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Flood Waters Drive Area Residents From Homes
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Flood Waters Drive Area Residents From Homes

By MARK GALVIN

News Staff Writer

Officials attribute a coordinated county-wide emergency effort for the injury-free evacuation of Blackwell residents Sunday after heavy rains elevated the Chikaskia River more than five feet above flood stage.

Residents and families on the north and east sides of Blackwell were forced to flee their homes as emergency workers, using air boats and a Gama Goat vehicle, helped them to higher ground.

Ponca City received 4.47 inches of rain over the weekend while Blackwell received 6.35 inches.

“No injuries, just a bunch of cold, wet people — and scared,” remarked Kildare firefighter Travis Harris this morning from the city’s Red Cross building, which was serving as a center for flood victims.

Harris said conditions today were “not getting any better,” although other officials reported a gradual receding of water in the area, as areas downstream such as Pawnee were still bracing for flooding.

Emergency workers from agencies across the county met before sunup Sunday to coordinate their actions after heavy rains in Kansas and Oklahoma raised the Chikaskia River above flood stage. As residents evacuated, some homes had four or five feet of water.

Harris said the effort has “gone very well. I commend the Blackwell Fire Department. They did a magnificent job.”

The county response also included sheriff’s deputies, firefighters from Peckham Braman and Tonkawa, county emergency management people, state Department of Transportation workers, the Oklahoma Lake Patrol, and Blackwell city workers.

Other Kay County residents reportedly also were evacuated from areas south of White Eagle near the Salt Fork River and a crew of workers needed help in the Tonkawa area.

On Interstate 35 this morning, Bob Paige of Blackwell sat in his state Department of Transportation truck as water from the swollen Salt Fork River lapped against the southbound lanes, where traffic was reduced to a single lane.

Paige said the water was higher this morning than it had been since the rain started and he said there’s no telling whether the water would ultimately wash across the roadway. The Salt Fork washed across the interstate during similar weather in 1995.

Paige and other DOT workers from the Tonkawa station had been busy non-stop since early Sunday morning with flood-related work.

Kay County Undersheriff Craig Countryman said it was “tough all weekend” for the emergency workers “but fortunately with no weather-related injuries or fatalities.”

Although both interstate exits to Braman were under water, Braman Mayor Jerry Johnston said the town was above the flood level today. U.S. 177 north from Braman to the state line was open this morning, according to sheriff’s report.

Flood waters closed Tonkawa Road (Old Highway 60) east of Tonkawa, as well as State Highway 156 on Ranch Drive south of Old 60 toward Marland. Hubbard Road was closed between Blackwell and Ponca City

Second Lt. Shawn Lockwood, chief dispatcher for the Oklahoma Highway Patrol in Pawnee, said Blackwell was beginning to see signs of relief by noon today, with Highway 11 opened west of the community.

But Lockwood said conditions continued to get worse downstream.

Pawnee was expected to get moderate to severe flooding by Tuesday, he said, as the Black Bear Creek, which empties into the Arkansas River, was supposed to crest Tuesday afternoon at 25 feet, which is 8 feet above flood stage.

Also tenuous for traffic was U.S. 177 between Ponca City and Stillwater, which was completely open at noon but subject to flooding at any time, Lockwood said.

Despite all the water, the patrol had not received any reports of severe traffic injuries or fatalities in the five-county area, which covers Pawnee, Payne, Noble, Osage and Kay counties.

Although traffic in the southbound lanes of Interstate 35 between U.S. 60 and Fountain Road was delayed slightly with one-lane traffic, the conditions there were not expected to get worse, the patrol said, and the northbound lanes remained unclosed at noon.

In Grant County, State Highway 74 south of Lamont was closed, as was U.S. 60 between Lamont and Pond Creek. U.S. 81 north of Medford was closed in Kansas and south of Medford was closed to small vehicles this morning.

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Analysis of Six State Questions on Ballot

By the OPA Capitol News Bureau

Voters will decide whether to approve six state questions referred to the ballot by the 1998 Legislature at Tuesday’s general election. The questions appear below followed by the Capitol News Bureau’s analysis. Unless otherwise noted, all questions are effective upon approval of the voters.

State Question Number 678

Legislative Referendum Number 308

The proposal amends the Oklahoma Constitution. It amends Section 9C of Article 10. That Section deals with ambulance service districts. These districts are also called emergency medical service districts. These districts are created by vote of the people. Such districts can include more than one county and/or parts of counties. These districts are funded by real property tax millages.

The proposed amendment allows counties or parts of counties to withdraw from an existing district. Withdrawal from a district must be approved by the voters in the county. Withdrawing entities would remain responsible for their portion of the district’s existing debt. Responsibility for such debt is apportioned. Such apportionment is based on assessed real property values.

Analysis

Emergency Medical Service Districts: SQ 678 would allow a county or parts of a county to withdraw from an emergency medical service district so that it could join another district. It arose from a problem involving Chester in Major County, which takes many of its emergency medical cases to nearby Seiling in Dewey County. Seiling is in a different medical district, said Rep. Clay Pope, D-Loyal, co-author with Sen. Owen Laughlin, R-Woodward. Withdrawal would be contingent upon approval by a majority of voters in the county and payment of the county’s or its part’s share of operational and bonded indebtedness. County commissioners would call an election if presented with a petition signed by at least 20 percent of the county’s registered voters.

State Question Number 679

Legislative Referendum Number 309

This measure seeks to change Section 34 of Article 6 and Section 10 of Article 23 of the State Constitution. Corporation Commissioners and members of the Oklahoma Tax Commission serve terms which start in different years. As the law is now they may only receive an increase in pay if it becomes law before they take office. These persons may receive different pay but perform the same job. This measure will allow their pay to be raised at any time so long as their pay was equal.

