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5TILLWATER
Woman
Fakes
Kidnapping
A woman who told family
members she had been
kidnapped and taken
to Texas last week has
admitted she faked her
abduction, Stillwater
Petite Captain Randy
Dickerson said. The
incident began when Nikk
Irons McGee posted on
Facebook a "creepy dude
will not stop knocking on
my door."
Stillwater Journal
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SPORTS
Field Is Set
Foe OK Kids
Tournament
The field has been set
for next week's OK Kids
Baseball Regional 4 Midg
ets Tournament at Dickson
Park. The event will begin
Tuesday and continue
through Saturday, July 9.
CALENDAR
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Enthemto
• Jul 4 - Independence
Day
• Jul 4, 6-8:30 p.m.
- Monday Music Night,
Perkins Senior Citizens
Center, 114 E, Kirk
,Jul 6, 7p.m: =Alcohorlcs
Anonymous (AA) meeting,
Perkins Lions Den
• Jul 7, 11 a.m.-Oklahoma
Territorial Raza Trust
mooting, Vassar
Community Center
ojul 7, noon - Perkins
Community Chamber
of Commerce meeting,
Vassar Community
• Ju111, 6 p,m - Perkins
Lions Club meeting,
Perkins Christian Church
.Ju111, 6-8:30 p.m. /
- Monday Music Night,
/
Perkins Senior Citizens
Center, 114 E. Kirk
• Ju111,70 p.m.
- Perkins-Tryon
School Board meeting,
supedntendent's office
oJul 12, 6 p.m. - Perkine
City Commission rneeng
City Hall Annex.
°Ju112, 7 p.m. - Perkins
Masonic Lodge #92
meeting, 915 E. Kirk
,Ju113, 11 a.m. - Perkins
Writers Group, Thomas
Wilhite Library
oJu113, 7 p.m. -Alcoholics
Anonymous (AA) meeting,
Perkins Lions Den
°Ju118, 6 p.m. - Perkins
Lions Club meeting at
Merrick Community Center
°Ju118, 6-8:30 p.m.
INDEX
Church .................. A6
Classifieds .......... B3-B4
Comics .................. $8
Entertainment ...... $7
Farm & Ranch ....... $6
History .................. A5
Obituaries ........... A2
Opinions ........... A4, $4
Public Records .... $2
People .................. $3
Seniors .................. A7
Sports ........ ; ........ B1-B2
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Perkins to celebrate Independence Day
By Cindy Sheets
Contributing Writer
The area's recent hot
weather can be described
as "hotter than a fire-
cracker," but Perkins Fire
Chief Joe Barta might add
a couple more words to
that description, "dry as
a tinderbox."
Barta urges taking
special precautions when
using fireworks.
"It's been drier than
usual, and we've had
pretty windy condi-
tions," Barta said.
"We've already had a
few fireworks-related
grass fires."
"Even though we've
had rain, there's a lot of
dead vegetation left from
last winter. It bums very
quickly, especially with
20-to 30-mph winds
driving it."
Perkins residents are
allowed to use fireworks
within the city limits only
during the following days
and times: July 3:9 a.m.
- 10 p.m., July 4:9 a.m.
- 12 a.m., July 5:9 a.m.
- 10 p.m.
Fireworks are pro-
hibited within 300 feet
of any school, church,
public building, medical
facility, service station,
convenience store or
commercial business. All
bottle rockets are also
prohibited.
Colleen Crummy, City
of Perkins Utility Dept.;
also noted regular trash
collection routes will not
run on Monday, July 4,
due to the Independence
Day holiday. Trash col-
lection will resume on
Tuesday.
4th of July Rodeo
The Perkins Round-Up
Club will crown its 2011
Rodeo Queen and Princess
during the 57th Annual 4th
of July Rodeo. The event
will be held July 1 and 2 at
the Round-Up Club Arena
on West Freeman Street in
Perkins.
This year's Queen is
Jewel Castine.
Castine, a homeschool
high school senior, is the
daughter of David and
Shari Lloyd of Perkins.
She also attends classes
at Meridian Technology
Fireworks stands are popping up all over the area this week. Evelyn Anderson and her
grandson, Cole Morris, look over some of the fireworks offered at this stand, located on North
Main Street next to the Hair Cottage. The stand, owned by Anderson's daughter Gladys Morris
and operated by family members, will be a busy spot this weekend. Photo by Cindy Sheets
Center, where she will
soon begin pre-veterinary
courses.
Castine enjoys lots of
outdoor activities, such as
fishing, swimming, horse-
back riding, and spending
time with friends and
family.
She said she especially
enjoys trail riding at the
lake, and has been focus-
ing on her favorite rodeo
event, barrel riding, with
her Quarter Horse, Julie.
Jaylah Short, 8, is the
2001 Rodeo Princess. She
is the daughter of Barba-
rina Costello and Derek
Short, and she resides in
Coyle, Okla., where she
attends school.
Short gets lots of equine
experience, as she lives
on a family-owned horse
breeding farm, where she
assists her family with
farm duties.
