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PACE TWO-A—Sapulpa (Okla.) Herald, Sunday, May 5, 1991
News Digest_. Public Records
ORU to move praying hands
TULSA (AP) — Oil Roberts University plans to move the 60-foot bronze
statue of praying hands that for years has marked the entrance to the now
defunct City of Faith hospital.
The ORU regents voted Friday to move the hands to a new entrance being
built at the private university in south Tulsa.
Evangelist Oral Roberts said the move will emphasize his university’s
mission to "join our hands and work with those of God."
The university closed City of Faith and its related medical school in 1989.
Part of the three-building complex has been leased to an Dlinois-based group
that specializes in cancer.
Richard Roberts, the university’s executive vice president, said the entire
complex eventually will be leased or sold, and he indicated that some "very
strong moves’’ have been made to buy the building.
Richard Roberts said the new entrance will cost $400,000 and should be
completed by fall.
Longtime supporters of the university donated the money, which will be
used exclusively for the new entrance, Richard Roberts said.
The fingers of the statue are 20 feet long. The fingernails are 3-square feet
each.
Supporters begin fund drive for sheriff
PAULS VALLEY (AP) — A former state legislator has started a fund drive
to help defray legal costs for the Garvin County sheriff.
Woodrow Wilson Burnett, 78, said an account for Sheriff Bob Harris was
opened April 23 at the First State Bank of Elmore City.
"We’ve got around $1,600 right now,” Burnett said. "I’ve been out visiting
the people that know Bob Harris — the good people that are not financially
able to spend a whole lot of money. But they were supporters of Bob Davis and
they are still supporting him.’*
Harris pleaded innocent last week to a felony charge of assault with a deadly
weapon in connection with an August 1989 shooting. He also pleaded innocent
to a felony charge of false accounting by an officer, as well as seven misde-
meanor counts ranging from using excessive force on prisoners to misconduct
in executing a search warrant.
A preliminary hearing is scheduled in July.
"We're going to have to raise $20,000 to $30,000 or more,” Burnett said.
“We don’t intend for Bob to have to pul his future earnings on the line."
Chairman denies resignation imminent
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — State Corporation Commission chairman Bob
Hopkins denies reports that his resignation is imminent, but admits he likely
won’t finish his term.
"I’ll probably submit my resignation sometime this year, but that doesn't
mean that is a definite," Hopkins said Friday.
"I have not submitted any resignation," he said in response to broadcast
reports Friday that he had resigned or soon would. “But possibly I will this
year, but I don’t know when. ”
Hopkins' six-year term on the three-member panel expires in January 1993.
The Corporation Commission regulates Oklahoma’s public utilities, oil and
gas drilling, and production and intrastate trucking.
Hopkins said “there’s no way” he will remain in office until the end of his
term. He turned 62 on Feb. 3.
Hopkins in 1986 won the statewide election for a seat on the commission,
the last Democrat to do so. Before that, he served more than 25 years in the
state Legislature.
Student survives six-story fail
STILLWATER (AP) — An Oklahoma State University student was
reported in stable condition at a Tulsa hospital after a fall from his sixth-floor
dormitory room.
Jason Eric Wortham, 20, fell from the room Friday, school officials said.
Police reported he suffered a concussion and head lacerations but no
broken bones amazing after a fall six stories," university spokesman Nestor
Gonzalez said.
Gonzalez said Wortham apparently was silting on the ledge outside his room
when other students tried to grab him and pull him inside. Wortham then lost
his balance and fell.
Search continues for missing man
HOLDENVILLE, Okla. (AP) — Searchers think an 80-ycar-old man had
already left Hughes County when a search for him was organized last month.
Friends, family and law enforcement officials have scoured the county for
Oran Mayfield since he drove away from his home April 5.
He is described as 6 feet tall, about 150 pounds, with brown eyes and brown
hair, graying at the temples. He wears brown-rimmed glasses and was last seen
driving a blue Ford LTD.
Family members say he needs daily medication for a variety of ailments.
POLICE REPOSTS
Hit aat m raportod
Darrin Wetley Smith, 22, reported in
unknown subject driving ■ grey Buick Riviera
hit hia truck while paring on Dewey near
Hickory about 2:43 pan. Friday. The subject
then left the acme. The collision caused an
estimated 3500 damage to the front driver's
side of the pickup.
In an unrelated incident, Patrick Borden,
II, reported an unknown subject driving a
baby blue Chevrolet Blazer hit his car in the
Burger Kmg parking lot and fled the scene at a
high rale of speed. There was no estimate of
damage. The modem occurred around 10:30
p.m. Friday.
Car ecralthad—
Dianna Lynn Horath reported her car was
scratched all the way around with an
unknown object while it was parked in front
of her Sapulpa residence between 2:30 and
7:43 a.m. Friday. Damage is estimated at
31425.
Accident reported—
Vehicles driven by Wayne Nelson, 73, and
Debra Ann Tweedy, 36, collided on Burnham
at Main at approximately 4:15 p.m. Friday.
The vehicle driven by Nelson apparently
backed into the one driven by Tweedy. He
was cited for no driver's license and improper
becking.
SHERIFF’S REPORTS
—Guy Kenneth Davis, arrested on suspicion
of knowingly concealing stolen property.
FIRE REPORTS
Mattreae fire—
Firefighters were called to 512V4 S. Maple at 7
p.m. Friday to extinguish s mattress fire of
undetermined origin. The blaze burned the
bedcovering and bedding, spreading smoke
throughout the two-family dwelling. Firefigh-
ters extinguished the blaze, which was
confined to the mattress. There was no esti-
mate of damage.
