman extended that enlistment for an additional year," says Evans.
During those years, she trained recruits at Fort Lee for three years, teaching classroom military courses as well as close order drill.
"I served as First Sgt. at the Fourth Army WAC Detachment in Fort Sam Houston, Texas the fourth year," she recalls. She received the award for outstanding trainee during basic training.
Evans was also one of the first four women to attend the Chemical, Biological and Radiological Warfare School in Fort Meade, Md.
The WAC detachment at Fort Sam Houston where Evans lived, housed women who held clerical jobs on the base as well as those who worked in the different base hospitals. Fort Sam Houston hospitals received many of the serious burn cases coming out of Korea.
Evans was discharged at the rank of Sergeant First Class in 1953.
Recently she was pleased to receive a special invitation from Brigadier General Wilma L. Vaught (Ret.) to attend the dedication ceremony of the Women In Military Service for America Memorial unveiling in Arlington National Cemetery.
According to statistics, more than two million women have served in military roles since America was founded, both in peacetime and in conflict.
From the days of the Revolutionary Army in the mid 1700s when women disguised themselves as men to fight on the battlefields; in the Civil War when both black and white women fought as spies, couriers, color bearers, blew up bridges, burned arsenals and helped prisoners escape; and in the Spanish-American War, when the Army and Navy Nurse Corps was founded; to the 400,000 female veterans who have served and received rank since the beginning of World War II; women have fought for the United States of America in military service.
Recently, women have served with honor alongside America's servicemen in peacetime and in conflicts, and made great impact on the service in Korea, Vietnam, Grenada, Panama and Desert Storm - the largest deployment of military women ever.
The women in Military Service for America Memorial stands as an inspiring record of the achievements of military women.
The American Cancer Society and SmithKline Beecham are helping smokers psychologically prepare to quit smoking with the Commit To Quit program.
The American Cancer Society's "Commit to Quit" program was designed to help prepare smokers psychologically to make an honest quit attempt during the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout on Nov. 20. The objective of this program is for smokers to think about quitting and to develop a personal quit plan before the Great American Smokeout.
The Commit To Quit program emphasizes three phases in preparation to quit smoking. Phase One - Deciding to Quit - asks the smoker to state why they want to quit; some popular reasons are family, children, or oneself.
Phase two - Preparing to Quit - involves choosing the method of quitting that is right for the individual. A smoker can quit by going cold turkey, by gradually decreasing the number of cigarettes smoked over time, or by using nicotine replacement therapy products like the nicotine patch or gum.
The third phase of Commit To Quit program requires - Following Through - by making sure a support program is in place to change a smoker's behavior.
John Hughes, MD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Psychology and Family Practice, University of Vermont, says, "Research demonstrates that a habitual smoker is more likely to abstain if he or she is following a treatment plan that addresses both the physical and psychological aspects of addictive behavior."
The American Cancer Society is the nationwide community-based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem by preventing cancer, saving lives and diminishing suffering from cancer, through research, education, advocacy, and service.
Citizens who would like more information about the Great American Smokeout or would like a Commit To Quit brochure, may contact the local American Cancer Society at 1-800-733-9888 or visit at the World Wide Web (http://www.cancer.org)
The holiday season in Ponca City "officially" began today as Angel Central opened for business at Pioneer Shopping Center, 413 North Fourteenth Street. Hours for Angel Central are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.
"We are ready to greet the public with a store full of angels - for gifts, for home decor, and for outside display," said Betty Lindsay, Angel Central Manager. "More than 75 crafters have brought in their handmade items to sell in the shop, including 16 from out of state and we anticipate more in the next few days," she continued.
The 1997 "Festival of Angels" collectible tree ornament is a 3-dimensional laser-cut cherry wood Christmas Tree with a replica of the "Angel Host" suspended in the middle. The ornament is 4.5 x 3.5 inches and sells for $10. Each ornament is marked with the Festival of Angels logo. A few of the 1996 porcelain collectible ornaments are also still available.
Several organizations sell items at Angel Central as a fund raiser. American Business Women Association, is selling ceramic angels and ornaments and the North Central Oklahoma Historical Association is selling the Kay County history books, with a Gene Daugherty print featured on the cover.
Some new items at Angel Central this year include dainty quilled angels made of rolled paper. Also, look for the bent iron angels for outdoors. These come from Wisconsin and are made by the wife of a man who custom makes all of Hillshire Farms stainless steel meat packing equipment.
Angel Central is staffed by volunteers and all profits are donated to "Festival of Angels," to purchase more displays and lights for the special holiday lighting celebration in Ponca City.
TULSA (AP) - The original owners of land acquired for an Osage County reservoir that was never built could buy back the property under a bill proposed by Sen. Don Nickles.
Nickles, R-Okla., introduced the measure Wednesday, saying the federal government could offer the property in the Candy Creek area to the 21 original owners at fair market value.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers acquired 3,657 acres of land for a reservoir that was never completed. The government declared the area excess property in 1996.
Located north of Tulsa, the land is considered a quality hunting area. It also is popular with fishermen and hikers.
Chaperones Needed
"If you build it, they will come" is a famous line from the movie "Field of Dreams," but it could also apply to ProTeens/Grand Central Station, a United Way of Ponca City agency that offers supervised, wholesome social activities for teenagers in the community.
Grand Central Station is the place for teens. It has been built, and they (seventh grade middle school and 8-9th grade mid-high students) are coming. Then why did the Oct. 16 "Fifth Quarter," which was scheduled after the Tulsa Washington home football game, get canceled?
More than 200 mid-high students had this event on their social calendars. They were looking forward to playing games, watching the big screen TV, enjoying refreshments, visiting with friends, and giving their music requests to the DJ. The ProTeens staff was available and arranged for security officers, but there were not enough parents there to help chaperone. So, on the day before this event, it was canceled.
Although the middle school events at Grand Central Station could use a larger list of chaperones to call, the need for more chaperones is greater for mid-high events so not to burn out the great volunteers already helping. We feel there are other parents who would be willing to help and we need them to contact us.
Parents! Let's show our support for the youth of our community. Volunteer to be a chaperone for one or more ProTeens/Grand Central Station events. Anyone wanting more information or interested in becoming a chaperone for a middle school or mid-high event at Grand Central Station, call Dawna Hughes at 767-TEEN (8336) or 765-8986.
Steve Kellert
Board Member
Grand Central Station
Drop Boxes Closed
The Kay County Council for Opportunity Center has operated the Caboose Thrift Shop in Ponca City for years. The Good Buy Shoppe in Blackwell opened a few years ago. Ponca City and the surrounding community have shown excellent support of this organization that benefits persons with developmental disabilities, that are clients at the Opportunity Center.
