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cock All-
tate wrestler
Lomenick
Jrnal Sports Editor
ere s no doubt that Per-
'Tryon senior Dusty Han-
has had a successful high
l wrestling career with
Y accomplish-
lts attached to
name. Another
ile recently; it
| being selected
the Small East
'State team.
!tancock is the
nd Demon
Stler to reach
credit.
Attaining All-State status was
one of two goals Hancock set for
himself prior to the start of his
senior season. The other was a
state wrestling championship.
He said he wanted
to be the first P-T
wrestler to do that
but fell a match
short.
"All-State was that
next goal," he said.
"Missing state kind
of made it a little bit
easier to take."
h an honor. Wrestling has been
first was his a big part of Han-
gtime friend Dus:y Hancock cock's life. In fact,
teammate Rudy Darrow. he's been on the mat since he
aeock was, however, the was a second grader. And in the
!three-time state qualifier past II years, it has taught him a
tehool history and with
third place medals to his See HANCOCK on 10
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trial ordered
Perkins man
Weaver
Correspondent
Perkins man
as arrested three times
months for allegedly
violent crimes in
has been ordered to
a first-degree rape
a felony
tff assaulting
he lived
Water, Billy Eugene
Jr. also has two mis-
demeanor charges of domestic
abuse for allegedly beating his
girlfriend on two occasions.
McClellan, who listed his
address as 508 SE 3rd in Per-
kins when he posted $28,500
bail, could receive five years to
life in prison if convicted of first-
degree rape by force and fear. He
also could receive two one-year
jail terms if convicted of both
See TRIAL on 10
they do windows, too!
are these P-T High School students smart, but
do windows. Brandon Hills and Jenna Wilson are
National Honor Society sponsor Joanne Huss (I to
Saturday during the Annual Town-Wide Clean-
They were joined by other window-washers (not
Jason Crenshaw, Gena Wollenberg, Jenny Payton,
Goss, plus many other NHS members who were
community service during the day.
Photo by David Holbrook
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"nSUltant. "By the
s blood donors asked
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the Gift of Life
middle of May we traditionally
start to see a dramatic drop in
regular blood donation leaving
our supply at a critically low
level by the Memorial Holiday.
So many regular donors are
busy with outdoor activities
with family and friends that
they aren't donating nearly as
often."
"Only about five percent of all
eligible blood donors have ever
given blood and most of these
donors give only once a year.
The reason most often given for
See BLOOD on 1 2
Good hit!
This local youngster makes a solid hit during t-ball practice Monday evening at Peters Park.
Teams in Perkins Park & Rec summer sports program have been gearing up for the season's
first games this week.
T-ball teams play on the small ball fields at Peters Park, just west of Perkins-Tryon Elemen-
tary School. The park is currently the subject of a fundraising drive to provide lights for the
ball fields. See related story below.
Journal photo by Cindy Sheets
Donations to help meet costs needed
Eort underway to
illuminate ball fields
Local t-ball and coach-pitch School. It consists of two ball
fans will soon be able to enjoy
games after sundown when a
plan to light up Peters Park is
completed.
Peters Park is located just west
of Perkins-Tryon Elementary
small ball diamonds used for
games for younger children.
The Perkins Masonic Lodge,
along with help from the City of
Perkins, organized the project.
Lodge member Harland Wells
'ryon man pleads guilty to
, omestic abuse of boy
by Patti Weaver
Journal Correspondent
STILLWATER - A Tryon man,
who was accused of injury-
ing the 13-year-old son of his
girlfriend at her Perkins home
by grabbing the boy by his
mouth, pleaded guilty Tuesday
to a reduced charge of misde-
meanor domestic abuse.
Randolph Samuel Miller Jr.,
38, was ordered to have no con-
tact with the boy except through
the Department of Human Ser-
vices and to complete parenting
classes and psychological treat-
ment through DHS, prosecutor
Tom Lee said.
Lee said that Miller has been
undergoing treatment since the
incident on Jan. 23, when the
boy said Miller had stuck his fin-
gers in the boy's mouth, making
his mouth bleed, according to
an affidavit by Perkins police
Officer Jeremy Ronspiez.
"It was a minor injury," said
Lee, emphasizing that the boy is
being protected by DHS which
is monitoring the boy's family.
Prior to his guilty plea to
the charge amended Tuesday
to a misdemeanor from felony
injury to a minor child, Miller
See ABUSE on 10
said the project will cost an esti-
mated $10,000 to complete.
