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County Extension news
April 10, is the date
the 2003 Payne County
Rural Urban Conserva-
sponsored by the
fCommerce
Committee, Payne
Bankers Association,
County Conservation
Organizer are planning a
dinner and all the trimmings
at 6 I.m. at the Payne
:purpose of the annual event
years has been to honor
of Payne
and to recognize the eco-
COntribution agriculture
Also the "Farm
ofthe
be honored along with
seniors receiving the
:Chamber of Commerce
like to provide you with
Itary tickets in
that you will plan to attend
COntact the Chamber of
office to enable us
an appropriate amount
Additional tickets for
or relatives may
a minimal charge
please contact the
Commerce
We look forward to
10.
Scholar.
semors, who meet
tpply
and Carl and
Scholarships.
SCholarship is given in
Smith, who
Exten-
'for 18 years.
SCholarships will be
tstanding 4-Her and
one outstanding FFA member in
honor of the Morelands dedication
and support of Payne County 4-H
and FFA activities.
The scholarships will be awarded
during the Rural/Urban Banquet
to be held April 10 at the Payne
County Expo Center.
All interested applicants should
contact the Extension office,
school counselors or Agriculture
Educational Instructors. Applica-
tions are due by April 1, 5 pm to
the Payne County OSU Extension
Center.
• OBI Sale
The OBI All-Breed Performance
Tested Bull Sale will be held at the
OBI Test Station (8 miles west of
Stillwater on Highway 51) begin-
ning at 12 noon on March 31.
Several bulls will sell including
Angus, Beefmasters, Herefords,
Limousin and Brangus, Braun-
vieh, Maine Anjou, and Salers.
For more information contact the
Payne County Extension Office at
405-747-8320.
members prepare a resume and
complete a job application and
participate in an interview at the
contest.
Questions about this event may
be directed to Dea or Brett at the
Extension office.
Oklahoma 4-H Shooting Sports
Workshop-Certification Training
for Adult Volunteers
The Oklahoma 4-H Shooting
Sports Committee along with the
Oklahoma Cooperative Exten-
sion Services and grants from the
National Wild Turkey Foundation
& Federal Cartridge Company are
sponsoring a two day certification
workshop here in Stillwater. This
is a wonderful opportunity for 4-H
volunteers to certify themselves in
the Shooting
Sports project. This event will be
held April 25 and 26, at the Eagle
Heights Baptist Church. Dis-
cipline workshops will include;
archery, air rifle, air pistol, hunting
& wildlife, shotgun, coordinator,
and muzzle loading. For more
• 4-1t News
County Talks Contest & Job
Readiness Event
The Payne County 4-H Talks
Contest and Job Readiness event
will be held on Saturday, April 5
at 9:30 a.m. at the Glencoe High
School.
Pre-entries are required for both
contests and information is now
available at the Extension office.
Entries are due on Monday, March
31, at 5 p.m.
4-H members may enter a regular
talk or an illustrated talk and all 4-
H members are encouraged to also
participate in the extemporaneous
talk contest. No pre-registration
is required for the extemporane-
ous contest.
Intermediate and senior 4-H
members may also enter the Job
Readiness contest. For this event,
information on this event or to sign
up to participate, please contact the
Extension Office.
• 4-H Discovery Unlimited
"Behold The Magic Of 4-H" is
the theme of the 4-H conference
designed especially for 4-H mem-
bers who are I l and 12 years old.
4-H Discovery unlimited is a 4-H
Youth conference that will be held
April 25 and 26 at Saints Grove
Camp east of Stillwater. The main
goal of the conference is to provide
a fun experience to make I 1 and
12 year old 4-H members aware of
future 4-H oppoaunities.
If you would like to register for
the conference, come by the Payne
County OSU Extension Center.
Conference registration is $32 per
delegate or chaperone and is due
to the Extension office by March
26 at 5 p.m. Adult chaperones are
welcome to attend with their 4-H
member I chaperone for every five
4-H members is required.
Texoma yields second state record fish
"March madness" is often used
to describe the frenzy of college
basketball, but a different sort of
March Madness is happening to
anglers fishing Lake Texoma.
For the second time in less than
one week a new state fish record
has been broken on the southern
Oklahoma reservoir; this time for
smallmouth bass.
On March 22, Aaron Fridrich
caught a new state record small-
mouth bass weighing a whop-
ping seven pounds, 12 ounces.
Fridrich's record catch follows
on the heels of a new state record
blue catfish weighing 87-pounds,
4-ounces caught six days earlier
at Texoma by Rusty Keeton of
Ardmore.
Fridrich, of Prague, was fishing
in preparation for an upcoming
bass tournament when he tied on
a crankbait in the portion of the
lake south of Kingston.
"Smallmouth bass are native
only to the Ozark and Ouchita
rivers and streams in eastern
Oklahoma," said Kim Erickson,
fisheries chief for the Oklahoma
Department of Wildlife Con-
servation. "This newest record
is a testament to the success of
our smallmouth bass stocking
program which uses lake-strain
smallmouth bass to establish
reproducing populations in lakes
having no native smallmouth
bass."
Erickson added that anglers also
have good opportunities to hook
a smallmouth bass at Skiatook,
Eufaula, Murray and Lawtonka
lakes.
Here's an "egg-citing"
puzzle for you!
You can "Put it all together" by shopping or
Visiting with one of these Perkins Main Street
member retail merchants between April 1'18!
