Thoughts and Things
ER
from The Journal Staff
'firsts' do
do in a short
sever-
a
period. I had my
ride, my first
thestate of Wis-
my first visit to a
lounge which was
its good food
good cocktails
but our
reason for going to
the variety
serve and not
type of food
we would
to order whatever
preferred. Also
first pickled giz-
you like pickled
you'd enjoy
the pickling mix-
same); my first
Clam Chow-
clam chowder
told what
accent we
to Oklahoma before the Thanks to the U.S.
e
mother and baby returned Postal system I am stay-
home from thehospital, ing very busy these days.
So she21 have to wait to Guthrie decided before
see him in about six Christmas to add another
months when he's broke in route and renumber some
real good. of the others and I just get
To get someplace quick, that done and now Still-
flying is the way to go. We water decides to follow
truly enjoyed our trip on suit. Only I think Still-
American Airlines and water must be trying to
hope to do more• get one up on Guthrie be-
--Yvonne cause Guthrie's changes
....only effected a couple of
- The open house hosted the routes. But Stillwater
by the Stillwater Holiday is redoing them all. Being
Inn last Saturday evening responsible for these
was well attended and af- changes on two papers
forded visitors an opportU- and being ready for the
nity to meet Sloan deadlines can sometimes
Rainwater of Jonesboro, make me a little on edge.
Arkansas, the franchise But It1 just take one day
holder. There are eight at a time and see it all
Holiday Inn franchises through.
owned by the Arkansas --Earlene
corporation. - " " "
--Land My favorite holiday is
.... just around the corn ...St.
their Nor- I have about discovered Patrick's Day. Yes, you
ac- just how flexible I can could say I've some Irish
but they make my .schedule. Now, I in my blood because I have
need to remember when to a natural 'gift of gab' and
Theeat. Things like that. I am a q_ine o' blarney' to boot!
pret- adjusting to some newI sure have been taking a
of snow, but the working hours and though lot of kidding from family
fields, etc. had at it has sort of felt like and friends on my collec-
six inches and teaching an old dog newtion of Irish music: groups
drifts. It was a tricks,' I am pleased to not like The Chieftans, De
cold, kind of a be working such late night Danaan, Dexy's Midnight
C01d while all the hours. Runners, and the like. OK.
was shining It has affected my writ- So I like old fiddle songs
All the above I ing schedule, but justthat make you tap your
were short about anything does, so feet and dance a little
aSthis was strictly that isn't new. I only ira- jig...could be I'm part
trip and not for aging that I am, from time leprechaun!
getting totime, organized, ltreal- I can't say I've been
bookkeep- ly is quite an illusion, having the 'luck of the
etc, of the One yellow crocus has Irish' lately. Sometimes I
we pur- shown itself. I hope to be think if it weren't for
i. The sub- surprised by the rest after tough luck' l'd have no
l lists, advertising Sunday's rain and the luck at all!
etc. are so projected warming trend. I'm still thrilled to be a
greater than we en- I always thought theypart of the Evans' staff
in our weekly bloomed through the during this, my second
newspaper snow. But, I will pass on week on the job, but I do
that we are still any more of that stuff, as hope after getting our new
all will oc- it is too closeto some fish- project off the ground {the
small offices ining weather. Evans' new business paper
I would like to welcome for Payne County called
breciated the all of the new personnel at the Daily Report Business
continuing the Journal and with Digest) that the pace will
• Evans Publications. Aslow down around here
without us for a
and for my sis- talented lot from my ob- somewhat. Not only has all
of Enid who servation, and just some the staff been hard at it,
home fires goingnice people. I wish you the but Yvonne and Bob are
and Eric, our best! And for the redhead even hustling tool Should
had planned to that does such a diligent you see smoke coming
Dakota on her job of wading through my from The Journal office
weekly copy, particularly, this week, don't call the
I wish for stamina. Fire Department...It'sjnst
member of our
but the One of the more reward- the Evans' gang burning
l't cooperate un- ing events of my pastthe midnight oil! Happy
The baby ar- week has been realizing I St. Paddy's to ya', faith
butasitwas have perhaps found and begorra! Take a
• • another avid conversation- minute this week to smell
no VISI-
allowed and she alist. I am delighted, the shamrocks
--Janet --Kathleen
had to return
202 South Main
Perkins
Member F.D.I.C.
Our own on-premise computer and
Operator, Wilma Dry, are just one more
reason that we're able to provide you
With the best banking service available.
Everyone seems to be
talking about how the
state legislature could
really afford to cut back
on spending.., just as
long as it affects someone
else I guess I fell into that
category this week as I
started my scavenger
hunt for an Oklahoma
Income Tax Form.
Having just come from
the onery state of Texas
where a person doeen
have to file a state form--
state taxes aren't even
withheld from your pay
them--I'm still a little
confused.
O.K., so banks and post
offices only carry federal
forms; it's really not their
responsibility anyway.
If Oklahoma really
needs money, why is it so
hard to find the form to
give it to them?
