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Everything old is new again

County’s 1st horizontal well still producing after 27 years By Gary Reid

KINGFISHER COUNTY’S longtime oilman Steve Altman, now president of Brown and Borelli Co., stands with company founder and current partner Pete Brown, below, in front of the county’s first horizontal well, the Big 4 Unit HP 35-1 shortly after it was drilled in 1989. At left, Altman stands in front of the pump jack at the Big 4 site, which is still producing oil. Once expecting to only spend two years in the county, 40 years later Altman is now considered the county’s senior petroleum engineer in terms of experience in the oil and gas industry.

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The first horizontal oil well in Kingfisher County, the Big 4 Unit HP 35-1, has become an historic site. Drilled in 1989, it was done before its time believes Steve Altman, president of Brown and Borelli Oil Co. in Kingfisher, which drilled the well. Now the area is covered with horizontal wells, all much longer and more sophisticated than the Big 4 Well, but they weren’t the first. While the modern wells often extend two miles from the drilling location, the Big Four well extended horizontally only 600 feet because the owners had to stay under the 80-acre lease it was drilled on. The well is so named because it is located a quarter mile west of the Big Four school, northeast of Kingfisher. Altman, a graduate of the University of Nebraska, is the senior petroleum engineer in Kingfisher County in terms of experience with the local oil and gas industry. Associates in the oil and gas business consider him something of a legend because of his knowledge about the business in general and regional geological formations in particular. “You need to ask Altman about that,” local independents often comment when questioned about oil and gas matters. Altman said when he was recruited by Texaco for his first job, he told the recruiter he didn’t know anything more about the oil business other than what he had seen in a

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John Wayne movie. His major in college was mechanical engineering. The recruiter told him that was all right because they were recruiting him for his ability to learn.

He’s been learning ever since. Lenard Briscoe of Briscoe Oil in Kingfisher was the drilling contractor on the first horizontal well project “We had the technology

to drill the well but we didn’t have the technology available today to complete it,” Altman said. Nevertheless, the well continues to produce 27 years later. “It’s not a great well but it’s

Dover rebuild gets closer By Michael Swisher

Times-Free Press Managing Editor

Dover Schools officials have nearly cut through the last of the red tape and are hopeful construction of a new school can begin before the calendar turns to 2017. “We are getting close,” said Supt. Shannon Grimes after explaining the lengthy process that’s already taken place and what still lies ahead. “We anticipate receiving bids in November and actual work beginning soon after that.” A fire destroyed the north end of Dover’s campus that housed the high school classrooms last January. Since then, the remains have been removed and Grimes and his staff have worked tirelessly to get a new school started in order to get students out of temporary classrooms in the elementary gym. Dover’s board of education voted in late July to hire Rick Scott Instruction Inc. to serve as the construction manager. Grimes said that company is currently finalizing bid packages. “This process is taking longer than we originally thought partly due to the fact that the entire construction project is comprised of both the loss from the fire and projects that were approved in the bond election last October,” Grimes said.

Dover voters passed a bond issue last year for replacement of the roof of the high school building, updating the fire alarm, remodeling the cafeteria and remodeling/constructing two upstairs bathrooms at the elementary. “So, for the insurer and for our auditors, the bids have to be structured in such a way that it is clear which parts of the project are replacement of what was lost in the fire and what parts are bond projects,” Grimes explained. Grimes said Roy Easley, the project’s architect, told him the bid packets should be finalized this week. Once those are finalized, bids got out for 21 days and after the due date for bids, the Dover board will have 30 days to award contracts. Grimes said the solicitation for bids will be a part of the Oct. 10 agenda of Dover’s board meeting. The bids will come in early the next month and contracts awarded later in November. Hence Grimes’ hopes of construction beginning this calendar year. He added that Easley said construction should take about nine months to complete. “If we can get started before the start of the new year we should be looking at moving in some point during the first

semester next year,” Grimes said. He pointed out that recent construction of other schools like Watonga and Minco took longer than nine months. “So I want to be realistic about it,” he said. Meanwhile, Grimes and the board have to make sure everything stays above board. There are school finance laws to follow and the school’s insurer has their hand on the project as well. “The insurer is holding back a portion of the claim until actual construction is done,” Grimes said. “And the replacement cost of the building is considered an estimate until actual hard numbers come in from the bids. “So, everything we do we have the insurer review to make sure there are no surprises along the way. In addition, we have to have all of the funding in place before we award contracts, so to remain legal, we have to have an allocation for the amount of the claim that is recoverable into the building fund.” Those are only a few of the reasons the project will have taken at least nine months before any construction actually takes place. “There are a lot of different processes that have to take place before we can actually start,” Grimes said.

still a producer, he points out. Altman had joined Brown and Borelli in 1981, after coming to Kingfisher County as a young engineer with Texaco in 1977. Gerry Borelli, one of the

principals with Brown and Borelli, liked what he saw in Altman and prevailed on him to join the local energy drilling and producing company. The deal was for Altman to

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No federal ruling yet on wind issues By Christine Reid

Times-Free Press Senior Editor

A federal judge had not ruled as of press time Friday on a motion for summary judgment seeking dismissal of a two-year-old case filed by Oklahoma Wind Action Association and seven Kingfisher and Canadian county landowners against Kingfisher Wind LLC. U.S. District Judge Timothy D. DeGiusti presided over a two-hour hearing Tuesday on the motion, when lawyers for the 149-turbine wind farm argued two motions, one alleging OWAA lacked standing to sue on behalf of its members and the other challenging the merits of the plaintiffs’ claims that the proximity of the turbines to their homes could cause health problems. The lawsuit seeks an order that turbines can’t be located closer than two miles to the residents of nonparticipat-

ing landowners. The named plaintiffs’ homes are located between 2,000 feet and 10,385 feet away from the nearest turbine. At the time the lawsuit was filed, the turbines had yet to be erected, but Apex Clean Energy, which constructed the approximately $450 million project and now manages it for owner First Reserve, declined the plaintiffs’ request to delay construction until the suit was resolved. On Tuesday, lawyers for Kingfisher Wind argued that requiring some of the existing turbines to be demolished to meet the plaintiffs’ two-mile setback request would create a substantial financial burden. The plaintiffs’ attorneys argued that the company “caused its own harm” by moving forward with construction while a lawsuit was

