Thoughts and Things County would have
from The Journal Staff to take bids on Fair
Ground oil
found only a phone num- really outdid themselves
ber. We thought this this Valentine's Day, with By Craig Fuqua In other business, the
strange, but after wea musical valentine from Payne County's Board board accepted a letter in-
called the number andthe most important one; a of Commissioners is no dicating the USF&G in-
they instructed us on how FTD bouquet from No. 1 stranger to applications surance company would
to get there, we under- son and a bouquet of cut for oil leases on county- pay for damage to the
stood why no street hum- flowers from No. 2 son. owned property, but smaller Pleasant Valley
her was listed. And weAll the above made for Tuesday's meeting bridge which occurred
understood more even af- a very enjoyable week. produced an unusual re- July 3, 1983, by a rig the
ter we arrived at the loca- --Yvonne quest: an oil lease for the company insured.
tion. What we expected .... Payne County Fair- The payment will be
and what we found wereDetermined to have a grounds. $22,368.50.
,two different things. We good time this last Donna Davis, repre-Last year, the board
expected a mall of exclu- weekend as my daughter, senting Southport Explo- received notification that
sire shops, etc. What we Tana, is visiting herration, Inc., said her com- the Federal Revenue
found was very exclusive, grandparents, I accepted a pany is actively leasing Sharing Program has
It reminded me of a bunch blind date Saturday night, around the fairgroundbeen extended three years
of shops in the hills of Ar- An old highschool friend and would like to get a at a slightly lower level
kansas. The area used to of mine had arranged the lease on the property it- than in the past, Mullen-
be a person's garage, used date. Knowing I needed all self in its search for dore said.
car lot, etc., and was in the encouragement I could shallow-depth oil. Payne County receives'
Persimmon Hollow, much muster to show up for the Davis said the lease did $205,344 per year at the
everybody in as we used to call the area date, he refused to tell me not necessarily mean the current level, approxi-
yet, but give me on the south side of Knipe anything more than the company would actually mately $15,000 lower
[ll be knocking on Street--Fulwider Park. It fellow's first name. drill for oil on the spot. than the previous
Perkins! I must
' excited to be
at the Perkins
and to be a part
community. I 're
most of
and I believe that
such as
are the heart of our
state.
taken me a few
to learn my way
The Journal, but
got my feet
and I'm
Thus far, my
challeng-
future work will
atlo~
So, if you is only open on Sat. and
to see a stranger Sun. from 9 to 5, as all the
don't be sur- various owners of the
me, Stella, shops work at different
the new staff businesses during the
of The Perkinsweek. And as we heard
one shop owner remark,
--Stella they worked fast all week
.... with anticipation to get
back to fun things on Sat.
and Sun.--their shops.
broken, I am
again. And, I
from
Huffing and
Were the most
le affects of the
air and were
by the climb
flights of
condo where
The date was to go She said it was possible
Bowling in my old home- the site would not be de-
town of Kingfisher, some- veloped if it were not
thing I had not attempted worth the expense and
since 1974. that it might be possible
As you can probably im- to drill from a neighbor-
agine, I was prepared for ing area.
the worst . . .and was Duane McVey,repre-
shocked at the end of the senting the County Fair
evening when I realized I Board, said restrict"ms
had had a good time. would have to be put on
the familiar. There were a couple of just When I was in school rely drilling sites. He said
in particular, junk shops, but the bigger Bowling was definitely not he wanted sites to be
group was . percent of the shops cool. Most of the kids away from buildings and
with various stocked beautiful antique hung out in the parking that the entrance and exit
lot at the lanes and tried of heavy equipment
to find someone to buy would have to be on roads
glass, furniture, quilts,
clocks, victrolas, etc. Each
shop has a name, such as
"The Chicken Coop,"
'`The Coca Cola Shop"
which sold Coca Cola
items, oldies; "The Cel-
lar," which was actually in
a cellar; and many more.
There is also a small food
place where you can buy a
hot dog, frito pie, fresh
fruit, soft drinks, etc. We
were taken aback at first
when we found the shops,
like I said, but we were
not disappointed in what
we found. All the shop
keepers were glad to have
you stop in and visited if
you wanted to and all had
their shops very neatly ar-
ranged and most all items
were priced and the);
would "haggle" abit, too.
It was a fun plae and we
will probably go back.