And why, oh, why are
we using two colors of ink!
If you've ever had a busi-
ness card or a wedding
invitation printed you
know it is much more
expensive.
I heard a rumor that the
Public Library actually
had these rare documents
and that for a price, a
person could photocopy a
version to fill out that the
state would accept.
I went to the Stillwater
Library thinking I could
get a form on my way to
the doctor .... I was so
thrilled with the copy the
library aide sold me that I
was home busily dividing
my Oklahoma and Texas
incomes before I realized
she had given me the fed-
era] form.
I thought about writing
to the I.R.S., as I still
have time for the state to
send me a form in the
mail. I wanted to include
my frustrated comments,
but I really didn think an
unsigned letter would do
any good.
Petitions are out of the
question, too. I don't
think I could get too many
people their real names to
sign a petition addressed
to the I.R.S.
--Deb
SCHOOL
BONDS PASS
MANNFORD -- A
$590,000 school bond for a
gym and classrooms
passed with 70 percent of
the voters giving the/r ap-
proval.
The State Senate, this
week, approved legislation
calling for a 2.42 -nt-per
gallon increase in the
state's gasoline tax.
Under the proposal,
House Bill No. 1424, the
tax rate for all types of
motor fuel would be nine
cents per gallon.
The bill presently pro-
vides two cents of the
increase will be appor-
tioned four ways--70 per-
cent to the State Highway
Construction and Main-
tenance Fund; 22 percent
to the counties for roads
minus .33 percent to the
State Auditor and Inspec-
tor; 5 percent will be dedi-
cated to cities and towns;
and 3 percent would be
0 directed to the Oklahoma
Tax Commission. The
County Bridge Improve
mant Fund would receive
the remaining .42 cents of
the new tax.
The County Bridge Pro-
gram has been a very suc-
cessful program and
without the passage of
HB 1424 there are no con-
siderations for continuing
the binding of this prc
gram. In fact, few people
realize we did NOT fund
the program this year due
to lack of funds. Payne
and Lincoln Counties
together have shared
some $1,288,000 in bridge
project allocations since
the inception of this act.
To sit idly by and allow a
program such as this to go
unfunded, in my opinion,
would be irresponsible.
The Perkins Jonmsl Thursday, Msrch 15, 1984 -- PAGE 3
The majority of the ..... Senior Citizen
revenue the new tax would
raise is dedicated to the. News
state's highway construc- Seventy-five turned out
t/on aud malntemmce fund for Monday Night mtmic.
to enable Oklahoma to
i with mu imm were on
: hand.
dollars in federal matching Plenty of cookies, coffee, t
' funds. In fact, it has been and tea were served by
estimated the state could Opal Redus and Georgia
lose more than $287 mil- Burnett.
lion in federal dollars by We want to send a get
the end of Fiscal Year well wish to all our sick
1987, if new revenue to the folks. We miss the
Department of Transpor Don forget Pot Luck,
tation is not provided for Wednesday. Gospel Sing-
this purpose. It seems a ing, Thursday night.
little foolish to not invest Birthday Dinner, Friday.
one dollar to get an addi- Friday is also election of
tional four dollars from officers.
the federal government
which we are entitled to
receive. Should we not
claim what is rightfully NOTICE TO
our money under the fed- ELEMENTARY
eral sharing plan, these
monies can be claimed by Howard Bnn d a, PARENTS
other states who will make played his award winning turkey callers at the recent Joe Hrencher, principal
the 1 to 4 match, state convention, of Perkins Elementary,
I think most everyoneA visit to the annual young poult; a pneumonia- announced this week that
who has had the opportu- convention of the 0kla- like disease is fatalCalifornia Achievement
nit)' to tour our state homa Chapter, NationalA gobbler regards him- Tests (C.A.T.) will be
recently would agree our Wild Turkey Federation in self as king of the forest given next week, March
county roads and bridges, Shawnee last Saturday,fowl. The hoot of an owl 19 thru 23 to the K thru
and to a lesser degree, our was an enlightening ex- will produce a gobbling fifth grade students.
state highways and city perience, challenge from a tom as he Parents are encoureged
streets, need constant One of the nation's top seeks to tell one and all his to have their children eat
attention to remain in regularly and get plenty of
good repair. In fact, the turkey callers and manu- territory is all his.
facturer of some of the A mature tom will have sleep during the testing
estimate of some 400 best handcrafted turkey his own harem of hens. He week, which will reflect
bridges in critical neekt of callers, Howard Dullard, will go from one ridge to with best test scores.