Analysis

Compensation Increases for Corporation Commissioners and Tax Commissioners: SQ 679 would permit Oklahoma Corporation Commissioners and members of the Oklahoma Tax Commission to receive a pay raise during their terms of office so that their compensation would equal that of newly elected or appointed commissioners. The state Constitution now forbids pay raises for constitutional officers during their terms. Since corporation and tax commissioners begin their terms at different times, unequal compensation sometimes results. The resolution, by Sen. Bill Gustafson, R-El Reno, and Rep. Larry Ferguson, R-Cleveland, followed an attorney general’s opinion prohibiting Corporation Commissioners Bob Anthony and Cody Graves from receiving raises during their terms. Graves’ salary would have been cut from $76,000 to the $50,000 authorized for the post when he was elected in 1992. Graves then resigned. All three commissioners now receive $76,000.

State Question Number 680

Legislative Referendum Number 310

This measure would amend the State Constitution. It would amend Section 14 of Article 10. Under current law, public property can only be used for public purposes. This measure makes an exception for use of public property for certain projects. These projects would involve research and development of a technology. The technology could be a product, process or idea. A college or university would be able to let a business use its property to develop these kinds of projects.

Analysis

Technology Transfer: SQ 680, and its companion measure 681, were promoted as vital to economic development and prosperity by financially rewarding research by universities and their employees. Supporters say this has helped spur growth of such technological centers as Austin, Texas, the Boston area and the Silicon Valley in California. SQ 680 would make an exception to constitutional prohibitions against use of public property for private purposes at Oklahoma colleges and universities, if these purposes involve research and technological development. Institutions of higher education could allow a business to develop such projects.

The proposals are supported by Gov. Frank Keating, Lt. Gov. Mary Fallin, State Treasurer Robert Butkin and Attorney General Drew Edmondson as well as by higher education officials. Norman Republicans Chris Brown, who was an unsuccessful primary candidate for Labor Commissioner, and E. Z. Million have formed a committee to defeat both questions. They say the proposals would allow big firms to cut costs by trimming their own research and transferring work to universities and colleges.

State Question Number 681

Legislative Referendum Number 311

This measure would amend the Oklahoma Constitution. It would amend Section 15 of Article 10. This measure would allow a state college or university to own technology. Technology could be a product, process or an idea. Higher education employees could also own technology. This measure would allow colleges or universities to own an interest in a private business. It would also let higher education employees own an interest in a private business. The private business would have to make a product or invent a process or other idea. The product or process or idea would come from help the business received. The help could be from being able to do the research at a college or university. Laws could be passed to control how a college or university owned a business interest. Laws could be passed to control how the employees could own a business interest.

Analysis

Technology Transfer: SQ 681, working in tandem with SQ 680, would permit governing boards and faculties of colleges and universities to own an interest in a technology or business resulting from research or use of public facilities at the institutions. Authors were Rep. Jack Bonny, and Sen. Ben Robinson, D-Muskogee.

State Question Number 682

Legislative Referendum Number 312

This measure amends the Oklahoma Constitution. It would add a new section to the Constitution. It would add a section to Article 10. Article 10 deals with public indebtedness. The amendment would allow the state to enter into contracts. The contracts would be with counties and cities. The contracts would be for housing state inmates. The term of such a contract could be for as long as fifteen years. The amendment also provides that a county or city wanting to do this could build a jail or add to an existing jail. The county or city could pay for the jail by any method allowed by the Constitution or state law.

SHALL THE PROPOSAL BE APPROVED?

FOR THE PROPOSAL YES

AGAINST THE PROPOSAL NO

State Inmate Housing Contracts: SQ 682 would provide for contracts of more than one year, but not more than 15 years, between the state and its political subdivisions for the housing of state prisoners. Local governments could finance a new or improved jail by any means authorized by the state constitution or state law. Prospects for financing would be improved with multi-year contracts, according to Rep. M.C. Leist, D-Morris, co-author with Sen. Frank Shurden, D-Henryetta.

State Question Number 683

Legislative Referendum Number 313

This measure would amend Article 10 of the State Constitution. The measure adds a new section, Section 6D, to that Article. It exempts certain personal property from ad valorem tax. It exempts all “personal property used as pollution control property.” The measure does not define the term “personal property used as pollution control property.” The legislature would define that term.

Analysis

Environmental Pollution Ad Valorem tax Personal Property Exemption: SQ 683 would exempt all property used for pollution control from ad valorem taxation, effective on Jan. 1, 1999. The Legislature would define the term “personal property used as pollution control property.” The exemption would not, however, apply to residential or recreational property or motor vehicles, or to any property used, constructed, acquired or installed before Jan. 1, 1999. Authors were Sen. Kevin Easley, D-Broken Arrow, and Rep. Larry Rice, D-Pryor.

Where To Vote

The Kay County Election Board has listed the precinct polling places in Kay County for Tuesday’s, Nov. 3, 1998, general election.