One of the major sources of funding for the KCCOC comes from the donations of items to be sold through our thrift shops. There have been drop boxes for donations on North First and outside the Caboose at Central and First.
These boxes have become targets for vandalism and misuse by adults and children. For this reason we feel it is necessary to remove these three boxes.
The stores will be accepting donations Monday through Saturday, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Thank you for your continued support that allows us to assist those persons with developmental disabilities.
Norma Beasley
Co-chairman
Thrift Shops Committee
KCCOC
Where Was U.S. Flag?
I have a major question. Why was the Chinese flag up front at the Stock Exchange when the leader of China was presented to the Wall Street Stock Exchange?
Where was the United States flag? It could not be seen. Why was this done?
Would China allow this in their country? They have burned our flag many times.
What did the American servicemen fight for? I though we fought against communism in many countries (Korea, Vietnam, etc.). If so, why are we allowing Wall Street to fly a Communist country flag without our United States flag at least being equally displayed.
Are we as American citizens allowing the United States flag to be displaced by the Stock Exchange in order to boost the stock rating by Communist China?
Milton Friesenhahn
By LOUISE ABERCROMBIE
News Staff Writer
Saturday is shaping up to be a day to remember in the annals of patriotic events in Ponca City honoring those brave men and women military veterans who have kept America and other countries free.
Daylong activities begin with both the American Legion, 402 West South Grand Avenue, and RSVP, 110 North Fourth, serving coffee and doughnuts or cookies for veterans prior to the parade, which is slated for 10 a.m. on Grand Avenue.
All Veterans Welcome
All veterans are being encouraged to march, walk or ride in the parade. Veterans may park their cars at the American Legion and ride the tram to the parade assembly site. The trams will leave the Legion at about 9:15 a.m.
Following the 10 o'clock parade, there will be a special POW/MIA Ceremony by the Vietnam Veterans of America at Centennial Plaza. the Army National Guard will present a 21-gun salute honoring the POWs and MIAs.
During the parade there will be a fly-over with three Black Hawk, Army National Guard helicopters and four Stearman biplanes from Tulsa.
Veterans Luncheon
Lunch is to be served at the American Legion for the veterans. Special displays featuring items from all major military conflicts are being exhibited at the Legion.
At the Legion lunch commanders will be at the head tables and the POWS will be at the red, white and blue center table. The POW ceremony will be given by Past State Commander Roselynn Utech. The prayer will be by the Rev. Evans Moseley.
To the west of the Legion will be a Civil War encampment with Living Historians to answer questions about the Civil War. To the north of the Legion will be an encampment of the different Indian Nations of the area doing tribal dances and providing information about their tribes and tribal customs.
Parade Route and Entries
The parade route begins at Union and Grand and will proceed to Seventh and Grand. The parade will have a grand color guard, with the Army color guard, by the US Army Recruiting Station; Marine color guard, Marine Reserve Electronic Maintenance Detachment, Wichita; Air Force color guard, Vance Air Force Base; and the POW Flag, by Desert Strom veteran Jerry Wheeler.
Pows Parade Marshals
The parade marshals will be POWs. This begins with a POW horse with boots and saddle.
The POWs will be riding in vintage convertibles. They will be escorted by Army Guard Union 381st Replacement Battalion, 294th Replacement Company, 818th Replacement Company. POWs will include Curt Yeary, Elec Rains, Melvin Hamilin of Winfield, John Dale of Blackwell and Rick Ronan.
A POW organization with a float form Oklahoma City with 15 or more former POWs will participate.
Next will come the Army and National Guard Reserves color guards, followed by the OSU ROTC color guard. They will be followed by veterans of the Granada, Lebanon, Panama and Persian Gulf eras, on foot or riding.
The Legionnaires/Veterans, with transportation and on foot will come next.
The VFW's color guard will be followed by VFW members/veterans, with transportation and walking. Next will come VVA's (Vietnam Veterans of America) color guard, followed by VVA members/veterans riding and walking. The Disabled Veterans float and colors will following.
The Military Order of the Purple Heart Metropolitan, Oklahoma City Chapter 568. This will be followed by Ponca Indian War Veterans with colors and the 45th Division.
State Commanders/VIPs
Next will be VFW State Commander Chuck Huckaby, American Legion State Commander Bill Finch, and Mayor Marilyn Andrews, Sen. Paul Muegge, Sen. J. Berry Harrison, State Auditor Clifton Scott and Kay County Treasurer Pat Schieber. All of the above will assemble on West Grand Avenue between Union and Oak.
Winfield Band
The Winfield High School Band is to precede military walking units from Army Reserve, Ponca, military units and equipment, antique military equipment and the Living Historians Co. C 22th Ark Infantry CSA; Eighth Kansas Union (Civil War group) and the Indian/mountain men on foot, Tonkawa and Ponca Tribes. These groups will assemble at Oak and &Elm.
Starting at Elm and Osage are the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts troops will come next followed by grade school youths from Roosevelt, Lutheran and Washington, plus other walking groups.
Wellington High School Band
The Wellington, Kan., High School march band will play followed by the Ponca City High Steppers, Ponca City Cheer Leaders, Junior Varsity Cheerleaders, Ponca City Dynamiters, and Natalie Lindsay, Ms. Ponca City '97. These groups will assemble at Osage and Palm.
Other entries include: DAR/SAR float, two American Legion/Auxiliary float; Gray Horse Chapter of American Indian War Mothers; Salvation Army truck; Conoco fuel truck; Christian Motor Cycle Club; a variety of cars, Cherokee Strip Bike Cycle Club, assembling at Palm and Lake .
Fairfax Marching Band
Fairfax Marching Band; Police, Oklahoma Highway Patrol and Sheriff Units; Ponca City Fire Department, two units and an Ambulance; Citizen Police Academy entry; AMBUC and Kiwanis Floats, and more cars, assembling between Lake and Ash.
Next will come the Jaycee's Float; Humane Society float; Bob Hartung float, Winfield; more cars; HOG Chapter Tulsa and fire trucks, assembling between Ash and Birch.
KIXR, blacksmith's shop float; United Way float; Stillwater Harley Club; Shriner color guard, will assemble between Birch and Peachtree. The Shriners Akdar Shrine Temple, Tulsa, and more Shriners will assemble between Peachtree and Sunset.
There will be more fire trucks, cars, floats, the square dance club, and all other floats and late entries. These will assemble at Sunset and Waverly.
The end of the parade will be various horseback riding clubs and team drawn wagons.
FAIRFAX (AP) - The state Medical Examiner's Office says a woman found dead in her home is a homicide victim.