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Mansion exhibit explores somber history of mourning Calling on the history of the Governor Seay Mansion as a house of mourning after Gov. A.J. Seay’s sister Isabella Collins died there, a new temporary exhibit is on display there through Nov. 26. “Beyond the Veil – Historic Mourning Practices” brings a Gothic feel to the governor’s home with examples of mourning clothing, sentimental jewelry and art, photographs of mourners and portraits of the deceased. In conjunction with the exhibit, an Oklahoma paranormal investigation team will conduct two classes explaining its equipment and methods and allow class participants to join team members in an after-hours investigation at the mansion. “In the late 19th and early 20th centuries, before a time of vaccinations, sterilized instruments and antibiotics, death was viewed as part of life. It touched the young as well as old,” Marna Davis, who assem-

bled the exhibit with the help of Chisholm Trail Museum Curator Adam Lynn, said. “The 1860s would bring the fashion of mourning to new heights with the deaths of Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, and President Abraham Lincoln, as well as the great losses during the Civil War.” Davis compiled a companion booklet for the exhibit, containing photos and more detailed information about mourning traditions. The following was written from information included in the booklet.

Just eight years after Seay’s Kingfisher mansion was constructed, his sister Isabella Collins, pictured at left, passed away there and the home became a house of mourning. Her silk-draped and flower-strewn casket was on display in the entryway of the mansion, which was packed with fragrant blooms. Daisy Marsh Macfarlane, Seay’s niece, wrote about her memories of the time: “Quantities of cape jasmine blooms were shipped in to fill the house with their sweet scent, and to this

day our California gardenias remind me of the funeral and the hushed fragrant house.” Historically, flowers were used both to honor the deceased and to mask the odors of death. Acceptable mourning garb typically was constructed of matte fabrics such as wools, cashmere and matte silk, often with crepe trim, and were generally free of beading or other adornment. Widows were expected to be in mourning for two years before returning to brighter colors, while widowers were expected to be similarly garbed for at least a year. Children often were dressed in white, with black accents. Half-mourning colors of gray, mauve and purple tones often were used to transition from the blacks of deep mourning to the brighter hues when the mourning period ended completely.

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open Altman Engineering, which still exists, and office in the Brown and Borelli headquarters. Brown and Borelli would use Altman’s engineering services exclusively and Altman could contract to work for others as his schedule permitted. Altman recalls working for as long as 90 hours without sleep while sitting on a location during those early years. “When I came here with Texaco, I was told I would be here for two years,” Altman said. “Next year, I will have here 40 years. It’s been good to me.” Altman has been with Brown and Borelli ever since he joined the firm, rising to the office of president in January 2004. The operation began in 1966 when Gerald E. “Gerry” Borelli started drilling wells in the Sooner Trend. The price of oil at that times was $3.86 a barrel. He was joined by his brother-in-law F.W. “Pete” Brown in 1972 to form the Brown and Borelli partnership. A book published by the Oklahoma Independent Petroleum Association, Prospects to Prosperity, related the history of the company: “Gerry’s first success had

originated with his first well, Johnson No. 1. “Dick Lawson had recommended Gerry not frac the Hunton (formation, saying) it would only make water. Gerry fracked it anyway and the well has continued to produce oil and gas(as of the publication date in 2012).” At the time of publication the field had produced over one million barrels of oil and 10 billion cubic feet of gas. The reluctance of others in the business to frac the formation allowed Brown and Borelli’s nearly exclusive development of the field. Altman recalls that the first two things he learned working for Texaco were: 1. You couldn’t frac the Hunton, and 2. Shale would not produce oil and gas. When he went to work for Brown and Borelli, he learned they already had six Hunton wells producing via fracking. Now the shale formations in the SCOOP (South Central Oklahoma Oil Province) and STACK (Sooner Trend Anadarko [Basin] Canadian and Kingfisher [counties]) are the primary new producers in the state. “Clearly a unique period in the history of the industry was unfolding at the time of the (Brown and Borelli) company’s founding in 1970,” according to the Prospects to Prosperity article.

“The price of oil was $3.86 a barrel and natural gas sold for about 20 cents per MCF (thousand cubic feet) in 1972 but only a short time later the Arab oil Embargo drove the price of oil to over $10 per barrel and natural gas followed.” The article relates that Brown sold his half of the company to Borelli in 1994. In 2003, Borelli found out that he had terminal lung cancer and asked Pete to consider buying the company back. Brown did so, in partnership with their longtime engineering consultant Altman, Oklahoma City attorney Joseph Warren, with whom Brown officed, and Michael Price. It was at that point that Altman became president of the company. In addition to the 85 wells that the company managed as of 2012 (the number varies because after developing an area to a certain point they sell the project to focus on new activity), the company also has non-operating working interests in over 200 wells throughout Oklahoma Altman has seen many changes in the industry, principally improved technology, while riding ups and downs in the oil and gas industry for the nearly 40 years. Oil was bringing $40 a barrel at one point in the

1980s. Shortly thereafter during a price slump, the company was hoping for $20 per barrel oil. While the price had risen to $46.32 per barrel last week, that price is low in comparison to the costs associated with drilling, completing and operating oil properties today. As an example, Altman said it used to cost $15,000 to run a three-phase electrical service a mile to a location. Now it costs between $100,000 $150,000 to run a mile of line. While the price of oil remains stagnant due to reduced international demand and a glut of oil, Altman suggested the price would rise if the American economy would improve, specifically if the 93 million people not working now could find jobs. “No matter what the government position is, our national economy is terrible,” Altman said. “This (western Oklahoma) is one of the few places where oil and gas drilling activity is going on in the nation today.” “If people nationwide could find jobs, they would create a demand for more commodities and oil prices would rise, benefiting local operators, royalty owners, oilfield workers, local businesses and others who benefit from mineral production.”

Altman said the new Kingfisher Midstream plant and another gas plant scheduled for development in the county have also benefited the local economy. Altman called the development of the STACK oil shale formation and its effect on the local economy “beyond amazing.” Looking at oil prices, Altman observed that OPEC (Organization of Oil Exporting Countries) set the product price. Some oil journals have quoted polls of executives predicting an increase in oil prices in 2017, some suggesting the price will go to $90 to $100 a barrel. Others are not so optimistic. Altman said that while the incentive the state has set for oil drilling and production from horizontal wells (a 2 percent gross production tax for the first 36 months before going to the traditional 7 percent tax) has increased drilling activity, he suggested a higher incentive for two years so that the state’s budget shortfall would not precipitate calls for new taxes. He said the state’s budget history indicates that any new income stream will be enfolded in the general fund and the same cries for additional funding for special interests will continue.

