Le -Piano recital-see page 3.
Right-Perkins resident Dale Holbrook
"allegedly" caught this "alleged" twenty
pound catfish in the Cimarron River
May 6, according to an annonymous
source (his wife-Florence).
NOW in our :i:O:Tth year of
Payn ilCoun ,i:: Oldest N wspaper
..% ,:. -.~....
wins OACP essay contest
an annual essay
school students. Brandon Bin ford, who will enter
in Perkins Middle School this fall, was the first place
northeast region of Oklahoma, with his essay titled
to stay away from alcohol and drugs".
l~olice Chief Curtis Burns presented Brandon with a
for $300.00 at the Perkins Town Board meeting
night, June 2, 1997.
isers held by OACP in the area are used to
as well as college scholarships, training,
and legislative lobbying.
from local businesses and individuals went
'~ink area residents will be pleased," said Burns.
is divided into four regions plus a region each for
! City and Tulsa. Each school picks three entries, then a
first, second and third place winners in each
Continued on page two
by Rick Clark Counties. Oklahoma County and Street interchange with Inter-
Despite SH33 and US177 be- Tulsa County will get an addi- state 35 and highway improve-
ing designated as Oklahoma tional $10 million from the next ment to 23 rd Street from Inter-
Department of Transportationtwo year's Constitutional Re- state 35 east to Sooner Road,
"improvement corridors", theserve funds, also known as the g. reconstruction of Interstate
$700 million, five-year highway "rainy day' lurid. 44 from the vicinity of Interstate
construction package signed into Of that 20 percent allocated240 to the vicinity of Southwest
law by Governor Frank Keating to District 4, Oklahoma County 44th Street.
won't be of great help to Payne gets two-thirds (67cX), approxi- h. highway improvement
County. mately $140 million, while the for US177 from the vicinity
The only project in Payne remaining third, $46 million, is of Interstate 38 to the vicin-
County that will see new con- to be apportioned for the rest of ity of the Kansas state line,
struction as a result of the new the district, i. interchange improvements
bill is SH51 from Fairgrounds 20 percent of the funds will be at junction of State Highway 11
road to SH108. It is supposed to allocated to Transportation Dis- and Interstate 35,
be four-laned, trict 8, which includes Tulsa and j. highway improvement of
SH33 from Coyle to Cushing other eastern counties. The re- US177 from the vicinity ofPonca
is not in the five-year plan be- maining 60 percent is ear- City to the vicinity of the Cima-
cause it is too big of a project, marked for the six other trans- rron Turnpike,
according to State Representa- portation districts in a ratio of k. highway improvement for
tive Dale Wells, D-Cushing. ten percent each. Interstate 35 access road for
Improvements to SH33 from The new highway funding act west side of 1-35 from the vicin-
Interstate 35 to Langston Uni- specifically list~these Transpor- ity of State Highway 164 north
versity is in the package, how- tation District 4 projects: to vicinity of US64 in Noble
ever. County,
"The first leg to Coyle will be a. highway improvement to I. highway improvement
done probably next Spring," US Highway 270 from the vicin- for SH33 from the vicinity of
Wells told The Perkins Journal ity of Harrah to the vicinity of I35 to the vicinity of Coy|e;
Monday morning. South East 29th Street, m. highway improvement
A new bridge over the Cimar-b. highway improvement to fro SH51 from vicinity of
ron River near Coyle is sched- open a south access road on In- Sillwater extending east to
uled for "bid opening" by May, terstate 40 between the vicinity the vicinity of SH 108 in
2002, according to ODOT of Vickie Road and the vicinity Payne County,
spokesperson Marta McCloskey. of Sooner Road, n. highway improvement for
The four-laning of US177 c. highway improvement for US77, also known as the Broad-
from Stillwater to Perkins, Interstate 235 between 36th way Extension, from the vicin-
which was in the original project Street and Interstate 235 and ity of Northwest 63rd Street ex-
list submitted to the legislature Interstate 44 junction, tending north to the vicinity of
prior to passage of the bill, "fell d. highway improvement for the City of Edmond,
out ofthe list at the last moment exit ramp on Interstate 40 o. highway improvement for
and is not part of this program," westbound in the vicinity of Rose SH74 from the Logan County
according to State Senator Mike State College Communication line to the vicinity of Edmond
Morgan, D-Stillwater. Center, Road, and
Morgan added that US177 e. highway improvement to p. highway improvement for
improvements from Stillwater to extend State Highway 3 west the Interstate 40 and Czech Hall
Perkins can still be accom- from the vicinity of Kingfisher, Road interchange in Canadian
plished with the new highwa:~ f. reconstruction of 23rd County.
funding package "freeing up"
other money previously commit-
ted, and move the much needed
local project closer to reality.
"My thinking is that it will be
sooner than later, Morgan said.
Town Trustees table "The fight is not over."
