Hubbard Road will close to both directions of through traffic just west of Waverly Street beginning Tuesday, Jan. 9, for approximately six months during a bridge construction project. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation has contracted with Bridgeco Construction of Wellston to replace two structurally deficient bridges spanning Bois D’Arc and Kildare Creeks on Hubbard Road, 3/10 of a mile west of Waverly. The $1.5 million project will raise the elevation of the bridges and roadway approaches about three feet to reduce the likelihood of roadway flooding. During construction, Hubbard Road traffic will be detoured around the work site using S Street, Highland Avenue, and Waverly Street.
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Massive Campaign Project Announced
February 25, 2018
On Saturday night, the Ponca City Humane Society kicked the SPAYghetti & No Balls Dinner and Dance off with a history making two surprise announcement. The non-profit group first announced a new $1.25 million capital campaign to build a shared animal care and resource campus in Ponca City.
The Ponca City Humane Society, which is a no kill organization, has raised over $500,000 for the new facility before publicizing its plans to build it.
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Payne Entertains After 30 Years
February 25, 2018
SHIDLER (AP) — The 101 Ranch Rodeo in Ponca City needed someone to round up 24 “mean nasty bulls” in Osage County.
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Outstanding Warrant List
NEWKIRK — Law enforcement encourages persons with outstanding warrants to contact the proper officials and resolve the matter.
The following subjects are listed on the Oklahoma District Court Network as having active warrants in Kay County.
Jose Fermen Martinez, 51, Oklahoma City, possession of a fictitious driver’s license; Johnny Hall, Jr., 37, attempted robbery with a weapon and possession of a firearm after a felony conviction; Marshall Dewayne Magee, 29, Ponca City, domestic assault and battery by strangulation; Cameron Rigsby, 32, Wichita, Kan., attempt to obtain cash by deception; Jonathan Dawson Jacks, 26, Wichita, Kan., larceny from a person; Deborah Ann Turner, 57, Tulsa, larceny of merchandise from a retailer; Tori R. Jerrels, 25, Ponca City, receive and or use of a mislaid debit card; Jose Maria Ramirez, 40, Ponca City, domestic assault and battery by strangulation; Jerry Dwain Pitchford, 45, Ponca City, possession of a stolen vehicle; Juan Carlos Munoz- Rodriguez, 39, Arkansas City, Kan. possession of cocaine; Casey Eugene Hazen, 33, Ponca City, possession of marijuana, second and subsequent offense; Eddy Eugene Hoskins, 30, Ponca City, driving under the influence, transporting an open container of beer and driving while license revoked; Steven Wayne Garrigus, 28, Ponca City, false declaration of ownership in pawn; Zachary Keith Tacket, 29, Stonewall, possession of methamphetamine; Mike P. Witcher, 55, El Paso, Texas, obtaining cash by bogus check; Cassandra J. Richardson, 48, Arkansas City, Kan. possession of methadone, hydrocodone; Juan Maldonado Chavez, 57, Ponca City, child abuse by injury; Anthony Wayne Gibson, 52, Tonkawa, unauthorized use of motor vehicle; William Robert Stone, 70, Gueda Springs, Kan., felony counts of larceny of an automobile, second degree burglary and possession of a stolen vehicle; Jesse James Tewksbury, 44, Huntsville, Ala., unauthorized use of a vehicle after a felony conviction; Tiffany Dawn Goodson, 30, Enid, embezzlement; Heather Irene Percy, 46, Ponca City, uttering a forged instrument; Derek Ray Guinn, 24, Ponca City, taking receiving stolen credit or debit card, sale delivery recipet of forged notes or instruments; Leobardo Gonzalez-Castaneda, 28, Stillwater, make, sell, possession of false ID card; Brandon Slife, 44, Gas, Kan., embezzlement; Vanetta Slife, Gas, Kan., 26, embzzlement; Reginald Eugene Owens, 56, Muskogee, unauthorized use of a vehicle; Mike Hernandez III, 44, Ponca City, grand larceny; Timothy Clyde Boden Honeycutt Jr., 36, Ponca City, unauthorized use of a motor vehicle; Michelle L. Lambert, 41, Claremore, knowingly concealing stolen property; Elizabeth L. Camacho, 27, Ponca City, embezzlement; Heather Lee Cornett, 44, Wichita, Kan., violation of compulsory education act; Joalberto Gamaliel Lopez, 28, leaving the scene of an accident involving injury; Adrianna Others, 43, Ponca City, bail jumping; Daniel Michael Norton, 35, larceny of oil field equipment; Dawna Wray Reamy, 50, St. Joseph, Mo., possession of a CDS; Allen Ray Boomer, 39, Wichita, Kan., larceny of an automobile; Claude Bernard Mangel Jr., 68, Oyster Creek, Texas, driving under the influence; Bobbie Jean Beard, 38, Arkansas City, Kan. 36, child neglect; Renee Lynn Poindexter, 44, New Carlisle, Ohio, possession of a stolen vehicle; Gary Wilson, Midwest City, obtaining cash by bogus check; Steven Tyler