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By Bob Evans
several weeks
live on Route 1
Route 2, Perkins, who
not already regular
:ribers, have re.
a complimentary
! of The Perkins Journal.
will receive one more
alimentary copy next
with an opportunity to
at a special
ductory offer price.
you enjoy the Journal
want to join the ever
list of regular
readers.
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can you say? The
pulled it off; and if
old Cowboy fan hadn't
it happen, he'd never
believed it. They said a
came out of Lewis
at Stillwater when
OU team shut down
-- but it was
a funny type of a
one that mixed elation
a report from good
that some of those
the "cotton bowl"
same afternoon aren't
,arth yet.
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observations about
OU tv broadcast. Was
any question about
side the announcers
rooting for? There was
5 minutes of silence
Sooners completed
r on-sides kick.
the cameras caught
of old Woody Hayes
to know he's a
a hypocrite
ever lectures his boys
losing gracefully. He
a few holes in the
, caused considerable
equipment
him, and almost
one of the OU team
off his feet when
to shake hands with
all on national tv
He's a nice guy,
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the local gridiron
evening -- since we
vocal abouta poorly
game the week before,
Should point out that
Perkins-Yale game
called. The
were efficient and
way to ake
the teams, coaching
announcer and the
knew exactly what the
We don't know who
Were, but it was a fine
)le of how games
be called.
the big hero of
local clash was
Number 73. This old
only played a good
as left tackle for the
team, but grabbed
trombone during the
and marched in the
band in his football
This is going way °
the call of duty and
to get a medal for
and his loyalty
School
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Blumer doesn't
oUt-of-town magazine
They just cost him
said the salesmen
Agra and sold a
worth of magazines.
moved on over to
here asked
t accept the
for purchase of
Hurley knew the
lady, so he agreed to
the magazine sales-
car and took the
giving him change for
next day he finds the
payment of the
Unusual thing about it
Hurley was able to
1 smile about the
thing -- such as it
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tells me the
probably won't be
do anything about
the parking out in
the new post office.
said the city owns the
almost up to the
and the post office
their money on
city streets.
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News and Views of the Cimarron Valley
PERKINS JOURNAL
20 cents
VOL. 87 NO. 52
PERKINS, PAYNE COUNTY, OKLAHOMA 74059
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBIR 29, 1977
Election dates are set
Ripley citizen is
pursuing Recall Petition
Lynn Osborn, Town Attor-
ney, told the Ripley Town
Council Thursday night Sept.
22, that he was unable to find
a procedure which gave the
board authority on its own to
act on the recall petition to
remove the board chairman
from his official duty.
However, he stated that if
the person or persons who
circulated or signed the
petitions desired to proceed
vith their efforts to remove
Dale Carothers, chairman,
complaints must be filed
with the Attorney General or
District Attorney. Without
such action, it was the town
attorney's opinion that the
recall petition was ineffec.
Live.
As a result, Carletta Coon,
who circulated the recall
petition claiming Carothers
was negligent in his duty as
chairman of the town board,
contacted both the gover-
nor's office and the attorney
general's office.
Tom Ryan, administrative
aide for the governor, had
communicated with Attorney
General Larry Derryberry, to
consider the town problem.
Mrs. Coon stated she was
informed by the attorney
general that state laws do not
provide for legal action in
behalf of unchartered towns,
such as Ripley, with ouu
direction from the governor's
office.
Mrs. Coon also said her
complaint is based on Title
51, Section 93 & 94 of the
State Statutes regardin
procedures and legitimate
reasons for a recall of elected
officials.
Ryan, according to Mrs.
Coon, assured the Ripley
resident the petition alleging
the chairman with neglect of
' duty was adequate for legal
action. Over 60 persons had
signed the recall petition. A
I letter and a copy of the recall
petition was sent to the state
officials for further consider.
ation.
An ordinance was drafted
at the Thursday night
meeting by the trustees of
the Ripley Public Works
Authority to call an election
m regard to the town leasing
their Revenue producing
utilities to the P.W.A and to
incur an indebtedness not to
exceed $150,000 to pay the
costs and expenses inciden-
tal to such enlargements and
improvements.
The town board also
agreed to place the question
on the ballot Nov. 1, as to
whether or not the residents
of Ripley choose to re-district
the town. The present plat is
divided into three wards.
The question involves an
equal distribution of eligible
voters into five wards
allowing greater representa-
tion through council mem-
bers. Over 55% of the
registered voters have al-
ready petitioned the board to
expand the number of wards
to equalize the town's
population.
The Chamber of Com-
merce presented such a plan
to the board this summer
which the council will take
into consideration.
Lana Richardson, town
clerk, urges all residents not
registered to do so before the
books are closed 10 days
prior to the town's election.