It's amazing how when
you haven't seen your
grandchildren since
Christmas they can take
care of that lost time in a
couple of hours. At ages 3
and 1 they are changing so
fast and there is no way to
recover the lost time. We
enjoyed their overnight
visit.
Boy, the men in my life
of the Red
area is near
with some of
trails ap-
12,000 feet.
in the area
were at
with snow fall-
while we were
was
18-20" for the
The snow is
slick un-
Packs quickly
POWdery form it
make the base
POpular sports of
them a six-pack, other than the ones used
So, I was surprised for the grounds.
when I got to Imperial John Severe, Assistant
Lanes and saw probably District Attorney, said
100 empty cars in the lot. the county is required to
Whether through Youth open bidding on the lease
Leagues or community if the board approved the
action, Kingfisher seemed plan.
to have solved its "small- Commissioner Karen
town-nothing-to-do" drug Kay Mullendore recollect-
and alcohol abuse problem ed a similar request sever-
of the 70's. al years ago that was
The Bowlingwentfairly turned down by the
smoothly, there were six board.
of us and what we lacked Mullendore indicated
in expertise, we made up her primary concern with
in humor, the plan was the poasibil-
Bowling is a lot like rid- ity of children getting
ing a bicycle, even if you onto the sites and injur-
haven't tried it for awhile, ing themselves. ' hildren
it comes back to you have a way of climbing
naturally {anyway it did to fences," she said.
me.}
I don't know if ! 11 let
any old buddies set up
dates for me again too because the flu bug got
soon, but Bowling is such me.
great exercise I plan to go It started with a blind-
to the lanes a lot more ing headache Thursday
often, morning continuing into
--Deb intestinal distress by af-
.... ternoon. Surprisingly
You have heard people enough Friday I felt well
say that someone is too again. But Saturday was
mean to get sick. Well, I another story as I went
must not be as mean as through the aching bone
some people think I am stage with chest donges-
y"
great!
--Janet
we heard
SOme new an-
sa called
Hollow. Last
the Tul-
r out and
Shop and
202 South Main
Perkins
Member F.D.I.C.
You can now put aside part
earns IS
tax-free until you cash in
retirement. Come in today and
@
see Lynn
program.
Board members have
considered strongly divid-
ing the funds up with 70
per cent going to the
county highway depart-
ment and 30 per cent go-
ing to the county's
general fund.
County Clerk Sherri
Schieffer requested
Complete Banking Services
1898
tion. After a restless
night, I awoke Sunday
feeling very well. Now I
am down to a two-to-three
hour headache each day.
This is some strange bug
going around.
One thing I learned the
hard way that might help
someone else is DO NOT
take aspirin. It causes you
symptoms to worsen, or at
least it did mine.
One thing for sure, I
wouldn't wish this thing
on my worst enemy even
if he is mean.
--Earlene
A new professional
writers' group has been
formed -- the Oklahoma
Outdoor Writers' Associ-
ation, composed of out-
door editors and outdoor
writers from all over the
state.
' Formation of such a
group, reportedly, fills a
need of long standing. The
group plans a newsletter
publication, legislative
arm, writers' workshops,
speakers' bureau, college
scholarship, and mutual
sharing of outdoor news
and trends.
-- Land
-Oo
$40,000 of this money to
purchase a comprehensive
microfilm processing sys-
tem to make copies of
county records.
The county is required
by state law to maintain
copies of all instruments
recorded in its office. "In
1982-83 we processed
28,694 pages. As you can
well imagine, this requires
a great deal of storage
space," Schieffer said in
her request.
She said the system
should save the county
nearly $7,000 per year in
copying expense.
The board also received
a request for $5,500 from
the county treasurer*s
office for office equip-
ment, a requ~t for $1,000
from the county health
department to meet price
increases on an existing
project and a request for
more funds for the county
computer account to pro-
vide computers and soft-
ware for the courthouse.
Commissioners will also
likely budget $100,000 for
a new heating and cooling
system for the courthouse
to replace the old one.
Final approval of theSe
requests has been set for
the board's next meeting,
Feb. 29.
Semor
Citizen
News
There were five who sat
at the birthday table --
Alpha Bower, DeVilla
Clark, Clara Westfall,
Mary Carlile and E. L.
McCarty. We thank Patsy
for the beautiful coreagee.
She has furnished these
each month through the
years and we all say,
Thank you, Patsy.
