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Evacuata00ns
Two wildfires teat
sparked east of [tillwater
on Monday bu/'ned about
1,000 acres,.frcing
livestock to We relocated
destro]']ng homes and
and
other stctures. .The
,'e Lrted along the
S.H. 51 right of way and
spread north, hopping
McElroy then stopping
near Lakeview Rd. They
spread east from the Payn˘
County Fairgrounds.
Stillwater Journal
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"Payne County's Oldest Newspaper Since 1890"
Seeing
Yellow
Yellow-foliaged plants
gaining popularity.
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Text message leads to local man's arrest
By Cindy Sheets
Contributing Writer
A photo sent by text mes-
sage last week led to the
arrest of a Perkins, Okla.
man.
Perkins Police were
contacted shortly after 3:
30 a.m. Wednesday, July
25, after an acquaintance
of Brandon Dean Munier,
25, became concerned
when she received a text
message from Munier
which included a photo of
a woman laying face down
on the floor with blood
around her.
Officer Charles Danker
was dispatched to the home,
located at 104 NE Third St.,
to check on the welfare of
the woman in the photo.
According to a statement
released by Chief Bob Ernst,
Danker was not able to get a
response when he knocked
on the door, so he checked
the home's windows and
noticed what appeared to be
blood on a blanket. At this
point, Danker requested and
received assistance from
two Payne County Sheriff's
deputies and an Iowa Tribal
Police officer.
Munier was taken into
custody when the officer
noted obvious signs of
trauma to the woman's
face and arms.
The statement reports the
woman alleged Munier had
"punched her and hit her
repeatedly in the face with
a shoe." She also alleged
Munier pointed a gun at her
"telling her she deserved to
die," then fired one round
into her cell phone and told
her if she tried to leave he
would kill her.
The woman reported "she
heard police knocking on
the door but was afraid to
try and get out of the bed."
After Munier was taken
into custody, they located
two handguns, a .22 caliber
pistol and a 9mm pistol, next
to his side of the bed. They
also recovered spent shell
casings, a cell phone with a
bullet hole in it, a shoe with
blood on it, chunks of hair
from two separate areas of
the living room, and several
glass smoking devices used
to ingest methamphetamine
and marijuana, according to
the police statement•
The woman was treated
at the hospital for a broken
nose and broken eye
socket.
Munier was transported
to the Payne County Jail
on the anticipated charges
of domestic assault and
battery with a dangerous
weapon, use of firearm
while committing felony,
felony pointing a firearm,
felony discharging a fire-
arm, kidnapping, interfer-
ing with an emergency
telephone call, possession
of controlled dangerous
substance, and possession
of drug paraphernalia.
Munier appeared in Payne
County District Court on
Friday, July 27. He was
charged with one count of
domestic abuse - aggra-
vated assault and battery,
one count of discharge of a
firearm during the commis-
sion of a crime of violence,
and one count of unlawful
possession of a controlled
drug (methamphetamine).
Munier pied not guilty. His
case was set on the pre-
liminary docket for 9 a.m.
Monday, Aug. 13.
"We really appreciate
the assistance from the
Payne County Sheriff's
Office and the Iowa Tribal
Police," Chief Ernst said.
"Their officers responding
made this a much safer and
easier scene to manage and
process."
;PORTS
Marone
Plays In
All-State
Game
Eric Marone found
out you can get another
opportunity to play
baseball even while at
work. It also allowed him
to have his name placed
alongside those who've
played the game well
at Perkins-Tryon High
School. Marone was .....
selected as a replacement
player for last week's
large school All-State
baseball game as a
member of the Large East
squad.
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• Aug 2, noon - Perkins
Community Chamber of
Commerce meeting, Vassar
Community Center
-Aug 6, 6-8:30 p.m.
- Monday Music Night,
Perkins Senior Citizens
Center, 114 E. Kirk
• Aug 6, 6 pm - Perkins
Lions Club meeting,
Cimarron Valley HCE at
Perkins FUMC
• Aug 6 - 7:30 p.m. -
Perkins-Tryon School Boar
meeting, superintendent's
office
• Aug 8, 7 p.m. -Alcoholics
Anonymous (AA) meeting,
Perkins Lions Den
• Aug 9 - Rrst day of School
for Perkins-Tryon Schools
• Aug 13, 6-8.0 p.m.
- Monday Music Night,
Perkins Senior Citizens
INDEX
Church .................. C3
Classifieds .......... B5
Comics .................. B6
Entertainment ...... C2
Farm & Ranch ....... A6
History .................. A5
Obituaries ........... A2
Opinions ........... A4, $4
Public Records .... $2
School .................. A3
Seniors ................. C4
Sports ................. B1 -B4
Surgery helps man lose weight, improve life
By Cindy Sheets
Contributing Writer
Tony Moore knows
something about reaching
goals.
The 39-year-old father of
two experienced a personal
epiphany several years ago
when he learned of his
father' s death.
"He was only 50 when
he passed away due to a
weight-related heart condi-
tion," M00'§id. "When
I learned about that, my
life went from complete
paradise to complete
insanity•"
Moore said that event
led him to reexamine his
own life.
"I weighed around 350
pounds then," he said• "I
realized I was going down
the same road he went
down•"
Moore tried to lose weight
by dieting• "I tried the South
Beach diet, Atkins. I even
tried [the controversial and
now outlawed weight-loss
drug] Fen Phen."
Nothing worked.
"Finally, I got online and
searched 'extreme weight
loss,'" Moore said. That's
when he learned about
Adjustable Gastric Band
(AGB) surgery.