“Can you imagine what would happen to Oklahoma if the oil and gas business left?” he asked. The obvious answer is – disaster, both to the state economy and state and local governments as the oil and gas industry pays 22 percent of all state taxes – $2.55 billion in FY 2015, plus another $463 million to local governments. Altman is married to Nancy, his high school sweetheart. Altman has been active in the community through church, supporting the chamber of commerce and youth activities in addition to maintaining a busy professional schedule. He also has served as a city commissioner. The Altmans have two daughters, Laura Pankievich of Yukon and Lisa Brown of Boston, Mass., and a son, Bryan, of Derby, Kan., an engineer and also a University of Nebraska graduate, and three grandchildren. He has no plans for retiring, although he says he doesn’t work 90 hours at a stretch any more and doesn’t intend to. Come & Go Reception For

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still pending. If DeGiusti denies Kingfisher Wind’s motions, the case will proceed to a bench trial. He also has the options of granting the motion to dismiss OWAA and its membership as a separate plaintiff, which would allow the case to proceed to trial on the potential claims of the seven named plaintiffs, or granting both motions in their entirety and dismissing the lawsuit.

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CASHION HIGH SCHOOL was set to crown its 2016 homecoming king and queen on Friday night. Members of the court are, from left, Matt Harman, Lexy Maroney, Jack Suntken, Makaela Maroney, Case Cochran, Rylee Broadbent, Aubyn Phippen, Parker Payahsape, Reagan Chamberlain and Matt Farrow. Junior attendants are Kate Nabavi and Greyson Broadbent. Wednesday’s edition will feature the winners. [Photo Provided] The classes will explain

[Continued From Page 1] the group’s investigative technique and equipment and then class members will have the chance to visit the museum after hours for a guided paranormal investigation. Tickets for the classes and tours must be purchased in advance through the insightparanormal.org website. The “Beyond the Veil – Historic Mourning Practices” exhibit is included in the

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Before photographs were common, it was not unusual to keep a lock of a deceased loved one’s hair, a practice that evolved into “hairwork,” where the hair would be incorporated into jewelry and “palette work,” where paste and scissors would be used to arrange the hair into intricate pictures. Some superstitions that followed the death of a loved one included stopping all the clocks at the time of death and covering all the mirrors in the house to discourage vanity and to prevent the spirit of the dead from being trapped there. In conjunction with the temporary exhibit, Chisholm Trail Museum will host two special programs conducted by InSight Paranormal Investigations on Oct. 15 and 29.

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Rotarians hosts 3 KHS seniors Kingfisher High School seniors Dakoda Hart, Jordan Phillips and Kylee Smith were guests last Tuesday of the Kingfisher Rotary Club. Hart is the son of Chad and Becky Hart. He has been listed on the principal’s honor roll and is a former “Student of the Semester” at KHS. His activities include student council, FCCLA, FCA, football and track. Hart plans to attend college and pursue a career as a game warden. Phillips is the daughter of James and Margaret Phillips. She’s a member of the National Honor Society and has been listed on the principal’s honor roll. She’s involved in student council, FCCLA, FCA, golf, yearbook and leadership. She was a former student council vice president and was the homecoming chairperson in 2016. Phillips plans to attend the University of Central Oklahoma and pursue a

New arrival Matthew and Jillian Endres of Okarche announce the arrival of their daughter, Peyton Marie. She was born at 3:37 p.m. Monday, April 25, 2016, at Lakeside Women’s Hospital in Oklahoma City. She weighed 8 pounds, 3 ounces and was 20 inches long. Maternal grandparents are John and Joanie Meyer Phillips of Kingfisher. She has one brother, Cooof Okarche. Paternal grandparents are John and Angela per, who is 5.

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Kingfisher County Health Department will have flu vaccine ready this month The Kingfisher County Health Department announced that flu vaccine will be available at its location beginning Monday, Oct. 3.  Flu vaccination is recommended each year for everyone 6 months of age and older. When more people are vaccinated against the flu, there is less opportunity for flu to spread in families, schools and communities. “We are learning more and more about the benefits of influenza vaccination every year,” said Oklahoma State Department of Health Commissioner Dr. Terry Cline. “One example is the benefit for pregnant women and newborn babies. Flu vaccination not only protects pregnant women, but also protects their babies for up to 6 months. Since influenza is more likely to cause severe illness in pregnant women and newborns this protection is important. Flu vaccination is safe during pregnancy, after delivery, and

for breastfeeding women.”  In addition to getting a flu vaccination, persons 65 years of age and older, and those with chronic health conditions, should ask their health care provider about being vaccinated against pneumococcal pneumonia. Pneumococcal pneumonia is a common and potentially serious complication of the flu. Unlike the influenza vaccine, the pneumococcal vaccine does not need to be given every year. This vaccine is also available at county health departments.   The Kingfisher County Health Department will accept SoonerCare, Medicare, all private health insurance, cash, checks, or credit cards as payment for flu vaccine.  The following fee schedule will apply:  • No charge for families whose income is less than 185 percent of the federal poverty level.  However, those who have health insurance should

bring their insurance card.  The insurance company will be billed for the vaccine and an administration fee. • No charge for adults 65 years of age and older. Adults 65 and older should bring their Medicare Card or other health insurance card. • No charge for children 18 years of age and younger who have no health insurance, whose health insurance does not cover flu vaccine, who are eligible for SoonerCare, or who are Native American or Alaskan natives. • All others will be charged a fee of $25 to cover the cost of the flu vaccine and the cost of administering the vaccine. County health departments will not be offering the flu mist as it is no longer recommended by the CDC. For more information about flu vaccine at the Kingfisher County Health Department, call 405-3753008.

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Must we elect one of these?

