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City Councilor John
Bartley has announced he
plans to run for Mayor this
spring. Bartley is currently
in the second year of his firsl
term on the city council, ff
elected as Mayor, he will
resign his current seat when
he's sworn in. The City
Council will have then
have 60 days to appoint a
replacement.
Stillwater Journal
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SPORTS
The 66 Conference high
school basketball tour-
nament begins Monday
at Okemah. However,
Perkins-Tryon's Lady
Demons and Demons
won't begin action until
Tuesday night.
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DALENDAR
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• Jan 16. Martin
King, Jr. Day
• Jan 16, 6-8:30 pm
-Monday Music Night,
Perkins Senior Citizens
Center, 114 E Kirk
• Jan 18, noon - Perkins
Lions Club meeting,
Holsinger Lions Den
• Jan 18, 7 pm
- Alcoholics Anonymous
(AA) meeting, Perkins
Uons Den
• Jan 19, 1tam-
Oklahoma Territorial Plaza
Trust meeting, Vassar
Community Center
• Jan 19, noon- Perkins
Community Chamber
of Commerce meeting,
Vassar Community
• Jan 23, 6-8:30 pm
- Monday Music Night,
Perkins Senior Citizens
Center, 114 E
• Jan 24, 7 pm - Perkins
Masonic Lodge #92
meeting, 915 E. Kirk
• Jan 25, noon - Perkins
Uons Club meeting,
Holsinger Lions Den
• Jan 25, 7 pm
- Alcoholics Anonymous
(AA) meeting, Perkins
Lions Den
• Jan 30, 6-8.'30 pm
- Monday Music Night,
Perkins Senior Citizens
Center, 114 E. Kirk
• Feb 1, noon - Perkins
Lions Club meeUng,
Holsinger Lions Den
INDEX
Church .................. C3
Classifieds .......... B4-B5
Comics .................. B6
Entertainment ...... C2
Farm & Ranch ....... $6
History .................. A5
Obituaries ........... A2-A3
Opinions ........... A4, $4
Public Records .... $2
People .................. $3
Seniors ................. C4
Sports ................. B1 -B4
By Cindy Sheets
Contributing Writer
Perkins Community
Chamber of Commerce
held its annual awards
banquet and officer instal-
lation Thursday evening,
Jan. 5, at Vassar Commu-
nity Center.
Organization members
welcomed guests and dig-
nitaries to the event, which
recognizes community
members who work toward
the betterment of Perkins,
as well as exemplary local
businesses.
One of the area's elected
representatives, Senator Jim
Halligan, told the assem-
blage that he and his wife,
Ann, have always been
impressed with Perkins
because there is a sense
of vitality and progress in
the community. He said
that is not true in all com-
munities in the district and
there are better days ahead
for Perkins. He added that
the leadership in Perkins is
a common cause.
President-elect Brent
DeMuth opened the meeting
with the awards ceremony.
He presented the following
business awards:
Best New Business:
McDonalds
Best Existing Business:
Williams Discount Foods,
accepted by Wendi Wil-
liams Taylor
DeMuth followed with
chamber's community ser-
vice awards.
Amy Petermann was
awarded the Sheri Gordon
Community Service Award.
This award is presented to a
2012 Chamber officers (I to r): Virginia Sasser, Historic Preservation Chair; Harland Wells,
Economic Development Chair; Lisa Branun, 1st Vice President, Brent DeMuth, President; Jil-
,anne Tebow, Intemet/Marketing Chair; Debbie Hixson, Treasurer. Journal photo by David Sasser
citizen of Perkins who con-
tributes to the betterment of
the community. Petermann
is coordinator of the 4 Kids
and Community ministry at
Eden Chapel United Meth-
odist Church. This program
provides school supplies
and snacks to local stu-
dents and classrooms, and
holiday food bags to chil-
dren during long holiday
breaks. The program also
supports the Perkins Lions
Club Christmas boxes.
The Delmar Niles Com-
munity Service Award
See CHAMBER, Page A4
By Patti Weaver
Journal Correspondent
A Carney man pleaded
no contest Friday to
embezzling $5,399 in bank
deposits from the Dollar
General Store in Perkins
while he was employed as
manager in 2010.
Justin Dwayne Hubach,
29, remains free on
$10,000 bond pending
his sentencing on March
2 before Payne County
Associate District Judge
Stephen Kistler.
Although he was
charged with embezzling
$5,399, a restitution form
filed by Dollar General
Store Regional Loss Pre-
vention Manager Trent
Telford listed the loss as
$31,622, court records
show.
