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STILLWATER
Armed
Robberies
Investigated
Two armed robberies
of men carrying
backpacks in Stillwater
apartment complex
parking lots -- occurring
on Thanksgiving
weekend -- remain under
investigation, Stillwater
Police Cpt. Randy
Dickerson said in a news
release Monday.
Stillwater Journal
Page A1
SPORTS
Wertman
Will Be Hard
To Replace
By now word has spread
about the resignation
of Perkins-Tryon
head football coach
Lloyd Wertman. He'll
subsequently retire from
full-time coaching and
teaching duties at the
end of the current school
year. There's no doubt his
presence will be missed
around here.
Page B1
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• Dec 6, 7 p.m. -Alcoholics
Anonymous (AA) meeting,
Perkins First Christian
Church
• Dec 8, 7 p.m. -Alcoholics
Anonymous (AA) meeting,
Perkins Lions Den
• Dec 9, 5:30 pm - Perkins
Lions Club meeting, Perkin.€
Lions Den
• Dec 9, 6-8:30 p.m.
- Monday Music Night,
Perkins Senior Citizens
Center, 114 E. Kirk
• Dec 10, 6 p.m. - Perkins
City Commission meeting,
City Hall Annex.
• Dec 11, 7 p.m. -Alcoholic,,
Anonymous (AA) meeting,
Perkins Lions Den
• Dec 12, 5-9 p.m. - Perkins
Old Fashioned Community
Christmas, Main Street
• Dec 13, 7 p.m. - Malcolm
Holcombe in Concert, Old
Church Center, 780 N. Main
• Dec 15, 7 p.m.-Alcoholics
Anonymous (AA) meeting,
Perkins Lions Den
• Dec 13, 7 p.m.-Alcoholics
Anonymous (AA) meeting,
Perkins First Christian
Church.Dec 16, 5:30 pm -
Perkins Lions Club meeting,
Perkins Lions Den
INDEX
Church .................. C3
Classifieds .......... B3-B6
Comics .................. $6
Entertainment ..... : C2
Farm & Ranch ....... A6
History .................. A5
Obituaries ........... A2
Opinions ........... A4, $4
Public Records .... $2
School .................. A3
Seniors ................. C4
Sports ................. B1 -B2
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Boys Ranch raising funds for roster care community
By Van Mitchell
Journal Staff Writer
The Oklahoma Lions Boys
Ranch is looking to create a
new foster care community
home site at its Perkins
campus.
And the window of oppor-
tunity to raise the funds to
meet a matching pledge
to pay for half the cost of
building the two homes is
running out.
Bryan Larison, OLBR
executive director said thus
far the OLBR has raised
$115,000 of a $250,000
matching pledge from Paul
Milburn of Shawnee.
"We are $10,000 from
reaching that halfway point,"
Larison said. "If we can reach
that halfway point by the end
of this year then we will be
able to start construction on
the first house. We will still
have $125,000 to be raised
after that."
For the initial launch, the
estimated budget to build
both homes and to cover
the first year of operations is
$500,000 with $225,000 to
build each home and $25,000
to operate each house.
Larison said he visited
with Milbum last week to
see if he would release the
first $125,000 if the OLBR
raised that amount by the end
of 2013.
Milbum agreed to those
terms and extended the time
the OLBR had to raise the
remaining funds until June
2014.
Since its inception in 1952,
the Oklahoma Boys Lions
Ranch (OLBR) has provided
help for more than 1,500
Oklahoma boys between
the ages of 12 and 18.
Larison said the idea of a
foster care community came
out of an OLBR board retreat
in 2010 where the future
OLBR executive director Bryan Larison stands in a field on the organization's campus
where the foster care community will be built. Journal photo by David Sasser
direction of the ranch was
discussed.
"All of the kids we get here
at the Boys Ranch have been
in a previous foster home
and they weren't success-
ful in that foster home," he
said. "Most of our kids have
been in 15 to 20 failed foster
homes before they get to us.
We believe we can do foster
care better if we allow the
foster parents to live here on
campus. And we can provide
those foster parents the same
kind of support we provide
our house parents. Instead
of being their 15th or 20th
placement we want to be
their first placement."
According to statistics
from the OK Foster Wishes
website which in part tracks
See OLRB, Page A2
Perkins Christmas celebration next week
p.m.
Also, the buildings of the
Oklahoma Territorial Plaza
will be decorated for Christ-
mas and open from 6-8 p.m.
As in years past, everyone is
invited to enjoy this free event
hosted by Perkins Commu-
nity Chamber of Commerce.
Sponsors include Stroud
National Bank, Shake Rattle
& Roll, E1Mexicano, Perkins
Drug, High Country Utilities,
Dream Scents, Payne County
Bank and Harland & Beverly
Wells.
Popular activities include
musical entertainment, a tree
lighting ceremony, a hayride,
and vendor booths.
