A2 - THE PERKINS JOURNAL,.Thursday, January 30, 2014
People
Kim Bernard Helton
1967-2014
Kyle Taylor Haines
1978-2014
Kyle Taylor Haines,
35, passed away on Janu-
ary 26, 2014 in Shawnee,
Oklahoma.
A Graveside
service will
be held on
Thursday at 2:
00 p.m. Janu-
ary 30, 2014,
at White Dove
Cemetery in
Sparks, Okla-
homa. Mr.
Norman Richmond will
officiate. Strode Funeral
Home is in charge of
arrangements.
Kyle was born on
July 17, 1978 in Tulsa,
Oklahoma and was lov-
ingly welcomed into the
home of Roy and Mary
Jo Taylor. He attended
school in Prague, Okla-
homa graduating from
Prague High School. He
enjoyed school and always
greeted classmates as they
arrived. His other loves
include basketball, coun-
try music, coffee, time
at the lake during sum-
mertime, spending time
with his extended family,
and all holidays, most
especially
Christmas.
He was also
well known to
watch TV and
listen to the
radio at the
same time.
He loved
Special Olym-
pics where he
competed in the Wheel-
chair Race and Softball
Throw.
He was also well known
to watch TV and listen to
the radio at the same
time.
Kyle is preceded in death
by his sister, Andrea
Watashe.
He is survived by his
parents, Roy and Mary
Jo; three brothers, Farrell,
Charlie and Bob Taylor;
and sister, Donita Davis.
Condolences may be sent
to the family and an online
obituary viewed by visit-
ing www.strodefh.com
Kim Bernard Helton, 46,
of Edmond, formally of Per-
kins, passed away Friday,
Jan. 24, 2014,
at Integris Bap-
tist Hospital in
Oklahoma
City.
Her funeral
service was
at 1:30 p.m.
Wednesday,
Jan. 29, at Ray
of Hope Church with the
Rev. David Morrow offici-
ating. Interment followed at
Resthaven Memorial Gar-
dens. Arrangements were
under direction of Carter-
Smart Funeral Home.
Kim was born May 5,
1967, in Duncan, to Billy
and Roma Foster Bernard.
She was a graduate of
Empire High School, gradu-
ating in 1985. Kim worked
as hair stylist which was her
passion. She also worked at
Perkins-Tryon Intermediate
School in Perkins. Kim met
David Helton in 1983, and
they were married June 6,
1985, and together they
raised two boys: Cread born
in 1989 and Jake in 1992.
She enjoyed helping and
mentoring children. She
was a counselor for children
church camp almost every
year. She loved spend-
ing time with her family
and friends, whether it be
cruising the Caribbean or
at shore side
of Lake Tex-
homa. Kim's
loved ones
were never
far away. She
loved attend-
ing school
activities of the
boys from field
trips to football games.
Survivors include her
husband: David of the
home; sons: Cread Helton
of Edmond, and Jake of
Perkins; her parents: Billy
and Roma Bernard of
Duncan; sister, Lori and
husband James Rhodes of
Duncan; brother, Justin
and wife Stacy Bernard
of Edmond; her mother-
in-law, Margaret Helton
of Duncan; several nieces
and nephews; also cousins,
aunts and uncles.
Kim was preceded in
death by her father-in-law,
J.W. Helton; grandpar-
ents: Deloris and Leonard
Foster, and Ada and Henry
Bernard.
Pallbearers were Cread
Helton, Jake Helton, Jace
Rhodes, James Rhodes,
Scott Helton, Allen Rolof-
son and Don Chisum.
Helping a local business with an oversees customer
The, Wes Watkins Center
for International Trade and
Development at Oklahoma
State University recently
proved its value to Hydro
Foam Technology of Per-
kins, Okla., by helping the
company work with an
important overseas cus-
tomer.
Hydro Foam Technology
produces a product that is
applied to drilling fluids to
ensure waste products from
drilling are efficiently car-
fled to the surface for more
effective and user-friendly
drilling. The company
called on the center at OSU
to help it with logistical
challenges and financial
risks involved in working
with a new international
customer.
Justin Hazzard, interna-
tional trade specialist at
the Wes Watkins Center
for International Trade
and Development, worked
with the client over sev-
eral months to make cer-
tain the company had an
understanding of its export
compliance responsibili-
ties and ensure that Hydro
Foam received full payment
for the order while reducing
the risks of working with a
new customer in a foreign
country.