Holloway, 25, Arkansas City, Kan., knowingly concealing stolen property; Heather Rene Johnson, 47, Blackwell, receive lost or mislaid credit or debit card and use of forged or revoked credit card; Mark Everett Simpson, 60, Ponca City, domestic assault and battery by strangulation; David Anthony Valenzuela, 41, Ponca City, use of false credit card to defraud; Anthony Wayne Dewberry Jr., 35, Ponca City, domestic assault and battery by strangulation; Jeffery Lee Golay, 49, Ponca City, embezzlement; Liberty Diane Golay, Ponca City, 41, embezzlement; Kenneth Gene Harmon, 64, Enid, possession of methamphetamine; Luis Octavio Frias, 34, Blackwell, murder in the first degree deliberate intent; Shane Robert Brouilette, 30, Ponca City, possession of methamphetamine and conspiracy; Ricky Lamar Rowe Sr., 55, distribution of a CDS with intent to distribute, Blackwell; Heather Michelle Darty, 37, Ponca City, forgery, second degree; Corey Reynolds White, 49, Springfield, Mo. possession of marijuana; Corey Deshaun Freeman, 28, Noble, possession of marijuana; Jacob Adam Best, 24, second degree forgery; Robert Leland Richards, 41, Arkansas City,
Kan., embezzlement; Benjamin Kent Peters, 25, Wichita, Kan., possession of false identification card; Arlando Martin Torres, 33, Nardin, possession of a firearm after conviction and during probation; Barry Don Baird, 46, Amarillo, Tex., domestic assault and battery by strangulation, and Travis Randolph Seward, 37, Lamont, possesion of marijuna.
Anyone with any information on the location of any of these fugitives is asked to call Ponca City police at 580-767-0370; Kay County Sheriff’s Department, 580-362-2517, Blackwell police,580-363-5490, Newkirk police, 580-362-2414, Tonkawa police at 580-628-2516, crimestoppers at 580-762-5100, or 911.
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Young Lives To Host Bunco Night
February 25, 2018
If you are a Bunco fan or just want to enjoy a night with friends, YoungLives Bunco Night on Thursday, March 8 is for you! By attending this fun event, you will be supporting a great cause and will also have a chance to win many prizes.
This Bunco event will raise funds for local teen mothers to attend a summer camp with their children. YoungLives provides the same opportunity for teen mothers all over the country to enjoy beautiful surroundings and adventure much like their peers do at traditional Summer church camps. Ponca City teen moms will be attending camp at Clearwater Cove, Missouri in June. YoungLives, a non-profit ministry, reaches over 15,000 teen mothers nationally and exists to give them loving support in their unique needs and help them grow in their faith.
Tickets for Bunco Night are $20 per person and can be purchased at all Equity Bank locations or online at kaycounty.younglife.org/bunco. The ticket includes a light meal and dessert from TS Fork, one raffle ticket and Bunco game fun.
For pictures of prizes got to the YoungLivesPoncaCityOk page on Facebook.
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Music Club Will Perform Hits
February 25, 2018
Members of the Piano Workshop, from Ponca City Federated Music Club, will present the March 3 program for members of the Music Club and guests interested in attending the concert. It will be held at 2 p.m. at Marland’s Grand Home. The local club is a member of the National Federation of Music Clubs.
The theme of the concert will be hits from Broadway Musicals. Members performing and the numbers they will play are Kay Anthony Rice, “March of the Siamese Children” from “The King and I” by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein; a duet by Kay Anthony Rice and Bettie Collins, “Love Walked In” from “Goldwyn Follies” by George and Ira Gershwin; Bettie Collins, “What Kind of Fool Am I?” from :Stop the World I Want to Get Off” by Anthony Newley; and two duets by Vicki Stokke and Ann Salmons, “They Say It’s Wonderful” from “Annie Get Your Gun” by Irving Berliin, and ”You’re Just in Love” from “Call Me Madame” by Heitler and Lyke.
Dixie Kuehney will play “Love Will Find a Way” from “The Lion King” by Jack Feldman and Tom Snow ; Beverly Beaty will perform “The Colors of my Life: from “Barnum” by Michael Stewart; and the last number will be accompanied by Kay Anthony, “Oklahoma, the Finale!” from “Oklahoma” by Rodgers and Hammerstein. All in attendance will be asked to stand and join in the singing of the State song.
Refreshments will be served following the concert by Marsha Moore, Jacque Saylor, Fran Matthews Clark, Karen and Keith Hunter,and Elaine Armstrong.
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Seeking Activities for Kids
February 25, 2018
United Way of Ponca City is joining forces with Ponca City Chamber of Commerce and Phillips66 to prepare a publication promoting summer activities and services available for children 18 and under in the Ponca City area. Deadline for activity submission is March 26.