Gladys B. Ray, 44, of Fairfax died of blunt trauma to the abdomen.
Osage County deputies found her body Tuesday after discovering her husband, Roger Ray, 45, in his car with a gunshot wound to the head. He is expected to recover.
Chief Deputy Wes Penland said Ray's mouth is wired shut because of his injury so authorities have to wait to interview him.
Penland said he didn't know if any charges will be filed in the case until the investigation is completed.
NN heard that Laymond Wann, an artillery Forward Observer crew member
with the 69th Infantry Division, remembers his 21st Birthday well. His division
had fought from the Belgian Bulge across Germany and had become the Link-Up
Division meeting the Russian Army on April 25, 1945. When some Russian soldiers
discovered that it was Laymond's birthday Anniversary, they gave him a party
that lasted all night and into the next day.
DEATHS
Flossie M. Gardner, longtime Ponca City resident, died Tuesday afternoon, Nov. 4, 1997 in Ponca City. She was 84.
The funeral will be held Saturday, Nov. 8, 1997, at 11 a.m. at Trout Funeral Home Chapel with Richard Robinson, chaplain of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, officiating. Burial will be in Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery.
Flossie M. Gardner was born Sept. 12, 1913, in Bartlesville to J. D. Burns and Sallie Tommie (Murphy) Burns-Line. As a child, she moved to Blackwell and later to Ponca City where she graduated from high school.
On Feb. 2, 1934, she married Ernest R. Gardner in Newkirk. He preceded her in death Sept. 3, 1991. Mrs. Gardner was employed with the Kress Department Store and then with Southwestern Bell as an operator. Later, she was employed as a checker for Harris Variety Store and Miller's Grocery. Until retirement, she worked in the deli and bakery of M&W Grocery.
Mrs. Gardner was a member of the First Church of God. She enjoyed being outdoors, gardening, sewing and spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
She is survived by two daughters, Sally Wright of Ponca City, and Judy Thomas, of Lakeland, Fla.; seven grandchildren and 14 great-grandchildren. In addition to her husband and parents, she was preceded in death by a sister, Minnie Hairgrove.
Casket bearers will be Jerry McClung Sr., Louie Payne, Louie Leon, Roger Hall, Larry Moss, and Bill Wright Jr.
Memorial contributions may be made to Shrine Burn Center and Crippled Children's Hospital, 1402 MacGregor Drive, Houston, TX 77001.
The family will be at 1929 Jane and 808 West Emporia.
TONKAWA - Jack Don Mason Sr., longtime Tonkawa resident, died Thursday, Nov. 6, 1997, at the Norman Regional Hospital in Norman. He was 75.
The funeral is set for 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Tonkawa First Baptist Church with the Rev. Richard Thomasson, pastor, officiating. Arrangements are under the direction of McCafferty-Bolick Funeral Home, Tonkawa. The Tonkawa VFW Post will conduct the Flag presentation ceremony.
Jack Don Mason Sr. was born Aug. 1, 1922, in Oilton, the son of Frank Wesley and Pearl (Keen) Mason. As a child he moved to Tonkawa, where he grew up and received his education. After his schooling he was employed in the oil fields. From Dec. 9, 1942 to Dec. 12, 1945, Mason served in the U.S. Navy during World War II.
On Sept. 22, 1947, he was married to Betty Watkins at Fort Smith, Ark. The couple moved to Tonkawa in 1949, and Mason was employed with Smith International for 35 years. He retired in 1984. He was a member of the Tonkawa First Baptist Church, Tonkawa Masonic Lodge, and was a past member of the Tonkawa VFW.
Survivors include his wife, Betty, of the home in Tonkawa; three daughters, Marilyn Hood and Paula Carr, both of Tonkawa, and Julie Pickle of Vernon Hills, Ill.; two sons, Jack Mason Jr. of Houston, Texas, and Wesley Mason of Ponca City; nine grandchildren; and one great-grandchild.
He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Stanley, Stanford and Paul; and one grandchild.
Lorene J. Hess, longtime Ponca City resident, died early this morning, Nov. 7, 1997, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. Arrangements are pending with Grace Memorial Chapel.
Saturday
Wiley J. Johnson - Funeral to be graveside at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Newkirk (Okla.) Cemetery. Memorial contributions may be made in Mr. Johnson's name to the First United Methodist Church, c/o Eastman National Bank, P.O. Box 468, Newkirk, OK 74647. Arrangements are under the direction of Miller-Stahl Funeral Service, Newkirk.
Ruth Russell - Funeral to be held graveside at 11 a.m. in the
Ninnescah Cemetery at Udall, Kan. Arrangements are under the direction of
Hatfield-Smith Funeral Home, Belle Paine, Kan.
NEWS BRIEFS
Support Group Will Meet - St. Joseph Regional Medical Center's Better Breathers Club will meet Tuesday at noon in Conference Room C. All interested parties are invited to attend, and lunch will be provided.
Special Men's Meeting Set - The men from Smith International Inc., Promise Keepers and Men of Integrity are having a Thanksgiving dinner on Nov. 22 at 7 p.m. at the Salvation Army Community Center, 711 South Third. Music will be provided by Damascus Road Praise Band and guest speakers will be Rick and Becky Vanater. For tickets and information, call Willis Lockwood at 762-9523.
Food Items Requested - The American Legion is again requesting all members to bring canned goods and other items for the Thanksgiving and Christmas baskets to 407 West south Avenue - anytime between now and the holidays.
New Book Out - Chuck McCollum, member of the American Legion Huff-Minor Post No. 14, is announcing that a new book is out, especially of interest to graduating seniors. The local American Legion Post and the Ponca City Library will be receiving copies of "Need a Lift", announcing scholarships available throughout the United States. Seniors interested in the information to be found in this book, should contact the American Legion, McCollum said.
Fund Raiser Set - The Burbank Volunteer Fire Department is holding a Fund Raiser Chili Dinner at Burbank Town Hall on Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. By donations only, a chili dinner consisting of chili, cornbread, dessert and drink will be served to all comers. Everyone welcome.
Butter Braids for Sale - Butter Braids (frozen) are back at Grand Central Station. Delicious and easy to prepare, the "braids" are on sale weekdays from 3:30 to 5:30 or by calling 767-8336 to order. The sale goes on until Jan. 1.
Rummage Sale Set - Asbury United Methodist Church, 700 West Liberty, is holding a rummage sale Saturday from 8:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. Everyone welcome to drop by and shop. The sale is being sponsored by the United Methodist Women of the church.
Arrest - Police arrested a 31-year-old man at 7:04 a.m. Thursday from the 900 block of South Ninth Street on a city warrant.
