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JOURNAL, Thursday, February 10, 2005
Citizens express yards. He said he would make been published.
sure any problem that is reported Landes said he knows Perkins
concern about to him is taken care of. leaders face a lot of huge tasks
Miller thanked the two women to adequately improve the infra-
health, safety for making their concerns structure, but said most towns
By Cindy Sheets known, and said that a change in the state are going through
Journal Editor in ordinances might indeed be similar problems.
Two Perkins citizens addressed in order should enough residents He said Perkins' problems are
city commission members Tues- voice concern over the issue, more unique because the difficul-
day about ordinances governing In other business, commis-ties are not degenerative.
burning in the city limits, sign members listened to a"It's fun watching the healthy
Deb Dickson and Dorothyvery detailed report from City growth here," Landes said.
Fagan both expressed theirEngineer Skip Landes about the After the report, the commis-
concern about the recent fire statusofthecitywaterandsewer sion approved a motion to direct
that destroyed a building at Oak systems and drainage system staff to provide the information
Park Retreat Center. during the Perkins Public Works needed to apply for federal
The fire was at first rumored Authority (PPWA)portion of the assistance through USDA for
to have been started when a leaf evening, improvements to the water
burn pile got too close to the Landes outlined Perkins' cur- supply and distribution system.
building, but was later proven rent infrastructure systems then During the meetings, the fol-
by the state fire marshal to have reported on the planned steps lowing action was taken:
been electrical in nature,which need to take place to keep two ordinances and a resolution
City Manager Jack Rosson the infrastmcture in pace with the that involved the lease/purchase
said the state fire marshal proved rapid development being experi- of a new community center
the fire had originated with an enced by the community, building were approved.
electrical wire that led to the Covered in the report was the Wendell Morton was reap-
building's attic. Rosson said that needed replacement of old and pointed to a one year advisory
by the time the fire department corroded water and sewer lines position on the library board as
was called, the fire had spread This would need to be donerecommended by the Thomas-
throughout the building's attic, before the city is required to Wilhite Memorial Library
Dickson asked what city purchase treated water at some Board.
policy is as far as burning and future date. a proclamation declaring
burn bans. Landes also touched on howMarch as Red Cross Month was
Mayor Mel Miller told her new development will affect approved.
there is no restriction against how rainwater will drain, and no action was taken on initiat-
burning leaves in Perkins, only explained how the water will be ing a tax levy to pay the judgment
garbage. Also, if a resident caught and then funnelled south on the Rural District #3 lawsuit.
plans to start a larger fire, they to the fiver. Wes Watkins was retained as
are asked to report it to city hall He noted that the Corps ofan economic development con-
so dispatchers will be aware in Engineers has recently corn- sultant at the rate of $3,000 per
case someone reports a fire to pleted an evaluation of the Per- month beginning March 1.
the fire department, kins community for a flood zone a CDBG project involving
Dickson and Fagan both map, which is recommended by improvements to the Perkins
told the board they suffer from FEMA. The findings have not yet Family Clinic were accepted.
allergy problems associated with
burning when it occurs in town.
City OK's 25-year Cox agreement
Fagan noted the current growth
of the city, and suggested it Perkins City Commission per customer in town is $51 per
might be time to look at making approved a 25-year franchise month. The renewed agreement
some changes due to the larger agreement with Cox Commu- will not affect rates paid by Per-
numbers of people and structures nications durlng its Tu ,slday kins customers, as rate increases
in Perkins. evening meeting, are determined by programming
Rosson said he didn't believe The agreement is a renewal of costs.
that enough people burn leaves the current two percent rate. The city is not locked into the
in the city limits to cause a prob- Two representatives from Cox current rate, and the agreement
lem. He said the code enforce- were 9n hand at the meeting to contains provisions to end the
ment officer handles problems answer any questions about the lease, should a future commis-
with trash or junk, including agreement. They told commis- sign desire to do so, commis-
brush, that accumulates in city signers that the average rate signers were told.
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A man suspected of forging
checks at local businesses turned
himself in to police last week.
Ray Daniel Smith, 24, of Per-
kins contacted Perkins Police
Department and said he wanted
to confess to passing checks on
an account belonging to a Perkins
woman.
Sergeant Steve Hensley said
Smith admitted to kicking in the
door to a home located at 322 W.
Stumbo, entering the home, and
stealing the checks.
A clerk at Whistle Stop #2
called police to report at check
for $23.99 had been written by a
man named Ray Smith on a local
woman's account. The clerk said
Smith first made out the check
incorrectly, then made out another
check on the same account. Smith
was reportedly behaving in a ner-
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vous manner and allegedly made
a reference to drugs.
Smith came back the following
day to cash another check, which
was refused, the clerk's affidavit
stated.
A clerk at Cimarron Bottle Shop
had reported on Jan. 27 that Smith
had cashed a check for $27.12 on
the woman's account. He told the
clerk the checks belonged to his
grandmother. However, a repre-
sentative of Payne County Bank
told the clerk that the check was
took the man into
Smith was charged
in Payne County
with one count of
burglary, which carries
sentence of 2-7 years
and with two counts
which each
tences of up to 71
a plea of not guilty.
Smith will face his
hearing on March 7.
a forgery because the woman had Smith was arrested
been living in a retirement home ing cash or
and has no living family members bogus check in
who could have cashed a check, to information obtained!
That same day, the residence's Oklahoma State Courtl
caretaker reported the break-in He pled guilty and
to police, five-year deferred
Hensley said he went to a resi- was ordered to pay
dence at 215 S.W. Third St. in of $855.
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Oklahoma Film and Music of Chelle Flynn, executiveYork very well,"
Office, in conjunction with producer, Aaron Osborne, said.
Wisteria Cottage LLC, producer, andBrett Cranford,Cranford explall
recently announced that anew line producer. British director the people of
movie project will be filmed Scott Flynn is set to helm the been "very
in and around the towns of picture. Several members of which helped in
Guthrie and Pawhuska. the Wisteria group are veter- final decision on
According to Jill Simpson, ans of the popular CBS drama "The support we
director of the film and music series Without a Trace. from Kathy
office, Wisteria: The Story of Location filming was origi- of the Guthrie
Albert Fish is a 1920s true nally slated for Alabama, but Commerce as well asl
crime drama set in New York Brett Cranford, a Tecumsehof Guthrie played al
that will be filmed exclu- native, convinced the group in our decision to
sively in Oklahoma beginning to investigate Oklahoma. film to Oklahoma,"
in early April. "After looking into Ala- Cranford. "We are
"This is an exciting project bama, I realized that Okla- bringing additional
for the film industry in Okla- homa possessed the same the state, and with
homa. It will translate to jobs qualities we were looking for involvement and
and an economic infusion for in site location. Both Guthrie asm of the
two of our communities," and Pawhuska had the well-& Music Office to
Simpson said.
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