There is no charge for organizations, businesses, agencies, churches, schools, etc. to submit information for this publication. For those planning summer activities, services or assistance of any type for families of children under 18 e-mail details to Krista Urioste, United Way Administrative Assistant at uwadmin@cableone.net
Copies of this publication will be sent home with Ponca City students near the end of the 2017-18 school year. Electronic and paper copies of this publication will be made available to families in surrounding communities.
In addition to describing the service or activity that will be offered, also include details such as the age group to be served, fees that apply, dates and times. Also include contact information for parents who have further questions. If final details are not known, send what is available. An opportunity for proofing and editing is possible before printing.
United Way of Ponca City and their partners want families to have safe, educational and fun summer activities for children in the community.
Questions about this publication may be directed to Urioste at the email address listed above or by calling the United Way of Ponca City at 580-765-2476.
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Deadline to Change Your Party Affiliation Is March 31
February 25, 2018
PAWHUSKA — The deadline to change party affiliation before the Primary or Runoff Primary Elections later this year is March 31.
“Changes of political affiliation are prohibited by law during the period beginning April 1 and continuing through August 31 in even-numbered years,” said Andrea Conner, Osage County Election Board secretary.
“Applications post-marked by Saturday, March 31, will be processed in time for the June Primary Election. Changes made in-person at the Election Board must be submitted by Friday, March 30. Each political party can nominate one candidate per office for the November General Election. If two or more candidates from the same party file for one office, the party nominee is selected at either the Primary or Runoff Primary Election,” she said.
Only voters registered in a political party can vote to select that party’s nominees unless the party gives Independent voters permission to vote in its primaries.
The Democratic Party has given Independent voters permission to vote in its primaries and runoff primaries in 2018 and 2019.
Oklahoma has three recognized political parties in 2018: Democrat, Libertarian and Republican.
All registered voters, regardless of political affiliation, can vote for any candidate in the November General Election and for state or local questions at any election.
Applications to register to vote or to change political affiliation are available at the Osage County Election Board office, 630 Kihekah Ave, Pawhuska; The Kay County Election Board located in the basement of the county courthouse in Newkirk; post offices; public libraries; state offices providing public assistance; and at most political party and candidate campaign offices.
For more election related information, call the Osage County Election Board at (918) 287-3036, e-mail at OsageCounty@elections.ok.gov, visit www.elections.ok.gov or our website at www.osage.okcounties.org.
The Kay County Election Board can be reached at 580-362-2130.
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Nominations Being Accepted
February 25, 2018
CINCINNATI — There’s only one week left to submit your nominations for the 2018 Janitor of the Year contest from Cintas Corporation. Nominations are being accepted online at www.cintas.com/JOTY through Friday, March 2.
Created to shine a spotlight on those who work behind the scenes year-round to make schools a clean, safe and positive place, the contest will award $5,000 to the winning janitor and $5,000 in Cintas and Rubbermaid products and services for his or her school.
The Cintas Janitor of the Year contest is open to all elementary, middle, high school and university janitors and custodians who have worked at their school for at least two years. Nominations must be 500 words or less on why the nominee is deserving of the award and must be submitted by 11:59 p.m. EST on March 2.
After the nomination period ends, submissions will be narrowed down to the top 10 finalists by a judging panel from US Communities and Rubbermaid, which will be announced on March 19. The contest will then be open to public voting through April 20. The finalist receiving the most votes will be crowned Janitor of the Year.
For more information contact Jennifer Petersen at jpetersen@mulberrymc.com or 312-664-1532.
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Quilter’s Guild Plans Meeting
February 25, 2018
Pioneer Area Quilter’s Guild will meet Monday, March 5, at St. Paul’s United Methodist Church 1904 N. Pecan, in Ponca City. Guest speakers for the day will be David & Teresa Duwe sharing their trunk show and their love of quilting.
David and Teresa have been married for 40 years and nurses for over 43 years. They have been a quilting couple since 2006 with David having quilted for over 25 years. They have both exhibited at the Kansas State Fair, AQS in Des Moines, Denver National Quilt Festival, and Paducah and Houston. Their quilts have traveled throughout the United States with the Hoffman Challenge for the past 6 years.
David is more of a traditional piecer and Teresa leans toward more modern quilts. They like to collaborate on quilts that inspire them both. Together they will share some of their quilting experiences and hope to inspire each of you with your own love of quilting.
Teresa Duwe, with help from David, will lead a workshop on Tuesday, March 6, on Fibonacci Sequence Quilts using an ombre style of fabric to create a modern effect.
The March 5 day begins with a Stitch & Assist session at 10:30 featuring Elaine Hughes on seasonal pillow pockets. Social hour is from 11 am to noon, followed by business meeting at noon. Following the business session, members are invited to share their latest finished projects. The Duwes will begin their program at about 1 p.m.
Hostesses for March are: Ingrid Warnaca, Emmi Lockard, Mary Lou Lorett, Penny Northcutt, Vaolyce Musgrove, Judith Miller, Ellen Cobb, and Mary Andrews. Please have your goodies in the church kitchen by 10:30 ready-to-serve, and help clean up prior to the business meeting.