Yes, we watched the so-called presidential debate Monday night and we were sickened and embarrassed. We were sickened thinking that one of the two persons on that 90 minute debacle will probably become president of the United States. We were embarrassed to think that people in other areas of the world saw it, too. What must they think of American citizens who nominated such a pair. Hillary is not fit to lead; Donald is not qualified. The moderator for the debate was an obvious shill for the left. You knew you were in for a pack of lies when the moderator started off with this whopper: “The increase in jobs over the last eight years has been unprecedented and income has increased for workers.” Trump who missed opportunity after opportunity to make real points possibly should have asked why 93 million Americans don’t have jobs in this “booming Obama-Clinton economy.” Most of the time was spent in school yard (elementary) bickering and going off on meaningless tangents. The left-wing media immediately declared Mrs. Clinton the victor. Trump claimed he won. It looked like a tie to us – both losing. Americans and the nation’s future will be the big losers. Ugh, enough on that. Editors Defined Times-Free Press staff member Jeremy Ingle passed along the following which he found while reviewing some old editions. This comes from an August 1916 Free Press edition. “An editor, my boy, is a millionaire without money, a congressman out of a job, a king without a throne. He constructs a town without a hammer or saw, builds a railroad without spikes or rails, farms without a plow. He runs a butcher shop in a journalistic world and deals out brains cheap for cash or credit; loves those who advertise with him as he does a brother. The editor is a teacher, a lawyer, a preacher and he sends out a truck to save souls and is condemned himself. He heals the wounded, cares for the dying and rescues the perishing and starves himself when a ham sandwich would jerk him from the jaws of death.” Scott’s Histories of Scotland We’ve been reading all of Sir Walter Scott’s books. They all deal with Scotland’s history but they also relate the terrible fissure in the British Isles of that time. There were civil wars and when those weren’t going on the Scottish Highland clans were fighting each other. The Scottish highlands were a poverty area without enough arable land to sustain the population. The soil was acidic and the heavy east Atlantic rainfall along with salt spray in the region exacerbated the problem. Because economic prospects were so slim in Scotland, many of the young men turned to military lives, often as mercenary soldiers in foreign countries. The highland youth began training in arms at an early age, according to Scott’s historical reports that were intermeshed with his usual stories of “pretty” men (those who were fit and proficient in handling the weapons of the times) and beautiful women. He always weaves a romance in his books involving a young man of tremendous ethics (he wouldn’t tell a lie even if he died as a result of telling the truth and is true to his own values in every situation. The young lady is normally above the wooers station in life and virtually unattainable. Scott always works in events that allow the boy to win the girl. You can count on that outcome before reading the last page.) The politics of Scotland, England, Wales and Ireland were troubled. Although the partisans were of different religions, our amateurish take on the situation is that they used church to fire up factionalism that already existed. The Presbyterian Church was founded in Scotland. The kings of Scotland and England were often tyrants, ignoring the precepts of the Magna Carta. The guy in power and his supporters often used their authority and might to take revenge for injury inflicted on their side during prior regimes. Much agony for people resulted. The British Isles population consisted of several family groups. The earliest settlers were the Picts (known as the painted ones, because of their tattoos). Other groups settling the area were Celts, Angles and Saxons (both Germanic tribes who immigrated there beginning in the mid-fifth century), Normans, descendants of the Scandinavian Vikings who invaded France (the English king of Crusades fame, Richard the Lion-hearted was of Norman descent as were Henry I and II). William the Conqueror, a Norman, invaded England and defeated the resident Anglo-Saxon population. The mixed heritage of the British Isles obviously led to many of the wars that eventually resolved itself into the Britishness of today. Many of those who fought against one ruler or another if they were captured and not gibbeted, were sent to America or Australia, as punishment. Is it any wonder there are so many rebels in the U.S. or that their descendants wrote a document to prevent a similar royalty system in the new country? You may remember Ben Franklin’s comment to a citizen’s question about what type of Congress the founders had created: “A republic, if you can keep it.” (See View. Page 5)

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Hillary’s estate tax plan is Karl Marx’s Point 3 By Dr. Mark Hendrickson “Hillary Clinton Proposes 65% Top Rate for Estate Tax” blared a headline in The Wall Street Journal. Since the current top statutory tax rate on estates is 40 percent, Clinton’s proposal is nothing if not audacious. I can’t recall Barack Obama, our most leftward president, ever calling for a 62.5 percent increase in tax rates for the rich. Going after inheritances and estates is textbook Marxism. That is not an exaggeration. The third plank in Karl Marx’s 10-point platform for achieving socialism through democratic means – see his 1848 textbook to communism, “The Communist Manifesto” – was the abolition of inheritances. To repeat: it was point three in Marx’s 10-point plan. For a long line of communists and socialists, the animus against inheritances has both an economic and a sociological purpose. Economically, the tax is part of the overall Marxian-socialist war against private property. Sociologically, Marx sought to weaken if not eliminate the traditional nuclear family. Clinton and her progressive allies have recently succeeded in weakening the traditional family by redefining marriage, and so it comes as no surprise now that she is extending the battle against families to the economic front by seeking more confiscatory taxes on the estates of families. I have written before that Hillary Clinton gives every appearance of never having taken Economics 101. Taxes

on estates are economically harmful, because they destroy capital. While running for the Democratic nomination, one of Sen. Bernie Sanders’ favorite campaign lines was the statement that the very rich have far more money than they could possibly spend. That may well be true. But what neither he nor Clinton understands is that those large pools of wealth are more valuable to Americans of modest means than they are to the rich people who own them. Taxing 65 percent of large private fortunes will not significantly affect the lifestyles of the super-rich. But if the government taxes that wealth and transfers it to non-rich Americans, most of it will vanish in current consumption. By contrast, when the rich are allowed to retain ownership of wealth, much of it becomes the capital that is invested in business enterprises where it provides jobs for non-rich Americans and produces goods and services that uplift society’s standard of living. Like the old Chinese proverb says, “Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.” Capital is better than a short-term handout, for it enables men and women to support those families for many years. My late mentor, Grove City College professor Dr. Hans Sennholz, explained another economically destructive aspect of estate taxes in his book, “Death and Taxes.” Many estates are not in the form of cash,

but are working businesses. When the government demands a huge sum of cash from a deceased person’s estate, often the only way the heirs can raise the cash is to dismember, shrink, or liquidate the business. Who does this hurt most? Answer: the middle-class workers that were employed by those businesses. Where is the social justice in that, Mrs. Clinton? In one respect, I have to give credit to Mrs. Clinton for her proposal. She is right to inform voters of what taxes she wants to raise in order to fund the massive spending increases she has proposed. But the amount of revenue that she hopes to obtain from increasing the estate tax will be less than she envisions. The much higher rate will incentivize many rich people to make increased use of the same legal devices (trusts and foundations) that Mrs. Clinton herself employs to shield her immense wealth from the clutches of the taxman. Combined with her grand visions of social engineering – plans to involve the state ever more intimately in our daily lives – Hillary Clinton’s enthusiastic embrace of the Marxian policy of transferring more inherited wealth from families to government will take us down a very dark path. -–Dr. Mark W. Hendrickson is an adjunct faculty member, economist, and fellow for economic and social policy with The Center for Vision & Values at Grove City College.