400 Consolidated 106 School Building, River Road, 9 miles east of Newkirk.

401 Consolidated 106 School Building, River Road, 9 miles east of Newkirk.

402 Christ’s Church, 1001 S. Magnolia, Newkirk.

403 Christ’s Church, 1001 S. Magnolia, Newkirk.

404 Peckham Christian Church, Peckham.

406 Braman Town Hall, Braman.

409 St. John’s Lutheran Church, Northeast of Blackwell.

410 St. John’s Lutheran Church, Northeast of Blackwell.

411 Kildare School Building, Kildare.

412 City Hall, Kaw City.

413 Presbyterian Church, Fourteenth Street and Grand Avenue, Ponca City.

414 Pioneer Christian Church, 1701 East Hubbard Road.

415 Pioneer Christian Church, 1701 East Hubbard Road.

417 National Guard Army, U.S. 60, west of Tonkawa.

419 Community Christian Church, 2109 West Grand Avenue, Ponca City.

420 Ranch Drive Volunteer Fire Department.

421 Ranch Drive Volunteer Fire Department.

Newkirk

001 First Christian Church, 301 W. 9th, Newkirk.

002 Baptist Church, 220 W. 7th, Newkirk.

Tonkawa

101 Public Library, 216 N. 7th, Tonkawa.

103 Christian Church, 115 W. Grand Ave., Tonkawa.

Blackwell

201 First Christian Church, 306 E. Coolidge, Blackwell.

202 Free Will Baptist Church, 209 N. 6th, Blackwell.

205 First Baptist Church, 1st and Bridge, Blackwell.

210 Methodist Church, 6th and Coolidge, Blackwell.

Ponca City

503 Central Baptist Church, 618 East Hartford Avenue.

504 Grace Episcopal Church, Thirteenth Street and East Grand Avenue.

507 Sunset Baptist Church, 915 West Greenwood Avenue.

516 Southside Baptist Church, 1518 South Fifth Street.

517 St. Mary’s Parish Hall, 408 South Eighth Street.

523 Church of Christ, 1300 West Grand Avenue.

527 Hartford Avenue Church of Christ, 1905 Joe Street.

530 Pioneer Vo-Tech, 2101 North Ash Street.

532 Unity Gym, 1908 East Woodland.

533 St. Luke’s Church of Nazarene, 1715 East Prospect

534 N.E. Baptist Church, 2200 North Pecan.

DEATHS

Helen Cecelia Leven
Mary Maurita Clark
Tommy W. Johnston
Helen M. Valenta
N. Verle Hickey
James D. Pitts
Gerald Lee Pappan Sr
George Robert Moore
Donald G. Buffalohead
Veda Lorene Smith

Helen Cecelia Leven

NEWKIRK — Helen Cecelia Leven, longtime Newkirk area resident, died Saturday evening, Oct. 31, 1998, at the Newkirk Nursing Center. She was 92.

A prayer service will be held at 7 p.m. Monday evening, Nov. 2, 1998, at the Miller-Stahl Funeral chapel. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday at St. Francis Catholic Church with the Rev. Richard Beckman as celebrant. Burial is to follow in the Newkirk Cemetery. Arrangements are under the direction of Miller-Stahl Funeral Service.

Helen Cecelia Leven was born Nov. 27, 1905, in Brookfield, Kan., the daughter of John and Anna (Koegler) Sheik. In 1910 she moved with her family to a farm northwest of Newkirk. She attended St. Francis Catholic School and graduated from there. On Jan. 7, 1930, she and Frank P. Leven were married in Newkirk and established their home on a farm in the area. Mr. Leven died on Aug. 31, 1993.

She was a member of St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church and the St. Francis Altar Society, and she enjoyed sewing, cooking, flowers, and spending time with her children and grandchildren.

She is survived by one son, Dee Leven of Newkirk; one sister, Rosemary Shinn of Newkirk; six grandchildren; 14 great-grandchildren; and one great-great-grandchild.

She was preceded in death by her husband; one daughter, Frances Haney; her parents; five brothers, John Sheik, Raymond Sheik, Vince Sheik, Carl Sheik and Pete Sheik; and three sisters, Anna Voegele, Teresa Svitak, and Mary Louise Leven.

Casket bearers will be Wayne Leven, Hugh Leven, Jan Snow, Mary Haney, Paul Haney and Ron Snow.

A memorial fund had been established in her name for the St. Francis Altar Society through Eastman National Bank, P.O. Box 468, Newkirk, OK 74647.

Mary Maurita Clark

ARKANSAS CITY, Kan. — Mary Maurita Clark, of Geuda Springs, Kan., died Friday, Oct. 30, 1998, at the Riverview Manor in Oxford, Kan. She was 76.

The rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 2, 1998, at the Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home in Arkansas City. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1998, at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Arkansas City with the Revs. Ser Khu Wilson and Father Francis Cox officiating. Burial will follow at St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery in Winfield, Kan.

Mary Maurita Clark was born Feb. 5, 1922, in Wichita, Kan., the daughter of Dan Patrick and Mary Francis “May” (Olivier) McCorgary. She attended elementary schools in Wichita and later attended Arkansas City schools where she graduated in 1941. On Nov. 15, 1944, she married Fred P. Clark in Arkansas City at Sacred Heart Catholic Church and they made their home in rural Arkansas City where they have lived over the past 50 years.

Clark was employed by Beech during World War II and later was a bookkeeper for area sale barns. She also was employed by Rodeo Meats, Arkansas City Memorial Hospital and Albright’s Title and Trust in Newkirk, from where she retired. She was a member of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church and Altar Society, Rodeoettes, and Sunny Side Sunbeams.

She is survived by her husband of the home; one daughter, Jane (Dennis) Davis of Houston, Texas; one sister, Mary A. (Raymond) Schmidt of Arkansas City; two brothers, John McCorgary of Arkansas City and Donnie McCorgary of Palo Alto, Calif.; five grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; and several cousins, nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; one son, Fred Clark Jr.; and one daughter, Rita Ann Clark.

A memorial has been established with the Riverview Manor in Oxford, Kan., c/o Rindt-Erdman Funeral Home, 100 E. Kansas Avenue, Arkansas City, Kan. 67005

Tommy W. Johnston

OKMULGEE — Tommy W. Johnston, former resident of Grainola and resident of Morris, died Saturday, Oct. 31, 1998, at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa. He was 71.

A funeral will be held 2 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 4, 1998, at the Trinity Baptist Church in Morris with the Revs. Don Hanon and Earnest Ashcraft officiating. Burial will follow in the Morris Cemetery. Services are under the direction of the McClendon Funeral Home of Okmulgee.