There were 73 out to
music Monday night.
Thirteen musicians were
on hand. We were glad to
has the Keltys back from
Stillwater. We were also
glad to have Oren and Ira
Campbell from Drum-
right to help with music.
The music was great. Zula
Henderson and Lovell
Wells were hostesses and
served plenty of cookies,
cake, tea and coffee to
everyon
Yuna Klo Wastfall's
quilt was finished.
Another one is in the
frames for Mrs. Bucke
Our sympathy goes to
Lois Franklin family in
the death of her daughter,
Mrs. Betty Hall.
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I The Perkins Journal
An overall evaluation of
a recent letter from a
al0ortsman/conservationist
in IN maylvanla indicates
'that while the field and
stream world in Oklahoma
may not he altogether to
our liking, things in other
states are a great deal
' worse.
The letter follows: "I'm
pleased that you are in
conservation efforts. Most
sportsmen tend to take
rather than preserve. Our
area is particularly bad
that way. Private land has
become almost 90 percent
posted in the past 15
years. This is because of
the behavior of the deer
hunters from the metro-
politan areas. We deer
hunt on 4500 private acres
and had to employ seven
uniformed patrol. They
had 11 poaching violations
in the week before the
Thvlzljy., February 23, 1984 -- PAGE 3
!Ryman line, selling the
pups and young adults to
bird-hunting sportsmen.
Alexander recommends
that the new owner of an
eight to ten week puppy
start immediately,
especially by developing
rapport with the dog. B,,
:so doing, the owner can be
.igunning over the setter
Setters. It refreshed my qwhen it's seven to nine,
memory of the great hunt- months old.
ing dog I had seen in
action several years ago. I
got in contact with the
DeCovarly Kennels, home
of the Rymans.
The Ryman line was es-
tablished and developed
by the late George Ryman
who bred top English
setters with his stock.
Alexander has 70
pedigreed English setters
in his pens, the best of the
Ryman line, and has 25
On Saturdayl March 3,
both chapters of the Still-
water Izaak Walton
League of America, will
have a work day at the
Sanborn Lake Clubhouse
beginning at 9 a.m. The fa-
cility needs to be readied
for the scheduled program
there Monday evening.
March 5. A supper meet-
ing is scheduled to be fol-
lowed by an address by
pups in the "puppy Jack Lorenz, national ex-
house." Alsxanderbreeds .ecutive director of the
setters with the aim of ;IWLA, from Arlington.
constantly improving the {VaJ.
seaaon.
"As a rule, it seems that
people that hunt birds,
especially with dogs, seem
to have a better feeling for
the whole outdoor situa-
tion I am heavily involved
with the Ruffed Grouse
Society and president of
the regional chapter."
A pair of Rymu Setters, among the worM's most
disciplined hunting dogs, honor each other's point.
These words were from
Ken Alexander, owner of
the internationally
renowned DeCoverly Gun
Dog Kennels, home of the
Ryman Setters, located in
Tunkhannock (Pa.)
Several years ago it was
my privilege to hunt with
a Ryman Setter in another
state. In every particular,
the dog performed in mag-
nifiomt fashion and did so
in a most rhythmic, un-
hurried, methodical
~er.
On that day the Ryman
flawlessly pointed coveys,
singles, retrieved, backed
and honored another dog's
point. The Ryman was
unperturbed by heavy
brush and briar patches.
He worked these areas
repeatedly during the
day--areas a lot of dogs
leave alone. His white
coloring with black spots
(called blue belton} made
him higldy visible and
within command hearing
all day.
An Associated Press
story appeared in Okla-
homa newspapers several
weeks ago on the Ryman
Use Your Tonguebrush
That's right. In addi-
tion to brushing and floss-
ing your teeth, it's also a
good idea to brush your
tongue.
If you were to look at
your tongue's surface un-
der strong magnification;
you'd see why. Its sudace
is far from smooth, but in-
stead is covered with tiny,
flexible projections. This
irregular surface can trap
food particles and become
a breeding ground for bac-
teria .... contributing to
bad breath and the build-
up of plaque throughout
the mouth.
Both these problems
can be prevented or cor-
rected by brushing your
tongue every time you
brush your teeth. You
don't have to scrub; just
a few strokes back and
forth, over the whole sur-
face of your tongue, will
keep it free of food parti.
cles. and bacteria.
Ill
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