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Stillwater Journal
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SPORTS
State Track
Champions
Crowned
Local and area trackster,
shined at their respective
state track meets last
weekend.
Perkins-Tryon junior
Brady Huckabay capped
the weekend with
two medal winning
performances including a
state championship in the
100-meter dash. Magnus
Scott of Coyle and Karen
Wil!son of Ripley also
won championships.
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May 16, 6-8:30 p.m.
- Monday Music
Night, Perkins Senior
Citizens Center, 114
E. Kirk
May 18, Noon
- Perkins Lions Club
meeting, Holsinger
Lions Den
May 18, 7 p.m. -
Alcoholics Anonymous
(AA) meeting, Perkins
Lions Den
May 19, noon
- Perkins Community
Chamber of
Commerce meeting,
Vassar Community
May 23, 6-8:30 p.m.
- Monday Music
Night, Perkins Senior
Citizens Center, 114
E. Kirk
May 25, Noon
- Perkins Lions Club
meeting, Holsinger
Lions Den
May 25, 7 p.m. -
Alcoholics Anonymous
(AA) meeting, Perkins
Lions Den
May 26, 7:30 p.m.
- Perkins Planning
Commission meeting,
City Hall Annex
May 30 - Memorial
Day
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Church .................. C3
Classifieds .......... B4-B5
Comics .................. B6
Entertainment ...... C2
Farm & Ranch ....... $6
History .................. A5
Obituaries ........... A2
Opinions ........... A4, $4
Public Records .... $2
School .................. A6
Seniors ................. C4
Sports ................. B1 -B4
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Man accused of holding knife to woman
By Patti Weaver
Joumal Correspondent
A rural Perkins man
-- accused of holding a
knife to a woman's throat,
threatening to kill her if
she called police and elud-
ing two sheriff's deputies
-- remained jailed Tuesday
on $50,000 bail after being
spotted by Perkins police
Sunday.
John Edwin Pricer, 49,
could be incarcerated for
more than 11 years if con-
victed of assault and battery
with a dangerous weapon,
making threats to kill and
eluding an officer, all on
Sunday, according to a
three-count charge filed
Monday.
The alleged incident
involving a 43-year-old
Stillwater woman started
at Pricer's rural Perkins
residence located in
Lincoln County, Payne
County Undersheriff Garry
McKinnis told the Journal
Tuesday.
"The assault occurred in
Payne County while they
were traveling between
here and there in his car,"
McKinnis said.
"He dropped her off at
her home in Stillwater.
We were dispatched at 8:
30 a.m. Sunday," McKin-
nis said.
Pricer is alleged to have
held a knife to the throat of
the woman who suffered
lacerations to her right
hand while trying to get
the knife away, according
to the felony count filed by
Payne County prosecutor
Jill Tontz.
The woman was also
reported to have three
broken ribs and a minor
concussion, the Payne
County undersheriff said.
Lincoln County authori-
ties have asked that Pricer
be held for them while they
investigate alleged domes-
tic violence there, the Payne
County undersheriff said.
Pricer allegedly eluded
Payne County Sheriff's
Deputies Dustin Chadwell
and Jared Noles by accel-
erating his vehicle to 75
m.p.h, and failing to stop
at a stop sign on a county
road near Vinco, the under-
sheriff said.
Perkins Police Chief
Robert Williams said,
"After some checking, it
was determined that he was
dropped off at the intersec-
tion of Main and Thomas
here in Perkins and was last
seen leaving the OnCue 1
downtown westbound.
"I was called and I
authorized Sgt. Collier to
call out additional officers
to assist in the search and
my understanding is that
our K9 Handler, Dewayne
Hammack, located him
walking down the street
in the area of First and W.
Freeman."
Pricer "was picked up by
Perkins police Sunday at 2
p.m.," the Payne County
undersheriff said.
Payne County court
records show that Pricer
was charged in 1992 with
assault and battery in Per-
kins on another woman,
who alleged in an affidavit
that he threatened to kill her
and slapped her so hard that
she ended up on a kitchen
table.
"Then he looked on the
kitchen table, saw a butcher
knife and picked it up and
held it to my face and said,
'In fact this is the perfect
time to kill you. You know !
can do it,'" the alleged in an
affidavit filed in 1992.