According to Hubach's
written no contest plea
A police task force investigating alleged child pornography was served at this Perkins
home last week. The home is located at 419 N.W. Second St. Photo provided
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By Cindy Sheets
Contributing Writer
A search warrant for
child pornogr tphy was
served at a Perkins resi-
dence last week.
Perkins Police Investigator
Gene Morris said the Per-
kins Police Department
was contacted by Still-
water Police Department
Inspector Greg Miller
regarding an investigation
of alleged exchanges of
child pornography online.
Miller is a member of
a state task force that is
investigating child por-
nography. The task force
includes the Oklahoma
State Bureau of Investi-
gation (OSBI) and other
agencies.
During the course of
its investigation, the task
force received information
that an internet account in
the Stillwater/Perkins area
was involved in exchang-
ing child pornography
photos.
Representatives from
Perkins Police Department
and the other task force
agencies on Wednesday,
Jan. 4, served a search
warrant at a home located
at 419 N.W. Second St. in
Perkins.
Morris said the home
is the residence of Garry
Randall West, who was not
at home when the search
warrant was served.
The warrant authorized
the search and seizure of
computer equipment and
software and electronic
devices used to depict
child pornography or
child erotica. The war-
rant also covered photos,
negatives, files, copies,
and documents, records.
or correspondence in any
format or medium.
"We seized electronic
equipment, including a
laptop, TV/monitor, and
various electronic com-
ponents," Morris said.
"We also discovered drug
paraphernalia in the home.
Perkins Police Department
seized those items."
Captain Randy Dicker-
son of the Stillwater Police
Department Tuesday had
no comment on the status
of the case as the matter is
still being investigated.
As of press time Tuesday,
no charges had been filed
in the matter.
According to the Okla-
homa Department of Cor-
rections website, Garry
Randall West, 51, has
three prior convictions in
Payne County on related
crimes. Each of these con-
victions carried a term of
10 years.
These 1988 offenses are
lewd or indecent proposals/
acts to child, and two
separate offenses of crime
against nature/sodomy.
West was received into
the Department of Correc-
tions to serve these crimes
on Jan. 4, 1994; he was
discharged Jan. 22, 1995.
filed in court records
Friday, he has a plea bar-
gain to be ordered to pay
restitution and to perform
75 hours of community
service under a five-year
deferred sentence.
When Hubach was
interviewed by Perkins
Police Officer Dewayne
Hammack in 2010, he said
that he had not taken any
money from Dollar Gen-
eral, court records show.
"Justin said the comput-
ers have had all kinds of
problems, and the bank
has been making mistakes.
Justin said he feels like
this was a way to get rid
of him," Officer Hammack
wrote in an affidavit.
The officer was dis-
patched to the Dollar Gen-
eral Store on Highway 33
in Perkins on Oct. 7, 2010,
regarding missing depos-
its, court records show.
Telford, the regional
loss prevention supervisor
for Dollar General Store,
said that surveillance video
indicated that deposits for
$2,209.88 on Aug. 28,
2010, and for $1,400 on
Sept. 17', 2010, were never
made, the affidavit said.
Another deposit for
$1,789.74 was prepared
by a sales associate and
removed by Hubach to
be deposited on Sept. 13,
2010, but bank records
showed it was never made.
the affidavit alleged.
The loss prevention
supervisor said that he
spoke on Oct. 7, 2010,
with Hubach, who "would
not admit to stealing any
of the money," the affidavit
said.
"Justin (Hubach) said
he would 'pay it back to
make sure he would not
lose his job or go to jail.'"
the affidavit alleged.
"Justin told Trent he
would not on purpose
forget to go to the bank
and would go home later
to find a deposit in his
pants. Trent said he would
take a deposit late by a day
or two.
"Trent said Justin
asked if he could go home
to look for the missing
deposits. Trent said he
could. Justin told Trent
he would call the store or
come back in 20 minutes.
Trent said he never did."
the affidavit alleged.
Superintendent James
Ramsey was hired for
another year following
action taken by the Perkins-
Tryon Board of Education.
The board discussed
Ramsey's annual evalua-
tion in executive session
and after the group recon-
vened in open session, the
vote was unanimous to
employ him for the 2012-
2013 school year.
Tammy Clay was also
hired as a bus drive for the
remainder of this school
year.
The board also acknowl-
edged the resignation of
Laura Kalka who was a
amsey
paraprofessional at the
elementary school.
The board also voted
to elect two new member
of the Oklahoma Public
School Investment Interlo-
cal Cooperative board of
directors. Elected were
Randy Batt, superintendent
at Cache Public Schools,
and Don Ford, superinten-
dent at Holdenville Public
Schools.
The board also approved
General Fund encum-
brances of $28,575.94;
Building Fund encum-
brances of $12,063; and
a Child Nutrition Fund
encumbrance of $64.05.