Dennis Fagan, Hydro
Foam Technology owner,
Terry Fagan, Hydro Foam sales director and Dennis Fagan, Hydro Foam president, are
holding a water soluble product that's formulated to improve oil bit performance. The orange
polymer stick is an effective drill bit cleaner, solids dispersant and drilling fluid thinner.
said he was impressed with
the depth of knowledge and
professionalism of the Inter-
national Trade Center.
"We are not frequent
exporters, so this particular
sales order presented chal-
lenges that I am not sure
we would have undertaken
if it were not for the export
assistance we received,"
Fagan said. "Among other
things, Hazzard helped us
fully understand the meth-
ods of export compliance by
providing customized train-
ing for our company."
The international order
provided some complexi-
ties since it was generated
in the United Arab Emir-
ates but the destination of
the goods was the oil fields
in Iraq. Hazzard provided
training to the company's
key employees on export
compliance, international
logistics and export
finance. He also researched
the sanitary requirements
for wooden pallets being
imported into the destina-
tion country.
Hydro Foam Technology
fulfilled the sales order and
the company is now con-
sidering the development
of an export strategy plan
to attract additional foreign
customers and increase its
international market share.
Companies can contact
Wes Watkins Center for
International Trade and
Development SBDC with
their international trade
questions at 405-744-4272
or citdl @okstate.edu.
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By Charles Wall
In the early days Perkins promoters advertised that the people
of Perkins were pioneers in obtaining and maintaining a bridge
across the Cimarron. I realize that getting a bridge takes many
people and is a community effort, but in considering the his-
tory of Perkins bridges, the names of three men come to mind.
These are the three who helped make the bridges possible- W.
A. Knipe for the 1891, 1897, and 1905 bridges; Lee Kirk for
the 1954 bridge; and Phil Tomlinson for the 2014 bridge.
I will tell of some memories of the 1905 bridge. At its com-
pletion, the editor of The Perkins Journal wrote, "The bridge
virtually does away with the river, so that the north and sotrth
sides of the river are united."
In 1912,three spans ofthe 1905 bridge washedout, They were
replaces by two longer, stronger spans that had taller trusses.
Longer spans allowed more room for driftwood and big trees to
go through during high water. These two longer spans were on
the south end of the bridge where the main current and deepest
channel of the river ran. The remaining shorter spans of the
1905 construction were left as a part of the 1912 addition.
I was bom in 1936, and at the time of my earliest remem-
brance, the main channel still ran under the south end of the
bridge where these longer, stronger spans were.
Then about 1950, the main channel shifted to the north end
of the bridge. That may have contributed to a weakening
process.
In 1953, county commissioner Lee Kirk said the old bridge
was "rattling and about to fallin." Some people were concerned
about the school busses loaded with children falling through
the bridge.
As a child I never thought of the 1905 bridge being old until
people started talking about it. Vehicles were getting wider and
faster, farm machinery was getting wider, and more farmers
had fields on both sides of the river.
I knew the bridge on Highway 33 east of Perkins on the way
to Cushing and the bridge at Coyle were more modem looking
than the Perkins bridge, but I didn't think much about it.
One spring about 1950, the 1905 bridge was closed for about
three weeks for repairs and reinforcing. No vehicles were
allowed to cross the bridge.
The school buses went around to the bridge on Highway
33 east of Perkins. The buses traveled on River Road east of
Vinco and picked up students on that route.
For other trips to Perkins we would have to go that way, or
else park on the south side and walk across the bridge. They
allowed us to walkacross.
Usually someone from Perkins would pick us up or take
us back to the bridge. Occasionally we would walk the mile
between Perkins and the bridge.
Before the repair work, the bridge was open to two-way traf-
fic. I would guess that the width if the bridge inside the trusses
was 16 feet. This was adequate for farm wagons, buggies, and
older model automobiles.
When the bridge was opened after the repairs of 1950, it was
designated for one-way traffic only.
Automobiles were about 6 feet wide. The beds on farm trucks
in 1950 were 8 feet wide. A Volkswagen Beetle is 5 1/2 feet
wide. The traffic was beginning to be faster also, and that road
was designated as state highway 40.
The 1954 bridge was just in time for wider and faster vehicles
and for later model farm equipment. The new bridge had a
28 foot wide roadway with three extra feet for sidewalks on
each side.
Self-propelled combines were coming into use by 1954.
The wide headers needed up to 16 foot clearance. In those
days combine headers were not a s easily detached as they
are now.
The P,)54 bridge was a benefit for farm equipment and also
for oil field equipment and other vehicles transporting wide
loads:
We are thankful for those who worked through the years to
build and maintain bridges at Perkins.
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