Masons have committed
$2,500 to pay for project sup-
plies. According to Wells, that
sum was matched by the Perkins
Community Foundation.
That leaves $5,000 more
needed to purchase supplies for
the project.
Perkins City Manager Jack
Rosson said the city has already
purchased light poles for the
project, and has secured a light-
ing company to perform the
electrical work needed.
He also said that OG&E has
agreed to install the light poles
at the park.
"We will also need braces for
the lights to be mounted on,"
Rosson said.
Wells said the group is hoping
to secure donations to help com-
plete the project this summer.
Anyone who would like to con-
tribute to the lighting project may
drop off their donation, made out
to the Perkins Masonic Lodge,
with Robert Sasser at Sasser
Appraisals, Pete Windiate at Per-
kins Builders Supply, or Harland
Wells at Frontier Realty.
New Perkins history book available this year
Local history buffs are eagerly Acuff has contributed photos Sasser also noted that all of the
anticipating the arrival of the
newest Perkins history book,
scheduled to be available in
November.
The book, "Perkins- Many
People - One Community," is
the third and final volume in a
serie by David Sasser.
It follows "Perkins - Queen
City of the Cimarron" and"Per-
kins - A Place To Call Home,"
published in 1989 and 2001
respectively.
The hard bound book will be
the same size and format as the
previous volumes and will con-
taln 384 pages and more than
550 photographs, many never
published before.
"This book includes a lot of
information that we didn't have
room for in the other books,"
Sasser said.
Local photographer Cecil
that he has taken during .the past
40 years to the project, as well as
photos of current subjects.
Perkins senior class panels from
See HISTORY on 1 2
Sloan picks
up state
Main Street
award
Sharon Sloan was recon-
gized as one of Oklahoma's
Outstanding Main Street
Board Members of the Year
during the Oklahoma Main
Street Center's Annual
Awards Banquet held at the Cox Convention Center in Okla-
homa City on Tuesday, April 22.
Photo provided by David Holbrook
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Community Colendor
May 1 - May Day
May 1, noon - Perkins
Chamber of Commerce
meeting at Lions Den.
May, 1, 7 p.m.- Taylorsville
Gospel Opry
May 1, 7:30 p.m.- P-T Ag
Boosters Meeting, at the
Evans Ag Farm.
May 2 - Annual Chamber
of Commerce Legislative
Golf Tournament.
May 3, 8 a.m.-? - Friends
of the Library Garage/Bake
Sale at 615 N.E. Third.
May 3 - FFA & Family Fish-
ing Tournament and Supper
May 3, 9 a.m.- Olivet Cem-
etery Work Day
May 3, 1 -3 p.m.- Rabies
Clinic at Perkins Fire Sta-
tion.
May 4, 2:30 p.m.- POSSE
meeting at elementary
school cafeteria.
May 5, 7:30 p.m.- Perkins-
Tryon School Board meet-
ing.
May 6 - Perkins-Tryon High
School Jazz/Choir Concert
May 8 - Perkins-Tryon High
School Spring Band and
Choir Concert
May 10, 2 p.m. - Lamb sale
at Evans Ag Farm.
May 10, 7 p.m.- Heaven's
Gates Gospel Opry
May 11 - Mother's Day
May 13, 7 p.m.- Perkins-
Tryon High School Awards
Assembly at new gym.
May 13, 7 p.m.- PiE meet-
ing at Menagerie Espresso
Bar.
. 13, 7"30p, m." Perkins
VFW & Auxiliary meeting.
May 13, 6 p.m. - Perkins
City Commission meeting at
fire station.
May 15, noon - Perkins
Chamber of Commerce
meeting at Lions Den.
May 17 - FFA Awards Ban-
quet
May 18, 1 p.m.- Perkins-
Tryon High School Athletic
Banquet at old gym.
May 23 - Last day of
school
May 23, 8 p.m. - Perkins-
Tryon High School Gradua-
tion at Wilhite Field.
May 26 - Memorial Day
June. 3, 7 p.m.- Friends of
the Library meeting at Payne
County Bank Conference
Room
June 5, noon - Perkins
Chamber of Commerce
meeting at Lions Den.
June 7 - Pistol Pete Day
June 10, 6 p.m.- Perkins
City Commission meeting at
fire station.
June 10, 7:30 p.m.- Perkins
VFW & Auxiliary meeting.
,,June 14 - Flag Day
June 15 - Father's Day
June 19, noon - Perkins
Chamber of Commerce
meeting at Lions Den.
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