All Veterans - All Veterans are encouraged to take part in the Veteran's Day Parade set for 10 a.m., Saturday, especially those serving during the Granada, Lebanon, Panama and Persian Gulf conflicts, according to Chuck Gregg organizer. Those wishing to participate may assemble at the American Legion before 9:15 a.m. Saturday. Veterans are encouraged to march, walk or ride in the parade. A tram will take the veterans to and from the parade. Lunch will be served at the American Legion afterwards.
Accident - Police responded to a reported accident at East Broadway Avenue and North Third Street at 8:09 a.m. Thursday. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.
Attempted Break-In - At 8:28 a.m. Thursday an employee of the Ponca City Animal Control Center, 2501 East Central Avenue, reported an attempted break-in. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.
Minor Accident - Police received a report of a minor accident at 9:27 a.m. Thursday at East Hartford Avenue and North Seventh Street. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.
Arrest - A 19-year-old woman was arrested at 9:36 a.m. Thursday from the 400 block of North Fourth Street on a city warrant for failure to pay.
Vandalism - At 12 p.m. Thursday Braden Packing, 1025 North Waverly Street, reported vandalism to their building. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.
Burglary - At 12:10 p.m. Thursday a man reported to police that his pick-up had been burglarized while parked on Elm Street early in the morning. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.
Accident - At 2:14 p.m. Thursday police received a report of an accident at North Elm Street and West Highland Avenue. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.
Arrest - Police arrested a 25-year-old man at 4:49 p.m. Thursday on four Kay County warrants.
Assault - At 6:57 p.m. Thursday a woman in the 100 block of Warwick
Road reported that she had been assaulted. An officer was assigned and a
report was taken.
LIFESTYLES
A toll-free number has been established by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs for women veterans to obtain information about the department's mammography services.
The number is 1-888-492-7844. Staffed between 8 a.m. . and 4:30 p.m., eastern time, Monday through Friday callers may obtain information on VA mammography facilities within their geographic area. There are 46 VA medical facilities that have in-house mammography units. VA uses community facilities to obtain test services elsewhere.
Members of the Kildare PTO are sponsoring a Country Christmas Bazaar 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Nov. 22 at the Kildare School gym, one mile east of the junction of highways 77 and 11 west.
Booth reservations are available now through Nov. 15 at a cost of $20. For more information contact Carol Branson, 762-0705 or LeeAnn Smith, 765-1452.
The public is invited to attend the event. A variety of crafts, gifts, baked goods and handmade items will be available for sale.
Following a recent series of get-acquainted parties and meetings 580
women from 78 Oklahoma communities have pledged social sororities at the
University of Oklahoma. Pledges from this area and their sororities are
as follows: Melissa Donald, Pi Beta Phi, and Jinny Leonard, Kappa Kappa
Gamma, both from Ponca City; Laura Hutton, Chi Omega, Blackwell; Sarah Clingman,
Delta Delta Delta, Medford.
RELIGION
"Come Let Us Worship Together" is the theme for the "Women of Excellence" Conference to be held Jan. 23 and 24, 1998, sponsored by New Creation Church and Damascus Road Ministries. All women in the area are invited to participate.
It is the hope of these organizations that each one who attends will leave the conference renewed in spirit and strengthened in faith.
The conference will be held at the Marland Mansion Conference Center, located in the heart of Ponca City. It will begin with registration at 2 p.m. on Jan. 23, 1998 and end the night of Jan. 24.
The feature speaker will be Betty Hildreth from Longview, Texas. Betty is a talented speaker who declares the Word of God with "simplicity and power", according to those leading the conference.
Also speaking at the Saturday workshops will be Barbara Young and Cozetta Hand, both of Ponca City. Each of these women is a dynamic speaker who freely share the love of God with those they meet.
Also included at the "Women of Excellence conference will be a Victorian Fashion Show during lunch. Cynthia Baker will come from Guthrie and present the fashion show featuring period costumes from the late 1800s to early 1900s - a step back in time and worth it.
Mark the dates - Jan. 23 and 23, 1998 - on your calendars. Deadline for registration is Dec. 1, 1997 and space is limited, so early registration is recommended.
For registration forms or more information, call Debra Lockwood at 762-9523 or e mail to w/ock@poncacity.net.
Last week we viewed and discussed "Babette's Feast," a movie that so wonderfully portrayed the benefit of celebrating life. In that movie a transformation occurred because one person provided the opportunity for celebration to a group of "religious" folk who had forgotten how to celebrate life. The feast became a grace event restoring hope, relationships, and contact with the goodness of God. Paradoxically, the participants in the feast resisted the celebration and tried to focus elsewhere. Ultimately, however, they were transformed, and the feast deepened their joy with life and with one another.
I sometimes wonder if we have the 'form' of celebration without the 'heart' of celebration. When was the last time you truly celebrated, taking time to act out your thankfulness? If the truth were known, we are often like the people at Babette's feast, so caught up in the difficulties of life we are unable to see its goodness.
We do not always celebrate our victories in the church, but instead move on to something else or focus on what we have not done. It's so easy to bypass those grace moments of celebration in the busyness of our lives.
Communion is also called "The Celebration of the Eucharist" because of the joyful response to the love of God through Jesus Christ. Even while we may be resisting God's grace, God continues to work in us, leading us to transformation and to reconciliation. Christ has prepared for us a feast, given out of love, for those that he loves.
I am grateful for worship, which is an acting out of thankfulness. I am thankful for those persons who know how to celebrate and who are able to transfer their joy to others. The grateful heart is able to see the goodness of God in the midst of life, where we live it. Let us all take time to celebrate!
The Rev. Denny Hook,
Pastor, First United Methodist
In March of 1996 Central Baptist Church celebrated groundbreaking for their new auditorium on Hartford Avenue. Twenty months later the church will celebrate the completion of this project with a special building dedication - on Nov. 9, starting at 10 a.m. Three services of Thanksgiving and praise to the Lord for His wonderful grace during the building will be observed, according to Pastor John Waterloo.
The services include special music, awards, testimonies, and special speakers from around the state. The speakers will include Pastor Kenneth Biddinger, who was pastor of Central Baptist for 25 years, Pastor Tom Sooter from Eagle Heights Baptist Church in Kansas City, Mo.; Pastor Orval Stanley from Grace Baptist Church in Blackwell, and Pastor Frank Coolbroth of the Southwest Baptist Church in Tulsa.
The new church facility was primarily built by members of the congregation, Pastor Waterloo pointed out. Many sacrifices were given of time, talents, and finances to see this auditorium built debt free. Many of the local contractors worked at reduced rates to help the church build debt free.