THE PERKINS |OURNAL Thursday March 27, 2003-9
Absent or incapachatcd voters
able to vote in April 1 election
Here's what you do:
• Shop or visit these merchants to
a puzzle piece that will
eventually resemble the egg
in this ad.
• Get the base egg
from next
week's Perkins
# Journal or the
Perkins Main Street
I€ office and begin to
place the pieces on
the pattern.
• Take your completed
"egg", complete with
required information to
the Main Street office
before - or by - Noon on
April 21.
• You do not have to be present
to Win one of three baskets of goodies from these fine
merchants! Winners will be announced in the Perkins
Journal on April 24.
Registered voters who want
to vote by in-person absen-
tee ballot in next Tuesday's
Municipal General Elections
can do so at the Payne County
Election Board office, located at
315 W. 6th, Suite 207 in Still-
water, or the Logan County
Election Board Office, located
at 224 East Vilas in Guthrie, on
Friday, March 28, from 8 a.m.-6
p.m., Saturday, March 29, from
8 a.m.-I p.m. and Monday,
March 31, from 8 a.m.-6 p.m.
A two-member, bipartisan
Absentee Voting Board will
be on duty each day to assist
absentee voters.
In-person absentee voters fill
out an application form when
they get to the office. They are
not required to give a reason
for voting absentee. They are
required to swear that they
have not voted a regular mail
absentee ballot and that they
will not voter at their polling
places on election day.
The Absentee Voting Board
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any past grievances and holds
no animosity toward the city,
commissioners, or former
Chief Burns.
"The city manager works for
the city commission and the city
commissioners work for the
citizens of Perkins," Ottaway
said. He believes teamwork
and communication is the key
to accomplish what needs to be
done for Perkins. Answers to
questions should be available
to any resident of Perkins and
he believes improvement could
verifies a voter's registration
information, and then issues
the voter a ballot. The voter
marks the ballot in a voting
booth and then puts the ballot
into the voting device; very
much like voting at a precinct
polling place.
Registered voters who become
phusically incapacitated after 5
p.m. Tuesday, March 25, won't
have to miss the April 1 elec-
tion.
State law permits registered
voters who will be unable to
go to the polls because they
became incapacitated after 5
p.m. Tuesday, March 25, to vote
on an emergency basis. "Physi-
cal incapacitation" includes a
variety of conditions - injury,
illness, childbirth - that prevent
a person from voting in person
at the polls on election day.
Contact the Payne County
Election Board at (405) 747-
8350 or the Logan County Elec-
tion board at (405) 282-1900 for
more information.
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indicating that Bates had tried
to stop before striking the other
pickup.
Clark speculated that Bates
was ejected from the driver's
side door of his vehicle shortly
after the impact and ended up
be made in this area.
"If elected, I will listen to the
people and will bend over back-
wards to help any way possible. '
However I will not back off on
something I believe to be right,"
Ottaway stated.
Chuck and Betty Ottaway have
been married 28 years, have five
children, nine grandchildren,
and one great grandchild. All
but one of their children live in
Oklahoma. They have lived in
the Perkins area since 1967.
The municipal election will be
held Tuesday, April 1. '
hay trailer.
The Frank vehicle flipped and
came to rest in the east ditch
with the trailer landing on top
of it.
Frank's passenger, James
Michael Kerr, 58, of Morrison
was transported by ambulance
to Stillwater Medical Center
pinned underthe,rge flatbe.d where hcwas treated4ora hoad, :
.... ""+ .... ', , ..... lacerationi and minor, scrap
" l and abrasions and released.
Frank was transported by ',.,
"WE'RE Sntt OPEN!
Rhythm 7tlt00y ©ance Studio
Is still going strong under the direction of
Ms. Morgan Reynolds & Mrs. Barbara Jones!
During the renovation of our new facility, we are-
, temporarily located in the Perkins Lions' Den.
Regular class schedules resumed
Monday, March 24. Stop by & see us!
For more information about the
studio or summer classes please
contact: o
Ms. Morgan - 547-2021
Mrs. Barbara - 547-1184
private vehicle to the hospital
where he received treatment for '
a hand injury and scrapes and
abrasions and also released.
Emergency personnel worked
for approximately 30 min-
utes to free Bates from where ,"
he was pinned by the heavy ,
trailer. Bates was transported
by EagleMed helicopter to OU ',
Medical Center in Oklahoma
city for treatment of severe head ,
trauma. He died approximately
four hours after the accident.
Trooper Clark said none of ,
those involved in the accident ,
were wearing seat belts.
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erful way to reach people, espe-
cially kids. This will be a good
day for awareness, learning,
caregiving and love and educa-
tion for all."
Youth Group members who
will be participating are Kerry
Morton, Stephanie Cundiff,
Kelby Jacob, Sabrina Cundiff,
and Shelby Cundiff.
The low-cost clinics are con-
ducted to help families who
cannot afford to sterize their
animals, including people on
DHS, SSI, Medicaid or TANIF,
or disability recipients.
Those who would like to
have their pets spayed or neu-
tered can call 377-0966 tbr an
appointment.
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Lenders must require borrow-
ers whose property is located in
a designated flood hazard area
to purchase flood insurance
as a condition of receiving a
Federally backed mortgage
loan in accordance with the
Federal Disaster Protection Act
of 1873.
The NFIP is implemented ).
through the Federal Emergency ,
Management Agency. There are
more than four million flood '
insurance policies in the more .,
than 19,000 participating com-
munities nationwide.