If you have questions about Pioneer Area Quilter’s Guild or our meetings, please contact our current President, Gloria Linville at sglinville@yahoo.com or by phone at 580-767-9463. Guests are always welcome, but we do ask guests to join after two visits.
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Quilters Guild Will Meet in Kansas
February 25, 2018
The Walnut Valley Quilters Guild will hold a March meeting in Arkansas City at the First United Methodist Church on Monday, March 12. The speaker will be Deb Johnson who is known by “In The Doghouse Designs.” She’s been sewing since childhood, but only discovered quilting in about 1998, when she began working and teaching in a quilt shop.
Deb loves patchwork, applique, t-shirt quilts, tea towels, wall hangings, and table runners. She credits her good genes, and many years of creative experiences in 4-H, sewing her own wardrobe, many bridesmaids’ dresses and theatrical costumes. She also credits the many talented quilters in the Wichita area for providing a huge influence. Deb specifically credits her local quilt shop owners, her quilting bee, her fellow employees and fellow teachers.
Deb has published 10 Blocks in Quiltmaker Magazine’s 100 Block Series and has three quilts published in Quiltmaker Magazine. She has designed three shop hop event quilts and an opportunity quilt for her guild. Deb loves the variety of what she does, liking many styles of fabrics and quilts. She also enjoys embroidery but her heart’s favorite has always been the good old-fashioned sampler quilt.
At home she is blessed to enjoy life with her husband, Emmett, and their two dogs, Wylie Coyote (Cairn Terrier) and Rusty (Brittany Spaniel).
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Mysteries At the Museum Becomes Activity at Marland Grand Home
February 18, 2018
The historic 1916 Marland Grand Home is now offering a new activity for the public to engage in while visiting the site. Visitors can pick up a Mystery at the Museum booklet at the front desk and search for missing picture clues. The booklet can be used by day to day visitors or student field trip or adult group tours.
“Sherlock Holmes, the great detective from E.W. Marland’s ancestral homeland, England, has traveled to Oklahoma to help Mr. Marland find some missing items”, said Jayne Detten, museum curator. “Visitor sleuths will find one item per room and label each with its location much like the board game clue, only no murder accompanies the items.”
The Marland Grand Home offers other fun and educational interactive activities for students and tour groups as well. Visitors can choose from scavenger hunts that accompany the 101 Ranch, American Indian and Marland Oil and Family items, Museum and Me 1, 2, 3 mini lecture presentations on various museum topics and a travel journal experience of a French fur trader along the Arkansas River in 1800.
The Marland Grand Home is open Tuesdays through Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Go to marlandgrandhome.com and call 580-767-0427 for more information on the site or to schedule any of these activities.
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Marland Grand Home Presents”Big V” Ranch Program March 3
February 18, 2018
The Marland’s Grand Home will host a presentation on the history of the “Big V” – W. H. Vanselous Ranch on Saturday, March 3 at 10 a.m. The presentation is part of the Marland Grand Home’s on-going Listen and Learn series and will be given by Jane Morris, great-granddaughter of William Vanselous.
The ranch house was built in 1903 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. In 1904, the Vanselous family moved from the Blackwell area to the ranch, which is located approximately seven miles southwest of Ponca City.
The Big V Ranch was the largest supplier of mules in the early 1900s. Vanselous employed many cowboys and ranch hands to break the mules, which were then sold all over the nation. The ranch also grew premium white “Wonder” corn.
Today, the large mule barn has been converted to an updated rustic special events center that can be rented for parties and weddings. Other buildings can be utilized for retreats and family reunions.
Seating is limited, so please call 580-767-0427 by March 1 for reservations. For more information about the Marland Grand Home go to the web site at marlandgrandhome.com. Hours of the MGH operation are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday through Saturday. Admission is $5 for adults, $4 for seniors 65 and up and military, $3 for youth 6-17 years.
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NOC Instructor To Sign At Brace Books
February 18, 2018
Northern Oklahoma College English instructor Brandon Hobson will be at Brace Books & More on Saturday, Feb. 24 to sign his new book “Where The Dead Sit Talking.” The signing and book discussion will begin at 1 p.m.
Set in rural Oklahoma during the late 1980s, this novel is a startling, authentically voiced and lyrically written Native American coming-of-age story. With his single mother in jail, Sequoyah, a fifteen-year-old Cherokee boy, is placed in foster care with the Troutt family. Literally and figuratively scarred by his mother’s years of substance abuse, Sequoyah keeps mostly to himself, living with his emotions pressed deep below the surface. At least until he meets seventeen-year-old Rosemary, another youth staying with the Troutts. Sequoyah and Rosemary bond over their shared Native American background and tumultuous paths through the foster care system, but as Sequoyah’s feelings toward Rosemary deepen, the precariousness of their lives and the scars of their pasts threaten to undo them both.