Visitors are invited to partici-
pate in the "Santa Stroll" for a
chance to win prizes. To play,
just obtain a Santa SVoll card
and visit participating busi-
nesses Dec. 1-12. When the
card is complete, it's entered
Perkins' annual Christmas
celebration, Old Fashioned
Country Christmas, is set for
next Thursday evening, Dec.
12.
The annual downtown event
will kick off at 5 p.m. with a
chili supper. The supper,
hosted by POSSE, will be
held at the Lions Den.
"Christmas Memories," the
parade theme for this year, is
expected to bring an added
element of hbliday joy to the
festivities.
The Thomas-Wilhite Memo-
rial Library will have pictures
with Mrs. Claus from 6-7
into a drawing that will be held
at 8:45 p.m. Dec. 12 for sev-
eral great prizes. Participating
businesses include Sanders
Group, Sasser & Company
Antiques, Perkins Drug,
Firefly Cottage Boutique,
E1 Mexicano, Model Tee,
Hidden Oasis Day Spa, Main
Street Mall, Dream Scents, and
Harris Electric.
Lots of downtown businesses
will also have their doors
open for holiday open houses
through out the evening.
Those participating in open
houses include Hidden Oasis
See SANTA, Page A2
Wi)man arrested for drug possession
By Patti Weaver
Journal Correspondent
An ex-convict allegedly
told Perkins Police Investi-
gator Charles Danker, who
arrested her for drug pos-
P-T Board of Ed Meets
football coach and teacher
Lloyd Wertman effective
May 19, 2014. Superinten-
dent James Ramsey said the
position will be posted and
application packets will be
accepted until an adequate
pool is received for review.
Approved were General
Fund encumbrances of
$17,929.08; a Building
Fund encumbrance of
$2,000; and Child Nutri-
tion Fund encumbrances of
$661.05.
Meetings will continue
to start at 7:30 p.m. and
will be held in the board
room located at 103 South-
west Second Street or the
comer of Second and West
Thomas.
The board also approved
a resolution calling on the
Oklahoma Legislature to
create a Special Funding
Situation for pension liabil-
ity in the state.
The board also acknowl-
edged the resignation of
Regular meeting dates for
2014 of the Perkins-Tryon
Board of Education were
approved during Monday
night's regular gathering of
the board.
The board will continue
to meet on the first Monday
of each month except in
September. The board will
still meet on Monday but
it will be the second one
of the month because of
the Labor Day holiday the
week before.
Cimarron Casino Grand Reopening
session on the day before
Thanksgiving, "prison was
where she needed to be --
that's where she is normal."
Paula Jeanette Jennings,
31, of Perkins, who has also
used the surnames of Coe
and William, has three prior
methamphetamine possession
convictions and was released
from prison in July, records
show.
When she was arrested in
Perkins last week, "Paula was
very emotional at times, and
then seemed angry. Paula then
at times would preach about
God and stated that prison
was where she needed to be
-- that's where she is normal,"
Danker wrote in an affidavit.
On the afternoon before
Thanksgiving, Perkins Police
Deputy Chief Steve Hensley
was called about"a suspicious
person walking on Pogue
Street from Newport Street,"
in and out of people's yards,
the affidavit said.
When Danker saw a wom-
an sitting under a carport at a
residence in the 1100 block of
Pogue Street, he alleged that
"she identified herself as Paula
Coe" -- the name under which
her prison records are listed.
"I asked for her identifica-
tion and she stated she didn't
have it on her," but she had a
purse under the carport on the
ground, the affidavit said.
"I asked Paula if she lived
at this residence and she stated
no...Paula was very twitchy
and jumpy. Paula appeared to
be under the influence of an
unknown substance.
"I asked when the last time
she used illegal drugs and
she stated in 2010..1 asked if
Coe
she stated no," Danker alleged
in his affidavit.
"Paula searched through
her purse and couldn't find her
identification. I asked Paula
about a powdery subtance in
the bottom of her purse and
she stated it was sand.
"I observed there was one
zipper bag that Paula had
moved around, but hadn't
opened. I asked Paula if
her identification was in the
zipper bag and she handed me
the bag -- and said 'I'm going
back to prison,'" Danker
alleged in his affidavit.
"I handed the bag back to
her and asked what was in it,
and she unzipped the bag and
I observed syringes, and small
baggies with white powdery
residue in them," Danker
alleged in his affidavit.
"I asked if she had anything
else on her, and she removed
a dollar bill from her front
pocket and stated this has
marijuana in it...Paula handed
me two marijuana smoking
pipes with burnt residue in
them.
"Paula handed me a
syringe out of her left boot.
I placed Panla under arrest
for possession of marijuana,"
before transporting her to the
Perkins Police Department to
Members of the Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma celebrated the reopening of the new Cimarron
Casino Friday, Nov. 22, with a ribbon cutting. Pictured cutting the ribbon (I to r): Renee
Lincoln, Council Person; Lisa Switch, Treasurer; Gary Pratt, Chairman; and Leslie Tanyan,
T H E J O U R N A Secretary. Photo by David Holbrook I could search her purse and See COE, Page A2
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