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24 Pages
Council
Tweaks
Proposed
Budget
Neighborhood streets
will get a little more
attention in the City of
Stillwater's 2013 budget.
In an earlier budget
proposal presentation
Transportation Director
Jason Peak explained
that he hadn't asked for
extra capital funds for
street repair because so
much work needs to be
done and other needs like
water delivery are more
pressing.
Stillwater Journal
Page A1
SPORTS
Regional
Tournament
Starts Today
Perkins-Tryon is host-
ing one of eight Class 4A
regional baseball tourna-
ments beginning today.
The Demons will play
Glenpool in the tourna-
ment opener at noon.
Page B1
:ALENDAR
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• May 3, noon
- Perkins Community
Chamber of
Commerce meeting,
Vassar Community
Center
• May 7, 6-8:30 p.m.
- Monday Music
Night, Perkins Senior
Citizens Center, 114
E. Kirk
• May 9, noon
- Perkins Lions Club
meeting, Holsinger
Lions Den
• May 9, 7 p.m. -
Alcoholics Anonymous
(AA) meeting, Perkins
Lions Den
• May 16, noon
- Perkins Lions Club
meeting, Holsinger
Lions Den
• May 16, 7 p.m. -
Alcoholics Anonymous
(AA) meeting, Perkins
Lions Den
• May 17, 11 a.m.
- Oklahoma territorial
Plaza Trust meeting,
Vassar Community
Center
• May 17, noon
- Perkins Community
Chamber of
Commerce meeting,
Vassar Community
Center
NDEX
Church .................. C3
Classifieds .......... B4-B5
Comics .................. B6
Entertainment ...... C2
Farm & Ranch ....... $6
History .................. A5
Obituaries ........... A2
Opinions ........... A4, $4
Public Records .... S2
School .................. A6
Seniors ................. C4
Sports ................. B1 -B3
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Perkins Area Rabies Clinics Planned
By Cindy Sheets
Contributing Writer
Perkins Veterinary Clinic
will host annual rabies clin-
ics in area towns over the
next month.
Area pet owners can get
their pet's annual vaccina-
tions and parasite prevention
at discount prices at the clin-
ics, PVC office manager
Lori Hoover said.
Locations and dates for the
clinics are:
• Carney - City Hall, May
5, 1-3 p.m.
• Perkins - Fire Station
fdowntown), May 12, 1-3
p.m.
• Agra - City Hall, May 19,
1-3 p.m.
• Tryon - City Hall, June 2,
1-3 p.m.
Rabies and distemper
vaccinations for dogs will
be offered.
Vaccinations for cats
include rabies, distemper,
FIV (feline AIDS), and
feline leukemia.
Hoover said heartworm
and feline leukemia testing
will also be available at the
clinics.
"These vaccinations and
tests will all be offered at
discount prices," Hoover
said. "Pet owners can also
purchase summer flea and
tick prevention and heart-
worm prevention at discount
prices."
During the Perkins clinic,
dog owners can also obtain
city licenses.
Colleen Crummy, with
the City of Perkins, said all
dogs living within the city
limits are required to be
registered.
To register your dog, just
bring the animal's rabies
certificate from the vet to
city hall or the registration
clinic on Saturday and fill
out a short form. The cost is
$10 for animals who are not
spayed or neutered and $8
for animals that are spayed
or neutered, Crummy
said. Registration must be
renewed yearly.
For more information
about city dog licenses, call
City Commissioners Honored
During its April meeting, the City of Perkins and Perkins City Commission honored Com-
missioners Frank Lades (left) and Randy Jarvis for their service to the city. Lades and
Jarvis each served for the past six years on the commission. Mayor Bob Johnson said their
commitment has been invaluable in accomplishing many important projects for Perkins,
including the construction of the city's new wastewater treatment plant and Redbud Assisted
Living Center. Photo provided
city hall at (405) 547-2445. about any of the rabies Veterinary Clinic at (405)
For more information clinics, contact Perkins 547-2442..
Perkins man gets probation in meth and burglary charge
By Patti Weaver
Journal Correspondent
A Perkins man has been
placed on seven years'
probation for endeavoring
to manufacture metham-
phetamine at his residence
and committing a burglary
in Stillwater.
David Ray Coffey, 22,
admitted Friday possess-
ing 40 pounds of fertilizer,
ammonium sulfate, crystal
drain opener, sodium hydrox-
ide, a fuimel, epsom salt and
tubing on March 7 -- with
intent to manufacture meth.
Coffey also admitted
Friday to conspiring with two
men and burglarizing a house
in Stillwater wh¢elt" gale was
removed several days before
Christmas last year.