Tommy W. Johnston was born May 21, 1927, in Grainola, the son of R.L. and Valentine (Flagg) Johnston. He moved to Chelsea in 1945 from Grainola then to the Morris area in 1972. He married Hettie Ann Carter on April 6, 1980, at the Morris Methodist Church. She preceded him in death on Aug. 18, 1998. Johnston was an oilman and a member of the Winganon Baptist Church.

He is survived by two sons, Tim Johnston of Tulsa and Chris Johnston of Chelsea; four brothers, Leo, Ross, Cecil, and Joe; two sisters, Dolly Minor and Leanna Holt; and seven grandchildren. He was preceded in death by his wife; parents; one brother, Kenneth Johnston; and two sisters, Dorothy Robinson and Mavis Hanson.

Casket bearers will be Gene Hobbs, Dale Edmonds, Wayne Boyd, Ronnie Johnston, Donnie Johnston, and Dan Boydston.

Friends may visit the funeral home Tuesday, Nov. 3, from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m.

Helen M. Valenta

ST. LOUIS — Helen M. Valenta, resident of Webster Groves, Mo., died Saturday, Oct. 31, 1998, at Mary Queen and Mother Center in Webster Groves, Mo. She was 97.

Funeral Mass will be held 10 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1998, at Cure of Ars Catholic Church in St. Louis with Rev. John Valenta, S.J., officiating. Burial will follow in the Resurrection Cemetery in St. Louis under the direction of the Kriegshauser Brothers Funeral Service.

Helen M. Valenta was born Dec. 4, 1900, in St. Louis, the daughter of Mathias Richard and Katherine Schmitt Richard. She married Rudolph J. Valenta.

Valenta was a member of the Sacred Heart League and the Jesuit Mother’s Guild, a former member of SLUH Mothers Club, and an active volunteer in the Knights of Columbus and the Peregrine Society.

She is survived by three sons, William Valenta of Ponca City, and John Valenta and Richard Valenta, both of St. Louis, Mo.; 11 grandchildren; and numerous great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband; one son, Rudolph C. (June) Valenta; two sisters; and two brothers.

A memorial has been established in her name with the Kay County Council for the Opportunity Center, P.O. Box 639, Ponca City, OK 74602.

N. Verle Hickey

N. Verle Hickey, longtime Ponca City resident, died Sunday morning, Nov. 1, 1998, at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. She was 77.

A graveside service will be held Wednesday, Nov. 4, 1998, at 10 a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Section of Odd Fellows Cemetery. Burial will be under the direction of the Trout Funeral Home.

N. Verle Hickey was born Aug. 11, 1921, in Shawnee to George W. and Anna L. (McKenzie) Eddings. She grew up in Shawnee where she graduated from high school.

On May 20, 1955, she married Harry W. Hickey in Guthrie. He preceded her in death April 17, 1996. The couple made their home in Stillwater before moving to Ponca City in 1959. Mrs. Hickey was employed as an Operator for Southwestern Bell Telephone. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Shawnee. She enjoyed raising cocker spaniels.

She is survived by two sisters-in-law, Lillian Hickey Archer and Bernice Riggins, both of Oklahoma City. In addition to her husband, her parents, a brother and a sister preceded her in death.

James D. Pitts

James D. Pitts, former Ponca City resident, died Wednesday, Oct. 28, 1998, at Memorial Medical Center in Las Cruces, N.M. He was 71.

A graveside service will be held at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1998, at Resthaven Memorial Park Cemetery with the Rev. Ron Ledbetter, pastor, Sunset Baptist Church, officiating. Local arrangements are made under the direction of Trout Funeral Home.

James D. Pitts was born on March 14, 1927, to Edgar and Clair (Wilkey) Pitts in Pawhuska. He was a professional volleyball player and was retired from the United States Navy.

He is survived by his wife Earline Pitts of the home; two sons, Bill and Michael Pitts, both of Las Cruces, N.M.; one daughter, Louise Robinson of Guthrie; eleven grandchildren and five great grandchildren.

Obituaries

Gerald Lee Pappan Sr.

WHITE EAGLE — On Friday, Oct. 30, 1998, the Lord welcomed our son, husband, father, and brother, Gerald Lee Pappan, home to be with Him. He was 29 years old.

A prayer service will be held at 7:30 p.m. tonight at the Ponca Indian Baptist Church. The traditional Indian Feast will be held at noon Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1998, at the Ponca Indian Baptist Church followed by the funeral at 2:00 p.m. Officiating will be the Rev. Ted Freeman, Pastor, assisted by the Rev. Richard Pickup, Evangelist, Salina, and Minister Toby A. Blackstar, Greater Deliverance Temple, Oklahoma City. Burial will follow in the Ponca Indian Cemetery under the direction of Grace Memorial Chapel.

Gerald was born Dec. 28, 1968, at the Pawnee Indian Hospital to Leland and Norene (Blueback) Pappan. He was raised in a strong and loving Christian home where he was surrounded by his friends and relatives. Gerald attended school at Lincoln Elementary, East Junior High and Riverside Indian School. He was a proud member of the Ponca Indian Tribe as well as the Ponca Indian Baptist Church. In earlier years he enjoyed employment as a police officer with the Ponca Tribal Police Department.

He will always be remembered as a pleasant young man with his warm smile etched in the mind of his Ponca people.

He leaves behind his wife, Mercedes (Dawson) Pappan; two sons, Gerald Lee Pappan Jr., and Patrick Pappan, both of the White Eagle home; his parents, Leland and Norene Pappan, of White Eagle; five brothers, Clinton, Leland Pappan III, Anthony, Quentin, and Richard, all of White Eagle, four sisters, Mildred, Millicent, and LeAnn Pappan, and Mollie Kemble, all of White Eagle; three nieces, one nephew, and a host of relatives and friends.

