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a collision at
intersection last
and an Eagle
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collision, which
tersection of Fair-
and Mehan Road
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who was
. pickup.
com-
of a 1995
Roy Francis
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Loretta
Parmley, 8;
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berieck Wayne
, the driver
to the
Stillwater
Community
Calendar
Jul, 14 - Cimarron Valley HCE
meeting.
-July 22, 7 p.m. - Greater Perkins
Economic Development Authority
meeting at Lions Den.
Aug. 12, 6 p.m. - Perkins City
Commission meeting at fire sta-
tion.
Aug. 12, 7:30 p.m. - Perkins
VFW & Auxiliary meeting.
Aug. 21 - Perkins-Tryon Schools
fall semester begins
Sept. 1 - Labor Day
Firemen and police officers used wood blocks to elevate this van from where it had pinned Roy Francis Parmley following a col-
lision involving the van and a pickup (in right background) at the intersection of Fairgrounds Road and Mehan Road (68th St.) on
Journal photo by Keith Sheets
condition. The van was northbound on
According to the OHPreport, the Fairgrounds Road.
Parsons pickup was eastbound on The trooper s report noted that the
Mehan Road when it was struck driver of the van was not wearing
by the van whose driver failed to a seat belt during the incident, but
stop at the stop sign on Fairgrounds a seat belt was in use in Parsons
Road. pickup.
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Perkins man jailed on
were Iransported by ambulance to
Stillwater Medical Center.
Parsons, Roy Francis Parmley
HI, and Maryiah Parmley were
treated and released. All other by the van whose driver failed to
victims were admitted to Still-
water Medical Center in good
Thursday, July 3.
Fire Department rescue personnel
extricated Parmley from under
the van where he was pinned for
approximately 30 minutes.
According to Oklahoma Highway
Patrol Trooper John Vincent's report
all other persons involved injured
Westem!
once again visited Perkins Round-Up Club arena for the annual 4th of
rodeo was held on July 4 and 5.
Joumal photo, by Rick komenick
developing
Plan
System and
session
and City
going to
through a
of their
Rosson
that if the
lawsuit
Works
amend the
a $2 rate
session
about due
the amount
City in
with
increased
rates for
will go
ial
their own
have a $2
s development
ency operation plan
between them and Rural Water
District #3, then the plan may no
longer be needed. His hesitation
stemmed from the possibility
that if they lost the lawsuit the
City could lose approximately
60% of its revenue and might
cease to function.
Planning Commissioner Mel
Miller encouraged the City to
go forward with the plan as it
is something that is needed and
something that has been man-
dated to be completed by 2004.
Miller stated that by postponing
the project, Dr. Warnken and
his class would have to choose
another city to complete their
studio project in. Thus, Perkins
would lose the current opportu-
nity to work with OU at a cost
trash charges
In other business, the PPWA
authorized the payment of two
invoices to Landes Engineer-
ing totaling $28,500. The first
invoice was for work com-
pleted on the Oklahoma Water
Resource Board Bond Loan
Application at a cost of $1,500.
The second invoice covered
several items including USDA
Hydraulic Phase I at a cost of
$15,000; partial engineering
report at $5,000; partial environ-
mental report at $4,000; OWRB
SRF loan application at $1,000;
and USDA Rural Development
See PPWA on 10
well below what other entities
would charge, because only
one such plan is completed
each year.
City commissioners felt, how-
ever, that spending approxi-
mately $8,000 on a project
that may become Unnecessary
would not currently be in
the City's best interest and
voted to postpone the project.
Rosson also reported that the
City would not be held to the
2004 deadline date due to a lack
of funding available from the
Hazardous Mitigation Group,
which mandated that the work
be done.
In other business, com-
missioners declared excess
property from both the City
and Police departments as sur-
plus to be sold or disposed of
however needed. These items
included computer items,
bicycles, mowers and other
miscellaneous items. The
value declared on the Police
Department items was a total
of $100 and the City's items
were valued at $250.
The purchase of a Neopost
Postage Machine was also
approved by commissioners.
The total cost of the machine,
which seals and stamps the
envelopes, was $2330.
Commissioners also voted
on a resolution designating
that www.cityofperkins.net be
made the official website of the
City of Perkins. The website is
currently up and running.
animal cruelty charge
By Patti Weaver
Journal Correspondent
A Perkins man who is accused
of tying a rope around a dog's
neck so tightly that it grew into
the skin causing the injury to
bleed and become infected with
maggots has been jailed on an
aaimai cruelty eharse. .....