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Festival Announces Juror Panel, Workshops
February 18, 2018
The 2018 BisonBison Film Festival: A Student Competition of Ponca City, is excited to welcome the jurors. The Festival (also known as BBFF) will be held Friday and Saturday, March 30-31 at the historic 1927 Poncan Theatre, 104 E. Grand Ave. Student films from the Mid-America Arts region (Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, Missouri) have submitted and are eligible for one of three $1,000 Awards of Excellence. To be eligible to submit, the student must be enrolled in an accredited two or four year college/university or technical school in the six states or recently graduated from such, the film submitted must be made within the last two years, and be no longer than 40 minutes.
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OSU Theatre Presents ‘How I Learned to Drive’
February 18, 2018
STILLWATER — The OSU Department of Theatre is driven by a vision for the community as it presents the Pulitzer Prize-winning play, “How I Learned to Drive,” by Paula Vogel, Feb. 22-24 at 7:30 p.m. and Feb. 25 at 2:30 p.m. in the Vivia Locke Theatre at the Seretean Center for the Performing Arts. For this production, the theatre department has collaborated with Payne County Youth Services to provide support for the youth in the community
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Book Review Set at Meeting
February 18, 2018
Marge Parker will give a book review for the next Chapter FC, P.E.O., a woman’s philanthropic educational organization, meeting.
They will meet at 1 p.m. for their regular meeting on Feb. 21 in the home of Lois Corbin. Following the program, the business meeting will be conducted by president Beverly Beaty.
Assisting the hostess with refreshments, concluding the event, will be Gayle Young and Del Kotarski.
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Guild Members Set Meeting
February 18, 2018
The regular monthly meeting of the St. Francis Guild of St. Mary’s Church will be called to order by President Pat Boyd at 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 21 in the McGurk room of the Parish Center.
All members and any newcomers or guests are invited to attend.
The business meeting will be held after the brunch.
Tickets for the upcoming March 21 luncheon will be available to purchase. For additional information call 761-8699.
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Revisions of Public Park Use Guidelines Topic Thursday By Parks and Rec Board
February 16, 2018
By STEVE DYE
News Staff Writer
Ponca City’s Parks and Recreation Advisory Board met at City Hall on Thursday evening, discussing possible revisions to the City’s guidelines for public park use.
Changes in the inspection process for lot leases on Lake Ponca were also considered.
Ponca City Commission Policy Statement 6 (CPS 6) establishes policy procedures for the use of City parks and recreational facilities. It also specifies user fees for those facilities.
Parks and Recreation manages over 30 public recreational facilities consisting of over 750 acres of parkland.
For general use, these parks are open for public use from dawn to dusk daily. For special events however, a facility must be reserved seven days in advance with approval by Parks and Rec Director Eric Newell.
Newell has proposed additional language be added to CPS 6 to create an appeals process within the overview of the Advisory Board – if a rental request were to be denied by Newell and staff, the applying party could request an appeal before the Board.
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Latest Splash Pad Completed
February 13, 2018
By STEVE DYE
News Staff Writer
Lions, tigers, and bears?
No.
Snails, turtles, and frogs?
Yes!
It’s a few cold months shy of swimming wear weather, but Ponca City’s latest splash pad at Attucks Park has been completed.
Parks and Recreation Director Eric Newell showed pictures of the completed play facility at Monday night’s Board of Commissioners meeting at City Hall.
Commissioners unanimously approved a final payment of $20,490 to Benchmark Enterprises LLC for the project. The Attucks Park splash pad’s final total bill was $148,490. The City contributed $94,019 derived from the hotel/motel tax fund with the remaining $54,471 coming from a Community Development Block Grant secured by Grants Administrator Rhonda Skrapke and staff.
“With this, we now pretty much have splash pads all across town now, and that’s great for our community and kids,” said Mayor Homer Nicholson.
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Annual Salad Luncheon Held
February 13, 2018
The First Lutheran Women’s Guild held their 24th annual Valentine Salad Luncheon last Friday. The entire congregation gets involved. Tables are set up and decorated in the Fellowship Hall and the Church Narthex. Their popular chicken salad casseroles are prepared for baking. And, early Friday, the casseroles are baked, donated salads are received; and, more volunteers gather add the finishing touches and serve the guests.
This year, approximately 115 salads were donated and volunteers served 260 people. The event was coordinated by Kathryn Ferguson who says “Proceeds from the luncheons have been used primarily to maintain the church kitchen and Fellowship Hall. The Women’s Guild also supports local charities such as Domestic Violence, Friendship Feast, South Avenue Mission, Hospice and others.”
And, may I offer a special thank you to church member Della Rain who helps me while
I put it all together. I’ve been attending these luncheons for many years and they are always a joy to go to and their popular baked chicken salad is a stand-out along with all the other wonderful salads which I’ll be giving you just a small sampling in today’s column.
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Accident Hurts One
February 13, 2018
An injury accident was reported at 6:06 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 12 on US 77 just south of Canteen Road, approximately 1.2 miles south of Newkirk.
According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol report, Michael Wolf, 37, Newkirk, was driving a 1993 Ford Ranger northbound on US 77 and departed the roadway to the right. The vehicle overcorrected and departed the roadway to the left. The vehicle then went into a broadslide and rolled approximately one time before coming to rest on its wheels. The driver was ejected an unknown distance from the vehicle.