The facility cost over $250,000 to build and will probably be worth over $400,000 when it is evaluated. By building it debt free, Pastor Waterloo pointed out, the church has saved thousands in interest alone. The purpose of this debt free building was to be good stewards of God's money and to bring honor to His name, he explained.
God has provided several blessings through the building project, Waterloo said. "We had two main commitments when we began to build - first, to do it debt free. We just believed that God was big enough to provide us with the needed funds to build what He wanted us to. We committed to building only as He provided the money. This way the ministry could stay focused on people instead of money.
"Secondly, our purpose was to go forth in unity. We know that division is of Satan and unity is of the Lord. So we committed to working together. Our deacons and membership voted unanimously throughout the whole project. The Lord also blessed in that we did not have one family leave because of the building project. Instead of division we actually grew during the building project," the pastor said.
The book of Nehemiah was a great example to the congregation during this process. In this part of Israel's history, Nehemiah rallied the people to rebuild the walls of Jerusalem. Using some of the same principles, the church leadership at Central Baptist challenged the people to build the church Nehemiah 4:6 says, "for the people had a mind to work."
Pastor Waterloo praised the Lord for the greatest members in the world, for they truly had a mind to work, he pointed out. For over a year and a half they gave up evenings with family, they went to work and then came to the church, they gave up vacation days, they did without certain extras, and they just plain worked hard. Besides the long hours and hard work, there were also some wonderful ladies who for months and months provided meals for the workers.
"Central Baptist Church is truly an example of what God can do with a people that are dedicated to serving Him. The whole city of Ponca City is invited to join us on our special dedication day", Pastor Waterloo invited.
After the 2 p.m. service, at around 4 p.m, the church is providing a special reception open to the public. It will be a wonderful celebration to be remembered for years, Pastor Waterloo concluded.
Members of St. Paul's United Methodist congregation will be gathering in small groups at various homes in the next couple of week.
Purpose of these meetings is the chance to share their hopes and dreams for the church family and to hear the needs for and the benefits of their "On Eagle's Wings" capital stewardship program.
A highlight of this time together will be the showing of the new video featuring many of the church members. This video captures the essence of the church's ministries, according to church leaders. This will be a time when individual commitments will be discussed and church folks will be asked to pray about the challenges presented by the stewardship campaign.
Ruth Ritter and Delbert Fair, assisted by the Rev. Craig Dietert, have been responsible for the planning and organization of these meetings.
Then, on Sunday, Nov. 23, more than 200 church folks are expected to attend the stewardship celebration, climaxing the four-week campaign.
Kaw City Plans Community Concert
Kaw City folks are planning another areawide concert for Nov. 15 at 7 p.m. in the Community Center.
Concessions will be available and the public is invited to participate, free of charge.
More about the program will be announced later.
New Life Baptists Observing Anniversary
Members of the New Life Baptist Church, 301 South Waverly, Ponca City, invite the public to worship with them as they celebrate the third anniversary of their pastor and his wife, the Rev. and Mrs. Victor A. Paul.
The services will be Sunday, Nov. 9 with the Rev. Edward Williamson, pastor of Southern Missionary Baptist church in Madison, Ill. bringing the message the 11 a.m. service. At 3:30 p.m. the Rev. Dr. Timothy Jackson, pastor of the Greater First Baptist Church of Bartlesville will bring the message.
The public is invited to help the folks at New Life celebrate this joyous
occasion.
First United Methodist Men Set Meeting
The United Methodist Men will meet Saturday, Nov. 89 at 6:30 a.m. at the church. After a Continental Breakfast, served from 6:30 to 7 a.m., Tom Howard, FUMC Youth Director, will discuss the value of prayer.
Future plans include the first Annual UMM Banquet on Dec. 2 with Sherol
Hovis, former Ponca Citian, as guest speaker.
The Tulsans Coming to Second Baptist Sunday
The Tulsans, a southern gospel male quartet, will perform Sunday, Nov. 9, at 10:30 a.m. at Second Baptist church, 1112 West Grand.
The Tulsans performances include slow harmony numbers, many up-tempo, traditional and new quartet style arrangements intermingled with light Christian humor. The band is also featured on some selections.
There is no admission charge to a Tulsans concert, and everyone is welcome,
according to the Rev. Paul Graham, pastor at Second Baptist.
First Lutherans Set 'Novemberfest'
The members of the Lutheran Women's Missionary League of First Lutheran Church, North Fourth and Liberty, are sponsoring a 'Novemberfest" to be held Saturday, Nov. 8 from 8 a.m. until 2 p.m. in the gym of First Lutheran School. The public is invited and there is no admission fee.
Many booth spaces have been rented to local crafters, bakers, and "merchants:. Some of the items available will be homemade candy and baked goods, baskets, wood crafts, floral wreaths, Mary Kay cosmetics, crocheted items, Christmas cards, cookbooks, and other miscellaneous craft items. The LWML ladies will be selling coffee to go along with the bakes goodies, crafts, and a whole hallway full of rummage items.
Proceeds from the booth space rental and the LWML's sales will be used
to further the work of the society and to support local mission projects.
Trinity Nazarene Women Plan Bake Sale
The Ladies Ministry at Trinity Nazarene Fund Raiser Bake Sale will be Saturday, Nov. 89 from 7 a.m. until everything is sold.
They plan to have homemade noodles, bread, pies, cakes, cookies, candy, muffins and much, much more for sale at the corner of Perry and West Ponca.
Everyone welcome.
Prince of Peace Lutherans Slate Dinner
The church-wide Thanksgiving dinner at Prince of Peace Lutheran will be Sunday, Nov. 16 at 12:30 p.m. Everyone is asked to bring a dish to share. The turkey will be provided by AAL. Come for fun and fellowship.
The church's First Family Fall Hayrack Ride was announced a big success. The turnout was great - both members and the general public. The youth are already talking about how to make next year's event better. Thanks to Bill and Bambi Correll and POP youth for all their hard work.
The next council meeting is Monday, Nov. 17, at 7 p.m . at the church.
Prince of Peace wishes a "Happy birthday" to Dana Cleaver,
Jim Ross, and Hillary Cleaver.
Ministerial Alliance Sets Meeting
The Ponca City Ministerial Alliance will meet Thursday, Nov. 13 at noon in Conference Room C at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center.
Following a Dutch Treat lunch, the minister will attend a presentation
by Janice Bell on the CASA program, according to the Rev. Leland Peterson,
secretary-treasurer of the Alliance.
Asbury UMC Sets Rummage Sale
Asbury United Methodist Church, 700 West Liberty, will hold a rummage
sale on Saturday, Nov. 8 from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Everyone welcome.
