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FrIday, June 10, 2016
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Sports / Outdoors, 5-7
• 3 Weather, Calendar
• 4 Opinions
• 8 Comics
• 9 Classifieds
Heavener assistant basketball coach and athletic director Jim Roll,
right, helps campers
on ball-handling skills
during the final day
of the two-day Heavener Wolves Basketball
Camp on Thursday
morning at the Heavener Gym. Page 5
75¢ Daily Edition
Apply
early for
absentee
ballots
With primary elections
approaching,
LeFlore
County Election Board
Secretary Sharon Steele
recommends that voters
who want to have absentee
ballots mailed to them
should apply now.
Absentee ballot applications will be accepted until
5 p.m. June 22.
Steele said that any registered voter may vote by
absentee ballot in any election in which he or she is
eligible.
However, a voter must
be registered and reside at
an address within the geographical boundaries of a
municipality to be eligible
to vote in municipal elections, such as those scheduled in Heavener and
Howe.
Anyone can vote by
absentee ballot, but those
who fall under one of the
following
conditions
should state it on their
application, making it easier to receive an absentee
ballot: voters who are
physically incapacitated
and voters who care for
physically incapacitated
(See BALLOTS, page 2)
Splashdown
Outdoors
Roy Sims and
son, David,
caught this
catfish on their
trotline at Wister
Lake. Page 7
Volume 126
No. 249
10 Pages
Rural areas
hurting for
business
Local support encouraged
By Averie Warren
PDN Intern
Rural counties are losing
business as businesses
gravitate toward larger metropolitan areas.
Economic Innovation
Group’s study focused on
the growth of jobs and new
businesses in the wake of
past recessions, finding that
new business growth has
become more and more
geographically concentrated.
“In the vast majority of
communities across the
country, the seeds are simply not being planted for an
entire generation of new
industries and good paying
(See BUSINESS, page 2)
Detour
Dewey street work starts Monday
Youngsters cool off Thursday at the splash pad at Wister Lake. The park
is open from 10 a.m to 8 p.m. seven days a week. Related photo, Page 2.
PDN photo by James Martindale
Wolf Ridge
tourney tees off
this weekend
Parts of Dewey Avenue in Poteau will be closed
starting Monday as city workers begin pavement
milling to prepare paving and striping the road.
Hospital traffic can detour on Parker Ave. down to
Saddler St. Alternative parking is available at Poteau
City Hall, Dollar General and Western Auto. Walkthroughs are available at Western Auto and Dewey
Plaza (from Dollar General parking lot).
Historic Downtown Poteau Director Eric
Standridge said he was told the work could last from
two to three weeks or longer.
Tour Guides on Tour
By Trayce Kerbow
PDN Correspondent
The Wolf Ridge Invitational golf tournament,
which is open to the public,
will take place Saturday
and Sunday.
Entry fee is $300 per
two-player team which
includes a practice day
today and a dinner after
play on Saturday. Play for
Sunday will be flighted
after Saturday’s action is
complete. To sign up or for
further information contact
the clubhouse at (918) 6472582.
This is one of 26 sched-
uled events that are taking
place this year at Wolf
Ridge Country Club.
The Wolf Ridge community also has been flourishing, seeing 18 new or under
construction homes built
over the past three years
representing $4 million.
This has brought not only
tax dollars for the city of Kaleo tour guides are welcomed to the LeFlore County Museum by traveling dentist “Dr. Rammit,” portrayed
Poteau but has also provid- by Michael Griffith. Kaleo Tours brought 48 tour guides to the LeFlore county area Thursday. The guides were
ed many job opportunities, shown the LeFlore County Museum, downtown Poteau walking tour, Long Lake Resort, Heavener Runestone
and Southern Belle restaurant. When the tour guides make it back home, they will plan their tours for the
(See WOLF, page 2)
upcoming year.
PDN photo by Averie Warren
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POTEAU DAILY NEWS
Fatal motorcycle accidents on the rise
By Amanda Corbin
PDN Reporter
A new report from the Governor’s Highway Safety Association shows motorcyclist
fatalities increased 10 percent
over 2015.
In comparison to 2014, that
is an increase of 450 deaths
across the U.S.
In Oklahoma, the report
showed an increase of 55 traffic-related fatalities in 2014.
That number jumped up to 90
fatalities in 2015, according to
preliminary data from state
highway safety offices.
Fatalities increased in 31
states, decreased in 16 states
and were unchanged in three
states including the District of
Columbia.
One of the report authors,
Richard Retting of Sam
Schwartz Consulting, said the
report shows the risks motorcyclists have on the roads. The
report also was authored by
Heather Rothenberg.
“These sobering findings
provide a stark reminder of how
susceptible motorcyclists are to
fatal and life-threatening injuries,” said Retting. “The risk of
motorcycle crashes and fatalities is compounded by factors
such as alcohol and drug use,
increased speed limits, the
repeal of state helmet laws and
a record number of vehicles on
U.S. roads. Concerted efforts
are needed to reduce this tragic
loss of life.”
In Oklahoma, those 17 and
younger are required to wear a
helmet. Only 19 states require
all riders to be helmeted, while
28 require helmet use by those
under 18 or 21. Three other
states have no requirements at
all.
At total, more than 5,000
people were killed on motorcycles in 2015.
BUSINESS
jobs,” said Steve Glickman,
the group’s co-founder and
executive director, a former
White House and Commerce Department adviser
under President Barack
Obama.
Karen Wages, Poteau
Chamber of Commerce
CEO, said that citizens of
Poteau can help by shopping and eating locally.
“Poteau is a bedroom
community with large windows of opportunity that
can provide education,
health care, technical trades,
with a close proximity to a
larger city for other major
needs.”
Wages said that recently,
retail businesses in Poteau
have been growing; two
chain restaurants opened
this year and a Pet Sense
pet market, along with several local mom-and-pop
retail and construction businesses.
“We see some of our
mom and pop [shops] just
go completely out of business, but the corporate retail
are staying and expanding
[instead of relocating],” she
said.
Across
Oklahoma,
unemployment rates were
higher than a year earlier in
50 of 77 counties for the
month.
Still, Oklahoma City’s
unemployment rate fell
two-tenths of a percentage
point to 3.7 percent in April,
according to preliminary
data released last week by
the U.S. Department of
Labor.
In Poteau the unemployment rate is 6.6 percent, 0.3
percent above the national
average; the current job
growth is -2.01 percent,
which is under the national
average of 1.18 percent.
Recently, the longstanding
Kenco Plastics announced
its closure — eliminating
approximately 200 jobs in
our area.
The nearby city of Fort
Smith, Ark., is doing better
in terms of job growth with
-1.7 percent and only a 5.7
percent unemployment rate.
Wages said.
The Poteau Chamber of
Commerce is working with
the city of Poteau, Fort
Smith Regional Alliance,
The Choctaw Nation and
all LeFlore County industries to bring in new products, as well as working
through projects and
employment to help with
business and job growth.
BALLOTS
persons who cannot be left
unattended, voters confined to nursing homes in
the county, military personnel and residents of the
county living overseas and
the spouses and dependents of each group.
Application forms are
available at the County
Election Board office at
103 N. Church St. in
Poteau; they can also be
downloaded and printed at
www.elections.ok.gov.
Ballots must be in the
hands of the County Election Board by 7 p.m. on
election day, June 28, in
order to be counted.
Josh Tackett of Panama, left, practices his putting with fellow club members Joe Claborn and Brad McKinney,
also of Panama, Wednesday afternoon at Wolf Ridge Country Club.
PDN photo by Trayce Kerbow
WOLF
according to Wolf Ridge
President Marc Bovos.
The 18-hole golf course
stretches over approximately 300 acres and has views
of rolling hills, lush valleys
with the Quachita Mountain Range as the backdrop.
Matt Brown, PGA professional, has been at Wolf
Ridge since September of
2015 and became a member of the PGA at the age of
21.
Brown gives adult and
youth golf lessons and has
helped bring The First
Tee of Fort Smith, Ark.,
program to Wolf Ridge
Country Club. Four sessions this year include one
spring, two summer and
one fall, each lasting six
weeks and consists of a
total of 12 hours. First Tee
is open to area youths
from age 7 to high school
seniors. The classes teach
not only golfing fundamentals and techniques,
but include things like
good sportsmanship and
golf etiquette.
The golf course is open
to the public and focuses
on providing excellent service and a relaxing atmosphere with some of the
lowest green fees in southeastern Oklahoma, Brown
said.
The cost to play 18 holes
during the week is $35 plus
tax, weekends $40 plus tax
and seniors 62 and older
can play Monday through
Friday for $25 plus tax with
golf cart included.
“I would say to anybody
that hasn’t been up here in
a while to come up and take
a look even if they want to
use a cart to drive around
and see because things have
gotten better and are continuing to get better,”
Brown said.
In addition to the golf
course, they have a driving
range, practice putting
green and 25 golf cart
fleet.
“This is my first time
playing here, it has a fantastic layout, great views
and it’s a terrific value,”
Tracy Ferguson of Fort
Smith said Thursday.
The course is available
for group outings or organization fundraisers and the
clubhouse is available to
rent for events such as wedding receptions, class
reunions or luncheons.
A ladies’ league plays
Tuesday evenings while the
men’s league is on Thursdays.
For more information,
contact the Pro Shop at
(918) 647-2582, the web
site at wolfridgecountryclub.com or for daily
updates and a calendar of
upcoming events check out
their facebook page at Wolf
Ridge Country Club.
The course is open seven
days a week from 8 a.m. to
dusk.
Watery Umbrella
Kids enjoy standing inside a shower of water Thursday at the splash pad at Wister
Lake. High humidity and temperatures in the 90s are forecast for the next several
days.
PDN photo by James Martindale
Area
POTEAU DAILY NEWS
FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2016 . . . PAGE 3
Maidens Donate to Special Olympics
Compiled by Ken Milam / newseditor.pdn@gmail.com
TODAY IS
BALLPOINT PEN DAY
• TODAY — LeFlore County Youth Services Inc. 23rd
annual Golf Tournament, registration 9 a.m., tee-off 10
a.m., Choctaw Country Club. Info: (918) 647-4196 or
email jenni_lcys@yahoo.com.
— Indian taco sale to benefit the Lil Choctaws participating in the Junior Olympics in Okmulgee, 10 a.m.,
Talihina Choctaw Center. The Junior Olympics will be
held June 24.
— Dance, Country Rain Band, classic country and old rock
‘n’ roll, 6-9 p.m., Senior Citizens Building at 305 S.
McKenna. Admission is $6.
• JUNE 11 — Democrat Political Speaker Fish Fry, 3 p.m.,
Kerr Mansion, 23009 Kerr Mansion Road, Poteau.
— Car wash, bake sale to benefit LeFlore County Youth
Services, sponsored by LeFlore County Maidens of
Mayhem roller derby team, 8 a.m. to noon, Autozone,
2008 N. Broadway.
— Elderberry Workshop, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 360 OK Farms, LeFlore County Roller Derby presented a check to Special Olympics Blazing Thunder Team recently for $150.
Porum. Info: Liz Speake, (918) 647-9123 or email: mail- Proceeds were raised from the roller derby team’s last game held in May.
Photo submitted
box@kerrcenter.com.