Anyone wishing to register
should contact the town
registrar or inquire at the
town hall. Polling places will
be open at 7:00a.m. and
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Golly, they won't even let a guy grow old
gracefully--is probably what Dick& Rogers thought
Friday when he drove into the bank parking lot and saw
this sign. Yep, it was his birthday. With Dickie, and
responsible for the sign are, Raylene Smith and Monta
Lynn Brown.
Community Education
Program Progress
The third meeting of the
Community Education Steer-
ing Committee met Tuesday
night at the P-T High School
with Opal Olson, chair-
person presiding. The Survey
forms approved at the last
meeting have been circu-
lated at random in the
Perkins area.
New Tag Office
will Open Monday
Mrs. Bill Blair told The
Journal this week that she
would have her office opened
for business at 9 a.m.
Monday morning.
Mrs. Blair was appointed
as Perkins Tag Agent
recently and has been
undergoing training for the
past few weeks. Her office
will be located in the Wells'
building the first door south
of The Perkins Journal
office.
Mrs. Blair told the Journal.
"I hope the people will be
patient with me for a while
until I become accustomed to
all the rules and regulations
and all the bookkeeping
proceedures. I may take me a
few weeks to get it all
together, but l'm looking
forward to serving as the
Perkins tag agent.".
Kentucky man is
named new
Co-op Manager
High on the sample tallies, Bob Brown of Smithland,
before final results were Kentucky, has been employ-
tabulated, were such inter, ed as new manager of the
ests as Community Issues Cimarron Valley Co-op in
Forum, Family Financing Perkins.
a.nt Inflation, Fishing Tech. Brown is expected to be in
tuques, Weight Reduction, Perkins October 3. He was
and Furniture Refinishing.
Other points of high
interest were Horticulture,
Income Tax Preparation,
Cake Decorating, Candy
Making, Exercise Groups,
Backyard Gardening, Flower
Arrangements and Oil Paint-
ing.
Some of these courses
outlined by Mrs. Olson are
available through the County
Extension office. A Red
Cross class in First Aid is
already available. Others are
yet to be decided upon as a
result of further studies and
needs.
Mrs. Olson said a letter of
proclamation will be present-
ed to the Perkins Town
Council Monday night for
their endorsement as a
Community project.
Steve Russell and Walter
Owsley will discuss the
Community Education Pro-
gram with Council members.
Representatives were ap-
pointed by Mrs. Olson to
approach the school board,
local ministers and other
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originally from Oklahoma
and has been managing a
rmers Co-op in Kentucky
for the past three years.
Brown will replace
Dwane Darrow who resign-
ed the manager's position to
take a similar post at a
Cooperative in Wakita. Okla.
School will be
out Friday
School will be closed
Friday, September 30, so
that the Teachers can attend
the annual meeting of Payne
County teachers.
The meeting will include a
business meeting and talks
by representatives of Okla-
homa Education Association
and by Judge Roy Wall.
Friday night the local
Demons will host Davenport
in the homecoming football
game.
Lions approve $1000 for Decorations
The Lions Club pancake
Supper committee put the
finishing touches on the
plans for Friday evening's
pancake supper to be held at
the school cafeteria. Serving
will start at 5:30 and
continue to 7:30.
It was pointed out that the
Farmers Appreciation Night
will be October 17, and
invitations will go out soon.
The club agreed to
purchase up to $1000 in
Christmas decorations for
Main Street, and will ask the
city to match this. The city
meets Monday evening. Don
Page who manufactures the
Christmas decorations at-
tended the meeting to
display samples of the type
of fixtures that will be
purchased. If enough funds
are gathered, the decor-
ations will include an 8 foot
lighted tinseled Christmas
tree decorations on each of
the 18 posts on Main Street,
from Kirk Street on the north
to Knipe Street on the south
edge of town.
The Perkins club was
asked to consider sponsoring
a Lions club at Carney. The
request came at a recent 3M
zone meeting at Stillwater.
A local member was asked to
check with some Carney
residents to see how much
interest there was in Carney
towards starting a Lions
Club.
Harland Wells reported
that the Stillater National
Guard unit said they would
take on the wall of the Lions
building as an engineering
project. Under their plan
they would bring an l beam
from Stillwater, knock out
the wall, install the l beam
and other processes in the
project. It would be a
weekend training project for
the National Guard group.
The club agreed to accept
their offer of assistance.
Don Page, Oklahoma City, displays an 8 foot
Christmas decoration similar to what will be bought for
Perkins Main Street.
New Open Meeting
Law begins Oct I
The State's new Open
Meeting Law goes into effect
October 1, which will make
several additions to the
existing law -- basically an
effort by public boards to
notify the public when they
will meet.
Starting in October the
agenda for public board
meetings must be posted 24
hours in advance of the
meeting.
Both the city and school
said they would begin
meeting this requirement
this week.