Casket bearers will be Marc Eagle, Toby Eagle, Deforrest Pappan, Garland Pappan, Freddie Others, and Henson Lena. Honorary casket bearers will be Clinton J. Pappan, Leland Pappan II, Anthony Pappan, Quentin T. Pappan, Richard E. Pappan, Thomas Pappan, Randy Kemble, Enos Rhodd, and Leroy Enloe.

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George Robert Moore

WINCHESTER, Va. — George Robert Moore, M.D., 58, of 533 Merrimans Lane, Winchester, Va., died Friday, Oct. 30, 1998. He is survived by his wife, Mary Louise Kelley Moore; three sons, Mark Tiernan Moore, Timothy George Moore of Richmond, Va, Thomas Kelley Moore of Durham, N.C.; daughter-in-law Beth Cunningham Moore of Durham, N.C.; father, Robert Louis Moore, D.D.S. of Ponca City; and brother, Everett Louis Moore of Arkansas City. He was preceded in death by his mother, Pauline Strunk Moore.

Dr. Moore was born July 19, 1940, in Kingfisher. He was a cum laude graduate of Rice University, received his M.D. from Baylor Medical College, trained at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology in Otolaryngic Pathology, and served his residency in Otolaryngology at the University of Virginia Medical Center He was certified by the American Board of Otolaryngology. He served in the United States Air Force.

Dr. Moore was a fellow of the American Academy of Otolaryngology, American Society for Head and Neck Surgery, American Academy for Facial Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, and American College of Surgeons. He was a director of the Virginia Academy of Otolaryngology, and member of the Northern Virginia Medical Society, Medical Society of Virginia and American Medical Association. He served as chairman of the Department of Otolaryngology and vice chairman of the Department of Surgery at Winchester Medical Center, and also served as president of the Medical Staff and director of the Surgi-Center of Winchester. He was a courtesy staff member of Warren County Memorial Hospital and Shenandoah County Memorial Hospital.

Dr. Moore’s community activities included serving as chairman of the Winchester City School Board, board member and president of Wayside Foundation for the Arts, founding board member of the Friends of the Handley Library, and member of the Professional Advisory Board of the Winchester Easter Seal Crippled Children’s Speech Clinic. He served on Project Hear for the Winchester, Frederick, Clarke and Warren school systems, and was a member of the Commonwealth of Virginia Senate Joint Resolution Task Force creating “A Study of the Feasibility of Establishing a Comprehensive Hearing Screening Program in Virginia’s Public Schools.”

He also served on the Alcohol Safety Action Project Advisory Board and Boy Scout Troop 3 Committee. He was commissioner of the Blue Ridge Youth Soccer Association and was a member of Morgan’s Riflemen, Handley Board of Trustees, Winchester All-American Community Application Committee, and Rotary International.

He was a member of Christ Episcopal Church where he was a lay reader and served on the Vestry as junior and senior warden.

Dr. Moore’s hobbies included tennis, gardening and landscaping, reading, traveling, and family activities.

A funeral will be held at noon Tuesday, Nov. 3, 1998, at Christ Episcopal Church, Winchester, Va., with the Rev. Susan Buchanan officiating, assisted by the Rev. David Knight. Burial will be in Mount Hebron Cemetery.

Pallbearers will be Edward Steele, Edward Thompson, John Wood, David Simpson, N. Hartley Schearer, Dallas Stallings, John Lewis, Howard Lewis and Gregory Hutchinson.

The family will receive friends at the home after the funeral service.

Memorials may be made to the Living Memorial Fund of Christ Church, The James Kriewald Scholarship Fund of Christ Church, and Caretakers, Inc.

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Services Pending

Donald G. Buffalohead

Donald George Buffalohead, longtime Ponca City resident, died Saturday, Oct. 31, 1998, at the Shawn Manor Nursing Home. He was 72. Evening Prayer services will be held Monday and Tuesday evenings at 7 p.m. at Grace Memorial Chapel. Survivors include his wife, Virginia, of the home. Arrangements are pending with Grace Memorial Chapel.

Veda Lorene Smith

Veda Lorene Smith, resident of Ponca City, died Sunday, Nov. 1, 1998, in the St. Joseph Regional Medical Center. She was 87. Survivors include Dean Horner of 2500 Robin Road. Arrangements are pending with Trout Funeral Home.

NEWS BRIEFS

Southside Meeting — Southside Neighbors will meet Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Conoco Fourth Street Clubhouse. Conoco will be furnishing a “Burger Bar” and those attending are asked to bring a favorite side dish. The agenda will include an election of board members and a Garfield representative. Conoco personnel will be there to answer questions also.

Pure Water Wagon, reverse osmosis water, $0.25 a gallon, distilled $0.50. Call 765-4116 or 765-6464 for delivery. 1717 North 5th, Ponca City. adv.

Broken Windshield — At 8:16 a.m. Saturday a woman in the 200 block of South Fourteenth Street contacted police after her windshield was broken. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

67th Anniversary Sale starts today. Nov. 3rd ­ open 7 a.m.

Wright’s Fashions, Pawhuska, 918-287-1240. adv.

Tag Theft — A man in the 1000 block of North Birch Street reported a stolen vehicle tag at 9:24 a.m. Saturday. A report was taken.

Juan Shoe shine 2 bucks, 117 North 3rd. Barney’s. adv.

Accident — An accident in the 1100 block of East Prospect Avenue was reported to police at 9:31 a.m. Saturday.

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Accident — Police were notified at 9:49 a.m. Saturday of a vehicular accident at South Fourth Street and East South Avenue.

Stolen Purse — A woman in the 2000 block of North Osage Street contacted police at 10:08 a.m. Saturday regarding the theft of her purse.