Holiday Bazaar with Grace Scheduled Nov. 21
The Episcopal Church Women of Grace Episcopal Church, 109 North Thirteenth, will hold their annual holiday sale, Holiday Bazaar with Grace, on Friday, Nov. 21 from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m.
The public is invited to come shop for holiday gifts, homemade casseroles and baked treats...also antiques, arts and crafts, cookbooks and decorated holiday trees.
Lunch will be served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. including delicious soup
and pie.
Presbyterian Women Set Luncheon
The November Luncheon for Presbyterian Women will be Nov. 13 at noon at the church. The program will be "Faith and Giving Thanks" by Bernice Baxter.
Hostesses will be Lily Jackson Circle with Billie Wright and Ginny Cagley as chairs. The blessing will be given by Lorell Fenoi and Cecil Nanni will have the devotion.
Circles meet, as follows: Elisabeth Reynolds Circle, Nov. 17 at 7:30
p.m. in the home of Norma Bayne, 3621 Goldenrod; Lily Jackson Circle, Nov.
20 at 9:30 a.m. in the home of Audrey Lee Hall, 2407 Bluebird, and Irene
Nickless Circle, Nov. 20 at 1 p.m. in the home of Jody Whipple, 2 Fawn Lane.
Methodist Yearly Charge Conference Nov. 17
Monday evening, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. the four United Methodist churches of Ponca City will come together at Albright United Methodist for a shared Charge Conference with Grayson Lucky, District Superintendent.
In worship and fellowship, the sister churches will celebrate their ministry together and look ahead to the coming year, elect servant leaders for the new year, hear a summary report of the past year, and approve salaries.
In worship and fellowship, members of the sister churches will rejoice
in their common call to disciple persons for Jesus Christ., according to
the Rev. Dr. Kip WRight, pastor at Albright UMC.
EDUCATION
Kildare Christmas Bazaar
The Kildare Parent Teacher Organization will have a Christmas Bazaar on Nov. 22 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the school gymnasium.
Top Ten Freshman
Heather Hohensee of Ponca City has been selected as one of the Top Ten Freshman Women at Oklahoma State University. Selection of students is based upon scholarship, community service, campus involvement and outstanding leadership from their freshman year. She is the daughter of Lynn and Marie Hohensee.
OASCD Conference
The OASCD (Oklahoma Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) Fall Conference will be held Nov. 13-14, 1997, at the Radisson Inn in Oklahoma City. Keynote speakers are Dr. Pam Robbins and Dr. William Purkey.
Donley Becomes First Female
Amanda Donley, 1994 graduate of Ponca City High School, has become the first female in the history of OSU's Fire Protection Society to drive the school's prized engine, a 1951 American-LaFrantz.
G.C.S Workshops
Grand Central Station, 114 South Fifth, will hold a workshop Nov. 9 from 2 to 3 p.m. on Stamp Collecting. The workshop will be taught by Arliss Moses and is for sixth through 12th grade students. Parents are also welcome.
Holland Begins College
Matt Holland, son of Gene and Lauren Holland of Ponca City, began his freshman year in college at Hendrix College. Holland is a graduate of Ponca City High School.
Trout Sock Hop
E.M. Trout's Annual Sock Hop will be held Nov. 14 from 7 to 10 p.m. in the Trout Gymnasium. Live music will be provided by "The Benders." Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for students. A concession stand will be held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. featuring pizza and nachos. Bingo will begin at 7 p.m.
More Oklahoma students are reaping benefits from taking additional basic (often called core) courses in high school through improved college-entrance exam scores.
Parents, counselors, teachers and students are to be credited for making the decision to stress solid academic subjects.
ACT officials define core requirements for graduation as passing as least four years of English and three years each of mathematics, science and social studies.
Historically, the majority of Oklahoma students taking the test had not completed the ACT core.
In 1994, that trend turned around with more students taking the core or more for the first time. When 1991 test-takers are compared to the 1997 class, 3,186 more students took at least the suggested core.
That's a 25.4 percent increase in the number of students taking the basic courses in high school.
In fact, Oklahoma's total number of 1997 graduates who took the ACT college-entrance exam is 1,200 students higher than last year, and 3,665 more than took the test in 1991.
ACT researchers say the notable increase in test takers makes obtaining a higher average composite score an even more impressive feat.
Other facts about this year's ACT average composite scores:
- The state's score on the ACT improved this year to 20.6, just .4 less than the national average, but improving at the same rate.
- The state's steady improvement in the test's four subject areas of English, reading, math and science has be touted by ACT officials as "unprecedented" when compared to the rest of the nation.
- For 1997, Oklahoma outperformed almost every other state in the ACT southern region, beating out other noted education reform states as Tennessee and Kentucky.
Sandy Garrett, State Superintendent, said, "While we are proud of this sure and steady progress, we should not and will not rest on our laurels."
"It is clear there are still many challenges. Our students continue to have difficulty in mathematics, which is why two years ago we increased the number of math credits for high school graduation from two to three."
She concluded, "This greater interest in taking solid academic courses in high school is the best hope for staying on the right track of student success in college and in life, and for better public schools in general."
First Lutheran School will present their Second Annual Veterans' Day Program Nov. 11. The goal of the program Tuesday is to give honor and respect to the men and women who have served our country.
An assembly will kick off the morning at 9:30 a.m. with a general assembly in the school gymnasium. Connie McAbee will give the Veterans' Day address.
At 10:00 a.m. the school will observe military equipment, living historians and World War II posters.
The community is invited to the school at 10:25 a.m. for the flying of a B-1.
Observation will continue at 1 p.m. for World War II discussion from Bill Bryans, history professor at Oklahoma State University.
The following people will also be part of the festivities: Richard Killblane, Lee Keyes, Jake McNiece, Truman Smith, Roy Lunsford, Jerry Wheeler, Roger Hudgins, Eric Fite, Richard Sherrod, Mike Quirey, Steve McKelvey, Deanne McDaniel, Herb Hopkins, Jack and Syble Hager and Jessica Hurd. The public is invited to attend the programs.
Pioneer Technology Center students and their peers from across the state met at the Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) Northwest District Fall Leadership Conference at Autry Technology Center in Enid.
"Quality at Work: Achieve New Heights" was the theme for this year's conference. Students attended sessions on parliamentary procedures, techniques for giving a prepared speech, rules for proper business etiquette, and communication and human relation skills.
Machine tool students attending, Jason Troutman, Calvin McCulley and Phaedra Williams. Cosmetology students were Amber Andrews, Sybil Looper, Sandra Auilar, Sasha Lamm, Marie Keesee, Dominique Techimer and Deseray Roberts.