According to ODOT's
utilif,,.,,,,j annlicationl.,,l.,,,, "" McCloskey all of the projects
on
listed in HB1629 are being re-
viewed by ODOT engineers and
John Calavan for the Town of Perkins to installproject managers.
Bewer service to an unimproved lot in Perkins Country "We are extremely pleased
in tabling any action "subject to call" until the about the new funding and we
reConvene at a special meeting on Thursday, June 5, are all in the process ofevaluat-
l~.m. at City Hall. After more than an hour of discus- ing the projects listed in the bill,"
Trustees and the City Attorney at the regular McCloskey said.
night, it was still unclear if the financial respon- The House plan (HB1629)
utility services to the addition located on Sa-signed by Governor Keatingcon-
Hwy. 33 and Kirk belongs to the City, the origi- sists of $700 million in Phase I
or to individual purchasers, such as Calavan, when construction and improvements
~t~be improved, throughout Oklahoma during
the next three years; $300 mil-
Continued on page two
lion more in Phase II construc-
tion and improvements in the
"For" and "Against" following two years if economic
indicators send the fight signal;
and an estimated $1 billion in
at board meeting highway construction and recon-
struc'tion previously pro-
grammed in ODOT's "Five-Year-
Board of Education received a petition Mon- Plan."
monthl meeting with 110 signatures from Tryon The $700 million would be
asking the board to keep the Tryon Elementary open derived from General Fund rev-
a resolution for an election to have voters decide on enues ($194.9 million), Constitu-
district, tional Reserve funds ($205.1
already made a determination on closingthe Tryon million), and revenue bonds
;the "who and where" of an annexation election to an- ($300 million), according to a
tetermined by the petition, news release from the media di-
)avid Sasser and Lloyd Moorman were in agree- vision of the Oklahoma House of
a "vast majority" wanted to annex to another district, Representatives.
t oppose it. Of the $700 million devoted to
is that the persons involved define the area, let construction and improvements
Saaaer told the Tryon visitors. "If the majority, I in Phase I, 20 percent would be
, demonstrated to me, it could be easier for me allocated to state Transportation
District 4, which includes Payne,
Noble, Kay, and Oklahoma
Perkins-Tryon High School graduate of I997 Aubrey Taylor received
the Oklahoma Lions Scholarship named in honor of Dr. Eugene
Briggs. Perkins Lions Club President Gene Wollenberg presented
the scholarsh(p certificate to Taylor during the local Lions meeting
Monday night. The $400 scholarship is for continuing education.
Taylor will be enrolling at OSU this Fall.
Siren test
Thursday
There will be a test of the
tornado warning sirens
Thursday, June 5 at 1 p.m.
(barring inclement weather.)
A Mother's Poem:
(I would like to share this
poem with other mothers. It
was written by my beautiful,
talented daughter-in-law,
Chantel Doutey, and was
given to me on Mother's Day.-
Boanie Blumer)
A mother is a special gill
all wrapped up in itself;
Aplan byGed to do awork
that could not be put on a
shelf.
To care for His child He
needed
Someone with a heart to
let love in,
You came to the call, a
great one not small,
and said, "Lord, I will take
this child in."
He will be a part of me and
I will be a part of him,
So y0u grew together in
this world
that changes day-by-day,
And many times you
talked to God
For Him to show you a
way.
A way to encourage, to
strengthen your son;
To help be the best he
could be,
And it came to pass in
these days at last,
God said, "He will teach
others to tbllow and be like
Me."
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Perkins Weather Review
(compiled by Rick
Matheson, superintendent,
Perkins Agronomy Station)
MON., May 26 - High:
92; Low: 63; Rainfall: 0.00.
TUES., May 27 - High:
79; Low: 59; Rainfall: 0.00.
WED., May 28 - High:
76; Low: 49; Rainfall: 0.00.
THURS., May29 - High:
85: Low: 54; Rainfall: 0.00.
FRI., May 30 - High: 77;
Low: 62; Rainfall: 0.10".
SAT., May 31 - High: 80;
Low: 55; Rainfall: 0.00.
SUN., June 1 - High: 83;
Low: 51; Rainfall: 0.00.
Total rainfall for month of
May: 2.6T'.
VFW Auxiliary
sets June 7 for
Garage Sale
The Perkins VFW Auxil-
iary will be having a benefit
yard sale and hamburger
cookout on Friday and Sat-
urday, June 6-7 at the VFW
Post located on Sadler Road
in Perkins.
Hamburgers will be
served on Saturday while the
Friday and Saturday yard
sale will start at 9 a.m.
If you would like to do-
nate items for the garage
sale you can bring them by
the Post by Thursday, June
5.
Friends of Library
meeting June I0
The Friends of the Library
organization will be having
a meeting, Tuesday, June 10,
7 p.m. at the Accordion
House.
Albert May will present
the program: "An Evening
With Lincoln."