"I knew this was for me,"
he said. "It wouldn't cause
damage to my digestive
Patients visit the doctor
every two weeks, where the
level of saline in the band is
adjusted until the patient's
'sweet spot' is attained.
AGB surgery candidates
must attend a series of
classes that are designed
to help them make life-
style changes, which in
turn allows the patient to
be able to keep the weight
off.
yterfl. / ...... ..... ....... ..
Moore noted AGB dif-
fers from similar types of
surgery because it doesn't
involve the removal of any
of the stomach.
After placing the band,
patients go through a heal-
ing period, then visit the
doctor to start their sizing
procedure, which is simply
the introduction of saline
solution into the band. This
causes the band to expand,
thereby reducing the size of
the stomach.
.......... T learrfed ab'55tlroWmy
body processes food, some
of the reasons why people
overeat, and the physical
effects of weight and how
the surgery works," Moore
said.
With the support of
his wife, Carol, and two
daughters, Faith and Hattie,
Moore underwent the sur-
gery in 2006. His doctor,
Ronnie Keith, a bariat-
ric surgeon at Norman
Regional Hospital, is one
of the developers of AGB.
Free back-to-school haircuts offered
By Cindy Sheets
Contributing Writer
Four local hairstylists are
offering free haircuts for
students heading back to
school.
Amy Tharp, Raelynn
Gunderson, Misti Overfelt,
and Mandy Conner will be
doing haircuts from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. on Sunday, Aug.
5, and Sunday, Aug. 12, at
Visions Salon.
"We welcome any school-
age kids, whether attending
private, public, or home-
schools," Conner said.
"We'll do them on a first-
come, first-served basis."
Conner said she had been
hoping to offer this service
for a couple of years, but
couldn't get the logistics
quite right until now.
"These will be basic hair
cuts only," Conner said.
"We won't be doing washes
or styling. This way, we'll
be able to do as many as
possible."
Conner said so far there's
been a positive response
from the community.
"Amy and Raelynn at
Visions are donating their
time and the use of the
salon," Conner said, noting
that while she and Overfelt
are cosmetology school
graduates, they currently
Notice to Parents
Beginning Thursday, Aug. 9, Second Street from
Kenworthy to Thomas (the block between the Junior
High gym and the Intermediate gym) will be closed
from 7:30-8:30 a.m. and 2:30-3:30 p.m. for bus load-
ing and unloading. Parents that will be transporting
their students need to drop off or pick up their students
on the south side of the gate at the comer of Stumbo
and Second Street or on Third Street by the junior
high band room.
keep busy as stay-at-home
morns.
"We hope to get other salons
involved before school next
year," Conner said.
Conner said Wal-Mart
donated a gift card, which
allowed for the purchase of
two pairs of cfippers.
Staples also donated a
banner, which will be used
to help create awareness
about the free service.
Conner said notes will go
home with students next
week, so those who did
not learn about the service
sooner can still get a haircut
on Aug. 12.
"As a kid, I always looked
forward to wearing new
school clothes and having
a nice hair cut for school,"
Conner said. "We're excited
to be able to help do that for
kids here."
To get a free haircut for
your child, just visit Visions
Salon, 911 N. Sadler Road,
between 10 a.m. and 4
p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 5, or
Sunday, Aug. 12.
For more information, call
(405) 334-2252.
Things were going well
for Moore, and just as he
had recovered from the
surgery and was heading
to Norman for his first
adjustment appointment,
Moore and his wife were
injured in an automobile
accident.
Six frustrating years
after the car wreck,
Moore finally received
approval from the insur-
aace "company o;:beglr: i
his treatments• However,
since it had been so long,
he was required to repeat
the patient courses, with
the addition of a class on
nutrition.
That was 2010•
Today, Moore has lost
nearly half of his original
350 pound body weight. He
went from a 50-inch waist
to a 30-inch waist•
"Even my ring size and
shoe size changed," Moore
said.
Perhaps Moore's most
defining change, however,
isn't his weight.
"It's my personality," he
said, with a smile. "I'm just
Tony Moore
so much more confident
and outgoing now. I'll say
'hi' to strangers."
That newfound confi-
dence has also allowed him
to speak in public about his
experiences.
"I spoke at a Cushing
High School assembly in
2010," he said. "I got lots
See MOORE, Page A6
Agra trio charged with
rural Perkins burglary
By Patti Weaver
Journal Correspondent
Three members of a
rural Agra family have
been charged together
with breaking into a build-
ing in the 10000 block of
S. Perkins Road in a July
25 incident investigated by
the Payne County Sheriff's
Office after a call from a
rural Perkins woman.
The defendants, Oren
Odell Harkey, 55, his daugh-
ter, Sheyenne Jude James,
21, and her husband, Issac
Leon Hickman, 19, could
each receive a seven-year
prison term if convicted of
second-degree burglary.
All three family members
were released from the Payne
County Jail on $5,000 bond
each. They were scheduled
to appear in court this week
for arraignment.
Payne County Sheriff's
Deputy Bill Myers wrote
in an affidavit that at about
9 a.m. on July 25, he made
contact with a Perkins
woman and her husband in
the 10000 block of S. Per-
kins Road regarding a report
that people were stealing
property at that location.
The woman, who had
called the Sheriff's Office,
pointed to a pickup parked
near the northeast comer of
the residence, the affidavit
said.
The deputy then contacted
Hickman and James, who
were standing in front of a
green Ford pickup loaded
with scrap metal and other
items, the affidavit said.
"I asked Issac what was
going on. Issac said they
were loading up scrap
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