Horticulture students were Amber Bennett, Crystal Backus and Laura Blackwell. Transportation Technology students were Keith Arterbury, Billy Baldwin, Cody Jones, Bryan Kugal, Jason Brown and B.J. Gray. Welding students were Adam Hobbs, Amanda Wamego, Justin Weant, Jace Hall, Kyle Miller and Body Robinson.
Construction trades students were Cory Collyar, Nathan Woods, Kyle Law, Random Massey and Joe Koehler.
Northern Oklahoma Youth Services presents a series of parenting classes that talk about important issues for young parents.
The classes available are:
Dec. 4 - Discipline and Punishment
Jan. 8 - Part I -- Ages and Stages of Development
Feb. 5 - Part II -- Ages and Stages of Development
March 5 - Nutrition and Other Routines
April 2 - Families
May 7 - Relationships
The classes will be held at Lincoln Center, 700 W. Broadway, on Thursday evenings from 6 to 8 p.m.
All young parents are encouraged to attend.
SPORTS
By BOB PATTERSON
News Staff Writer
WAKITA - Nick Morland capped long passing efforts and runs with five first half touchdowns here Friday night as the Wakita Warriors defeated arch rival Deer Creek-Lamont 49-24 in eight-man football.
The Warriors of Coach Rodd Beer let it be known early they were not going to allow DCLA to come up with an upset, and built a 36-6 halftime lead. The win also propelled the Warriors (6-3, 3-3 of District C-3) into the fourth place spot and a likely trip to Bluejacket in the first round of state playoffs next week.
Wakita mounted scoring drives on the first two possessions, capping an 86-yard effort in the first two minutes despite having to use six plays in doing it. Big play to set up the 13-yard touchdown run by Morland with 10:07 to go was a 49-yard run by Bradley Rayner on third and 2, to the 13.
The Warriors forced DCLA to punt and took over on their own 27, but two plays later after an Austin Burgess pass to Ryan Dent covered 58 yards Morland scored from the 17 and then ran the two-point conversion for a 14-0 lead with 6:49 to go in the first quarter.
The two teams exchanged punts, and DCLA settled into a threat, but it fizzled at the Wakita 33 with the Warriors taking over at the 9:37 mark.
Rayner, after a penalty had knocked the Warriors back to the 28, almost scored on a nifty run that netted 67 yards to the DCLA 5. Morland got the call for his third score to make it 20-0 with 9:14 left in the first half.
DCLA then went 56 yards in eight plays, getting chunks of yardage by Derreck Tefft and quarterback Kendall Metcalf. Tefft got the final amount, 17-yards with 6:21 to go to cut the lead to a 20-6 reading.
However, the Warriors got that right back as Morland went 60 yards before being pulled down from behind at the 1. Morland then scored with 5:50 to go and got the 2-point on a pass from Burgess to make it 28-6.
Wakita got a final chance in the first half to score taking over on their own 21 after a DCLA punt at the 1:56 mark. The Warriors didn't let that one slip away either, when Burgess hit Dent with a pass that was turned into a 75-yard gain to the 4. However, it took four plays and almost the rest of the clock for the Warriors to put it into the end zone, with Morland going the final yard at the 0:27 mark with Burgess adding the 2-point on a run for a 36-6 halftime score.
Wakita's first possession in the second half was a touchdown on the first play, a 47-yard scoring strike from Burgess to Rayner. That made it 42-6 with 10:01 to go in the third quarter and reserves played much of the rest of the way for the Warriors.
An intercepted pass by DCLA near midfield allowed the Eagles to get on the scoreboard again. Metcalf gained 24 to the Warriors 24 and Tefft got the rest of the yardage on one play with 2:11 left in the third quarter to cut the lead to 42-12.
Early in the fourth quarter DCLA took over on downs at their own 36 and seven plays later, Metcalf broke free from the 27 to score with 7:00 showing to make it 42-18.
Wakita came right back, on a nine-play drive, overcoming two big penalties, and got a score by Beau Bellamy from the 1. Big play was a Burgess pass to Rayner that netted 30 yards following a pass from Burgess to Cody Biby that got 27. A kick for the extra point made it 49-18.
DCLA got another score following a 13-play drive that covered 70 yards. Matt Lee got the score from the 3 with only 15 seconds left in the game to make the final read 49-24.
Both teams had two rushers go over the 100-yard marks, with Tefft getting 148 in 30 carries and Metcalf 144 in 21. Warrior bests were Morland with 137 in 13 carries and Rayner 121 on only five snaps. Burgess hit 5 of 6 passes for 235 yards and Rayner added 131 receiving yards to his rushing total.
Wakita 49, Deer Creek-Lamont 24
DCLA 0 6 6 12 - 24
Wakita 14 22 6 7 - 49
Scoring
Wakita - Nick Morland 13 run (kick failed)
Wakita - Morland 17 run (Morland run)
Wakita - Morland 5 run (run failed)
DCLA - Derreck Tefft 17 run (run failed)
Wakita - Morland 1 run (Morland pass from Austin Burgess)
Wakita - Morland 1 run (Burgess kick)
Wakita - Bradley Rayner 47 pass from Burgess (run failed)
DCLA - Tefft 24 run (pass failed)
DCLA - Kendall Metcalf 27 run (run failed)
Wakita - Beau Bellamy 1 run (pass failed)
DCLA - Ryan Skaggs 3 run (kick failed)
Statistics
DCLA. Wak.
First Downs 17 11
Rushes-yards 67-347 32-281
Passing yards 10 235
Comp-attempts 2-5-0 5-10-1
Return yards 8-59 6-91
Punts 5-29.2 3-27.3
Fumbles-lost 6-1 0-0
Penalties-yards 5-50 10-85
Individual Statistics
RUSHING - DCLA: Derreck Tefft 30-148, Kendall Metcalf 21-144, Matt Lee 5-21, Irvin Silvey 4-17, Eric Fredrick 2-10, Ryan Skaggs 5-7. Wakita: Bradley Rayner 5-121, Nick Morland 13-137, Cody Biby 1-9, Austin Burgess 3-8, Beau Bellamy 3-5, Jeff Bollmon 1-5, Josh Weishman 1-1, Richard Hayes 2 (-1), Adam Wilczek 1-(-1), Randon Bushman 2-(-3).
PASSING - DCLA: Metcalf 2-5-0 10. Wakita: Burgess 5-6-1 235, Hayes 0-4-1 0.
RECEIVING - DCLA: Skaggs 1-7, Silvey 1-3. Wakita: Ryan Dent 2-131, Rayner 2-77, Biby 1-27.