Local 5-Day Forecast
• JUNE 13 — Poteau Public School Board meeting, 6 p.m.,
Bert Corr Administration Building, 100 Mockingbird
Lane.
— Color, Relax and Enjoy for adults, 10 a.m. to noon
every Monday, Patrick Lynch Public Library.
• JUNE 14 — Political Forum with area candidates, 7 p.m.,
Donald W. Reynolds Community Center. Info: Leroy
Billy, (918) 647-3221.
— Benefit supper and pie auction, 6 p.m., Stapp-Zoe
Community Building. Candidates are invited to speak.
Proceeds will go toward upkeep of the building. Info or
to donate: Irene Puckette, (918) 653-7627.
• JUNE 15 — Getting Into Golf program for teens, 12:30
p.m., Patrick Lynch Public Library.
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Enid
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• JUNE 14 — Stitchers, noon-2 p.m. Patrick Lynch Public
Library.
Lawton
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• JUNE 18 — Sixteenth Annual Gateway to the Mountains
Car Show, 8 a.m., award presentations at 2 p.m., Panama
Elementary School. Entry forms available at Central
National Bank in Panama, Panama Hardware and
Furniture and Mobile Home Supplies or online at panamapba.org.
— “Twistin’ Three Tribal Style” barrel race, exhibits open
8 a.m., races 1 p.m., LeFlore County Fairgrounds. Info:
(918) 385-1817.
— Moore Family Reunion, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m., Western
Sizzlin, Poteau. Info: Tressa Taylor Moore, (479) 6505777.
• JUNE 19 — “Twistin’ Three Tribal Style” barrel race,
exhibits open 8 a.m., races 1 p.m., LeFlore County
Fairgrounds. Info: (918) 385-1817.
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• JUNE 25 — Wheels ‘n’ Deals Car, Bike and Crafts Show,
live music, downtown.
— Pancake breakfast, 7-9:30 a.m., First United Methodist
Church, sponsored by Poteau Masonic Lodge No. 43 to
benefit LeFlore County Sheriff’s Office K-9 unit.
• JUNE 27 — Nineteenth annual Poteau Chamber of
Commerce God Classic, 11 a.m., Wolf Ridge Country
Club. Info: (918) 647-9178.
— Swedish Weave Class 1 project check, 4-6 p.m., Patrick
Lynch Public Library.
• JUNE 28 — State and local primary elections; special taxrelated elections in Heavener and Howe, polls open 7
a.m. to 7 p.m. Info: LeFlore County Election Board,
(918) 647-3701.
— Light Hearted Reads Book Club, noon to 1. p.m.,
Patrick Lynch Public Library.
• JUNE 29 — Kelsey Hoops and Jeremy Juggler, 10-11
a.m., Donald W. Reynolds Community Center.
— Express Yourself program for teens, 12:30 p.m., Patrick
Lynch Public Library.
Shady Point
Honor Rolls
All A’s
Eighth Grade — Morgan Mattox, Chloe Potter,
Katrina Wright.
Seventh Grade — Emma Baker, Kylah Colwell,
Kyleh Colwell, Trinitti Mendez.
Sixth Grade — Maddison Cooper, Alycen Rupe.
Fifth Grade — Eric Rangel.
Fourth Grade — Rider Baker, Key’lea Bradley, Meia
Graham, Ash-Lynn Hess.
Third Grade — Mersadie Deiter, Keelyn Grayson,
Ryleigh Pierce, Jaykeb Rupe, Alyssa Wann.
Second Grade — Kimber Bryan, Tammy Helton,
Haley McGee, Sophie Pulice, Alexis Smith, Aiden Wann,
Elizabeth Yandell.
A’s and B’s
Eighth Grade — Hayley Anderson, Makayla Jamison,
Katlyn Miller, Raylee Yandell.
Seventh Grade — Bethany Cruse, Promise Ellis,
Logan Gerhard, Braylee Palmer, Delaney Rogers, Alex
Wann, Linsey Whisenhunt.
Sixth Grade — Donny Knight, William Thomas, Ian
Williams.
Fifth Grade — Hannah Enkoff, Jonathon Harrison,
Brendee-Jo Hopkins, Edith Valentin.
Fourth Grade — Kara Albert, Gunner Blaylock,
Daryus Bluford, Will Bryan, Abbi Covey, Justin Hastings,
Ty Holt, Christopher Loyd, Stephanie Southerland.
Third Grade — Brailey Francis, Jazzlyn Harrison,
Brooke Melson, Addison Parker, Julian Valdez.
Second Grade — Sky Bluford, Jaxsen Ivey, Karona
Melvin, Hayden Shadwick, Carley Smith, Issac Smith.
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— Dance, Country Rain Band, classic country and old rock
‘n’ roll, 6-9 p.m., Senior Citizens Building at 305 S.
McKenna. Admission is $6.
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• JUNE 22 — Magical Michael, 10-11 a.m., Donald W.
Reynolds Community Center.
• JUNE 24 — Third Annual Wheels ‘n’ Deals Cruise Night
and Burnout Competition.
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— Outdoor Adventuring program for teens, 12:30 p.m.,
Patrick Lynch Public Library.
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• JUNE 21 — Beginners Swedish Weaving Class 2, 10 a.m.
to noon, Patrick Lynch Public Library.
— Blood drive, 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m., Rubin White Health
Clinic.
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— Choctaw Seniors spaghetti dinner and pie and cake
auction, 5 p.m., Dale Cox Community Center.
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Opinions
PAGE 4 . . . FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2016
Editorial Round-up
Fiscal stupidity
Editorial excerpt from The Norman Transcript
June 5, 2016
The news that funding to higher education was cut by
the state legislature as a direct response to (University of
Oklahoma) President David Boren’s penny sales tax plan
demonstrates, once again, Oklahoma’s lawmakers don’t
know what they’re doing.
Regardless of how you feel about Boren’s plan ... budget appropriations shouldn’t be made for punitive reasons. Just because members of the legislature don’t like
some of the restrictions that would accompany the state
constitutional amendment if it’s passed, isn’t a good reason to slash higher ed funding.
Almost every state agency is facing significant cuts, so
it would be foolish to assume higher education would
remain untouched. But there’s no guarantee that the sales
tax increase championed by Boren will pass in November.
The $153 million state lawmakers cut from higher education will have a significant and lasting impact on state
universities.
The legislature has made plenty of head-scratching
decisions this year. In the face of an enormous budget
deficit, state lawmakers failed to make any meaningful,
long-term changes that will ensure we’re not doing this
same exact dance next year. A proposition from the governor to raise taxes on cigarettes gained little momentum.
Lawmakers cut the refundable portion of the Oklahoma
earned income tax credit, which hurts hundreds of thousands of the state’s poorest residents. And the legislature
wasted time on unconstitutional laws like the de facto
state abortion ban.
Oklahoma desperately needs to fix its revenue issue.
Fiscal responsibility is something we should demand
from our lawmakers. Raising and spending more money
isn’t always the best decision when it comes to budget
gaps. But if cuts to higher education funding need to be
made, they should be made on their own merit, not
because the legislature doesn’t support the penny sales
tax proposal.
That’s just fiscal stupidity.
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Who needs respect?
“Respect for ourselves
guides our morals; respect
for others guides our manners.”
— Laurence Sterne
“I cannot conceive of a
greater loss than the loss of
one’s self-respect.”
— Mahatma Gandhi
I have just finished my
29th year as a high school
teacher. I love the energy
of youth in which I am
immersed each and every
day. The kids are basically
the same, but the society
that they are growing up in
is changing. Advances in
our technology have much
to do with this difference.
I see kids play out their
lives as if they are on reality TV. Many conflicts
these days at our schools
stem from social media
origins. Most of these conflicts could be alleviated if
we could only embrace a
concept that is becoming
all too rare: respect for
each other.
At our school, we start
each day with a moment of
silence and then we stand
to recite the Pledge of
Allegiance to show our
respect for the flag and our
nation in which we live.
Frequently, I have had
some students the past couple of years who have
become oblivious to the
pledge and continue to talk
to friends while the rest of
us recite. I would discuss
the idea of respect and the
response that I received
was that it was their right
under the freedom of
speech to choose to be disrespectful. I frequently
have to remind students in
the hall to stop and face the
nearest intercom when no
flag is available. I even had
a student tell me that we
are the only country in the
world that has a pledge of
allegiance, and that scared
her.
What are we teaching
our children? Don’t we
appreciate living in a relatively safe country? Don’t
we appreciate smooth
roads, bridges, safety
inspections to protect us in
public places, fire and
police departments, a
National Guard, social
security benefits and help
when we need it? Our
nation is a great place when
compared with the corruption and financial woes of
many other nations across
the globe.
During the Star Spangled
Banner, why do people
around the concession
stand or under the bleachers act as though they are
exempt from showing
respect to the performers
and to the nation in which
they live? The greatest way
to teach our children how
to respect is through our
actions. Are we in too big a
hurry to get back to our
seats or is that hotdog so
heavy that we can’t pause
to show our respect?
Common Sense
Kyle C. Hardaway
Why do we remove our
hats when we enter a building? This seems to be a
problem for some kids at
our school. It is often
rewarding for me to see
former students after they
have served time in the
military stop by the school
for a visit. Each and every
time, his or her hat is under
arm and every question and
answer has a “yes sir” or
“no sir” attached to it. I
feel extremely honored
when speaking to these
former students who show
fine manners. When has
being respectful ever hurt
the giver or receiver?
The reason we remove
our cover when we enter a
public place is to show
humility. We are saying
that I am not bigger, better
or more important than the
public place that I have just
entered. I am paying respect
to a place, whether it be a
church, a school or any
other place or institution
that is to be respected. We,
as a society, have deemed
necessary that we should
make available to all citizens, public places whereby we can grow, learn and
become more mature individuals.
How does one earn
respect? By giving it to
others, like John Kasich.
We watched him run a
clean, respectful political
campaign and he is now
out. But he has never lost
his self-respect nor the
respect of many observers.
How does one lose a
respectable reputation? Just
watch Donald Trump and
how he smears every opponent with his narcissistic
bigotry and embarrassing
comments. Is this really
where our society is heading, with the National
Enquirer being the source
that this national leader
quotes as being reliable?
In the end, his reality TV
tactics, which were at one
time entertaining, will ultimately lead to many losing
respect for him while he
loses many former friends
in his quest for the White
House. If he gets in, I fear
that our schools will have a
far more difficult task trying to teach respect for one
another as he has proven to
show very little.
Kyle is a 29-year veteran public school science
teacher and coach as well
as a Sunday School teacher
and cattle rancher in
Oklahoma.
‘A journalist by any other name’
... should just report
Donald Trump is mad at
the press. Many in the press
are mad at Trump. And
much of the public apparently is mad at both.
Whew. Welcome to the
“marketplace of ideas,”
2016-style. Lots of heat.
Occasionally, a little bit of
light. And this year, all taking place at the hyper-space
speed of social media.
It’s not like we haven’t
seen this before — long
before — in the heady air
around the presidency, just
slower. Revolutionary War
writer and activist Thomas
Paine and second term
president
George
Washington traded insults
of “hypocrisy and treachery” and “careless, ungrateful, virulent” in a
Philadelphia newspaper in
1796, near the end of
Washington’s second term.