Fiery Pranks — At 6:57 p.m. Saturday a man in the 1600 block of North Woodland called police to report that someone had placed a paper sack on his porch, set it on fire, rang the doorbell and then run. Extra patrol was assigned.

Arrest — A 42-year-old woman was arrested at 6:29 a.m. Sunday from Fresno Avenue and North Union Street for driving under the influence, transporting an open container and driving left of center.

PEO Chapters — Chapters EL and FC of PEO will meet together Wednesday for a Dutch luncheon at noon at E.W.’s Restaurant at the Marland Mansion Conference Center. Cost of the luncheon is $6.95 per person. Special guest will be State President Diane Reed, Chapter P, Pawhuska, who will speak on the “State of the State Chapter.” She will be accompanied by Debbie Reed, PEO International Peach Scholarship Fund chairman, also from Chapter P.

Instant Passport Pictures. Graham Photo, 201 North First, 765-4348. adv.

Burglary — Police were notified of a reported burglary of a house in the 500 block of North Fourth Street at 5:56 p.m. Saturday. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

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Gas Drive-Off — A $5 gas drive-off at Citgo, 400 East South Avenue, was reported to police at 5:56 p.m. Saturday.

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Hours: Tuesday 6-8 p.m., Wednesday, 1-3 p.m. and Thursday, 6-8

p.m. 700 West Broadway. adv.

Injury Accident — At 6:18 p.m. Saturday one person was taken by ambulance, from the scene of a three vehicle accident at North Ash Street and West Highland Avenue, to St. Joseph Regional Medical Center.

Vehicle Vandalism — A man in the 200 block of East Detroit Avenue called police at 4:06 p.m. Sunday after discovering that the window of his vehicle had been broken out.

Accident — An accident in the 1100 block of East Prospect Avenue was reported to police at 10:01 p.m. Saturday.

False Alarm — At 1:18 a.m. Sunday fire units responded to a report of a “smoke smell” in a home in the 100 block of South Flormable Street. However, no smoke or fire was found.

Arrest — Police arrested a 28-year-old man at 2:30 a.m. Sunday from the 100 block of South Pine Street for domestic assault and battery.

Accident — At 3 a.m. Sunday police were called to the scene of an accident in the 3400 block of Lake Road.

Break-In — At 8:21 a.m. Sunday a break-in at the Holiday Inn housekeeping area, 2215 North Fourteenth Street, was reported to police. An officer was assigned.

Vehicle Vandalism — A woman in the 800 block of North Osage Street contacted police at 8:29 a.m. Sunday regarding glass on a vehicle that had been broken.

Break-In — At 10:53 a.m. Sunday a man in the 2200 block of Mary Street reported that someone had broken into his pickup truck. An officer was assigned.

Vehicle Vandalism — A man in the 2300 block of Donner Avenue reported vandalism to his vehicle at 11:14 a.m. Saturday. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

Arrest — Police arrested a 19-year-old woman at 12:01 p.m. Sunday from the 1400 block of West Highland Avenue for domestic assault and battery.

Assault — A woman in the 300 block of South Lake Street notified police at 12:33 p.m. Sunday of an assault. An officer was assigned and a report was taken.

Arrest — A 40-year-old man was arrested at 1:01 p.m. Sunday from South Twelfth Street and East South Avenue on a city warrant for failure to pay.

Accident — A minor accident in the 2600 block of North Fourteenth Street was reported to police at 1:07 p.m. Sunday.

Accident — An accident in the 3000 block of North Fourteenth Street was reported to police at 9:44 p.m. Sunday.

Theft — At 12:39 p.m. Saturday a man in the 1600 block of Crawford Avenue reported the theft of lights from his yard. An officer was assigned.

Assault — At 2:30 a.m. Monday police received a report of an assault in the 800 block of North Pine Street. An officer was assigned.

Stolen Bike — At 2:53 p.m. Saturday a woman in the 2000 block of Joe Street advised police of a stolen bike.

Arrest — Police arrested a 36-year-old woman at 10:15 p.m. Sunday from the 3000 block of North Fourteenth Street on a city warrant for failure to pay.

LIFESTYLES

Xi Gamma Sigma Members Dress For Halloween
Alpha Gamma Craft Fair Slated Saturday at Gym

Xi Gamma Sigma Members Dress For Halloween

LaRannah Bartlett was the hostess when 14 members of Xi Gamma Sigma chapter of Beta Sigma Phi sorority met Oct. 27. Darlene Vandeburgh called the meeting to order and roll call was answered with each member answering with the name of the Halloween character they were dressed as. Barbara Ashlock read the minutes and the president read a thank you note from Barbara Brown with the Ponca City area Literacy Council for the chapter contribution in memory of Bob Austin.

Donna Ross gave the treasurer’s report and Sue Waggerman, Service chairman, reported on the Thanksgiving gift certificate for the group’s adopted family. Members were reminded to bring canned goods to the next meeting. LaRannah Bartlett read from the book of Beta Sigma Phi regarding international membership dues.

Leora Simmons, social chairman, reminded members of the Preferential Tea slated Nov. 1. She also announced the couples’ Christmas party would be Dec. 11 at the Marland Mansion, followed by dessert at the home of Clark and Glenda Brown.

A report was given about health and social plans of members and their families. A discussion was held about standing rule 16 and memorial services. Secret sister Halloween gifts were distributed and pictures taken for the scrapbook. Cindy Russell and LaRannah Bartlett presented the program “A Gruesome Tale” with all members participating.

Juni Parks, program chairman, announced the next meeting would be Nov. 10 in the home of Catherine Horner, who will also give the program. Pam Sober will be the hostess for the Nov. 24 meeting and Pam and Juni Parks will be in charge of the program.