"It is very unusual to have a
case like this," Perkins Police
Chief Robert Williams said.
The dog's owner, Thomas
Louis Verner, 57, has been
unable to post $2,500 bail since
his arrest June 30. He remains
in custody pending his Aug. 15
preliminary hearing in Payne
County District Court.
Meanwhile, the male bulldog,
who's been named Buddy by
the staff at the veterinary clinic
where he was taken for treat-
ment last month, is recuperating
at the Perkins Animal Shelter.
"We did keep the dog at the vet
for about 10 days because of the
injuries that needed continuous
care," Williams said.
"They had to cut the rope off.
It was very infected," Williams
said.
"You can still see a ring
around his neck - hopefully it
won't be permanent," Perkins
Animal Control Officer Jeff
Radford said.
"The swelling on the cuts on
his neck went down. The top
of his neck is healing. We treat
the injury two times a day with
ointment, on the bottom of his
neck," Radford said.
Buddy, who's between one
and two years old, is not yet
available for adoption, but
plenty of people have already
said they'd like to take him in,
Radford said.
"He's a good-looking dog.
If I could adopt him, I would,
but I've got an apartment. They
won't let me have animals,"
Raord said,
Ns ned, there
were numerous people who
wanted to adopt him right
there," Radford said.
The policy at the Perkins
Animal Shelter is "not to eutha-
nize any animals -- we just adopt
themout, '' Williams said.
An affidavit by Williams said
that Perkins police were called
on June 11 by a woman, who
said her neighbor's brindle and
white bulldog had shown up in
her front yard.
"She noticed a rope tied
around the dog's neck so tight
and appeared to have been there
for a long time," the affidavit
said.
When Perkins Police Officer
Jeremy Ronspiez saw the dog
and talked to the neighbor iden-
tified as Kelly Vierling, she said
"for the last year, the animal had
been tied to a tree with a rope
that was about three feet long.
"When the animal showed
up at her house, she gave it
several bowls of water and
then noticed it appeared to be
bleeding around the neck. It
was also unsteady on its rear
legs. She then called police,"
the affidavit said.
The following morning, when
Radford saw the dog, he took
custody of the dog due to his
See CRUELTY on 2
Commissioners give bridge
report, approve contracts
By Moira K. Wiley
Journal Staff Writer
Payne County District #3 Com-
missioner, Jim Arthur, provided
a bridge report on four different
bridges during the regular meet-
ing on Monday.
Arthur gave an update on a
new bridge north of Mehan; a
bridge on Vinco Road that had
been washed out underneath
that is now fixed; a bridge
on 56th Street over Stillwater
Creek that will be repaired
with partial funding from fed-
eral money; and a bridge on
Lakeview between Union Road
and Diamond Valley, which
needs replacement due to the
maximum weight limit being
lowered to three tons that Arthur
hopes to have completed within
the next three or four years with
some help from federal funding.
Brawley Engineering provided
the inspections and reposting
for the bridges at a cost to the
county of $1000.03.
A contract with Oklahoma
State University Cooperative
Extension was renewed. The
annual contract outlines the
space furnished at the County
Administration Building for
See COMMISSION on 2
$9.38 million
approved for
water, sewer
improvements
across state
OKLAHOMA CITY -- Four
loans totaling $8,5 million and
10 grants for $888,260 were
approved Tuesday by the Okla-
homa Water Resources Board
for water and sewer improve-
ments throughout Oklahoma.
The funds will help finance
capital improvement projects
in Alfalfa, Canadian, Cimar-
ton, Comanche, Grady, Grant,
Osage, Payne and Tulsa coun-
ties, legislators announced.
Payne County Rural Water
District #3 received a $140,800
REAP grant that is to he coupled
with $55,200 in local funds, for
a project to boost pressure and
flow rates.
Rep. Dale Wells, D-Cushing,
and Sen. Mike Morgan, D-Still-
water, said the $196,000 will be
used to loop the district's water
distribution system, which
will eliminate several dead-
end lines. Blueprints indicate
three miles of durable, 6-inch
diameter PVC water line will
be installed.
The district provides water
to approximately 450 custom-
ers between Stillwater and
Perkins.
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