And
as
Theodore
Roosevelt’s time in office
was ending, he directed
government attorneys in
1909 to sue newspaper publisher Joseph Pulitzer for
libel because of stories and
editorials questioning the
purchase of the company
building the Panama Canal
and Roosevelt’s claims
about the decision.
Of course, both of those
involved presidents after
election. Trump, and other
candidates for offices high
and low, now may feel more
empowered to lash out at
reporters and news operations during campaigns
because they no longer need
the “press” to reach voters.
To be sure, television,
political talk shows and
newspaper articles still
count, but can be countered
as never before with instant
viral tweets and more. And
the web’s direct reach
doesn’t need — or permit
— the press-as-gatekeeper
of information.
The spark for the latest
brushfire on the campaign
trail was — as we know
from a rush of online and
televised chatter —Trump’s
anger at being asked to provide evidence on the occasion of Memorial Day that
he had indeed raised and
distributed $6.5 million to
various veterans’ groups, as
he
claimed
earlier.
Questions in, insults out,
and so it began — again.
The nation’s Founders
regularly faced political and
personal criticism and harsh
questions — much more
vulgar and regular than
what we see today. But they
still placed strong protection for a free press among
our core freedoms.
Our governing system of
checks and balances relies
on give-and-take, with an
unfettered — and often
unruly and imperfect press
— to inform us so that we
may make the hard decisions required for self-governance.
We ought to be concerned when “checks” —
most recently, a large one
written by Silicon Valley
billionaire Peter Thiel —
have the potential to distort
a long-standing legal balance protecting those who
report or opine about elected officials and other public
figures — whether full time
or in the occasional tweet or
post.
Granted, the case at hand
involving Theil, who apparently financed a libel action
brought by former pro wrestler Hulk Hogan against the
sensational web news provider Gawker, is tawdry
and not one on which a free
press would like to hang
constitutional hopes.
A jury awarded the wrestler $140 million in damag-
Guest Column
Gene Policinski
es over Gawker’s post of a
sex tape involving Hogan.
Jurors apparently found
persuasive the argument
that writing about the tape
probably was a First
Amendment protected act
of publishing — but that
showing the actual video
was unwarranted and invaded Hogan’s privacy.
The specter of billionaire-funded lawsuits against
internet startups or financially pressured traditional
media would seem enough
of a threat in itself. Throw
in Trump’s campaignfueled, vitriolic promise to
work to weaken libel law
protections for the media he
disdains, and that combination is a lot scarier than a
few outbursts and insults.
A landmark United States
Supreme Court decision in
1964, New York Times Co.
v. Sullivan, set out that public officials (later extended
to public figures) had to
prove a writer or publication had knowingly or recklessly disregarded the truth
before being able to win a
defamation lawsuit. In the
unanimous decision, the
Court said it ruled that way
because of a “profound
national commitment to the
principle that debate on
public issues should be
uninhibited, robust and
wide-open.”
A long-held view among
working journalists is that
they are not the story — but
increasingly it’s clear that
in the 2016 presidential
race, they are, after years in
which polls show the public’s view of the news media
as an unbiased, accurate
source of news has declined
dramatically. And that lack
of public trust, not sparring
matches with politicos over
personal characteristics, is
where a real threat to freedom of the press resides.
While the Gawker trial’s
salacious sex tape details
and Trump’s tantrums
deserve to be reported, journalists ought to keep in
mind that challenge from
the Founders was to be both
a smart surrogate for citizens and a thick-skinned
watchdog on government.
Issues, not insults, should
be the stuff of campaign
reporting — regardless of
what candidates say.
Reporters should ask tough
questions and ignore the
personal attacks. Focus
more on what the candidates will do if elected and
less on what they’re saying
as tactics of diversion or
distraction.
Over time, “accurate”
and “fair” will prove more
lasting labels than some
momentary verbal slap
from a politician. It would
be a shame to see the mighty
protections of Times v.
Sullivan — indeed of the
First Amendment itself —
rolled back because the
nation simply saw no need
to protect “click-bait” journalism.
Gene Policinski is chief
operating officer of the
Newseum Institute and
senior vice president of the
Institute’s First Amendment
Center.
Sports
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FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2016 . . . PAGE 5
OU women defeat Auburn for their third national softball title
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) —
After two losses to start the season, Oklahoma coach Patty Gasso
wasn’t sure about her team full of
freshmen and sophomores.
By the end, those youngsters
were in a dogpile in the pitcher’s
circle with “Boomer Sooner”
blaring from the speakers and
thousands of crimson-clad fans
celebrating.
Sophomore Paige Parker
pitched a complete game to
help OU defeat Auburn 2-1 on
Wednesday night for its third national softball title.
The Sooners won the championship at ASA Hall of Fame Stadium, about 25 miles from campus, creating a unique scene.
“It was one of the most fantastic feelings that I’ve ever had in
my whole life,” Parker said. “Our
fans this year have been so vital to
all of the things that we’ve done.
JODIE HILL
They’ve supported us so much,
and to have all of them here and
to have all of our families here as
well just meant so much to us.”
Parker retired the final 12 batters and put the Tigers down in
order in the seventh to improve
to 5-0 at the Women’s College
World Series. She was selected as
the most outstanding player.
Gasso was questioned about
the decision to rest Parker during Game 2, when Auburn rallied
from an early 7-0 deficit to beat
the Sooners 11-7 in eight innings.
Parker was the winner in Game 1,
a 3-2 decision, and Gasso felt it
would have been unfair to Parker
to start her on Tuesday.
Parker came back refreshed.
She threw 107 pitches, struck out
five and walked one.
Gasso said Parker told her
Wednesday morning that she was
at about 75 percent.
KYLA BROWN
“When you add adrenaline in
that, you probably get to 85 to 90
percent, and that would give us a
chance to win a championship,”
Gasso said. “Thank you, Paige,
for filling your gas tank.”
OU won its first two titles in
2000 and 2013. The Southeastern
Conference had won three of the
previous four, with OU interrupting.
Auburn’s Emily Carosone, the
star of Tuesday’s comeback win
with a grand slam in the bottom
of the eighth, couldn’t follow it
up. In the bottom of the first, she
committed an error on a grounder
by Shay Knighten, and Caleigh
Clifton scored for the Sooners
(57-8) when Carosone lost control of a throw to first.
“I mean, I don’t get it,”
Carosone said. “That’s never happened before, but it happened today. It slipped.”
Knighten then scored on a
slow-bouncing infield single by
Fale Aviu to make it 2-0.
Auburn (58-12) loaded the
bases with no outs in the third,
but Parker struck out Carosone,
then the Sooners turned a double
play to get out of the inning unscathed.
Jade Rhodes’ solo shot for Auburn in the top of the fourth made
it 2-1, but Parker regained control.
Carosone went 0-for-3 with
two strikeouts and two errors. She
took the rough game hard.
“In the beginning of the season,
during the fall, I sat in front of my
locker and just prayed. I was like,
‘God, I just want to make it to the
very last day. I want to play every
last game that I can, every game
possible,’ and I got it,” she said. “I
mean, the team was good enough
to win.”
A tearful Kasey Cooper said
the team failed Carosone.
“I’m frustrated to the fact that
we know we’re better, but I’m
more frustrated that we didn’t
have Emily’s back,” she said.
“Emily had a bad game, and we
weren’t there for her, and we’re
better.”
Auburn, which was seeking its
first national title, snapped OU’s
31-game win streak on Tuesday to
force Game 3. The Sooners hadn’t
lost since April 2.
The Tigers felt it was a missed
opportunity — the series featured
two one-run games and an extrainning contest. Auburn freshman
Makayla Martin went the distance
and didn’t allow an earned run.
“We came up one run short,”
Auburn coach Clint Myers said.
“We didn’t do the little things. If
we do the little things, we win that
ball game 1-0.”
BRITTANY WARD
ON A ROLL — Heavener assistant basketball coach and athletic director Jim Roll,
right, helps campers on ball-handling skills during the final day of the two-day
Heavener Wolves Basketball Camp on Thursday morning at the Heavener Gym.
PDN photo by David Seeley
CASC athletic director takes same
position at Seminole State College
RAINEY MAUZEY
KATIE McCULLAR
Local softball players playing in
FP All-State Games on Saturday
By David Seeley
PDN Sports Editor
For five local softball
players, they will get one
more high school fast-pitch
game under their belts this
weekend.
Heavener’s Jodie Hill,
Wister’s Kyla Brown and
Red Oak’s Brittany Ward,
Rainey Mauzey and Katie
McCullar will play in Saturday’s Oklahoma FastPitch Softball Coaches
All-State Games at the
Oklahoma Christian University of Science and Arts
in Edmond.
The players will attend
tonight’s awards banquet
before playing in Saturday’s games.
Hill will play for the
Middle East in the Middle
School All-State Game at
10:30 a.m.
After the Large School
All-State Game that follows Hill’s contest, Brown
and the Red Oak trio will
play for the Small East in
the Small School All-State
Game at 3:30 p.m. In fact,
Ward will be in the starting
line-up for the Small East,
while the other locals will
be reserves for their respective teams.
Hill, who broke the
Oklahoma high school stolen base record and is second all-time in the state in
hits and second in the nation
in stolen bases for her career, hit .590 with 10 home
runs and 42 runs batted in.
She had 85 hits, of which
10 were doubles and nine
were triples. The Grayson
College, Texas, signee was
73-of-75 this past season in
stolen bases. Her on-base
percentage was .625 and
slugging percentage was
.993. She had a .951 fielding percentage at shortstop
for the Lady Wolves, who
went to the Class 3A State
Tournament.
Brown, a.k.a. “Mike,”
batted .496 with four homers and 28 RBIs. The future Carl Albert State College Lady Viking had 33
hits, including 18 doubles
and six triples. Her onbase percentage was .540
and fielding percentage
was .920 for Wister, which
made it to the Class A State
Tournament. Last May, the
Lady ’Cats won the Class
3A Slow-Pitch State Softball Tournament, which
was their fifth straight
softball season, combining both spring and fall, to
make state.
The Red Oak players’
statistics were not available.
Saturday’s
All-State
Games will be the first
of two straight All-State
Games for Hill and Brown,
who will play in the Oklahoma Slow-Pitch Softball Coaches Association
All-State Games on June
18 at OCUSA in Edmond
where they will be joined
by Howe’s Jentry Brown,
Panama’s Brittnie Brassfield and Wister’s Sooner
Vanhook. Heavener coach
Rodale Sanders will coach
Hill and the Large East AllState Team.
Pokes tuning up for Super Regional
CLEMSON, S.C — Fresh off its NCAA
Clemson Regional championship, Oklahoma State continued to prepare for its upcoming Super Regional on Tuesday with
a practice at Clemson’s Doug Kingsmore
Stadium.
The Cowboys, who celebrated the Clemson Regional title Sunday night, remained
in Clemson preparing for the South Caro-
lina Gamecocks, who they will meet in this
weekend’s Super Regional.
The Gamecocks will host the Super Regional in Columbia, S.C.
The times for the first two games of the
Super Regional are scheduled for 2 p.m.
today and Saturday. The if-necessary game
could be noon, 3 p.m. or 6 p.m. Sunday. All
games will air on ESPN2 or ESPNU.