Wolf was transported by Newkirk EMS to Ponca City then air lifted to OU Medical Center. He was admitted in stable condition with leg injuries.
The OHP lists the cause of the collision as inattention and the condition of the driver as sleepy. Seatbelts were equipped and not in use.
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Luttrell Will Run For State Representative
February 11, 2018
Former State Rep. Ken Luttrell has announced he intends to seek the District 17 House of Representatives seat as a Republican. Luttrell previously held the post as a Democrat. He said he changed his affiliation earlier to vote in the sheriff election.
“When Nancy Rathbun decided to withdraw from the representative post, I decided to enter the primary against Rep. Steve Vaughan,” said Luttrell.
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Arts and Humanities Council Plans Concert
February 11, 2018
Ponca City Arts and Humanities Council is excited to host Matt Stansberry and The Romance in concert at the Poncan Theatre on Friday, Feb. 23. The show will start at 8 p.m. and doors open at 7 p.m.
The event is free to attend.
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New Advocate Sworn In
February 11, 2018
NEWKIRK — On Jan. 25, 2018, the Honorable Judge Bandy swore in Samantha Moran as a CASA volunteers, a court-appointed special advocate for abused and neglected children.
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Duo Baldo Sets Performance
February 11, 2018
Violinist Brad Repp and pianist/actor Aldo Gentileschi combine virtuosic musicianship, theatrical humor and pop culture in a critically-acclaimed performance at The Poncan Theatre on Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018 at 7:30 p.m. For more information on memberships, check www.PCConcertSeries.org or call 580-304-5261.
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Grants Available for Organizations
February 11, 2018
Grant funds are available to non-profit organizations through the United Way of Ponca City Manering Endowment, designated gifts program.
The Endowment welcomes proposals from any nonprofit organization in Ponca City with an IRS tax-exempt status and a policy of nondiscrimination.
The Endowment will consider funding for special projects and innovative programs focusing on Education, Financial Stability and Health and Safety. These three focus areas are critical to improving lives in the community, they are the building blocks for a better life. An
endowment committee made up of UW board members and community volunteers manage the funds. Anyone can designate a gift to this endowment fund to help support local non-profit organizations.
The chances of a proposal being funded are substantially increased if the project meets one of the following criterion:
- Proposes practical solutions to community problems.
- Promotes volunteer participation and/or citizen involvement in the community.
- Could not be accomplished with other sources of support.
- Is responsive to changing or emerging community needs.
- Exhibits likelihood of future funding, unless a one time capital need.
- Promotes cooperation among non-profit agencies without duplicating efforts.
- Addresses prevention as well as assistance for a problem.
Applications will be available Monday, Feb. 12 at the United Way office, 205 N. Second Street and on their website at www.unitedwayponcacity.org. For more information, call 580-765-2476.
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Club Monarch Support Group For Kids at Hospice of NCO
February 11, 2018
Hospice of North Central Oklahoma is pleased to announce a monthly support group for elementary children who have experienced a loss or those who are facing a loss.
Club Monarch will meet on Monday, Feb. 19 from 9 a.m. to noon at Hospice of North Central Oklahoma, 445 Fairview.
This will include light pizza, snacks and an art activity designed to help children process their feelings. Club Monarch is an open group to any child in the community who has experienced a loss is welcomed to attend at no cost. “Children are often overlooked during a loss, due to the way they process their grief,” states Cathy Denning Social Worker at Hospice of North Central Oklahoma. “Children will often play and go about their lives keeping busy so that they do not have to think of the loss. Children may also avoid talking to their parents about their feelings due to not wanting to make Mom or Dad sad. This may cause the adults in the child’s life to believe the child is not that upset and coping with the loss.
However, it is at night and/or during down times, the feelings of sadness caused by the loss will often surface. These feelings can cause a child to “act out” or appear “moody” as they search for a means of expressing their grief. Activities of Club Monarch will give children a chance to express their thoughts and feelings in a healthy way.”
“Hospice of North Central Oklahoma is committed to providing services for the bereaved children that we serve, as well as those in the community” states Marta Sullivan CEO. For more information about Club Monarch contact Cathy Denning, Social Worker at Hospice of North Central Oklahoma, 580-762-9102.
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District Warrant List
February 11, 2018
NEWKIRK — Law enforcement encourages persons with outstanding warrants to contact the proper officials and resolve the matter.
The following subjects are listed on the Oklahoma District Court Network as having active warrants in Kay County.