She competes in play=
days, rodeos and horse
shows with her PeA
pony, Chip. She also
shows her Quarter Horse
mare, Jewel, at halter.
Short has earned several
See 4TH, Page A4
Youth Force invades community
By Cindy Sheets busied themselves with
Contributing Writer .....
There's an army in town
this week.
You won't see tanks,
guns, or fatigues, how-
ever. This army carries
hammers, paint brushes,
and crowbars.
The army is called
"Youth Force," and it's in
town to clean things up.
Youth Force is an
all-volunteer mission
sponsored by the United
Methodist Oklahoma
Conference Student Min-
istries Department.
Lost Creek United
Methodist Church is
hosting approximately
200 junior high and high
school students who have
decided to spend a week
out of their summer to
help other people by
performing a variety of
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Youth Force God Squad membem (from left) Timmy Chhor, Carthage, Texas; Christian Bowman,
Midwest City, Okla.; Trent Dunaway, Thomas, Okla.; leader Adam Jarvis, Perry, OkkL; Trevor
Kelton, Mustang, Okla.; Anna CorneU, Custer City, Okla.; leader Sarah Hunter, Carthage, Texas;
Katy Nicholson, Ripley, Okla.; Miranda Davis, Jenks, Okla.; and Rachel Wood, Carthage, Texas,
pause for a break Monday afternoon. These students and nearly 180 others are in Perkins this
week to participate in Youth Force camps. The students and their leaders are painting, cleaning,
and doing a variety of construction projects for local residents. Photo by Cindy Sheets
tasks, such as clean-up, tion projects.
painting, and construe- "You name it, they're
McDonald's to open July 26
'We're hiring crew and man-
agea's," Horrocks said. "We'll
hire around 60 for full-time and
part-arne positions.
''We've already hired several
people, including three from
P(kins.' '
Those new employees will
statt naining afis week at the
McDo, ald's mstatnant located
on Sixth Street in Stillwatex.
'It will be a 24-hour-a-day
operation out ofthe box" Her-
rocks ''We'll see how it
goes from there."
Owne Biff and Sue Her-
rocks broke ground for the
new McDonald's on May
2. The couple currently own
two McDonald's mstanrants
in Stillwater and one in Peny,
Okla.
By Cindy Sheets
Contributing Writer
The Golden Arches will be
open for business in Perkins
on July 26.
McDonald's owner BiffHor-
rocks Monday said construc-
tion on the new restaurant is
proceeding well and the first
of its new employees have
been hired.
The restaurant, located at the
intersection of Highways 33
and 177, will host an invita-
tion-only VIP evening July 25,
then will be open for business
on Tuesday, July 26.
The building's exterior work is
largely complete.
Horrocks said the restaurant's
driveways should be comple
this week. Its refrigerators and
freezers will also go in this
week, and the remainder oftbe
restaurant equipme oukt be
installed arotmd July 11.
The new 3,355-square foot
Peddns mt will feature
a drive-thru lane and an dec-
Ironic reader sign.
A Grand Opening will be
held approximately two-to-
three weeks after the restau-
rant opens, to allow staffto get
toregularbusiness
flow.
''We're taking applications
now at any of the Stillwater
stores," Horrocks said. An
online application form is also
available at wwwancstate.com.
Just enter 'Peddm" or the zip
code, 74059, in the online
form.
doing it," Jake Ehrlich,
Lost Creek UMC's youth
director who heads up the
local effort, said.
Ehrlich said volunteers
from Oklahoma, Texas,
and Kansas gathered here
Sunday evening.
The volunteers were
divided into "God
Squads," which consist of
eight to ten students and
two adult leaders. Each
morning after breakfast,
these squads disperse into
the community to clean,
sort, paint, and build.
"They're going out to
around 21 to 22 job sites
to do roofing, painting,
plumbing, siding, build-
ing wheelchair ramps or
new porches, and other
general construction
tasks," Ehrlich said.
God Squad B, a team
of eight volunteers and
two leaders, Monday
clean-up at a residence on
Southwest Second Street
where they'removed trash
and fallen limbs, sorted
articles for salvage and
recycling, and prepared
to build a new wheel-
chair accessible porch
with a ramp.
Katy Nicholson, a 14-
year-old volunteer from
Ripley; Oklal, said she
is participating in Youth
Force because she .loves
to help people. She said,
"I learned about Youth
Force and found out how
fun it was, so I decided to
try it. I just love it."
Rachel Wood, 15, from
Carthage City, Texas, said
this is her fourth year to
participate in Youth
Force. Wood said, 'I just
enjoy helping people and
love getting close to my
God Squad."
A Perkins native who
now lives in Perry, Okla.,
Adam Jarvis, also has a
long history serving with
Youth Force.
"This is my 12th Youth
Force camp. I went to the
Oklahoma City camps for
ten years, seven of those
as a camper," Jarvis
said.
"It's nice to be helping
people I know here, but
also making a difference
in the lives of others I
don't know."
Jarvis' co-leader, Sarah
Hunter, also hails from
Carthage City, Texas.
She said this is her second
year to participate in
Youth Force, but her first
year as leader.
Youth Force isn't all
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