The Poteau Daily News is your best source
for local sports coverage in LeFlore County
SEMINOLE — Seminole State College has
named Mike St. John as
the college’s new athletic
director. He will oversee
the operation of the athletics department including
supervision of the college’s
nine sports programs, related student-athletes and
personnel and compliance
for the department.
St. John comes to SSC
from Carl Albert State College where he served as
the athletic director and
men’s basketball coach
for the past 12 years. Prior
to CASC, Mike spent 10
years in the same capacity
at Murray State College in
Tishomingo. At SSC, he
will replace former athletic
director Sadiaa Jones, who
recently accepted a position
at Northwestern Oklahoma
State University in Alva.
With 35 years of experience in athletics, St. John
has extensive knowledge
of athletic administration,
rules and standards, compliance, student conduct
MIKE ST. JOHN
procedures and institutional judicial processes.
Throughout his career, St.
John has worked with thousands of students through
recruitment,
scheduling,
coaching, teaching and academic advisement. He has
developed and implemented new sports programs and
managed the development
of new athletic facilities.
Along with his service
as an athletic director and
coach, St. John is active in
numerous National Junior
College Athletic Associa-
tion committees and athletic associations. He is the
NJCAA Region II men’s
director, a position he has
held since 2008.
St. John holds an Associate of Arts and Science from
Laramie [Wyo.] County
Community College and
a Bachelor of Science in
Physical Education, Health
Education and Coaching
from Chadron [Neb.] State
College. He went on to
earn a Master of Science
in Physical Education from
the University of Wyoming
in Laramie.
“I would like to thank
Seminole State College, the
Board of Regents and Dr.
Utterback for this blessed
opportunity,” St. John
said. “I look forward to
the future as I join SSC in
the endeavor of providing
much needed opportunities
in higher education for the
students of Oklahoma and
beyond.”
St. John will begin his
new position at SSC on
July 1.
After another blowout, now
Warriors’ need to respond
Cleveland routs Golden State in Game 3
Wednesday night; Game 4 set tonight
CLEVELAND (AP) — It’s been the
postseason of blowouts.
The National Basketball Association
Finals have been no different. There was a
63-point turnaround from Game 2 to Game
3 in the span of about 72 hours.
Try to make sense of this: The Cleveland Cavaliers had their entire roster available to start Game 2 of the NBA Finals, and
wound up losing that game to the Golden
State Warriors by 33 points. So in Game 3,
with starting forward Kevin Love limited
to watching in the locker room while he
continues recovering from a concussion,
the Cavaliers won by 30.
This sort of wild back-and-forth isn’t
just rare, it’s unprecedented.
“At the end of the day, no matter if
you lose by 30 or one, it’s just one win,”
Cleveland star LeBron James said after
the Cavaliers’ 120-90 win on Wednesday
night in Game 3. “You have to be able to
have a short mind and also learn from the
mistakes that you made in the previous
game and just try to better yourself in the
following game.”
(See FINALS, Page 6)
Sports
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POTEAU DAILY NEWS
Fielder homers as Rangers top Astros; Correa hurt
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP)
— Prince Fielder homered for
the first time since briefly getting benched, Jurickson Profar
got two more hits and the Texas
Rangers beat the Houston Astros
5-3 Thursday.
Astros shortstop Carlos Correa appeared to hurt his left ankle
when he stumbled over the first
base bag running out a grounder
in the fifth inning. He exited the
game and there was no immediate report on his injury.
Rougned Odor also homered as
the Rangers clinched a franchise-
record 10th straight home series
victory. They took the finale of
a four-game set a day after the
Astros snapped a 12-game losing
streak in Arlington with their first
win of the season against their instate rivals.
Martin Perez (5-4) won his
fourth straight start as American
League West-leading Texas finished 6-1 on a homestand against
its top two challengers in the division. It started with a sweep of
Seattle in a series that began with
the teams tied for first.
Matt Bush struck out the side
Everything
Golf
By Matt Brown
Wolf Ridge CC
Golf Professional
The difference between
practicing and 'just hitting'
balls on driving ranges
One thing about golf that
drives me crazy is when
players go out to the driving range because they're
not hitting the ball well.
They're just out there "trying to figure something
out" about that portion of
their golf game.
There's a difference between practicing and "just
hitting" balls when out on
the driving range.
If you're just out to warm
up or trying a new club,
I completely understand
"just hitting" the ball.
However, if you're out
there to fix a problem, you
should know what to work
on.
I hear golfers say, "If
I knew what the problem
was, I'd fix it." However,
when they're asked what
are they doing to correct
their problem, they give me
a blank look.
The Golf Channel, golf
magazines and the Internet
are great sources for finding
information to help golfers
try to "fix" whatever prob-
lems they have. YouTube
has videos about any swing
problem. Once you determine how to fix the problem, go out and practice
with the purpose being to
try to correct that problem.
Don't waste time trying
to "figure something out"
on your own. Use the resources available to you.
Another bit of advice I'd
give is to try not to work on
too many things at once.
Fix things one problem at a
time. When you do that, go
on to the next problem.
When a player can correct problems in their
swing, they can begin to
improve and become a better player which will make
the game of golf more enjoyable.
•••
Matt Brown is the golf
professional at Wolf Ridge
Country Club. To help with
any golfing needs or to
schedule an individual lession, call Brown at the Wolf
Ridge Country Club clubhouse at (918) 647-2582.
FINALS
That was Cleveland’s
mandate
going
into
Wednesday’s game.
The task now falls to
Golden State heading into
Game 4 tonight.
This is the first time
since 1965 that there’s
been two 30-point margin
of victories in the NBA Finals — and the first time
ever that teams have both
won and lost games by 30
in the title series. There
hadn’t even been an instance of a team winning
one game by 20 and then
losing the next by 20 since
the Chicago-Seattle series
in 1996.
Again, try to make sense
of that. It’s not just this
series — these playoffs
are on pace for the highest average margin of victory that the NBA has ever
seen. In theory, a matchup
of the Eastern Conference
and Western Conference
champions should at least
occasionally have some
moments of drama in the
final minutes.
So far, that’s nowhere to
be found in this series.
“The only change is just
playing hard,” said Cleveland coach Tyronn Lue,
who wasn’t going to spell
out any specifics of anything related to the new
ideas gleaned out of the
Cavaliers’ strategy sessions
on Monday and Tuesday.
While Lue wasn’t sharing, the Cavaliers — even
with Love in the locker
room — might have figured
something out Wednesday
night. They didn’t switch
as often against Golden
State’s steady diet of pickand-rolls, and they showed
the Warriors some new
wrinkles — partly out of
desperation, partly because
they had different personnel units capable of different things.
“I think the game would
have been the same whether
he played or not,” Warriors
coach Steve Kerr said of
Love after Game 3. “This
was about one team being
emotionally fired up and
angry about being down
2-0, and another team being comfortable. So I don’t
think that had anything to
do with it. I think it was
just the level of intensity
that they brought. They
would have brought it with
Kevin, too. So I don’t think
it made a difference.”
No one would say Cleveland is more talented when
Love isn’t in uniform.
However, in Game 3,
they were better without
him. His status for Game 4
is unknown, and Cleveland
might have a dilemma on
its hands when Love gets
medically cleared to play
again. If the doctors say he
can play, then he’ll play —
but it wouldn’t seem likely
that the Cavaliers will get
away from what worked
Wednesday.
in the eighth. Lefty Jake Diekman coaxed a double play for his
first career save as all three Texas
wins in the series were by one
run.
Fielder led off the fourth inning with a line drive down the
line in right off Collin McHugh
(5-5). The slugger sat two games
last weekend when his average
was at .187.
Profar extended his career-best
hitting streak to 12 games, longest
for Texas this season, with two
singles and a run batted in. Profar
played third base on a scheduled
day off for Adrian Beltre, who
left Wednesday's game early with
tightness in his left hamstring.
Out of the majors for two seasons because of shoulder problems, Profar has a hit in every
game since getting recalled from
the minors to fill in during Odor's
seven-game suspension.
Profar also has a hit in all 18
games as Texas' lead-off man in
his career.
Correa turned his ankle when
he ducked under a wide throw
from Profar and took a large final
stride to the base. He limped off
the field after staying down for
several minutes and didn't return.
Jose Altuve moved to shortstop while Tony Kemp took over
at second. After Altuve's second
hit — an RBI single in the seventh — Kemp flied out to the
fence in right field in a one-run
game.
Odor, batting clean-up for the
first time in his career, led off the
eighth with his ninth homer for a
two-run lead.
The lefty Perez allowed four
hits and two runs with four walks
in six innings.
More 'planting flags,' evaluating players' worth
Two seasons ago during the National Basketball Association’s off-season, much talk surrounded the Los AnThe Triple
geles Lakers front office, and how they would approach
their aging star, Kobe Bryant. Bryant was nearing retireOption
ment, though he hadn’t publicly stated when he planned
to step away from the game. People wondered how much
of a discount Bryant would be willing to give the Lakers
in order for the front office to surround him with talent in
the hopes of one last playoff run.
However, much to the chagrin of the Lakers' faithful
and sports pundits, Bryant emerged from contract negotiations with a bloated two-year, $48-million deal that paid
him handsomely while handcuffing the salary cap of the
Lakers.
While Lakers' General Manager Mitch Kupchak and
the Buss family argued that the Bryant contract was warranted because of his value to the franchise, it’s easy to
argue that Bryant’s contract was an evaluation of what he
had done as opposed to what he actually had to offer the
team during his presumptive last two seasons.
When it comes to any type of negotiating, especially
over money, never be willing to pay for the past value of
something unless you know the person or object in question will increase in value greater than your original investment. When a broker invests in stocks, commodities,
precious metals, collectibles, etc …, the person is placing
a value not only on what the item’s current valuation is
but what it could be in the future.
While it’s easy to pay market value, or slightly above,
for certain players in dynasty leagues because of what that
player means to our teams in a five- to 10-year window,
you have to throw out the idea of long term investments
in season long re-draft fantasy football leagues. Because
your ties to that player only exist in a microcosm of 16
weeks, you can’t attach past value to what they mean to
you now as well as assuming that what that player has
done will continue to play out. However, when your
league dictates that a player can be owned for multiple
weeks, you need to evaluate what that player means to
By Phill
Bennetzen
you now as well as later down the road.
Thus, look at each of your respective leagues and see
if your investment strategy matches the format of the
league. In your re-draft leagues, are you aiming for players during your draft who offer you the most upside during this National Football League season — of course, all
things relative to the value of what round in which you
can draft them?
In your dynasty leagues, are you attacking young talent
that will provide your team with a solid five-year window of competitive production, all the while being able
to stock up with each new rookie draft? If it isn’t obvious
already, the goal of your league each year should be to
win and checking your process and adjusting how you
draft will affect the players you take and ultimately the
"profitability" of your team.
What’s the easiest way to know if you’ve been drafting wrong in terms of your league? Look back at past
teams and see if you’ve gone too rookie or second-year
heavy in re-draft or loaded up with veterans in dynasty
leagues. Either way, you’re placing the wrong emphasis
on the players you’re drafting and hindering the future
success of your team because of the draft capital you’ve
invested.