City Clerk Elizabeth Wise
said the agenda of the 7:30
p.m. Monday city meeting
will be posted at the city hall
Friday. Supt. Shelby Wyatt
said the agenda of Monday's
7:30 p.m. school board
meeting will be posted at the
school administrative offices
Friday also.
Another part of the new
law requires public boards to
post their regular meeting
dates for the year with the
proper clerk by December
15. A register will be
maintained in the county
clerk's office whereby any
interested resident may see
when any meeting in the
county will be held, the date
and place. Any changes in
the meeting places or the
times must be entered on the
register in advance of the
meeting.
State boards must enter
their scheduled meetings
with the Secretary of State.
Municipal boards and
trusts must enter their
scheduled meetings with the
Municipal clerk (city clerk)
who will maintain a register.
Special meetings are pro-
vided for as long as 48 hour
notice of the meeting is listed
with the proper clef k .
Emergency meetings may
be held without public notice
provided. An emergency
meeting is described as:
"Any meeting called for the
purpose of dealing with an
emergency. For purposes of
this act, an emergency is
defined as a situation
involving injury to persons or
injury and damage to public
or personal property or
immediate financial loss
when the time requirements
for public notice of a special
meeting would make such
procedure impractical and
increase the likelihood of
injury or damage or immedi-
ate financial loss." Even
then the person calling such
an emergency meeting shall
give as much advance public
notice as is reasonable and
possible under the circum-
stances existing, in person or
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This Week's Question:
There seems to be considerable traffic congestion on
Perkins Main Street making it difficult to back out,
enter the line of traffic or cross the street. Do you think
there should be another 4-way stop to break the traffic
I flow?
To Vote No , call
Last Week's Question 547-2972
President Carter is urging the U. S. Senate to
approve ratification of a new Panama Canal treaty that
would turn ownership of the canal to Panama within the
next 20 years. Do you think the Senate should ratify the
treaty?
Yes..17%
No...83%
There is no need to talk.
The "hang up" sound you
hear is your vote being
recorded.
Call anytime before Noon Tuesday
to Register Your Vote.
Revaluation procedure friction results
in petition to District Court for relief
Two Payne County resi-
dents, Jack Downey and
John H. Bode, have petition-
ed the District court for relief
in increased assessment of
their properities.
The court litigation is
another of several disagree-
ments between the Equali.
zation Board, the County
Assessor, the District Attor-
ney, and residents of the
county.
The Equalization Board,
according to an Attorney
General's ruling obtained by
Rep. Joe Manning, has sole
authority on adjustment of
assessments except that the
Assessor would have the
right to court action if
deemed necessary.
It was prior to obtaining
the decision that the
Equalization Board asked by
resolution, for the Assessor
to hold off on appraisals until
an on-site inspection could
be made. They asked for
taxes for this year to be
based on 10% more than the
1975 taxes until an inspec-
tion could be made. The
Assessor, Mrs. Mildred
Starks, presented the board
a letter giving "her notice of
intent" that she will instruct
the District Attorney to
perfect appeals from any
orders from lowering assess.
ments that she feels are
unreasonable due to ques-
tion of law and fact. The
Equalization Board backed
off their resolution and left
assessments stand as they
were.
It was this action, claims
Jack Downey, that placed
him in a predicament where
he could find no recourse or
relief by protest because the
Equalization Board hears
residents from the last
Monday in April until the
first Monday in June. After
and before these days, the
board serves as the County
Excise Board.
In his District Court Brief,
Downey claims that on
January 12, 1977. he
protested in writing his
increase in assessed valu-
ation to the Board of
Equalization. He had previ-
ously carried on conversation
and discussion with mem-
bers of the Assessors office.
On April 25, 1977, Downey
appeared before the Board of
Equalization for a hearing
which lasted about two and
one-half hours. The Board
agreed to make an on-sight
inspection of Mr. Downey's
property on April 26, 1977 as
designated by board min-
utes.
On April 26, 1977, the
Board of Equalization made
an on-sight inspection of
some of Mr. Downey's
property. Board members
Lester Smith and Joe
Hastings, agreed and in-
formed Mr. Downey that
some of the properties were
assessed too high and some
of the soil maps were not
accurate. Consequently, Mr.
Downey assumed that he had
received the relief he had
asked for.
According to the brief, on
May 2, 1977, the public
received notice through the
newspapers that the Board of
Equalization had rolled back
all agricultural land assess.
ments to the 1976 assessed
valuation plus 10% for
inflation. Consequently Mr.
Downey was assured that his
advalorem tax problems had
been solved by the action of
the Board of Equalization.
The brief continues, "Dur-
ing the week of May 9, 1977,
Mr. Downey spoke with
Board member Lester Smith.
Lester Smith assured Mr.
Downey that the people who
had filed individual protests
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