April Dawn Miller, 39, Ponca City, larceny of merchandise from a retailer; Jacquelyn Marie Overton, 42, Shidler, traffic warrant; Hugo Jose Aguilar, 43, Ponca City, knowingly concealing stolen property and driving under the influence; Donald Wayne Garmon, 58, Blackwell, possession of firearm after conviction during probation; Jessie James Jett, 53, Glenpool, possession of controlled substance in presence of a minor and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia; Manuel Ortiz Sosa, 61, Ponca City, driving under the influence second offense; Jimmy Carroll Rankin, Sr., 63, Ellsworth, Kan., eluding police; Sheila Rae Crump, 37, Ponca City, child neglect; Christopher Michael Alexander, 30, Ponca City, second degree burglary; Mark Allen Gatz II, 41, Newkirk, possession of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia; Roger M. Ervin, 46, Cleveland, Ohio, use of stolen debit card; Marvin L. Allen, 53, Oklahoma City, possession of controlled substance; Robert Joseph Dwyer, 39, Braman, aggravated DUI; Raufeill Tyewain Carnes, 33, Ponca City, domestic assault and battery; Ryan Lee Hoggard, 33, Tulsa, battery assault and battery on a police officer; David Jerry Scott, 50, Ponca City, knowingly concealing stolen property; Oscar Javier Milla-Archaga, 38, Ponca City, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon; Victor Dykes, 49, Ponca City, stalking, after two or more felony convictions; Yancy Brian Wilson, 46, Ponca City, falsely personate another to create liability; Shane Robert Hardy, 45, Ponca City, child abuse by injury; Antonio Hernandez, 29, Ponca City, make, sell, possess, or display false identification card; Derrick Valentino Manzanares, 29, Ponca City, make, sell, possess, or display false identification card; Aaron Wayne Liberton, 41, Ponca City, omit to provide for a minor child; Sydney Wayne Sweet, 34, Ponca City, driving under the influence, second and subsequent offense; Michael David Holland, 47, Ponca City, possession of methamphetamine; Christopher L. Montgomery, 42, Comanchee, Texas, malicious injury to property over $1,000; Ann Rochelle Rohn, 54, Ponca City, embezzlement; Steven Majid Hamidi, 40, New Braunfels, Texas, unauthorized use of vehicle; Job Martinez-Moreno, 31, Ponca City, indecent exposure and solicitation for prostitution; John Carl Watson, 58, Robinson, Texas, possession of firearms after conviction or during probation; Guy Lee Thomas, Jr., 30, Ponca City; assault and battery with a dangerous weapon; Ramon O. Calderon-Rolon, 49, Columbus, Ohio, aggravated assault and battery on a peace officer; Jorge Luis Espinio, 33, Arkansas, City, Kan., furnishing alcoholic beverage to a minor; Deborah K. England, Clearfield, Iowa, obtaining cash and or merchandise by bogus check; Joshua Dean Milligan, 43, Ponca City; second degree burglary; Kenneth David Peloquin, 39, Sulphur, La., defrauding an innkeeper; Georgia Gail Fiarris, 43, cruelty to animals; Ricardo Dukes, Akron, Ohio, obtaining cash or merchandise by bogus check; Norman Wayne Agent Jr., 39, Ponca City, domestic assault and battery by strangulation, and Willson Trenholm Holliday, 48, Cary, North Carolina; possession of marijuana.
Anyone with any information on the location of any of these fugitives is asked to call Ponca City police at 580-767-0370; Kay County Sheriff’s Department, 580-362-2517, Blackwell police,580-363-5490, Newkirk police, 580-362-2414, Tonkawa police at 580-628- 2516, crimestoppers at 580-762-5100, or 911.
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Board To Discuss Surveillance System
February 11, 2018
By KAY BOJORQUEZ
News Education Editor
The Ponca City Board of Education meeting is slated for Monday at 6 p.m. At the meeting the board will discuss regular agenda items including a new surveillance system for the district in the amount of $65,792.
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Red Rose Garden Club To Meet
February 11, 2018
The Red Rose Garden Club will meet at Cann Gardens on Monday, Feb. 12 at 1 p.m.
The guest speaker will be Suzie Lenhart. She will be discussing “Monarchs and Milkweed.”
Visitors are welcome.
Hostesses for the meeting will be Bonita James and Barbara Younger.
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DAR Chapter Sets Meeting
February 11, 2018
The Ponca City chapter of the DAR will meet on Friday, Feb. 16 at 12:45 p.m. at Marland’s Grand Home. The guest speaker will be Vandelia Graham.
Hosteses this month are Sue Allen, Marvis Soucek and Betty Schwanke.
Graham will be speaking about the spirit of the American Doughboy, a sculpture by E.M. Visquesney, in front of the VA Hospital in Muskogee.
The Doughboy, now on the National Historical Register, sits atop a five granite stone pedestal dedicated to the Five Civilized Tribes.
The spirit of the American Doughboy was a popular monument after the end of WWI and Oklahoma has two of them. The other Doughboy is in Henryetta. The statue was dedicated in 1924 in honor of Joseph Oklahombi, one of the original 19 Choctaw Code Talkers. The Spirit
of the American Doughboy is the subject of a project by the Reverend John Robinson Chapter, NSDAR in Tulsa, to restore, repair, clean and rededicate it to all soldiers of the WWI on this approaching 100th Anniversary of the end of WWI.