•••
"The Triple Option" each week is presented by Fantasy
Hub, Daily Fantasy Sports for Charity." Any questions or
comments, make contact with Phill Bennetzen on Facebook.
Moss homers twice as Cardinals roll over Reds
CINCINNATI (AP) — Brandon
Moss doesn't know if he can hit balls
harder than the two he hammered
at Great American Ball Park on
Wednesday night.
He doesn't care, as long as they go
out.
The St. Louis left fielder homered
in consecutive at-bats, Matt Adams
and Jhonny Peralta added three-run
drives and the Cardinals rolled over
the Cincinnati Reds 12-7.
Moss broke a 4-4, fifth-inning tie
with a two-run drive deep into the
seats in right field, then lined a solo
homer that barely cleared the wall in
right in the seventh for his eighth career multi-homer game.
"I guess," he said when asked
if he could hit balls harder. "I don't
care how far they go. I'm just happy
I hit them. I wasn't sure that second
one was going to go out. I was happy
when it did."
St. Louis manager Mike Matheny
isn't surprised to see Moss, who hit
55 homers over two seasons with
Oakland and last year he led the Cardinals with 13 home runs.
"He's dangerous," Matheny said.
"He'll get the ball up in the air. The
only question is whether it will stay
fair and how far he hit it."
Every St. Louis starting position
player had at least one hit, and Cardinals relievers retired their first 10
batters as St. Louis won for the third
time in four games.
"It's always fun to see different
guys get us going," Matheny said.
"This was just a good offensive
day."
Matt Bowman (1-1) got his first
major league win by striking out his
only batter, Zack Cozart, for the final
out of the fifth with the potential tying run on second base.
Cozart and Tucker Barnhart hit
solo home runs for the Reds, who
have lost two of three after a seasonhigh four-game winning streak.
St. Louis starter Jaime Garcia gave
up five runs and a career-high 13 hits
in 4.2 innings.
Alfredo Simon (2-6) walked a season-high five, allowing six runs and
seven hits in five innings. He walked
the first two batters of the game, setting up Adams' three-run homer.
Cozart tied the score 4-4 in the
fourth when he led off with his fourth
homer in his last nine games. Barnhart cut the Cardinals' lead to 6-5
with a two-out solo homer in the fifth
after Billy Hamilton was thrown out
by Garcia trying to steal third.
Peralta broke open the game in a
four-run eighth with his first homer
this season. Peralta was playing his
second game after missing the Cardinals' first 57 games following left
thumb surgery.
Royals' skid reaches seven with loss to Orioles
BALTIMORE (AP) —
The Kansas City Royals
quietly packed their bags
before heading for Chicago, hopeful that a day
off and a different venue
would help them end a
humbling skid.
After losing four games
in Cleveland, the Royals
went 0-for-Baltimore, falling to the Orioles 4-0 on
Wednesday night for their
seventh straight defeat.
Kansas City has been
outscored 42-8 during the
losing streak, its longest
since an identical run in
August 2013. Over their
last six games, the Royals
have been limited to one
run four times and been
blanked twice.
"I know these guys are
trying. They're just not being very productive right
now," Kansas City manager Ned Yost said. "We've
just got to keep working.
Frustration does you no
good."
Orioles starter Chris
Tillman allowed eight hits
in 7.1 innings, striking out
nine and walking none to
earn his seventh straight
win. The right-hander is
unbeaten in 10 starts since
April 14, 6-0 at home
and tied for second in the
American League in wins.
"He's the kind of guy
the radar doesn't do justice
to his fastball," Kansas
City designated hitter Eric
Hosmer said. "When he
gets it up in the zone, it's
hard to hit."
Brad Brach got the final five outs to earn his
second save and help the
Orioles complete their
first three-game sweep of
Kansas City since May
2011. Baltimore has won
four straight and seven of
eight.
The Orioles took control
with a four-run fifth inning
against Edinson Volquez
(5-6). Ryan Flaherty had
the key hit, a bases-loaded
double that broke open a
0-0 game. Adam Jones followed with a sacrifice fly
and Hyun Soo Kim capped
the uprising with an RBI
single.
That was more than
enough offense to down
the sputtering Kansas City
offense.
"It's very frustrating
because I know we're all
capable of playing a lot
better," Kansas City center
fielder Lorenzo Cain said.
"We're all struggling. We
have to find a way to get
it going."
The skid has dropped
the defending World Series champions from first
to third in the AL Central.
After a day off in Chicago
on Thursday, the Royals
will open a three-game
series against the White
Sox tonight desperate for
a win.
The last time Kansas
City lost seven straight
was in August 2013.
Volquez was exceptionally sharp over the first
four innings, retiring 12
of 13 batters and allowing
just one hit. The trouble
started after he got the first
out in the fifth.
Two walks and a single
preceded the key hit by
Flaherty, who began the
game batting .213.
POTEAU DAILY NEWS
Outdoors/Sports
FRIDAY, JUNE 10, 2016 . . . PAGE 7
LeFlore County Bass Club to have open
tournament Saturday at Pine Creek
The Leflore County Bass Club will have an open
tournament from 5:45 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday at
Lost Rapids Landing on Pine Creek Reservoir.
The entry fee is $40 per angler.
The club members will camp there tonight as
it will be “Bring Your Own Braut” Night as we’ll
have a huge cookout by chef Gary Steelman.
Members will eat dinner at The Oak’s Steakhouse beginning at 6 p.m.
Sunday will be the final tournament of the 2016
LeFlore County Bass Club Tournament circuit,
from 5:45 a.m. to 3 p.m.
After Sunday’s tournament, there will be a
drawing to decide where the 2016 Classic will
take place in October, Lake Eufaula or Broken
Bow Lake.
For additional information, call “The Jody Ray
Fishing Hotline” at (918) 649-7387.
“Hooked on Fishin’” Kids Tourney June 18
The 12th annual “Hooked on Fishin’” Kids
Tournament will be from 7 a.m. to noon June 18 at
Wards Landing on Wister Lake.
The tournament is open to kids ages 8-16. There
will be two divisions, ages 8-12 and 13-16. The
entry fee is $30.
For additional information, call tournament director Mark Goines at (918) 721-3818.
6-on-6 Volleyball Tournament Set June 30
Double Branch Baptist Church will have a 6-on6 volleyball tournament beginning at 6 p.m. June
Outdoors with
Jody Ray Adams
30. It originally had been scheduled for June 2 but
postponed due to inclement weather conditions.
The entry fee is $60 per team, which can have
up to eight player.
All proceeds will help fund the church’s upcoming mission trip.
For more information, call “The Jody Ray
Sports Hotline” at (918) 649-7387.
Last Cast
I’ve spent all week at church camp at KBA near
Talihina. Then, I’m heading from there to this
weekend’s LeFlore County Bass Club action at
Pine Creek. You know what they say, “All rest and
no play makes Jody a dull boy!”
Save the world, recycle.
God bless our troops and our veterans.
Have a great weekend.
•••
Any questions or pictures, make contact with SIMPLY SUPERB — Roy Sims and his 5-year-old
Jody Ray Adams on Facebook, on “The Jody Ray son, David, caught this big catfish on their trotline
Fishing Hotline” at (918) 649-7387 or by e-mail during a recent fishing trip to Wister Lake.
Photo by Kylina Wilde
at jodyray1966@yahoo.com.
Oklahoma Area Lake/Fishing Report
Southeast
Broken Bow: May 29. Elevation above normal, water 69. Largemouth, smallmouth and spotted bass good on flukes, plastic
baits and spinnerbaits at 5-15 feet
around brush structure, standing timber and points. Channel,
flathead and blue catfish good on
worms, punch bait and cut bait
at 10-20 feet along channels, in
coves and the river mouth. Report submitted by Dru Polk, game
warden stationed in McCurtain
County.
Eufaula:
May 29. Elevation a foot above normal. Striped
bass good on flukes, hair jigs and
live shad below the dam and in
the tailwater. Blue catfish good
on shad and jigs below the dam,
along riprap and points. Flathead
catfish good on live shad, sunfish
and jigs below the dam, along
rocks and points. Crappie and
white bass fair on minnows and
jigs around docks, bridges and
in coves. Largemouth bass good
on crankbaits, spinnerbaits and
plastic baits in coves and around
points. Report submitted by Cody
Jones, game warden stationed in
McIntosh County.
Lower Mountain Fork: May
30. Elevation above normal, water 65 and clear. Trout good on
crankbaits, small lures and in-line
spinnerbaits along creek channels and the river channel. Report
submitted by Mark Hannah, game
warden stationed in McCurtain
County.
Pine Creek: May 30. Elevation above normal, water 69 and
murky. Channel catfish fair on cut
bait along creek channels. Pine
Creek reservoir has had increased
inflow due to torrential rainfall
this week. Most ramps are closed
but lake levels should return closer to normal due to increased water releases. Report submitted by
Mark Hannah, game warden stationed in McCurtain County.
Robber’s Cave State Park:
No report submitted.
Robert S. Kerr: May 29. Elevation normal, water murky.
Largemouth and spotted bass fair
on flukes, bill baits and plastic
baits along rocks, weed beds and
points. Blue, channel and flathead
catfish excellent on stinkbait, live
bait, shad and cut bait along flats
and channels. Report submitted
by Allen Couch, game warden
stationed in Haskell County.
Sardis: May 30. Elevation
above normal, water 76. Largemouth and spotted bass fair on
buzz baits, plastic baits and spinnerbaits at 2-10 feet around brush
structure, standing timber and
points. Crappie fair on hair jigs,
tube jigs, plastic baits and minnows at 4-9 feet around brush
structure, standing timber and
along shorelines. Blue, channel
and flathead catfish good on cut
bait and sunfish at 6-10 feet along
channels and shorelines. Report
submitted by Dane Polk, game
warden stationed in Pushmataha
County.
Wister: May 29. Largemouth
bass good on in-line spinnerbaits
at 4-10 feet around brush structure and points. Crappie excellent on minnows, jigs and Timmy
Toms in assorted colors at 6-12
feet around brush structure and
channels. Flathead catfish good
on live bait at 4-12 feet below the
dam and along the river channel.
Report submitted by Randy Fennell, game warden stationed in
LeFlore County.
Northeast
Fort Gibson: May 28. Elevation above normal, water 75 and
stained. Blue, flathead and channel catfish good on live shad on
bottom along the river channel.
Largemouth bass good on topwater lures, Pop-R’s and Poppin’
Frogs in coves and along shallows. Report submitted by Rick
Stafford, Ft. Gibson.
Greenleaf: May 31. Elevation
1.5 feet above normal, water clear.
Largemouth bass good on spinnerbaits, bill baits, crankbaits and
jig-and-spoons along moss beds,
brush structure and shorelines.
Catfish good on fresh cut bait on
bottom. Crappie fair on minnows
and jigs at 6-12 feet along fishing
docks and brush structure. Report
submitted by Lark Wilson, game
warden stationed in Muskogee
County.
Lower Illinois: May 29. Elevation normal, water 55-60 and
clearing. Trout good on worms
and PowerBait below the dam,
along the spillway and Watts.
Report submitted by Jeremy Bersche, game warden stationed in
Sequoyah County.