Big names, little pills I’m not proud of this but I take 20 pills per day to stay alive, which goes a long way in explaining why my writing may appear loopy. Every time I go to a different specialist they ask me what drugs I’m taking, which would be no problem if the drugs had simple names. But no, the drug companies want to make it difficult so the docs write prescriptions in handwriting you can’t read, for drugs none of us can spell. Or pronounce. They aren’t even words. That could be a deadly combination and you could end up with an 88-year-old lady taking Viagra instead of her blood pressure medicine.   Making it worse, every drug has at least two names, its own and a generic. Gabapentin is generic for Neurontin, Benazepril is generic for Lotensin, Gemfibrozil is generic for Lopid and on and on. It’s as if they are trying to impress the FDA with their big sounding fake words. Why don’t they speak English? What are they trying to hide? It seems that the smaller the pill the more difficult the name. And who among us can remember if Acetaminophen is Tylenol or Advil? Or is it Ibuprofen? It’s terribly confusing and perhaps that’s the point. Drug companies use such long words to confuse us and give us a headache so we have to buy even more pills for the pain. Big pharma does the same thing with drugs we give our animals and they have evidently hired the same marketing firms

who name their drugs to also name their companies. For example, Pfizer, a trusted name in animal drugs for generations, renamed it’s animal division Zoetis. What’s a Zoetis? Then there are things like Zilmax and Zactran. Makes you wonder if

It’s the Pitts By Lee Pitts

the wordsmiths who came up with these names are big Scrabble junkies and they needed more “z” words for triple letter scores. Drug makers have merged and purged so much we had firms like CIBA-Geigy and Sandoz, GlaxoSmithKline and Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, which sound more like law firms. Schering-Plough sounds like they make tractor implements and Intervet sounds like it’s giving the veterinarian permission to come into your house or barn. Consider the drugs Vetoquinol, Pyxis and Clamoxyquine. It’s as if they are on a mission to give rarely used letters of the alphabet equal rights. Even words that seem faintly familiar are misspelled, like Cylence Ultra. If you or I would have spelled “silence” that way in grammar school we’d have been held back a year. Because ranchers are practical people we give these drugs nicknames to remember them.

Clenbuterol becomes “bute” and Acerpromazine becomes “Ace”. Or we just refer to their size and color, as in, “Hey doc, I need some of those big blue pills for scours. Well they’re not for me really, they’re for my calves.” I just wish the names of the drugs would give some hint as to what they do. Tylan 200 is a great product but it gives no hint as to what it does; it sounds more like the name of a Nascar race. And what’s with all the numbers like Pyramid 5, Triangle 9 or Arsenal 4.1? They sound more like computer operating systems than they do drugs. We should take a page from the pesticide people who name their products things like Ambush, Ammo, Avenge, Bullet, Lariat or Crossbow. Now that’s an Arsenal. (Another pesticide). The products you buy in a grocery store aren’t named this way. Instead they have simple names like Fritos, Snickers or Twinkies. If Proctor and Gamble or Kraft owned a drug company their ear tags would be called Swat and their scour pills would be known far and wide as Plug-It.  There is one exception. Every time I see a Viagra or Cialis commercial I get red-in-theface embarrassed and I certainly don’t want the names of those pills describing on television exactly what it is they do! Uh, oh, I better quit now because there’s smoke coming from my computer and I think I may have just fried my spell checker.   wwwLeePittsbooks.com

What happens when the forces of evil gain power and the necessary technology to destroy an entire culture for their own means? That is the story of my new political thriller entitled ERASE. ERASE is set in today’s America. Every government policy I use in the story already exists in our system. Much of the dialogue I have given to my characters was said by real policy makers. Many of the scenes in the book really happened. And many of my characters are based on people you may recognize. In my pages they are forced to clearly express their true intentions. It’s not sugar coated! As Jay Lehr of the Heartland Institute said of ERASE: “The book has all the ingredients of a mystery thriller including murder, mayhem and intrigue, villains, heroes and heroines – but all placed in a framework of today’s reality only slightly exaggerated for impact.” If you are one of the real heroes out there on the front lines fighting to preserve our freedom then you have faced many of the same evil forces; the same outrageous regulations; the same dire consequences as do my book’s heroes like teacher Brad Jackson; pastor Dave Delray; businessman John Lloyd; and activist Mack Richards. Together they represent the four pillars necessary to preserve our precious Constitution, including: Education, Free Enterprise, Christianity and Political Action. Like today’s desperate patriots, they are in a race against time to save our precious liberties before it’s too late. To the true heroes in our nation, the folks who attend the council meetings and the school board meetings; those who swallow hard and then speak out against dangerous policies; and who return again and again – I dedicated this book – ERASE. My goal was to give every American the ability to see the whole picture and the hope needed to keep fighting. The reviews are starting to come in and I am humbled as several of the comments and reviews have compared my book to the likes of Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged and George Orwell’s 1984. Here are a few of the reviews and comments I have already received about ERASE: Jay Lehr of the Heartland Institute said: “I think ERASE maybe the most important political novel since 1984, Atlas Shrugged, Brave New World and State of Fear.” R i c h a rd Vi g u e r i e ’ s Conservative Headquarters wrote: Must Read Book: Tom DeWeese’s ERASE: Like Atlas Shrugged and the Left Behind series Tom DeWeese’s ERASE presents a fictional path through a dystopian future. However, in ERASE every single policy presented in the book, from the use of technology to change our culture; to the use of the public school classrooms to eliminate true knowledge; to the destruction of Christianity in a drive to meld all religions into one powerful tool for government, is all true and happening at this very moment.

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We were introduced to Sir Walter Scott in high school literature class, but it didn’t develop into a relationship. We have enjoyed reading his works now because they give an inside picture of how life was back in those sometimes grim times. It may not be as good as a trip to the “ould sod” but it gives a glimpse into a genetic code that influences a lot of present-day Americans.