By FRED HILTON
News Sports Editor
Sadness, disappointment and determination. All of those emotions will be carried onto the field at Sullins Stadium by the 16 seniors who will end their high school football career tonight as the Wildcats play Shawnee starting at 7:30.
"It's kinda sad," said wide receiver Wes Swygert. "It all went by so quickly. It's hard to believe its going to be over."
"This is not what we wanted or where we wanted it to end," tackle Nick Steichen said as the Wildcats strive to finish 4-6 on the year. "We wanted to be in the playoffs."
"But there are no regrets about the season," said center Steven Bogadi. "Everybody worked hard. There's not a lot more anyone could have done."
"We're sad its going to be over," cornerback Anthony Tillman said. "But we're not going to let up."
"The seniors are handling it well," head coach Rick Sodowsky said of the final game of the season. "The practices this week have been pretty good.
"This game has been pretty tight the last couple of years. No one is taking Shawnee (1-8) lightly."
"We've practiced this week like we did at the start of the season," Swygert said.
"The practices have lightened up a little bit," Bogadi observed. "But we still want to win this one."
"It has been spirited," Tillman said of the workouts this week.
The Wolves are winless in District 6A-4 and have only two wins in the past two seasons. But Shawnee has been in most of the games they've played. Even the blowout to Stillwater last week was close at halftime.
Shawnee has actually outscored Ponca City on the season, 87-59, but the Wolves have given up more points, 259-233.
Ponca City owns a 3-2 edge in the series with Shawnee, but it took overtime for the Wildcats to pull out a 17-14 win last year.
Swygert was the most optimistic of the seniors giving an opinion on tonight's outcome.
"We should win pretty easily," he stated simply.
But others were more cautious.
"We're expecting a fight," Bogadi said. "Shawnee is 1-8 but they don't want to go out with a loss. Neither do we."
"Shawnee uses a lot of trick plays," Steichen observed. "In the films. we saw they use the hide-out and the fumble-rooskie. They've had a little bit of success with it.
"But I'm hoping for a big score. It's time we beat someone pretty badly."
"We need to play as a team," Tillman added. "It can be close if we let them hang around like we've done in the past. Then we could be in for a fight."
The seniors and their parents will be introduced before the start of tonight's game.
This year's crop of seniors are John Bateman, Jay Bentley, Bogadi, Matt Bowlin, Patrick Bowhay, Danny Edwards, Mat Harrison, Marty Kruk, Justin Lewis, Jason Shelton, Nick Steichen, Matt Stewart, Swygert, Tillman, Ryan Treadway and Kyle Vincent.
Where: Sullins Stadium
When: Kickoff at 7:30 p.m.
Records: Ponca City 3-6, Shawnee is 1-8.
Last Year: Ponca City won 17-14 (OT)
Injuries: None new for Wildcats.
Importance: With no playoff hopes, both teams will be seeking to end the season with a win.
Radio: WBBZ (1230 AM), Ponca City.
Weather: Cold, with lows expected in the 30s.
The NOC Mavericks continued to have their way with early season competition Thursday, blasting the New Mexico Junior College Thunderbirds, 77-59, at the Juco Classic in Hobbs, New Mexico.
The Mavericks led throughout the entire game, up 36-29 at intermission, then outscored the Thunderbirds 41-30 in the second half. Unlike the Mavs first win - a 111-48 rout - the Thunderbirds were no pushover. They have appeared in three of the last five national tournaments, and the decisive win bodes well for the Mavs.
Arkansas transfer Marlon Towns, at 6-5, 215 pounds, continued to prove he's a force to be reckoned with, leading the Mavericks with 21 points and eight rebounds. Stillwater native Zack Cazzelle followed up Towns with a big game as well, dumping in 18 points, which included going 4-for-6 from three-point land.
Deshawn Denson added 13 points, Jared Weiberg had seven, followed by Kyle Dean with five. Shere-Khan Jones showed off his monsterous leaping ability and had an excellent day on the boards, grabbing six rebounds and blocking three shots.
Again, head coach Mick Weiberg was pleased with the intensity of his players and the production generated from a talented bench. "I don't think they were overconfident after that last game, they came out and played hard. We shot well, got a lot of rotation and production from a lot of people."
If Weiberg has one complaint, it would be with the mental effort of his team. "We need better game management. We had a ten second violation and let the shot clock run down once. We also didn't handle the pressure off the press well."
The Mavs also had 14 turnovers, four more than Weiberg would like. "Hopefully, the mental errors will correct themselves with time," he says.
The Mavericks continue in the Juco Classic today, taking on the Ranger Junior College Rangers of Ranger, Texas.
LEVELLAND, TEX. - The NOC Lady Mavericks basketball team went to 2-0 on the year Thursday, taking down Angelina College 76-61 at the Lady Texan tournament in Levelland, Texas.
The Lady Mavs were up 34-28 at halftime, but went on a tear in the second half to open things up. Freshman Shannon Hands continued to prove herself a valuable recruit, pouring in a team-high 21 points, including one three-pointer. Hands was followed by Ponca City's Lyndsey Warrior, who added 12 points and led the team with 13 rebounds. Point guard Michelle Brown also had a good game, posting 11 points and five steals. Brandi McClellan and Renee Reese each had eight points.
Head coach Greg Krause liked his teams' performance better than the wobbly 68-67 win in the Lady Mavs' season opener against Hutchinson.
"We played much better. Lyndsey had a good game. She was nervous in (the Hutchinson) game and we didn't get much out of the post, but she looked good this time."
As for Hands, the Mavs' two game scoring sensation, Krause says he's impressed. "But she can score so many different ways - she's good off the drive, with either hand, she can shoot the three, and her medium-range jump shot is good. She doesn't really have any weaknesses offensively."
The Lady Mavs continue play today, taking on Howard, Texas, one of the top ten junior college teams in the country last year. "Today's game will be a real test for us," said Krause.
SPRINTING AWAY from several Deer Creek-Lamont defenders is Bradley Rayner (20) of the Wakita Warriors during Thursday's 49-24 victory at Wakita. Rayner rushed five times for 121 yards and caught two passes for 77 yards, scoring on a 47-yarder from Austin Burgess. See story Page 3B. (News Photo by Bob Patterson)
By The Associated Press
Thursday's results:
Christian Heritage 41, Grace Christian 22
Life Christian 48, Community Christian 14
Moore 56, Lawton Eisenhower 14
OC U.S. Grant 63, OC Capitol Hill 0
OC Douglass 12, OC Northwest Classen 0
Owasso 42, Tahlequah 25
Putnam City North 28, Edmond North 13
Wakita 49, Deer Creek-Lamont 24