Tenkiller: May 24. Elevation
normal, water 72 and clear. Largemouth, smallmouth and spotted
bass fair on plastic baits, spinnerbaits and crankbaits at 3-15 feet
around brush structure, shorelines and docks. Crappie fair on
minnows, tube jigs, hair jigs and
crankbaits at 5-20 feet around
brush structure, docks and the
main lake. Channel, blue and flathead catfish fair drifting cut bait at
10-20 feet and on flip-flops baited
with shrimp and stinkbait at 20-40
feet along flats and points. White
bass fair on crankbaits, in-line
spinnerbaits and hair jigs at 2-15
feet along coves, in the main lake
and around points. Report submitted by Monte Brooks, Cookson.
Webbers Falls: May 31. Elevation 4 ft. above normal, water
murky. Largemouth bass good on
spinnerbaits and bill baits around
brush structure, creek channels
and riprap. Catfish good on fresh
cut bait on bottom. Crappie fair
on minnows and jigs at 6-12 feet
Report submitted by Lark Wilson,
game warden stationed in Muskogee County.
Local/Area Sports Briefs
The Poteau Pirates football team is currently doing a
fundraiser to help raise money to help upgrade the lockers
inside the Costner Stadium Fieldhouse as well as the seats
by each locker and getting a sign to honor past playoff
teams and All-Staters on the outside of the field house.
Each player is trying to raise $500 with the desired
overall goal of reaching a grand total of $6,000.
For additional information about the fundraiser or to
find out how to make a donation, call Poteau Quarterback
Club President Jerry Pitchford at (918) 721-9878 or Poteau football coach Forrest Mazey at (254) 290-3963, or
get with any of the Poteau football players.
•••
The 23rd annual LeFlore County Youth Services Golf
Tournament will begin at 10 this morning at Choctaw
Country Club. Registration will begin at 9 a.m.
The entry fee is $50 per person or $200 per team for
the four-person scramble event.
Lunch and drinks will be provided all afternoon long.
Hole sponsorships are available for $125, which is tax
deductible.
The proceeds of this event will help finance the operations and expenses of the agency due to state funding
cuts.
For additional information, call Jenni Maggard at (918)
647-4196 or make contact by e-mail at jenni_lcys@yahoo.com.
•••
The Pocola Lady Indians Softball Camp will be Monday through Wednesday at the Pocola High School softball field.
The sessions for grades one through five will be from
10 a.m. to noon daily, while the sessions for grades six
through eight will be from 1-3 p.m.
The entry fee is $40 per camper, who will learn proper
hitting techniques, go through fielding and catching exercises, correct throwing motions, pitching, basic fundamentals and positioning and safety.
The camp will be under the direction of coaches Mark
Reichert and Eddie Combs along with former California
state champion coach Cliff Brownlee.
For additional information, call camp director Mark
Reichert at (479) 739-3917.
•••
The Father-Son/Daughter Golf Tournament will begin
at 10 a.m. Saturday at Choctaw Country Club.
For additional information, call Choctaw Country Club
at (918) 647-3488 or Keelie Allphin at (918) 413-8203.
•••
The Wolf Ridge Invitational will take place Saturday
and Sunday at Wolf Ridge Country Club.
The entry fee is $300 per two-player team, which includes a practice round today and dinner after play next
Saturday.
Play for Sunday will be flighted after Saturday’s action
is completed. To sign-up or for additional information, call
Wolf Ridge Country Club at (918) 647-2582.
•••
The Wister Baseball Camp will be 8-11:30 a.m. Monday and Tuesday at the Wister baseball field.
The camp is open to boys ages 6-12 and will instruct
campers in the art of hitting, fielding, catching and running bases, and more.
The camp cost is $40 per player, with a family discount
of $15 for each additional player from the same family.
For additional information, call Paula Midgley at (918)
649-3272.
•••
The 10th annual Choctaw Country Club Church League
will begin play at 5:30 p.m. Monday and will last eight
weeks until Aug. 1, playing at 5:30 p.m. every Monday.
The entry fee is $75 per three-player team, with a $5
per night green fee for players who are not members.
The league will be limited to the first 24 teams to register.
For additional information, call Choctaw Country Club
at (918) 647-3488, Mike Thomas at (918) 839-0155 or
Keelie Allphin at (918) 413-8203.
•••
The Scott Vincent Memorial Golf Tournament will begin with a shotgun start at 9 a.m. next Friday at Choctaw
Country Club.
The entry fee for the two-person scramble is $50 per
person. Hole sponsorships are available for $100.
All proceeds will go toward the Scott Vincent Memorial Scholarship Fund. Lunch will be provided after the
tournament.
For additional information, call (918) 647-3488.
•••
The Touchdown Factory Quarterback/Wide Receiver
Developmental Camp will begin at 9 a.m. next Friday at
Costner Stadium.
The camp is open to players who will be entering
grades seven through 12 next fall.
The cost is $50, which includes two three-hour practice sessions and a camp T-shirt.
For additional information, call Poteau coach Forrest
Mazey at (254) 290-3963 or e-mail inquiries to fmazey@
gmail.com.
•••
The Eastern Oklahoma State College Summer Slam
basketball tournament will take place beginning at 5 p.m.
June 18 at EOSC’s Claud C. Dunlap Fieldhouse.
The tournament will be double elimination and is open
to all ages. Teams will be split into male and female divisions. Coed teams are allowed and will play in the male
division.
Teams are limited to four players at a cost of $10 per
person for teams who register prior to the day of the
event. Teams who register the day of the tournament will
be charged $15 per person.
For additional information and registration forms,
please visit eosc.edu/summerslam or call EOSC women’s
basketball coach Amber Taylor at (918) 465-1894.
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Friday, June 10, 2016
Nothing will change overnight,
but once you put a plan in motion,
you will begin to see the light at
the end of the tunnel. Discipline
will be required to shut down any
interference or temptation. If you
show strength, intelligence and
versatility, you will come out on
top.
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-- Deal with emotional or personal
issues before they explode. Anger
isn't the answer. Exert yourself
physically to ease stress. Selfimprovement will bring you more
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should be considered.
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have never been before will spark
your imagination and inspire you
to take on a new challenge. Wrap
up any lingering matters before
you start something new.
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-- Don't let criticism spoil a
professional
or
personal
relationship. Do everything you
can to improve your health and
well-being.
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-- Don't let anyone take care of
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Friday, June 10, 2016
Today is the 162nd day of 2016
and the 83rd day of spring.
TODAY'S HISTORY: In 1935,
Dr. Robert Smith and Bill Wilson
founded Alcoholics Anonymous
in Akron, Ohio.
In 1964, the U.S. Senate voted
to end a filibuster staged in
opposition to the Civil Rights
Act of 1964, clearing the way for
the bill's eventual approval.
In 1967, Israel and Syria agreed
to a cease-fire, ending the Six-
Day War.
In 2003, NASA launched the
Mars exploration rover Spirit from
Cape Canaveral, Florida.
TODAY'S BIRTHDAYS: Hattie
McDaniel (1895-1952), actress;
Prince Philip (1921- ), husband of
Queen Elizabeth II; Judy Garland
(1922-1969),
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Nat Hentoff (1925- ), historian/
author; Maurice Sendak (19282012), author/illustrator; Jeanne
Tripplehorn (1963- ), actress;
Elizabeth Hurley (1965- ), model/
actress; Bill Burr (1968- ), actor/
comedian; Tara Lipinski (1982- ),
figure skater; Andy Schleck (1985), cyclist; Kate Upton (1992- ),
model/actress.
TODAY'S FACT: NASA's
original mission plan for the Spirit
called for the rover to last 90 sols
(solar days on Mars) and to drive
a total of 0.4 miles. Spirit actually
operated for approximately 2,208
sols and covered 4.8 miles before
getting stuck in soft soil.
TODAY'S SPORTS: In 1978,
Affirmed won the Belmont Stakes,
becoming the 11th horse to win
horse racing's Triple Crown.
TODAY'S QUOTE: "One of the
few graces of getting old - and
God knows there are few graces
- is that if you've worked hard and
kept your nose to the grindstone,
something happens: The body gets
old but the creative mechanism is
refreshed, smoothed and oiled and
honed. That is the grace. That is
the splendid grace."
– Maurice Sendak
TODAY'S NUMBER: 15 - age
of Joe Nuxhall of the Cincinnati
Reds when he pitched two-thirds
of an inning against the St. Louis
Cardinals on this day in 1944,
becoming the youngest player
to ever take the field in a Major
League Baseball game.
TODAY'S MOON: Between new
moon (June 4) and first quarter
moon (June 12).
Sense & Sensitivity
By
Harriette Cole
I had a great time - except that
the way she treats her dog
makes me shudder. The dog is
spoiled with toys, food and
walks; however, she feels that
it's OK to kick the dog lightly if
he is doing something wrong.
For example, the dog was in
the kitchen begging for food
and tried to jump on a counter.
My mom shoved the dog and
started lifting her feet to get it
out. The dog is 100 pounds, but
I still feel like being so physical
with your dog is not good. I
told my mother to stop kicking
her dog, and she said she barely
touches it!
I don't know if I'm overreacting or really seeing something
concerning here. If I call a shelter or even the police, the dog
wouldn't ever be returned to
her, which would be devastating.
– Don't Touch the Pup,
Washington, D.C.
DEAR DON'T TOUCH THE
PUP: Be direct with your mother and tell her you think it is
abusive for her to kick the dog.
Suggest that she read books
about dog training or invest in
hiring a professional dog trainer to teach the dog how to
behave. Ask her if she ever
kicked you when you misbehaved as a child. That may
wake her up.
To ensure that she knows you
are serious, threaten to call the
authorities if she continues to
kick the dog. She will be
shocked, but that may be what
DEAR
HARRIETTE: she needs to wake up to the
Yesterday, I visited my mother. reality of what she is doing.
DEAR HARRIETTE: Wakes
confuse me. From my work
and personal life, I find myself
getting invited to wakes of people I did not even know. Is this
how wakes work? The family
invites whomever they want,
regardless of whether the
deceased knew them?
I am not from the United
States; I grew up in Europe.
For funerals, you wouldn't
invite people who were strangers to the deceased. If we are
celebrating the life of someone,
why would a stranger be there?
I have declined invitations to
wakes because I would feel as
though I am disrespecting the
dead by showing up. My friends
say wakes are to comfort the
living relatives.
– Puzzled, Little Rock, AR
DEAR PUZZLED: To my
knowledge, it is not customary
for people who did not know
the deceased to be invited to
wakes or funerals. Perhaps if
the deceased was related to a
co-worker, that would be the
exception. You may have been
invited out of respect to you so
that you were not left out.
It is true, what you were told,
that wakes and funerals serve
to comfort the living. They are
ways of helping people accept
that their loved ones are really
gone. Some people do choose
to go to these rituals as a support to their friends and coworkers. Only do so if you feel
comfortable.
tion of said Estate
LeFlore County,
and Discharge of
Oklahoma.
Personal RepresenThe total proposed
tative.
permit area containIT IS HEREBY ORing 34 acres is loDERED BY THE
cated on the Potato
COURT that said
Peaks
Okla.
Final Account and IN THE DISTRICT
U.S.G.S. (7.5 min.)
Petition are hereby C O U R T
OF
Topographic Quadfixed for hearing by LEFLORE
rangle
Map.