"He walked out of the
kitchen to the living room. I
was on the floor by the sink:
He turned around fast and
ran back with the knife and
raised his ann up as if he
was gonna throw it at me,"
she alleged in her affidavit
filed in 1992.
After threatening he r
again, "He then turned
around and threw the knife
into the bedroom and went
out the front door and came
right back in and told me to
not get up until he left," she
alleged in her affidavit.
Pricer subsequently
pleaded guilty to a misde-
meanor charge of assault
and battery onthat woman
for which he was placed on
six months' probation in
1992, court records show.
Legislative Appreciation Golf Tournament Held
By Cindy Sheets
Contributing Writer
Perkins Community
Chamber of Commerce
Friday welcomed 27 teams
to its annual Legislative
Appreciation Golf Tourna-
ment.
The event, held on May
6 at Cimarron Trails Golf
Course in Perkins, is the
organization's main fund-
raiser.
State Representative Lee
Denney served as honorary
co-host for the event. Other
legislators and VIPs in atten-
dance Friday included State
Senator Jim Halligan, Rep.
Cory Williams, Rep. Danny
Morgan, Payne/Logan
County District Attorney
Tom Lee, and former State
Rep. Terry Ingmire.
Taking first place in the
A Flight was the Ampride/
Cimarron Valley Co-op/
Roper Construction/G&W
Welding team, with a
score of 48. Second and
third place, respectively,
were Oklahoma Bankers
Association (49.4) and
Blackjack/Horizon/Special
Energy (49.6).
Exchange Bank won B
Flight first place with a
score of 52.9. Basic Energy
(53.8) and Payne County
Bank (55.2) took second
and third, respectively.
Special hole winners were:
Closest to Pin Hole 7 - J.R.
Kalka, Closest to Pin Hole
17 - Doug Major, Longest
Drive Hole 9 - Jimmy
Aldridge, Longest Drive
Hole 15 - Philip Seeley
Pet vaccination
clinic Saturday
By Cindy Sheets
Contributing Writer
Perkins Veterinary Clinic
and the City of Perkins will
be hosting a pet vaccination
and registration clinic from
1-3 p.m. this Saturday, May
14, at the Perkins Fire Station
in downtown Perkins.
Pet owners will be able to
receive rabies and distemper
vaccinations, heartworm
testing and prevention, de-
worming, and dog dips at
discount prices, Loft Hoover,
Perkins Veterinary Clinic
manager, said.
Prices are as follows:
Rabies vaccination for cats
and dogs - $10
Distemper group vaccina-
tion for cats - $12; dogs
-$13
Heartworm tests - $20
(more than half off the regu-
lar price)
Heartworm prevention
and flea and tick products
also available.
Hoover said heartworm
prevention will only be sold
with negative test results or
proof of prior prescription.
Perkins Veterinary Clinic
will also be offering vaccina-
tion clinics in Tryon on May
21, Carney on June 4, and
Agra on June 11. The clinics
will be open from 1-3 p.m.
For more information
about pricing or other ques-
tions, call Perkins Veterinary
Clinic at (405) 547-2442.
Perkins residents can also
get their pets registered Sat-
urday.
Colleen Crummy, 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 hail 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.
The benefits of registration
include:
Reunites lost dogs with
their owners.
Helps veterinarians and
animal control officers con-
tact you should your pet ever
become injured and need life
saving treatment.
Helps keep strays off the
streets.
Helps maintain good health
of our citizens and pet popu-
lation by monitoring required
vaccinations.
For more information about
registering your pet, call city
hall at (405) 547-2445.
Toumament chair Brent DeMuth (center) and Chamber President Jacque Vassar (left) welcome
State Representative Lee Denney, who served as honorary co-host for the event. Photo by Cindy Sheets
Leadership Perkins Graduates Nine
Nine members of the Leadership Perkins Class V were recognized for completing the
program during the Perkins Community Chamber of Commerce's Thursday, May 5, meet,
ing at Vassar Community Center. Class members are (front row, I to r) Colleen Crummy;
Kristen Murray, Gayla Bates, Bryan Larison, (back) Lanae DeMuth, Gene Morris, Ashlynn
Burk, Jillianne Tebow, and Cindy Trowbridge. Photo by Cindy Sheets
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