Sad weekend in sports world Last weekend was filled with sad news in the sports world. Arnold Palmer, the great golfer of the 1960s and a great gentleman of the ages died at age 87. A man of humble beginnings, he made golf a popular sport for people from all walks of life – not just the rich and elite – and made the game a major TV attraction. He never lost the common touch. It is said he answered every letter he ever received personally. He won seven major championships. According to Golf Digest, he made $1,861,857 in 734 OPGA events but made millions more in his side businesses later, including designing, building and owning courses. He became known as “The King” but he never acted like royalty, just a good guy. The other tragic loss was that of Jose Fernandez, 24-year-old ace pitcher of the Miami Marlins professional baseball team. He was one of three people killed in a boating accident at Miami Beach. Our brother-in-law, Bob Champlin of St. Louis, a died-in-the-wool baseball fan, was well acquainted with Fernandez’ history and called him one of the game’s future super stars. Champlin told us that Fernandez attempted to escape Cuba four times, once being imprisoned for an escape effort, before making it to freedom. Champlin said that on the fourth escape attempt in 2007, observing a woman fall out of the boat in which they were en route to Florida, Fernandez jumped in the ocean and saved her. It wasn’t until the woman was safely back on board that he realized it was his mother. A sad weekend, indeed. Rest In Peace.

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Rep. Mike Sanders: Interim studies shed light on need for legislation By Rep. Mike Sanders Earlier this month I took part in an interim study on the funding for regional juvenile detention centers. The 18 centers provide more than 300 beds for youthful offenders in places as scattered as Hooker, Oklahoma, in the panhandle, to the LeFlore County Juvenile Detention Center in Talihina. Canadian County’s Gary E. Miller Children’s Justice Center was held up as a very successful model of how counties can partner with the state to meet the needs of detaining troubled youths in their own communities. The study was requested after the Office of Juvenile Affairs (OJA) earlier this year threatened to close several of the smaller centers after a change in the agency’s funding formula put it at odds with the operators of the centers. During the study, lawmakers heard from detention center operators, law enforcement and judges who described the need for these centers. We also heard from the director of the OJA. Several presenters explained that without these facilities, they would be forced to use law enforcement to shuttle youth to even further corners of the state, far from family members and any community support they might hope to have during and on exit from the programs. It’s clear that we need to find a way to work with OJA while maintaining the funding for these centers. The work they do toward rehabilitating and educating our detained youth is significant. Other studies have focused on recouping the outstanding debt owed to state

agencies, which will help shore up the state budget; improving healthcare outcomes, particularly in rural communities; and whether there is a need for special licensing or increased fines for hunting and fishing game guides who illegally trespass on privately owned land. I’ll be reading notes from each of the studies and listening to the audio from the presentations as I prepare for the next legislative session to help guide the legislation I plan to file as well as to determine which measures I will support. Also this week at the Capitol, AAA hosted its first

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The City Council of Oklahoma City and the city councils of the surrounding cities, suburbs, if you will, have passed resolutions not to support State Question 777, the right to farm constitutional amendment. Some are calling this action illegal. It doesn’t appear to be illegal they passed a resolution, a simple vote. If they had used taxpayer funds to advertise not to vote for the bill, it would have been illegal. However, it is highly improper, if you ask someone what is their opinion on something, or they give you their opinion, it is their First Amendment right, the freedom of speech. When the largest city in the state along with the suburbs pass resolutions, and it is given media publicity, it is improper! One council member said it was to protect the city drinking water, from who? Does he think us farmers are gonna load a bunch of cow poop and dump it in Lake Hefner? There are significant regulations in place to protect our drinking

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Impaired Driving Summit to examine issues related to substance-impaired driving, particularly resulting from the abuse of prescription painkillers and illegal drugs. The hope is to develop a strategy to reduce the number of accidents on Oklahoma roads resulting from impaired driving. The event planner pointed out that there already are measures in place to detect and reduce alcohol-impaired driving, but drug-impairment recognition presents unique challenges. As with the interim studies, I will be taking a close look at the discussions rewater from all kinds of solutions including agricultural and commercial. A recent news release reported that a large airplane manufacturing facility had polluted Bethany’s water system for several years. The corporate family farming operations are safe, the feedlots are highly regulated. What bothers me are the giant multinational corporations that come in, do their damage and leave. The damage to state question 777 is done, the politicians in our state capitol, that is the mayors and council members have indoctrinated (for lack of a better word) the minds of the urban population against question 777, it probably is doomed for failure. Maybe us farmers and ranchers should boycott Oklahoma City. I don’t need anything in the city. I do have two doctors there, they are both in Mercy Complex, boycotting OKC by us wouldn’t have a great impact dollar wise, other than sending a message. Sorry, I made this writing so long, I do get to rambling. I hope I haven’t bored y’all to death. God Bless America Jon Cochran Sr.

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Walter informs Rotarians of growing movement for a ‘Convention of States’ Kingfisher Rotarian Brian Walter presented a program on the Convention of States at the club’s weekly luncheon last Tuesday. Walter invited members’ input on their opinion of the probability of the states’ ability to use Article V of the United States Constitution to call a Convention of States to force the federal government to balance the budget. There are currently 28 states with a standing call for a Constitutional convention, with the state of Nevada being the 29th; however the Nevada House of Representatives “purged” its resolution, so there is a legal question as to the one-chamber purge being acceptable to delete that state from the list,” Walter said. Walter narrated a PowerPoint slide show to inform the club members and guests that according to Article V of the Constitution, Congress must call a convention when two-thirds (34) of the states apply. Walter said former Oklahoma U.S. Senator Dr. Tom Coburn is a major force behind calling the Convention of States, and he has sent and received e-mails from Coburn expressing his concern of the over-reach of the federal government. He

said efforts toward calling the Convention of States are the nationwide result of those concerns. Walter said the problem, as he understood it, was that the federal government has reached beyond its Constitutionally-established boundaries and now has its hands in almost every area of our lives. Walter said the fear is that our children and grandchildren will inherit a bankrupt nation run by an increasingly elite, insulated and unaccountable bureaucracy. He added that Article V allows for citizens to call a Convention of States to restrict the power and jurisdiction of the federal government, effectively returning the citizens’ rightful power over the ruling elite. Walter said the strategy of successfully calling the convention was for state legislators and American citizens to force the federal government to restore the checks and balances on federal power that were put in place by the founding fathers to protect the citizens’ liberty from the abuses in Washington, D.C. Walter said he was “fairly certain” that the magic number of 34 states would be reached by next summer, and then the Convention of States, by law, must be