POTEAU DAILY NEWS
FRIDAY,
JUNE 10, 2016
. . . PAGE 9
the undersigned
COUNTY
From Wister, go
Judge
of
the
District
STATE
OF OKLANorth on Kennedy
Court for the 7th HOMA
Road 3 miles to
day of July, 2016, at IN THE MATTER
Wildhorse Road, go
the hour of 9:00 OF THE GUARDIWest 3 miles to dirt
ANSHIP
road on right, follow
IN THE DISTRICT o'clock A.M. in the
OF
to quarry.
COURT
O F District Court Room
in the District Court J . N .
&
K.N.
A copy of this comLEFLORE
Case
No.:
plete permit appliCOUNTY STATE House in the City of
Poteau, County of PG-2016-13
cation is available
OF OKLAHOMA
SERVICE OF SUMfor public inspection
IN THE MATTER LeFlore, State of
Oklahoma.
MONS
and copying at the
OF THE ESTATE
IT IS FURTHER BY PUBLICATION
LeFlore County
OF
NOTICE
Courthouse, PoCase
N o . ORDERED BY THE
COURT that Notice State of Oklahoma
teau, Oklahoma.
PB-2016-9
by Publication and To: Matthew Neal
Upon written reJANE ELLEN WILMailing be given, and Jessica Neal
quest to the DepartLIAMS, deceased.
according to law, to TAKE NOTICE that
We Accept Visa, MasterCard, and Discovery cards.ment
All ofsales
(NoAND
Refunds)
Mines,are
in- final
ORDER
NOall persons interformation contained
you have been
TICE FOR HEARDeadline of publication is three business days prior to date inintended
forapplipublication
before noon.
ested in said Estate sued for guardianthe permit
ING FINAL
ACto then and there ship in the District
cation may be inCOUNT AND PETIand show C o u rLEGALS
spected
or copied
TIONLEGALS
FOR FINAL appear
t,
LeFlore
REAL ESTATE
YARD SALES
LEGALS
LEGALS
EMPLOYMENT
at the Department
cause, if any they County, State of
SETTLEMENT,
113
WEDGEof Mines. Any landhave, why the said Oklahoma, Case
FOR DETERMINAJ.L Ford Investments
WOOD. Fireplace
owner or resident of
TION OF HEIRS,
Account of the Per- No. PG-2016-13.
918-647-2712
insert, lots of
any occupied dwellFOR DISTRIBUsonal RepresentaThe action alleges
We Buy & Sell
clothes, home deing or any public
TION OF SAID EStive should not be that the plaintiff is
Shady Point (23249 James Lane)
cor, weight bench.
entity or public
TATE AND DISallowed and the entitled to a Guardi2 Bedroom, 1 Bath home on large fenced lot.
Friday and Saturagency that may be
CHARGE OF PERInterior recently painted.--------$49,500
heirs of said deanship of your miday. 8am-2pm
adversely affected
SONAL REPREceased determined nor children.
Shady Point (23426 Maple St.)
has the right to subSENTATIVE
and said Estate dis- You are notified that
3 Bedroom, 2 Bath, 2 car garage brick home. CH&A,
Image Healthcare is looking for Servant Leaders.
mit comments or
Notice is hereby tributed to the
barn/shop, carport, parking for RV/camper, storm
Two Family yard
you must answer
shelter on 1.7 acres fenced.-------$97,500
objections to the isgiven that on the proper parties entiWe define a servant leader as an individual that
sale. 200 Arnall
the Petition filed by
suance of the per27th day of May, tled thereto and the
LEGAL NOTICE
Street, Poteau, off
is unselfish, humble, and team oriented. We are
the petitioner on or
Poteau (611 N. Walter)
2016, there having discharge of said
Do
n a hfenced
o
S t o n e mit in writing. An inof old Hwy 112. Fri2 Bedroom, 1 Bath with
CH&A,
actively looking for new team members that are
before the 25th day
been filed in this Personal Represenyard and 1 car garage on corner
LLC.,lot.-----$45,000
P.O. Box 564, formal conference
day and Saturday.
of July, 2016, or the
loving and empathetic to others. We expect our
will
be
provided
if
Court by ROBERT tative of the Estate
Wister, Oklahoma,
8am-5pm.
allegations conemployees to love and care for our patients and
Poteau (102 Wedgewood)
WILLIAMS, the Perhave
a specifically reof said deceased al- tained in the Peti3 Bedroom, 2 Bath home
withsubmitted
CH&A
their peers. We expect our employees to pursue
sonal Representapermit application to quested in writing.
and fenced yard.-------$99,900
lowed.
Yard Sale, Friday
tion will be taken as
what is best for our team, not just themselves. If
Any written objective of the Estate of Dated this 31st day
the Oklahoma Deand Saturday. North
true and judgment
Monroe (Hwy. 83)
you desire to contribute to an organization that
tions
or
requests
for
JANE ELLEN WILpartment of Mines
of May, 2016.
end of Riverside
will be entered
3 Bedroom, 2 Bath Mobile Home on 33 acres of pasture
values these character traits then apply online at
LIAMS, deceased, Marion D. Fry
(ODM)
to mine an informal conferland. 2 ponds, shop and older mobile
home.----$150,000
Drive. Mower, furniagainst you and in
his Final Account of JUDGE OF THE
sandstone through ence on this appliimagehealthcare.com or in person at
ture, 2 sets of
favor of plaintiff as
LANDthe surface mining
cation
must
be
rethe
administration
1501 Clayton Avenue in Poteau.
DISTRICT COURT
dishes, tiller, cookprayed for in her
ceived
no
later
than
of said Estate and DEAN E. WARREN
method
We are currently accepting applications for an
ware, entertainment
Poteau (Fruit Farm
Rd.) on the folPetition.
fourteen (14) days
his Petition for Orlowing
parcels
50 acres m/l (pasture & wooded)
with cabin.
Great of
center, tools, someHAMILTON WARFURTHERMORE,
RN MDS Coordinator.
after
the
fourth
and
Escape!-------$75,000
der
Allowing
Final
land:
thing for everyone.
REN, BOVOS & this matter is set for
Account of said EsSW/4 of the NW/4 final publication of
ADAMS
trial on August 4,
West of Wister
this notice to the
tate, Determination P.O. Box 660
in Section 5 TownEMPLOYMENT HOMES FOR RENT
20 acres of good pasture land. Has water meter, septic
4 Family Yard sale
2016 at 9:00 a.m. at
of Heirs, Distribuship 6N Range 24E, DEPARTMENT OF
and ready to build or set mobile.-------$52,500
Poteau, OK 74953
Friday. Wister turn
the LeFlore County
Arbuckle
For Rent: 20776
tion of said Estate (918)647-9171
LeFlore County, MINES
North on Kennedy
District Court, in
Truck Driving
Old Hwy 59 South.
2915 N. CLASSEN
and Discharge of Published in the PoOklahoma.
Road. Follow signs,
front of the HonorJames Ford
School, Inc.
1 1/2 miles outside
BLVD.,
SUITE
213
Personal RepresenThe total proposed
teau Daily News on able Judge Marion
Shiloh Crossing.
479-806-8446
Laid off? Low
of Heavener, OK. 1
OKLAHOMA CITY,
tative.
permit area containJune 3rd and June Fry, Judge of the
Plants, furniture,
We Buy & Sell
Income? No cost
bedroom furnished
OKLAHOMA 73106
IT IS HEREBY ORing 34 acres is lo10th,
2 0 1 6 District Court.
quilt tops, books,
grants. Job ready
cabin. Appliances
Donaho Stone LLC.
DERED BY THE
cated on the Potato
(27410)LPXLP
tiller, table & 4
Given under my
in 4 weeks. VA
included.
P.O.
Box
564
COURT that said
P e a LEGALS
ks
Okla.
LEGALS
chairs.
hand and seal this
Benefits, Tribal
$425/month and
Wister, Oklahoma
Final Account and
U.S.G.S. (7.5 min.)
IN THE DISTRICT
7th day of June,
Assistance. Job
$200/deposit. Water LEGAL NOTICE
74966
Petition are hereby
Topographic QuadCOURT
OF
YARD SALE: 2500
2016.
Placement.
paid. No pets. RefPublished in the Pofixed for hearing by
Donaho
S t o n e rangle Map.
LEFLORE
N. Witte. Friday
Melba Hall, Court
Weekend Classes
erences required. LLC., P.O. Box 564, From Wister, go
teau Daily News on
the undersigned
COUNTY
June 10th 8:00-6:00
Clerk
Available.
870-389-6074 or
Judge of the District
Wister, Oklahoma, North on Kennedy May 6, 13, 20 and
STATE OF OKLApictures, bedding,
LeFlore County,
580-223-3360.
918-635-5342
Court for the 7th
have submitted a Road 3 miles to 27 and June 3, 10,
HOMA
clothing, shoes,
Oklahoma
(27353)
day of July, 2016, at
permit application to Wildhorse Road, go 2 0 1 6
IN THE MATTER
books, furniture and
By: Pamela Goyette
the hour of 9:00
West 3 miles to dirt LPXLP
the Oklahoma DeOF THE GUARDIso much more.
(Deputy)
MOBILE HOMES MOBILE HOMES partment of Mines road on right, follow IN THE DISTRICT o'clock A.M. in the ANSHIP
(SEAL)
FOR
SALE
District Court Room
(ODM) to mine to quarry.
OF
FOR RENT
COURT
O F in the District Court
Approved:
PETS
sandstone through A copy of this comJ.N.
&
K.N.
LEFLORE
Ranada D. Adams
House in the City of
the surface mining plete permit appliCase
No.:
DON’S
Clean, Quiet
MALE LAB free to
COUNTY STATE Poteau, County of PG-2016-13
RANADA D. ADcation
is
available
method
on
the
fol2 Bedroom,
MOBILE
a good home. 7
OF OKLAHOMA
AMS
LeFlore, State of
lowing parcels of for public inspection
SERVICE OF SUM1 Bathroom.
months
old.
HOMES
IN THE MATTER Oklahoma.
Attorney for Petiand copying at the
land:
MONS
Stove, Refrigerator,
Shots/heartworm/R
OF THE ESTATE
tioner
IT IS FURTHER
SW/4 of the NW/4 LeFlore County
BY PUBLICATION
Washer/Dryer
X. Would make a
**Spring Sale**
OF
Hamilton, Warren,
ORDERED BY THE
Courthouse, Poin Section 5 TownNOTICE
Included.
good hunting dog.
Case
N o . COURT that Notice State of Oklahoma Bovos & Adams
teau, Oklahoma.
ship 6N Range 24E,
NO PETS!!
918-647-9570
Lot Model Close-Out
PB-2016-9
PO Box 660
by Publication and
LeFlore County, Upon written reTo: Matthew Neal
918-647-6392 or
JANE ELLEN WIL- Mailing be given, and Jessica Neal
Poteau, OK 74953
quest to the DepartOklahoma.
918-647-6996.
Airedale Pups
LIAMS, deceased.