Coffey accepted a plea
bargain Friday in whieh he
was given two concurrent
seven-year suspended sen-
tences for conspiracy and
burglary, with the restitution
issue reserved.
Coffey also accepted a
plea bargain Friday in which
he was given a concurrent
seven-year suspended sen-
tence for his meth manufac-
turing endeavor.
In his drug case. he was
also ordered to pay $50
to the District Attorney's
Drug Fund and a $150 crime
bureau laboratory fee, along
with a $50,000 fine. all of
which was suspended except
$500.
Coffey was also ordered
Burglars target unlocked vehicles
By Cindy Sheets
Contributing Writer
Perkins Police Department
is investigating a series of
car burglaries that occurred
last week.
Police Chief Bob Ernst
said the burglars targeted
11 vehicles in neighbor-
hoods north of the Perkins-
Tryon Elementary School
Thursday evening, April
26, through Friday morn-
ing, April 27.
"Basically, they took per-
sonal items left in view."
Ernst said. "Anything that
was left readily accessible
in vehicles."
Some of the items stolen,
which included iPods, a
computer, a bonus check,
and speakers, had serial
or tracking numbers that
officers were able to reg-
ister with the National
Crime Information Center
(NCIC), which should
help identify the items
should the burglars try to
sell them.
Ernst said he estimated
the total value of the stolen
items exceeds $2,000.
Ernst said officers are
aggressively investigating
and pursuing those who
committed these crimes, but
citizens should take precau-
tions to guard their property
from criminals.
"It's imperative people
lock their doors and not
leave valuable items in
plain sight in their vehi-
cles," Ernst said.
Anyone who has informa-
tion regarding these crimes,
or would like more informa-
tion, should contact Chief
Ernst at (405) 547-2445.
Tryon woman charged with
child endangerment in Perkins
By Patti Weaver
Journal Correspondent
A Tryon woman was
charged Monday with child
endangerment by permitting
a 4-year-old and an 8-year-
old to ride in her vehicle on
the streets of Perkins while
she an intoxicated driver on
Saturday.
Elspeth Teresa Flem-
ming, 26, could be given a
four-year prison term and a
$5,000 fine if convicted of
child endangerment.
Flemming could be incar-
cerated for an additional
one year, fined $1,000,
and required to have treat-
ment for at least 28 days,
along with at least one-year
supervision with periodic
testing, aftercare, 480 hours
of community service and
an ignition interlock for at
least 30 days if convicted of
aggravated drunk driving.
She could also receive
a $20 fine if convicted of
failure to wear a seatbelt,
3
according to the three-
count charge on which she
was arraigned Monday.
Since she appeared with-
out an attorney, Flemming
was ordered to return to
court May 30 with an attor-
ney, court records show. She
was freed on $1,000 bail.
The case was investigated
by Stillwater Police Officer
David Duncan and Perkins
Police Officer Trenton
Mitchell, court records
show.
to have a drug and alcohol
evaluation and perform any
recommended follow-up,
along with 100 hours of
community service.
Coffey was arrested
on March 7 when Payne
County Sheriff's Deputies
Gregg Russell and Dan Nack
went to his then residence on
N.W. 2rid Street in Perkins
to serve a burglary warrant,
court records show,
"While I was walking
Coffey outside, Deputy
Nack advised me that he
could smell an odor associ-
ated with the manufacturing
of methamphetamine coming
from the back of the house
and the garage area," Russell
wrote in an affidavit.
"I then placed Coffey in the
back seat of Perkins Officer
Morris's patrol car," Russell
wrote in his affidavit.
"I walked to the back
yard area where I smelled
an odor associated with the
manufacturing of metham-
phetamine," Russell wrote
in his affidavit.
After another man -- who
was not charged in the drug
case -- handed Nack a piece
of foil containing a plastic
baggy with pseudoephed-
fine pills. Russell obtained a
search warrant for the Perkins
house where ingredients to
make meth were found, the
affidavit said.
The other man said, "he
purchased Sudafed pills last
Monday for Coffey so that
he could do a cook to make
money to pay his lawyer, but
something went wrong, and
he didn't get to do it." the
affidavit said.
"'Coffey called him today
and asked him to purchase
a box of Sudo and that he
needed some tubing also,"
the affidavit said.
The pair then went to two
stores to look for lithium
batteries which can be used
to manufacture meth, but the
stores were out of them, the
affidavit said.
"Coffey said, 'that's okay
-- I'll have someone bring
some later,'" the affidavit
said.
When Coffey was inter-
viewed by the deputy,
"Coffey denied any knowl-
edge of cooking meth and
said the items inside the
house were not his." the
affidavit said.
In his earlier case, Coffey
was charged with Samuel
Ray Moore, 43. of Perkins,
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