repair or replacement and was present, dispensing another every day during
more than 4,600 miles of turkey lore "do's" and the mating season, seek-
inadequate state roads is "don'ts" relative to the ing the hens. One injection Grimes Named
quite alarming. This mes bird. Dullard owns a of sperm per hen is suffi- Nat'l Award
ure would do much for key caller manufacturing dent for fertilization of the
those causes, if passed center in Ozark, Missouri, eggs for the entire mating Winner
into law. just south of Springfield, period. The United States
Another considerationwhich, incidentally, is not Most flocks of turkeysAchievement Academy
of mine in voting for the far from some of Ameri- have about a 5 50 ratio of announced today that {
passage of House Bill No. ca's prime wild turkey toms and hens. If an older Bobbly L. Grimes has
1424 was that it would habitat, the Ozark moun- tom is harvested, another been named a 1984 Unit-
free state funds thattain range of southern one is always standing by ed States National Award
might have gone to the Missouri and northern Ar- in the wings to emerge as winner in History and
Transportation Depart- kansas, the dominant tom. Government.
ment for use in other vital Dullard makes a variety Dullard said there were Bobby, who attends P-
areas of state funding of callers, most of them several ways to prepare a T High School was nomi-
such as education, cedar-wood related. His wild turkey for the table, nated for this National
Much as we would like , ,,
elp, yelp, yelp, caller of "Baked turkey with wine Award by Allan French, a
to say otherwise, the the cedar box type is and butter basting is real- history teacher and coach
recently enacted tam- popular, while a "gobble, ly delicious," he said. at P-T. He will appear in
I
porary sales tax increase gobble, gobble, "cedar box "Also fried turkey breast the United States
will not be a budgetary shaken with the left hand ! cooked in butter is great. Achievement Academy
cure-all program. In fact, has an award winner. I Smoked turkey, cook,ed Official Yearbook, pub-
it is barely a stay-even "We ve been manufac- ! slowly, is a real treat.' lished annually.
project. Unfortunately, turingcalleresince1970," From the eggs and Bobby is the mm of J. R.
deficiencies will still have Dullard said. "All are nests to the table, this en- and Linda Grimes, Per-
to be fought and when the handmade and we have thusiastic authority on kins. Heis the grandson of
sales tax lapses, our fund- clients throughout the wild turkeys would be the Letha Grimes, Perkins
ing problems will oncecountry." gentleman most of his and Doris Morris of Vici,
again be complex. But As awalkingencyclope listeners last Saturday Ok."
"shoring up" state agen- dig on wild turkeys, Bul- would like to accompany -o,
cies where we cen--as HB lard likes to commence on a turkey hunt. i/-- "
1424 does for the Trans- with the nests and eggs: HIS address is: Howard
portation Department, (1) The wild turkey hen Bullard, 1105 E. Georgia, have a
which has been cut some will lay 12-15 eggs in the Ozark, Missouri 65721. I l |¢e weekend "'I
$60 million the last two nest; she begins laying ...............
years--will enable us to eggs around April 1.
temporarily prevent fur- (2) The incubation peri-!
ther cuts in educatiowod is 29 days with the
Even if House Bill No. hatch ff around the mid- ' J'
1424 is passed into law, die of June (only about
which is by no means half of the eggs hatch). DEL-MAR'S FOOD STORE
assured, Oklahoma will (3) From birth, it is sur-
still place in the lower 25 rival with th- young HAS A FRESH
percent of states in terms poults with predators
of per gallon tax on motor {coon, skunk, bobcat)
fueL Currently, Oklahoma around; only half the
is next to last in gasoline hatch grows to maturity. DAY-LIGHT DO-NUTS DELIVERED
tax, ahead only of Texas, (4) Cold, damp weather FRESH TUE.-SAT.
which is considering a five is the worst enemy of the .,, ,
cent-per-gallon increase. L ...........
When Texas enacts their
fivecent increase, we will L '
once again be dead last
among the states in the tofall in
amount of gasoline tax we
pay. with a
So, again, the story is
not one of Oklahoma's-
legislators greedily
increasing taxes at every
turn. It is, instead, one of
necessarily expanding our
tax base, which has been
narrowed in recent years
and in some cases such as , !
the gasoline tax, has not
been raised since 1941.
Our tax base has been tied
to the roller coaster incli-
nations of the oil and gas First it takes a jeweler who is willing to give you
industry for a long time. his undivided attention.., to guide you through the
During this period we whole exciting adventure of choosing your ring from
have passed tax la wide variety of beautiful designs.
relief measures. We must
now take the responsibil- Then it takes a beautiful ring, made with the kind of
ity for supporting the careful craftsmanship you can trust to last a lifetime.
sevicas and programs our That's why we're proud to bring you
citizens desire .... ArtCarved, the name that stands for
I am always available to
anyone who might have a. a 130 year tradition.ofexc lence.
question or comment Come in soon-and fall in love
regm ling any issues all over again--witha
may handle at the State wedding ring by/ 4 RV
Capitol. My address is:
Senator Bernice Sbedricl am %
Room 426, State Capitol,
Oklahoma City, OK ll.|IMI
73105, or P.O. Box 843, ¥Obll El'lOM] L Ui
r Stillwat~r, OK 74/)76. My
telephone number in Okla-
'homa City is (405)
i 524-0126, Extmmtm 572; ....
fin Stillwater, (405}
743-4500.