Alpha Gamma Craft Fair Slated Saturday at Gym

Members of the Alpha Gamma Mother’s Club met Oct. 26 in the home of May Roquemore. Billie Stepken served as co-hostess. Deborah Cordes led the group in reading the collect and aims. Ten members answered roll call. Chaplain Jean Hess gave the devotional written by Patsy Clairmont from the book “We Break for Joy.”

Plans were finalized for the Nov. 7 Arts and Crafts Fair at Unity gym. The event will beheld from 8 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. Spaces are still available by calling Karen Yost, 580-765-4688. Proceeds will go to local and state charities.

Each member brought paper goods to be donated to Golden Villa. Deborah Cordes won the friendship basket brought by Leslie Hoover. The hostess gift was won by Teresa Doerksen.

A party for new or prospective members will be held Nov. 9 in the home of Karen Yost. Interested women, who are mothers, should call Deborah Cordes, 580-628-3724 or Jean Hess, 580-765-1995 for more information.

SPORTS

Hoopsfest Slated for Nov. 7
Monday Evening Quarterback
Only Option Left For OSU: Win Out
Despite Sills’ Heroics, Moore Still OU Starter

Hoopsfest Slated for Nov. 7

The Ponca City Wildcats and Lady Wildcats will be holding their annual Hoops Festival on Saturday, Nov. 7, at the Mid-High, Robson Fieldhouse and the Girls Gym. There is no charge, and the public is encouraged to attend.

Boys and girls teams from Guthrie, Blackwell, Woodward, Miami, Pryor, Enid and Ponca City will be competing in a series of scrimmages. There will be two 20 minute halves with a running clock, while the last minute of each half will be played like a game (clock will stop and free throws will count as usual). The schedules are as follows.

Boys Schedule

Fieldhs. Mid-High Girls gym

10 Guth-Black Pry-Wood Ponc-Mia

12 Wood-Mia Ponc-Guth Pry-Black

2:30 Ponc-Pry Black-Mia Wood-Guth

Girls Schedule

Fieldhs. Mid-High Girls gym

9 Guth-Black Pry-Enid Ponc-Wood

11 Wood-Pry Ponc-Guth Enid-Black

1:30 Ponc-Enid Black-Pry Wood-Guth

Monday Evening Quarterback

Ponca City’s Mona Keffer is used to doing well in the Tulsa Run.

So well, in fact, that she hasn’t kept track of how many times she has won or placed in her division of the 15k (9.3 mile) road run.

“I keep all my trophies at the office,” the 61-year-old Conoco employee said. “I just put ’em up there, forget ’em and go on to the next one.”

Keffer has another first place trophy to add to her office collection today after winning the women’s 60-64 age division with a time of 1:16:44 Saturday.

She was part of a small contingent of Ponca City runners who took part in the 21st edition of the Tulsa Run. A very random sampling found only two other Poncans, Glenda Locke and Carol Stangeland, in the field of over 8,500 runners, who took part in the 15k and 3,000-meter fun run.

Stangeland, running in the female 16-19 age division was ninth in 1:29.26.

Keffer successfully defended the title she took last year. She finished just over six minutes in front of her nearest age-group competitor.

Keffer has won her age division a couple of times since entering the Tulsa Run for the first time 10 years ago. She is somewhat of a late bloomer in distance running. She didn’t start until she was in her mid-40s.

“I started running when my son Kyle was on the cross county team,” she says. “I use to jog along with him.”

That turned into a love of running.

“I just like the exercise,” she says.

Keffer recalls she has finished anywhere from first to fifth in her age division since she first entered.

Finishing first is no big deal — until she reaches the upper tier of her age bracket. That’s when she has to go against some runners who are four years her junior. She would really like to win her current division when she reaches 64, mainly because she has one opponent she hasn’t beaten yet.

“She is four years younger than I am,” Keffer says. “Every time I get to the upper level of my age bracket (which are broken up into five-year increments) she comes into it and I haven’t been able to beat her.”

A familiar face on the local running scene, Keffer has cut back on the number of shorter runs in which she takes part. She found the timing wrong mostly and she didn’t want them to interfere with her two main runs, the Tulsa Run and the Rodeo Run in Houston, Texas.

For several years, Conoco sponsored local runners in the Houston run. The company has stopped doing that, but Keffer still goes to Houston on her own.

Several of the usual Ponca City group of runners did not participate this season, possibly worried about inclement weather.

However, Keffer said the conditions were nearly perfect for running in Tulsa on Saturday.

“The sun was out and the temperature was just about right. It was about 60 degrees when I finished.

Keffer was 1,256th in the mammoth field that saw runners from Kenya dominate. Kenyans Simon Rono and Catherine Ndereba were the overall men’s and women’s champions. Rono finished in 43:24, Ndereba in 48:55.

The men’s race was once of the closest in the history of the run, Tulsa Run officials said. The first five men across the finish line were within nine seconds of each other.

Runner up Abner Chipu was just two seconds behind Rono.

Ndereba has a somewhat easier win. She was seven seconds in front of the second-pace female.

Only Option Left For OSU: Win Out

By OWEN CANFIELD

AP Sports Writer

STILLWATER (AP) — A loss to Texas A&M left Oklahoma State with just three victories in eight games, and with no options if the Cowboys hope to play in a bowl game. They must win their final three.

‘‘Got to,’’ coach Bob Simmons said after Saturday night’s 17-6 loss. ‘‘There’s no ifs, ands or buts about it.’’

There also was no question which team was superior. The Cowboys scared A&M before losing in overtime last year, but the Aggies dominated things this time around.

The Wrecking Crew defense lived up to its name, allowing just six first downs and a season-best 172 yards. Oklahoma State had 54 yards in the second half and never approached the end zone after two good scoring chances in the first half.

