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Old Settlers Harvest Fest is
only a month away!
See story on page 5A
Perkins, oklahoma
Hom of
steve willincjham
"PAYNE COUNTY'S OLDEST NEWSPAPER"
Wednesday-Thursday Edition
August 22-23, 2001
111 No. 48
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man was severely
; an accident at the
south of Perkins
45, was rushed
lahoma City via
the acci-
to foreman
the accident
before 1 p.m.
that he and another
noticed smoke com-
ge machine
acent to the
men attempted to
Rescuers race to load Leon Vasquez into a MediFlight helicopter Vasquez's leg was nearly severed when we was dragged into a
uez, who was following an accident at the sand plant one half mile south of dredging machine.
the dredger. When Perkins on US 177Aug. 16. Journal photos by Cindy Sheets
e Unable to contact him
men started toward
to check on Vasquez, they found that his pant Department personnel, andVasquez was flown to Okla- his leg and felt that he would re-
leg had caught on an auger in- Payne County deputies quickly homaUniversity Hospital where cover well since the main artery
said when they side the dredger. The auger responded to the call for help. he underwent surgery on his leg. in his leg had not been severed.
t halfway to the ma- dragged Vasquez into the ma- The rescuers transported Aspokesperson forContinen- According to the spokesper-
/answered chine, ripped his pants off and Vasquez to the shore with a tal Concrete Co. of Cushing, son, Vasquez was upon his feet
them his leg had nearly severed his leg below the small boat, then loaded him into owner of the sand plant, said on Saturday and is continuing to
knee. an ambulance to wait for a Vasquez is doing well. do well.
the men reached Perkins police, Stillwater Fire MediFlight helicopter to arrive. Surgeons were able to reattach
meat purveyor will
on board of directors
- An Okla-
lor has been companies,
As-
Wes Beane
Ralph's Quality
will serve on the
Directors of the
orga-
AAMP represents
tl,800 small and me-
meat processors,
, Wholesalers, retail-
ers. catere , home food service
and meat industry
suppliers and
consultants.
Beane also
serves as Ex-
ecutive Direc-
tor of the
Oklahoma-
Texas Meat
Processors
Association
(OTMPA) He
was elected to
that position
in 1994.
OTMPA is an affiliate member
of the American Association of
Meat Processors. The two-state
organization is comprised of
more than 75 meat processors,
suppliers and meat industry ad-
visors.
Stillwater Fire Department personnel, Payne County deputies and Perkins police officers prepare
to move Leon Vasquez from an ambulance to a helicopter waiting to transport him to Oklahoma
University Hospital Thursday.
Community
Calendar
August 23, 6:30 p.m. - Gen-
eration GAP meeting at the
First Baptist Church.
August 23, 6:30-8p.m. -
Perkins-Tryon Middle & High
School Open House.
August 23, 7:30 p.m. -
Perkins-Tryon Band Boosters
meeting at the band room.
August 25, Perkins Car Show
at Roscoe-Emerson Park.
August 25, 6 p.m. - Perkins-
Tryon FFA Booster Club back
to school picnic at Evan's Ag
i Farm.
August 27, 6:30 p.m. -
Perkins Lions Club meeting at
Harland Wells' home.
Sept. 3 - Labor Day - no
school.
Sept. 4 - Perkins City Com-
i mission meeting at Perkins
i Fire Station.
Sept. 4 - Perkins-Tryon
School Board meeting.
Sept. 6, 12 p.m. --Chamber of
Commerce meeting at Lions
Den.
September l l, 7 p.m. -
Friends of the Library will
meet at the Old Church Cen-
ter.
Sept. 11, 7:30 p.m. - VFW
Post #7322 and Ladies Auxil-
lary meetings.
Sept. 12, 6 p.m. - All Sports
i Booster Club meeting in high
school library. '
Sept. 20, 12 p.m. -Chamber
of Commerce meeting at Li-
ons Den.
Sept. 22 - Old Settlers Har-
vest Fest in downtown
Perkins.
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Voters to decide fate of right to work on Sept. 25
Grandma used to make
Crowd swarmed the buffet table during the Perkins
Center's Birthday Luncheon Aug. 17. The
is held monthly at the center, located at the
First Streets.
Journal photo by Cindy Sheets
for water/sewer
available from state
The
Resources Board
bonds soon to
for financing wa-
'er improvement
Oklahoma.
the agency issues
$50-$75 million in revenue
bonds approximately every other
year, said Joe Freeman, chief of
the board's Financial Assistance
Division. That amount generates
enough funds to extend 35 to 40
See Loans - page 4B
State Question 695 will be re- organizations approval of an
ferred to a vote of the people by employee to get or keep a job.
the Legislature in a special elee- The measure bans other em-
tion on Tues., Sept. 25. ployment contract requirement.
This question is reprinted here" Violation of this section is a
exactly as it will appear on the misdemeanor.
ballot, followed by a brief ex- SHALL THE PROPOSAL
planation by the Oklahoma BE APPROVED?
Press Association (OPA) Capi- _._.__YES, For the proposal
tol News Bureau. ____NO, Against the pro-
posal
BALLOTT1TLE State Question 695 is the
State Question No. 695 "right to work" proposal, a pc-
Legislative Referen- rennial issue in the Legislature
dum No. 322 that will go to a vote of the
This measure adds a new sec- people for the first time since
tion to the State Constitution. It 1964.
adds Section 1A to Article 23. It would prohibit contracts be-
The measure defines the term tween labor and management
"labor organization." "Labor or- that require a worker to pay
ganization" includes unions, dues or a bargaining fee as a
That term also includes commit- condition of employment in
tees that represent employees, union workplaces.
The measure bans new em- Senate Joint Resolution 1 by
ployment contracts that impose Sen. Dave Herbert, D-Midwest
certain requirements to get or City, passed the Senate 31-17
keep a job. The measure bans and the House 73-28. Neither
contracts that require remaining chamber initially could muster
in a labor organization to get or the two-thirds majority to ap-
keep a job. The measure bans prove a special election date.
contracts that requireotherpay- However, since this meant it
ments to labor organizations to might have been delayed until
get or keep a job. Employees November 2002---during the
would have to approve deduc- elections for governor, U.S.
tions from wages paid to labor Senate and Congress, the ad-
organizations. The measure ministration and legislative
bans contracts that require labor leaders later agreed on Sept. 25,
In the 1964 general election, however.
with right to work on the ballot, Right to work has been a top
Democrat Fred Harris upset priority throughout the tenure of
Republican Oklahoma football Republican Gov. Frank Keating,
coach Bud Wilkinson for the who maintained it was essential
U.S. Senate. The state's politi- to attract jobs and raise the
cal makeup at that time was
much more heavily Democratic, See Voters - page 2B
still on state
by Cindy Sheets
Journal Publisher
It looks like work to improve US 177 between Perkins and
Stillwater is on the horizon.
Bill Anderson told Perkins Chamber of Commerce members that
he and Harland Wells recently attended a meeting with Depart-
ment of Transportation Director Gary Ritter regarding the widen-
ing of US 177 project.
Congressman Wes Watkins asked Anderson and Wells to attend
the meeting to represent Perkins interests in getting the project
started.
Anderson said $12 million is needed to complete the project.
Watkins was able to get $8 million allocated for the construction.
However, $5 million had been allocated for road construction south
of Perkins. A five-year study showed that ten times as many injury
and death accidents have occurred on US 177 between Perkins
and Stillwater as the strip of US 177 south of town, Anderson told
the group.
Therefore the funding has been shifted to the busier stretch north
of Perkins.
See US 177 - page 2B