called. He said 34 state legislatures must pass a bill called an “application” calling for the Convention of States. They submit these applications to Congress. The applications must request a Convention of States for the same subject matter. He said Congress cannot block, and must call, the convention. “States are free to develop their own selection process for choosing their delegates, properly called commissioners, to attend the Convention of States,” Walter said. Once there, the commissioners discuss and vote on amendments to the Constitution. Amendments that pass will be sent back to the states for ratification. Each state has one vote. Walter said once that happens, three-fourths (38) of the states must ratify any proposed amendments to become part of the Constitution. He said interstate conventions were common during the Founding era and the procedures and rules for such conventions were widely accepted and we know how it would operate by studying the detailed historical records

BRIAN WALTER, center, with Kingfisher Rotarian Brian Henderson and Walter’s employee Conner Reid, who assisted with his Convention of States program at the club’s weekly meeting. [TIMES-FREE PRESS Staff Photo]

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4-H Month OCTOBER IS...

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More than 6 million young people across the country will be celebrating National 4-H Week, which takes place annually during the first full week of October, but is celebrated the entire month of October. Locally in Kingfisher County, more than 300 4-H members and 25 volunteers are involved in 4-H and will be doing things to make 4-H visible throughout the county, such as: •Gift Baskets To Donors •Posters At Schools •Community Service Projects •Speaking To Classes and Civic Groups About 4-H Projects range from the traditional cooking, sewing and animal science projects to public speaking, technology, photography and many more. Oklahoma 4-H is dedicated to helping Oklahoma youth, families, and communities reach their full potential. By providing hands-on programming and events in a large variety of projects, 4-H is not only helping youth learn the life skills they need to be the leaders of tomorrow, but it is also teaching its members they can lead today and can make tangible, significant changes in their clubs, their communities, their state and their world.