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Democratic Party Sets Meeting
February 11, 2018
The Kay County Democratic Party will be having a meeting on Feb. 15, 2018 in the Seminar Room at Pioneer Tech in Ponca City at 7 p.m. This meeting will be a strategic planning meeting. Democrats in Kay County are invited to attend and participate in planning for futures event in the 2018 Election Cycle. We will also be talking about advocacy opportunities in the 2018 Legislative Session as well as communicating with elected officials. Come with your ideas and a willingness to join with other Democrats in Kay County and across the county.
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Patent Attorney Will Present Information To IENetwork Group
The next meeting of the IENetwork is Tuesday, February 13th at City Central, 5th floor meeting room – 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. in Ponca City. William Hall, Patent Attorney with McAfee & Taft from Oklahoma City will be presenting information on protecting personal and company intellectual property and how to avoid costly mistakes which can lead to even costlier litigation.
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Campaign Suspended
February 08, 2018
Nancy Rathbun, who announced her intent in The Ponca City News last year to file as representative for House District 37, said Wednesday that she was suspending her campaign.
In an email sent to her supporters, Rathbun said, “After many hours of personal reflection, I have made the decision to suspend my campaign to serve as representative for House District 37. It has become clear to me that at this time, seeking political office is not in the best interest of my children or myself. I know that you, my supporters, will be understanding and respect my decision to prioritize my family over political ambitions.”
“Thank you to my family, friends, and community who have shown support during this process through your endless love and prayers. I look forward to spending the next few years continuing to focus my time on my children. Someday, I hope to have the possibility of revisiting my dream of serving our great state at the capitol,” she said.
Official candidate filings for the seat will be held April 11-13 in Oklahoma City.
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Narcan Will Be Donated
February 07, 2018
NEWKIRK — Kay County Sheriff Steve Kelley said today it is a good deal that the Oklahoma Sheriff’s Association is donating Narcan to all sherriff departments in Oklahoma.
OSA annouced Tuesday at the Capitol that they are supplying every Oklahoma sheriff and their deputies with a dosage of NARCAN® (naloxone HCI) Nasal Spray 4mg, the drug that can reverse the effects of an opioid overdose.
The donation makes Oklahoma one of the only states to outfit county law enforcement with the opioid counteractive agent.
“Nearly 1,000 Oklahomans are killed by prescription drug overdoses every year,” OSA President and Pawnee County Sheriff Mike Waters said. “There are over 1,800 deputies in the state of Oklahoma. It is our hope that this donation from the OSA will permit our sheriffs and deputies to save lives in the event of an overdose by administering the drug in those emergencies.”
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City Reviews Cellular Development
February 07, 2018
By STEVE DYE
News Staff Writer
Ponca City’s Board of Commissioners met at length in work session at City Hall on Monday, discussing challenges created by ever-changing technologies.
As detailed in a presentation by City Attorney Mike Vanderburg, that list includes state legislators challenging the rights of local municipalities on behalf of giant nationwide telecom companies.
Cellular giants AT&T, Verizon, and others are engaged in a race to provide customers 5G cell service — and racing to procure legislation through lobbyists that would require a substantial and largely uncompensated involvement of local municipalities.
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Street To Be Reconfigured
February 07, 2018
By STEVE DYE
News Staff Writer
Ponca City’s Planning Commission unanimously approved a recommendation that South Avenue be reconfigured from four lanes to three between 1st Street and 13th Street on Monday night at City Hall.
Traffic Engineering Manager Mike Lane presented the proposal as a capstone to already budgeted street improvements for Fiscal Year 2017-18 before outlining a list of street improvement projects planned for FY 2018-19.
The 12-block section of South Avenue had already been slated for reconstruction, with the current dilapidated surface to be milled and overlayed with fresh pavement.
Though noting the initial reaction might be a negative one, Lane explained that research shows traffic flow will be improved by the change – and that effectively increasing the width of traffic lanes will be an immediately noticeable improvement for drivers.
Most traffic lanes are 12 feet wide. South Avenue’s four lanes are each just under 10 feet wide, often making for a tight mirror-to-mirror fit for motorists traveling the corridor.
With the street reconfigured into single lanes traveling east and west divided by a central left turn lane, the width of each lane would increase to 13 feet.
Due to current traffic patterns, Lane said, traffic light stop times would remain unchanged for drivers and delays created by motorists waiting on other vehicles to make left turns would be reduced.
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Challenges in Changing Technologies Discussed
February 06, 2018
By STEVE DYE
News Staff Writer
Ponca City’s Board of Commissioners met at length in work session at City Hall on Monday to consider challenges created by ever-changing technologies.
The first order of business, a presentation on the issues involved in incorporating “Distributed Generation” into the City’s electrical distribution system grid was covered in an extensive presentation by General Manager of Electric Utilities Philip Johnston.
City Attorney Mike Vanderburg’s efforts in forestalling state encroachment onto the City’s utility services infrastructure on behalf of nationwide telecom companies will be detailed in tomorrow’s edition of the News.
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