4-THE PERKINS JOURNAL, Thursday, March 8, 2001
STAY educators
presenting aids
awareness
Perkins Chamber of Commerce visited lifetime Perkins resident Effie Emerson, 103, to award
her Citizen of the Month status. The group also presented Emerson with a proclamation naming
the first week of March "Effie Emerson Week."
Perkins Chamber of Commerce members foUowed up their visit to Effie Emerson with a stop at
The Perkins Journal for a ribbon cutting ceremony.
Journal Publishers Cindy and Keith Sheets and Editor~Writer Becky Brake welcomed the group
to The Journal's open house, held March I and 2.
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AIDS awareness and STDs
prevention will be presented to
grades 9-12 in late April.
Perkins-Tryon High School is
fortunate to have several trained
STAY (Students Teaching AIDS
to Youth) educators. These
middle and high school students
have gone through an extensive
3-day training seminar and
passed certification tests with
the Red Cross. Assisting them
in the presentations will be
Brandi Brooks, from the Payne
County Health Department.
Brooks is a Preventative Medi-
cal Consultant, trained by the
State Health Department and
certified as an HIV testing/coun-
seling professional. Parents are
invited to meet some of the
STAY educators and review the
material in the high school me-
dia center on March 12 at 7 p.m.
Ready, Set, Read!
Scholastic Book Fairs comes
to Perkins-Tryon Middle School
March 9-16, to bring the best
books and learning products
from more than 150 publishers
to readers of all ages. The fair
is open to the community.
The Book Fair features tradi-
tional children's favorites and
new works by popular authors
and illustrators. Parents and
teachers will find plenty which
will interest them too. The fair
is open daily before school, at
lunch, and after school until
3:45 p.m. Students with money
for purchases may come, with
permission from their classroom
teachers, during the school day.
Families are welcome to come
during parent-teacher confer-
ence time on March 15 and 16.
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Murrays celebrating 50th
Gene and Christine (Melvin) Murray of Perkins will
their 50th wedding anniversary with a reception
chiid(en at 2 p.m. on March 18 at the Lions Den in
They were married March 19, 1951 in Chandh
dren are Beatrice Bubke and husband Jon, Chris Murray
Barbara, and Donna Wagner and husband Quinton,
They have 10 grandchildren and one great grandchild.
Gene worked at the OSU Poultry Farm for 39 years.
worked at Lancaster Rocking Horse ranch and bab,
They have lived in Perkins all of their married life.
Friends and family members are invited to the
couple request no gifts.
Kiara Maire Whitehead Check
James and April Whitehead of The
Perkins are proud to announce
the birth of a beautiful girl.
Kiara Maire Whitehead was
born February 2, 2001. Kiara
weighted 8 lbs 10 ozs and was page 1
20 inches long.
She is welcomed by all friends
and family.
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Announces the opening in
of his new practice,
provisions for
Haines preparing
for US Naval
Academy
Cyrus Haines, son of Dr. and
Mrs. Joe D. ttaines, Jr., has been
selected to the United States
Naval Academy Preparatory
School in Newport, Rhode Is-
hind.
Upon completion of the
NAPS program, Cy is guaran-
teed selection in the 2006 Class
of the United States Naval Acad-
emy. Cy received a congres-
sional nomination from the
ltonorable Wes Watkins to the
United States Military Academy
at West Point and the Naval
Academy.
Cy is a varsity cross country
runner, Eagle Scout, President
of the History Club and mem-
ber of the Beta Club at Stillwater
High. Cy will also play baseball
The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation to extend
special bankruptcy protection provisions for family farmers, U.S.
Rep. Wes Watkins announced.
The Family Farmer Bankruptcy Relief Extension, H.R. 256, ex-
tends Chapter 12 of Title 11 of the U.S. Code for an additional 11
months. Chapter 12 offers special bankruptcy protection for fam-
ily farmers by allowing them to reorganize their debt rather than
forcing them to liquidate their assets.
"Low commodities prices and bad weather have really put fam-
ily farmers through the wringer over the past three or four years,
and the federal government needs to do everything it can to help
keep our family farmers and cattlemen in business through these
though times," said Watkins, one of the most passionate advocates
for agriculture in the U.S. Congress. o
Extending H.R. 256 will help many family farmers reorganize
their debt instead of losing their family's livelihood," he stated.
In 1986, Congress enacted Chapter 12 of the U.S. Bankruptcy
Code to give family farmers a specialized form of bankruptcy re-
lief that responds to their paff cular needs. The.goal oflhe measure
was to provide farmers with the opportunity to reorganize and thus
preserve their farms through a streamlined and expeditious bank-
ruptcy process. It was originally enacted as atemporary measure,
but has been extended four times. The last such extension expired
July 1, 2000.
The bill defines a "family farmer" as an individual, spouse, or
family-owned partnership or corporation with debts of less than
arises from the farming op-
$ ! .5 million, eighty percent of which
eration. The debtor must derive
at least fifty percent of gross an-
nual income from farming.
"With fewer and fewer people
going into agriculture, it is more
important than ever for Con-
gress to help those currently in
Smith celebrating
80th birthday
Our dad, Durell Smilh, is turn-
ing eighty years old on March
12, 2001. So, on Saturday,
March 10, family and friends
will honor him with a surprise
birthday party at the Oak Park
Retreat Center Lodge, 805 E.
Kirk, Perkins.
Friends can drop by 2-4 p,m.
Refreshments will be served.
Help us surprise him on this spe-:
cial day. Hosted by his six chil-
dren and spouses.
the agriculture business stay in
the agriculture business. Our
national security and economic
well-being depend on a domes-
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