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25 Years Ago ~ 1991

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A piece of Kingfisher history will be restored, but with a 21st Century flavor, when Pioneer Telephone Cooperative remodels the old SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2016 AT 9:00 AM Anheuser-Busch building at the corner of Main and Robberts into a new office Seller: Robert & Shirley Pierce - Directions: South of Bridgecreek on Sara Rd. building. Pioneer recently WELL BUILT 3 Bed BRICK HOME • Horse Arena Horse purchased the building Barn • Wash Bay • Tack Room • Household Items from John Gilmour, who KINGFISHER CHAMBER of Commerce Manager Open House: September 27th - 5:30pm – 7:30pm pointed out that care was Judy Whipple, left, and Kingfisher Rotarian Carotaken in the installation of lyn Flood. [TIMES-FREE PRESS Staff Photo] the “current look” of the www.KenCarpenterAuction.com • Tami, 405- 406-5235 • Ken, 405-620-1524 building to retain the origiFriday nal structure intact beneath Living Estate Tag Sale / Auction Johnnie Ruhl, Oct 7th Excellent Collection of Antique Furniture it. Planned to begin within General Manager 8-1PM 40TH ANNUAL WATONGA CHEESE FESTIVAL –40+ Clocks - Glassware – Holiday – the next few months, the Saturday of Pioneer Telephone 100+ Tea Pots – Oil Lamps – Candle work will include stripping Oct 8th Holders - Vintage Toys – Dolls and the modern brick and metal facade from the current structure 8-Noon MUCH MORE. ½ Price Friday and restoring it to the original Victorian style. Some distinLiving Estate Tag Sale / Auction 3020 Barn Swallow Enid OK Auction Oct 7that Kingfisher Chamber of a vital role in building Excellent Collection of Antique Furniture guishing architectural features of the building are the Laner Noon! 8-1PM –40+ Clocks - Glassware – Holiday – windows, semi-circular and stilted, and segmental windows Commerce Manager Judy a community swimming Saturday 100+ Tea Pots – Oil Lamps – Candle on the upper floor. Work will be done by Bollenbach-Gilmour Whipple was the guest pool, building the NationFeaturing Oct 8th Holders - Vintage Toys – Dolls and* 160± ACRES * GARFIELD Wednesday speaker of the Kingfisher al Guard Armory facility, Construction Co. 8-Noon The Great Rat Race 5k,COUNTY 10k, 1 mile Fun Run MUCH MORE. Sept 28th COVINGTON AREA * STOCKED PONDS installing a floor suitable Price Nov. 10, 1991 • Kingfisher Times & Free Press Rotary Club’s Tuesday lun3020 Barn Swallow Enid OKon Oct 15, ½ and the 1st Ever Cheese 7-9 P.M. DEER/TURKEY HUNTING *Ball GRASS/ Auction at for hosting basketball tour10AM cheon last week. 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Miss McCandless is a sophomore at WATER PIT & WELL & SAND PIT • Vendors Central Stat4e college, Edmond, and has exhib- Chamber of Commerce their storefronts with lights AUCTION 2-80± ABSOLUTE ACRE TRACTS * ALFALFA Wednesday ited the Brown Swiss cattle which she owns for would celebrate its 90-year included in the decoration. Oct 12th COUNTY, OK * HOME & 15 ACRES • Chuckwagon HOME * CARMEN, OK. Tuesday BARNS *SPRING FED CREEK Whipple noted that the several years in her 4-H club work. She currently anniversary this November • Native American 10AM Oct 18th INVESTMENT PROPERTY MACHINERY * TRACTORS *TRUCKS is serving as secretary of the Oklahoma Brown and added that although chamber also played a vital Dancers AUCTION TOOLS 10AM many aspects of chamber role in setting up the KingSwiss Breeders Association. • Helicopter Rides WATER PIT & WELL & SAND PIT fisher County Fairgrounds Oct. 3, 1966 • The Kingfisher Free Press activity has changed, the foABSOLUTE AUCTION • Live Entertainment 60 Acres ● Cropland ● Large Pond ● Monday cus has remained the same. and campaigning for the Oct 24th Established Hay Meadows ● Hunting ● HOME * CARMEN, OK. Tuesday Whipple said the mis- establishment of a hospital Creek ● Noble Co. OK 75 Years Ago ~ 1941 10AM Oct 18th INVESTMENT PROPERTY Close to Billings OK sion statement of the or- in the community. AUCTION LAND AUCTION Cimarron Electric Co-op Invites Public ganization was to promote 10AM She closed by stating that Want to see a swell layout? The Cimarron Electric coop- and maintain an environ- the chamber would be an BEAUTIFUL BRICK HOME * ENID, OK * 60 Acres ● Cropland ● Large ● N Thursday Monday S TAT E Q *U E SPond TIO 777 Oct 27th MEADOWS OUT●BUILDINGS erative, largest REA cooperative in Oklahoma and one of he ment which enhances both overnight stop for a cattle 24th EstablishedADDITION Hay Meadows Hunting ● * RV PARKING 2441 ROBIN Creek ●*Noble Co. OKRIDGE * largest in the nation, will economic and cultural drive being planned for the 10AM GENERATOR STORMOK CELLAR Close to*Billings hold “open house” for the growth within the commu- summer of next year, with AUCTION LAND AUCTION public Tuesday afternoon nity, through business and July 30 as the tentative date planned. The drive will 160± ACRES * GARFIELD Friday in its new office building individual participation. BEAUTIFUL BRICK HOME *COUNTY ENID, OK* * Thursday Oct BILLINGS *AREA While reading the early commemorate the 150-year and shop. The new buildOct 28th 27th MEADOWS ADDITION OUT BUILDINGS ABSOLUTE AUCTION * RV PARKING * 2441 ROBIN RIDGE * ing, across the street east minutes, she said the com- anniversary of the begin10AM 10AM GENERATOR * STORM CELLAR from the Kingfisher Post mon thread seemed to be ning of the Chisholm Trail AUCTION Office, is pictured here. “good roads to Kingfisher” which saw its first head Roy Boecher, manager, and ensuring the farming travel from Texas to Kansas 160± ACRES GARFIELD K N O* W B E F O RCOUNTY E Y O U * V O T E Friday Oct 28th BILLINGS AREA said the invitation includes everyone who is interested community was included in in 1967. ABSOLUTE AUCTION and is not confined to rural people only. Town people and events and activities. Whipple was introduced 10AM non-members are welcome the same as members. Personnel During those first 25 by Kingfisher Rotarian Carof the office staff will be glad to show visitors through the years, the chamber played olyn Flood. premises. Lobby and business offices are located on the first • Thank You • Thank You • Thank You • Thank You • Thank You • floor, with shop and storage rooms in the rear. A fireproof vault for valuable records, and locker rooms for other equipment also are provided on the ground floor. Directors’ room is on the second floor. The building is modernly lighted and [Continued From Page 6] heated, has asphalt-tile floors, acoustical ceiling, and nicely of such events. decorated walls. The offices are equipped with modern furWalter said it was his unnishings. Anyone who has not inspected the premises will derstanding there could be a enjoy such a visit. variety of reasons for calling Dec. 29, 1941 • The Kingfisher Free Press the Constitution of States, but the specific purpose of this one would be to force Congress to have a balanced budget each year, with no legal means for spending more that the government brings in. “It’s my understanding that the thought process behind this is that the main priority of each senator and congressman at some point becomes re-election. Andin it’syour difficult for manyDon’t forget to remind your classified department to download 2x2 ads may run anywhere newspaper. 100 Years Ago ~ 1916 of them to tell people ‘no,’” the line ads for this week at Walter said. ‘Loyal Daughters’ Class of Dover www.okpress.com/ocan - CHOOSE SIZE CLOSEST TO YOUR COLUMN WIDTH “Therefore,THE if weAD citizens Loyal Daughters Class of the Dover Christian Sunday take that decision away School, Glenn Lillibridge, teacher. This class has an enroll- from them, it will become ment of twenty-four members, all not being present at the easier for them to focus on time this picture was taken. All members are live and untiring other matters. There will Sunday school workers, and much of the success of the Dover only be so much money to Christian Sunday School is due to the earnest work of hte spend each year and it is AT 9:00 AMland to spend SUNDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2016 AT 9:00 AM Loyal Daughters Class. This Sunday schoolSUNDAY, is front OCTOBER rank and9, 2016 the law of the one of the best in the state. They have a band of seventeen no more than is available. pieces which furnishes music at Sunday school each Sunday. It sounds like a good idea Seller: Robert & Shirley Pierce - Directions: South of Bridgecreek on Sara Rd. The attendance at Sunday school Seller: on Sept. was Pierce 270 -and Robert10 & Shirley Directions: to South me.”of Bridgecreek on Sara Rd. WELL BUILT 3 Bed BRICK HOME • Horse Arena Horse Sept. 3 was 245. Through the hot WELL months of June, July and HOME Walter closed stating BUILT 3 Bed BRICK • Horse ArenabyHorse August, the average attendance was 170. Mr. G.W. Miller is Barn • Wash Bay • Tack Room • Household Items that •all with an Items interest are Barn • Wash Bay • Tack Room Household Superintendent, and Elder W.I. Palmer, Pastor. motto of 27 th Open House: September 27th - 5:30pm – 7:30pm invited “google” ConOpen The House: September - 5:30pmto – 7:30pm the Sunday School is “Every member a worker.” stitution of States on the Sept. 16, 1916 internet and many sites will Kingfisher Daily Times be available to investigate www.KenCarpenterAuction.com • Call Tami at 405- 406-5235 or Ken at 405-620-1524 www.KenCarpenterAuction.com • Tami, 405- 406-5235 • Ken, 405-620-1524 the progress made to date.

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District civil Virginia Croka, Duane M. Croka and Diane Neeland vs. Enervest Operating LLC, cancellation of lease. First Tennessee Bank N.A. vs. Randy M. Woodrum, 9598 N. 2870 Rd., Hennessey, breach of contract, suit on account, and quantum merit. American Express bank, FSB vs. Tom Holder, breach of contract, $50,537.78 for account one, $15,067.11 for account two. Misdemeanors State v s . Ta y l o r A. Hall-Scarbrough, 23, 411 N. 6th, Okeene, driving with license canceled/suspended/revoked. State vs. Walter J. Green, 19, 1020 S. 8th, Kingfisher, obstructing an officer. [See Court, Page 15]

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