‘‘If you look at our team, Dat Nguyen’s our main guy and really a great player,’’ coach R.C. Slocum said, referring to the linebacker who became A&M’s career leader in tackles. ‘‘Other than him, we’re just a bunch of guys. They really play well as a team.’’

When tailback Dante Hall, the team’s leading rusher, got hurt in the first half after just three carries, fullback Ja’Mar Toombs more than picked up the slack by carrying 23 times for 111 yards.

When Randy McCown left the game with a shoulder injury in the third quarter, Branndon Stewart came off the bench and threw a touchdown pass on his first play.

Led by Nguyen, the defense stifled OSU quarterback Tony Lindsay. A week after Lindsay ran for 99 yards and two scores and threw two TD passes in a victory over Oklahoma, he had 15 yards on 10 carries against the Aggies, and was 7-of-17 passing for just 56 yards.

While A&M’s offense was going 11-of-21 on third-down conversions, Oklahoma State was going 0-for-12.

‘‘We just go from week to week, and it’s really a different guy every week that just steps up,’’ said Slocum, whose team (8-1, 5-0 Big 12) moved up one notch to No. 7 in the country. ‘‘That’s what it takes to help us win. It’s really been fun and enjoyable.’’

Even when Oklahoma State was able to move the ball early in the game, the Cowboys (3-5, 2-4) had only limited success.

They drove to the A&M 26-yard line with their first possession, but wound up with a field goal. In the second quarter, an interception followed by a 38-yard run gave OSU the ball at the Aggie 6-yard line. The Cowboys got no closer and again came away with three points.

Late in the first quarter, with a heavy rain falling, Hall fumbled and linebacker Dwayne Levels tried to pick up the ball. Instead, it squirted out of bounds at the A&M 24.

‘‘Obviously, he’s trying to make a big play,’’ Simmons said. ‘‘The conditions are wet. And if you think about it, you fall on it and you give your offense the ball in good field position.

‘‘We talk about those things with our players — they have to do it. That’s what it comes down to.’’

The Aggies also fumbled two snaps inside their 10-yard line in the third quarter, but managed to recover both. They had five fumbles on the night but didn’t lose any.

After Tim Sydnes’ second field goal made it 6-0, Chris Taylor returned the kickoff 84 yards to set up A&M’s first touchdown, a 7-yard pass from McCown to Matt Bumgardner, who was wide open on a quick slant.

Taylor was on the receiving end of another slant that went for a touchdown — this one the 34-yarder from Stewart early in the third quarter that finished the scoring.

Despite Sills’ Heroics, Moore Still OU Starter

By PATRICK CASEY

Associated Press Writer

NORMAN (AP) — Jake Sills was about the last person in Memorial Stadium to realize that he hit Gerald Williams with a 44-yard touchdown pass to beat Iowa State in the game’s waning moments.

‘‘I threw the ball and I got hit,’’ the redshirt freshman quarterback said after Saturday’s 17-14 victory over the Cyclones (2-6, 0-6 Big 12).

‘‘I didn’t know if he had caught it or not. I threw it to that area and I heard the crowd erupt, so I thought he caught it.’’

Hundreds of rain-soaked Oklahoma fans already were heading home when the Sooners started their final drive on their own 34-yard line trailing 14-10. There was 1:47 on the clock and Oklahoma (3-5, 1-4) had no timeouts left.

Coach John Blake was concerned with Iowa State’s defense. But he was also struck by how confidently Sills led the Sooners downfield.

‘‘I think the thing that was most impressive was how calm Jake was on that play,’’ Blake said. ‘‘You could see the guys coming after him and it was making me nervous. He got it off and Gerald made a nice catch and got into the end zone.’’

Sills, the fourth quarterback to start for OU this season, threw incomplete on his first two tries of the drive. But he hit wide receiver Chris Blocker with a 22-yard toss on third and 10 to get the Sooners to the Cyclone 44.

On the next play Sills spiked the ball to stop the clock at 1:12 and then on second down scrambled to his right under heavy pressure and heaved a pass to Williams for the victory.

‘‘I rolled out and looked at Jarrail Jackson scooting across the middle. Then I looked at (Ahmed) Kabba and he was covered,’’ said Sills, who started Saturday after playing most of the Oklahoma State game when Eric Moore went out with a concussion.

‘‘I was getting ready to tuck it and run it and I saw Gerald come across. I just laid it up to him. About that time I got hit, so I guess it was a good thing that I laid it up.’’

Williams said Sills, who was Oklahoma’s scout team quarterback last year, ‘‘did good for as far as he’s come.’’

‘‘I think the world of him,’’ Williams said. ‘‘I mean, that’s a lot to ask for a guy that was scout team early on, who missed part of spring practice (with mononucleosis). It’s just been a long way to come and a lot to learn.’’

Sills said Saturday was the first time his team had won a game with the clock winding down.

‘‘In high school, I had some big plays but nothing that came down to the end like that,’’ he said. ‘‘That was one of the biggest rushes I ever had.’’

Despite Sills’ heroics, Oklahoma offensive coordinator Joe Dickinson said Moore will start against Texas A&M on Saturday if he is healthy.

‘‘I thought he was the best player going into the Oklahoma State game,’’ Dickinson said. ‘‘I still feel like that but is he healthy?’’

Dickinson said Sills, the first OU quarterback to play an entire game since Moore went the distance in a 24-23 victory over Baylor on Oct. 18, 1997, did most of what the coaches asked against Iowa State.

‘‘Before the game and at the half I told him, You’ve got two goals. One, don’t turn the ball over and he didn’t accomplish that goal. The other goal was score more points than them. Find a way. And he did it,’’ Dickinson said.

Sill said he played like there was nothing to lose, even though Oklahoma came dangerously close to losing six straight games for the first time in school history.

‘‘I play loose,’’ he said. ‘‘I see it as I really can’t do any worse than anyone else has.’’