2016 River Birch,
according to law, to
ment of Mines, in(918) 647-9171
The total proposed
TAKE NOTICE that
For Sale
ORDER AND NO- all persons interformation contained
permit area containPublished in the PoModel 3820, 32x64,
you have been
Full Blood, 2 Males,
in the permit appliing 34 acres is loTICE FOR HEAR- ested in said Estate sued for guardian- teau Daily News on
3 Bedroom,
3 Females. Good
to then and there
cation may be incated on the Potato
ING FINAL ACJune 10, 17, 24,
ship in the District
2 Bathroom,
Two or Three
For Hunting,
spected or copied
Peaks
Okla.
COUNT AND PETI- appear and show C o u r t ,
2016.
(27424)
LeFlore
1800 Sq. Ft.,
Bedroom
Mobile
Protection, or
at the Department TION FOR FINAL cause, if any they
U.S.G.S. (7.5 min.)
LXPLP
County, State of
Homes
For
Rent.
Ranch
Dry
Wall,
Companion.
have, why the said
of Mines. Any landTopographic QuadOklahoma, Case
SETTLEMENT,
RV spaces
Appliance Package,
$300 each.
Account of the Perowner or resident of
rangle Map.
No. PG-2016-13.
FOR
DETERMINAavailable also.
Large Bedrooms
918-617-5701.
From Wister, go any occupied dwellTION OF HEIRS, sonal Representa- The action alleges
Trash and sewer
& Closets.
tive should not be
North on Kennedy ing or any public
that the plaintiff is
FOR DISTRIBUpaid. No Pets!!
$72,000
Road 3 miles to entity or public
MISCELLANEOUS
TION OF SAID ES- allowed and the entitled to a Guardi918-647-3923 or
heirs of said deWildhorse Road, go agency that may be
AND
anship of your miTATE AND DIS918-774-4624.
CRAFTSMAN
West 3 miles to dirt adversely affected
2016 Atlantic,
CHARGE OF PER- ceased determined nor children.
TILLER for sale.
and said Estate dishas the right to subroad on right, follow
You are notified that
Model Extreme
SONAL REPREForward and Retributed to the
mit comments or
to quarry.
you must answer
SENTATIVE
8500, 3 Bedroom,
HOMES FOR RENT
verse.
objections to the isA copy of this comNotice is hereby proper parties enti- the Petition filed by
2
Bathroom,
1500
918-649-7333
tled thereto and the
suance of the perplete permit applithe petitioner on or
given that on the
AFFORDABLE
Sq. Ft., Island
discharge of said
cation is available mit in writing. An inLoansthe
$100
to $1400
before
25th
day
27th
day
of
May,
HOUSING
Kitchen, Patio Door,
Personal Represenformal conference
for public inspection
of July, 2016, or the
SERVICES
2016,
there
having
Rent Based
Tile Backsplash &
tative of the Estate
and copying at the will be provided if
been filed in this of said deceased al- allegations conOn Income.
Walk-In Closets In
Mobile Home
specifically reLeFlore County
tained in the PetiCourt
by
ROBERT
Central
Heat/Air,
Transporting
lowed.
quested in writing.
Courthouse, PoAll Bedrooms.
tion will be taken as
Washer/Dryer
WILLIAMS,
the
PerMoving, set-up,
Dated this 31st day
Any written objecteau, Oklahoma.
true and judgment
$61,500.
Hook-ups.
sonal Representa- of May, 2016.
tie downs.
tions or requests for
Upon written rewill be entered
Panama, LeFlore,
tive of the Estate of Marion D. Fry
Licensed in
an informal conferquest to the Departagainst you and in
***FREE***
Cowlington,
Muse
JANE
ELLEN
WILOklahoma and
JUDGE OF THE
ence on this appliment of Mines, inWasher/Dryer or 55”
favor of plaintiff as
and
Whitesboro.
LIAMS, deceased, DISTRICT COURT
Flatscreen TV With
Arkansas.
formation contained cation must be reprayed for in her
Call Kiamichi
his Final Account of DEAN E. WARREN
Purchase of Either
Great Service,
ceived no later than
in the permit appliPetition.
Housing
Authority.
the
administration
of the Above Homes.
Great Price!!
HAMILTON WARfourteen (14) days
cation may be inFURTHERMORE,
CLASSIFIED
918-522-4436.
of said Estate and REN, BOVOS & this matter is set for
800-940-5581.
spected or copied after the fourth and
DEADLINES
his Petition for Or- ADAMS
(800) 940-5581
at the Department final publication of
trial on August
4,
Classifieds
must be
der
Allowing
Final
P.O. Box 660
this notice to the
of Mines. Any land2016
at 9:00 a.m.
atpm two days prior to
EMPLOYMENT
submitted
by
3
Account of said Es- Poteau, OK 74953
DEPARTMENT OF
owner or resident of
donsmobile
the LeFlore County
the date you want to run them on.
3 Bedroom,
tate, Determination (918)647-9171
MINES
any occupied dwellMED-CORP PLUS,
District Court, in
homes.com
Legals
must also be
2 Bathroom
of Heirs, DistribuPublished in the Po2915 N. CLASSEN
ing or any public
Inc. Now Hiring
front of the
HonorBrick Home
submitted
by 3 pm two days prior to
tion of said Estate teau Daily News on able
BLVD., SUITE 213
entity or public
Full-time RN for
Judge Marion
For Rent
date you
want to run them on.
OKLAHOMA CITY,
agency that may be
and Discharge of June 3rd and June Fry,the
Medicare/Medicaid.
Judge
of the
703 Wilburn
2016
Insurance, Paid
APARTMENTS adversely affected OKLAHOMA 73106 Personal Represen- 1 0 t h ,
District Court.
Poteau, OK
(27410)LPXLP
Donaho Stone LLC.
has the right to subtime off and Miletative.
Given
Thankunder
you onmy
behalf of the staff of
1, 2 & 3
$700/month,
P.O. Box 564
mit comments or
age. Contact: Ralph
IT IS HEREBY ORhand and seal thisthe
Bedroom
$300/deposit.
Wister, Oklahoma
objections to the isStephan.
7th day of
June,Daily News
DERED BY THE
Poteau
Apartments
Call Brian at
74966
suance of the per1-866-466-5538
2016.
COURT that said
(918)
647-3188
For Rent.
479-629-0691.
Published in the Pomit in writing. An inMelba Hall, Court
Final Account and
HUD
&
Choctaw
teau Daily News on
formal conference
Clerk
Help Wanted:
Petition are hereby
Approved.
will be provided if May 6, 13, 20 and
LeFlore County,
Heavy Duty
fixed for hearing by
Poteau Valley
27 and June 3, 10,
specifically reOklahoma
Mechanic
the undersigned
Apartments
(27353)
quested in writing. 2 0 1 6
CABIN FOR RENT
By: Pamela Goyette
Wister Company is
Judge of the District
918-212-4802
LPXLP
Any written objecHeavener area,
(Deputy)
seeking Heavy
Court for the 7th
tions or requests for
20792 Old HWY.
(SEAL)
Duty Mechanics.
day of July, 2016, at
an informal confer59, 1BR unfurApproved:
Immediate
the
hour
of
9:00
**FOR RENT**
ence on this applinished, 1/2 miles
Ranada D. Adams
Employment if
o'clock
A.M.
in
the
Clean, 2 Bedroom,
cation must be reoutside of HeaveRANADA D. ADqualified. Individual
District Court Room
1
Bath.
Stove,
ceived no later than
ner, Quiet and
AMS
must have own
in the District Court
Refrigerator,
Dish
fourteen (14) days
Peaceful, AppliAttorney for Petitools. Pay is
House
in
the
City
of
Washer Included.
after the fourth and
ances included. No
tioner
determined based
Poteau, County of
Total Electric.
final publication of
Pets. References
Hamilton, Warren,
on experience.
LeFlore,
State
of
CH&A.
NO
PETS!!
this notice to the
required,
rent
Bovos & Adams
Call Larry at
Oklahoma.
918-647-6392
or
DEPARTMENT OF
$425.00 + 200.00
PO Box 660
918-649-4151 or
IT IS FURTHER
918-647-6996.
MINES
deposit
Poteau, OK 74953
email resume to
ORDERED BY THE
2915 N. CLASSEN
870-389-6074
(918) 647-9171
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BLVD., SUITE 213
Published in the Poyahoo.com. An
BRAND NEW
by
Publication
and
by Danny Seo
OKLAHOMA
CITY,
teau Daily News on
EOE Employer.
Duplexes For Rent.
Mailing be given,
OKLAHOMA 73106
June 10, 17, 24,
Stove, washer/dryer
according
to law, to
Donaho
laying eggs.
To prepare
6/10/16Stone LLC.
2016.
(27424)
Part Time
For Rent: 20770
hook-ups. Contact
all persons interP.O.
Box
564
LXPLP
Director of Youth
Old Hwy 59 South.
eggshells ested
fr birds,
rinse
Common kitchen
Bill Barnhart at
in said Estate
Wister, Oklahoma
Ministries Wanted:
1 1/2 miles outside
918-839-2623.
them and to
bake
scraps that are birds’
thenthem
and on
there
74966
First United
of Heavener, OK. 2
appearat and
Published
in the Po- are
a cookie sheet
250 show
favorite delights
Methodist Church
bedroom furnished
cause,
if any
teau
Daily News
on spring
of Poteau, OK is
cabin. Appliances
degrees until
they
are they
eggshells.
In the
FOR SALE BY
have, why the said
May 6, 13, 20 and
searching for a
included. Private
dry, whichAccount
saterilizes
andand
summer
OWNER
of the Per27
June 3,months,
10,
Director of Youth
and
peaceful.
2
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( 2 7 3crave
5 3 ) the
sonal
them. Place
theRepresentaeggshells
female
Ministries. Part
$400/month and
For Sale
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tive or
should
Time. Call
$200/deposit. Water
Crafts, Sewing
near a feeder
on anot
flatbe
calcium that comes
allowed and the
918-647-2217 or
paid. No pets. RefMachine, Antique
surface, and
watch
birdsdefrom eggshells, since
heirs
of said
email pastor@
erences required.
Treddle, and
of all sortsceased
gobble
them
their body has been
determined
poteaufumc.com
870-389-6074 or
Much More!!
and said Estate disfor more details.
918-635-5342
Call 918-635-0336.
up.
drained of calcium from
tributed to the
GENERAL INFORMATION:
YARD SALE RAIN INSURANCE:proper
$3.00 parties entiADJUSTMENTS:
thereto
and
the Please check your ad for accuracy the first day it appears. After which time
The Daily News reserves the right to reject, revise, edit & properly classify all If your yard sale is rained out, (must rain, not sprinkle,tled
off and
on until
noon)
of Must
said a refund or reprint is limited to one insertion only. Canceling ads placed at
advertising submitted for publication. We will not knowingly accept advertising we will rerun your ad whenever you choose (per ourdischarge
ad guidelines).
Personal Represenwhich discriminates because of race, color, religion, national origin or sex.
call next business day after rained out sale. Insurancetative
expiresof 30thedays
after discounted rates revert to standard prices, therefore a refund may not apply.
Estate
of said deceased al- Omitted ads are eligible for refund of amount paid ONLY or appearing in
date of purchase on ad.
lowed.
alternate issue.
Dated this 31st day
of May, 2016.
Marion D. Fry
JUDGE OF THE
DISTRICT COURT
DEAN E. WARREN
HAMILTON WARREN, BOVOS &
ADAMS
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