CREEK COUNTY
AMBULANCE REPORTS
Emergency runs—
9:43 am. Friday — Patient from the 200
block of south Birch to Bartlett Memorial
Medical Center (BMMC).
4:00 p.m. — Patient from the 300 block of
east Burnham to I till crest Medical Center in
Tulsa.
8:51 p.m. — Patient from the 600 block of
south Independence to Saint Francis Hospital
in Tulaa.
10:14 — Patient from Creek County Fair-
grounds to St. John Medical Center in Tulsa.
Patients transferred—
1:53 p.m. — Patient from BMMC to Pleas-
ant Manor Nursing Home.
4:43 p.m. — Patient from BMMC to Pleas-
ant Manor.
MUNICIPAL
COURT RECORDS
The following cases and their disposi-
tions appeared on Thursday’s Municipal
Court docket.
GUILTY
(All guilty verdicts carry a $22 court cost
unless otherwise stated.)
Roy Dean Billings, 17,201 W. Page, April
21, speeding 37/25 zone, 325 fine.
Gary Max Bizer, 44, Jenks. April 15, reck-
Death
Jessie King
Jessie Ray King, 75, Route 5, died
Friday at his home.
Funeral services are scheduled for
2 p.m. Tuesday at Green Hills
Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Gil
Saurcr officiating.
Burial will follow at Green Hills
Memorial Gardens under the direc-
tion of Owen Funeral Home.
Caskctbcarcrs will be Tommy
Williams, Cecil McCrackin, Delbert
Lcgrand, Teddy Baker, W.E. Ziglcr
and Roy Anson.
Mr. King was bom April 18, 1915,
I®** driving, $190 fine; transporting open
container, $40 fine.
Merit Lcn Bray, 29, Route 5, March 17,
DUI, 3190 fine; transporting open container,
$40 fine.
Leonard D. Claik, 58,1319 S. Mam. May
1. public dnatk, 325 fine.
Keith E. Court, 18, 1421 E. Pfendler, May
I, resitting arrest, 325 fine; interfering with a
police officer, $25 fine; disorderly conduct,
$25 fine; public drunk. 325 fine.
Tina L Dennison. 23. Route 1, April 17.
following loo closely. $20 fine.
Herbert Michael Livingston, 35, Checotah,
April 2, driving under suspension, 3160 fine.
Chanddla D. Owens. 24, 202 N. Ruble,
May 1, public dnmk, $25 fine.
Michael D. Parker, 36,140 S. Cedar. April
17, assault and battery. 380 fine.
Ronald Gene Parker. 33. Route 3, March
15, petit larceny, $50 fine.
Donna Carol Rcmer. 45. Kellyville, Feb.
26, speeding, $25 fine.
Anita L. Robbins, 19.516 S. Poplar, April
II. speeding 44/35 zone, $25 fine.
Dennis Ray Sutton, 28, 543 N. Ridgeway,
March 15, speeding, $15 fine.
Robert William Welch, 22, Bakersfield,
Calif., Jan. 31, driving under suspension,
$160 fine; expired inspection sticker, $15
fine; no insurance verification, $75 fine
BOND FORFEITED
John Lee Adkins, 55. 553 N. Dawn Lane,
April 17, speeding 70/55 zone, $47 bond.
Homer Undo Charles. 21, Route 4. April
5, expired inspection sticker, $47 bond.
Jennifer Anne Coffey, 20, Sand Springs,
April 18, speeding 73/55 zone, $47 bond!
Linda Lou Cravens, 34, 512 N. Hodge,
April 17, speeding 88/55 zone, $52 bond.
Michelle Culbrath, 31, Jenks, April 19,
disobeying a traffic signal, $47 bond.
Daniel Edward Easter, 49, 809 S. Park,
March 22, following too closely, $47 bond
Frank Carlton Gantz, 31. ljule Rock, Ark.,
April 7, speeding, $47 bond.
James Frazier, 33, Jennings, April 19,
failure to pya taxes due stale, $47 bond.
Johnny Lee Hoover, 35, Woodward, April
II, speeding, $47 bond.
Angelia Renee Sellers, 29, Tulsa, March
25. speeding, $52 bond.
Chad Sparks, 20, Chickasha, Oct. 20,
speeding 44/30 zone, $47 bond.
Sean C. Stines, 17, Mounds, April 11,
improper backing, $47 bond.
Christopher D. Wilson, 25, 1417 S. Chey-
enne, April 21, speeding 61/45 zone. $47
bond.
BENCH WARRANT
Bcuy A. Buerklin, 19, Sapulpa, April 18,
expired inspection sticker.
James Allen Gorrell, 21, Tulsa, April 21,
speeding 68/55 zone.
Rodney Holden, 22, Tulsa, Feb. 8. trans-
porting open container.
Richard Huff, 39, Doniphan, Mo., Feb. 7,
expired tag, expired inspection sticker, no
insurance verification.
Irene Uysbad, 29. 303 E. Bryan, Jan. 16,
driving under suspension; March 3, driving
under suspension.
Paul James Lee, 18, Sperry, April 20,
speeding 69/55 zone.
at Oakland, Ark. He moved to the
Sapulpa area in 1935 and married his
wife, Marie, Aug. 25, 1939.
He was a member of the Oil Capi-
tal Beagle Club and retired from
Rodgers Galvanizing Co. after 29
years.
Survivors include wife, Marie;
brothers Frank King, Floyd King,
Roy L. King, Earnest King and John
King, all of Sapulpa; sisters Lcalha
Trowbridge Nicklcs of Chickasha and
Maggie Hynes and Bonnie West,
both of Sapulpa.
The family will headquarter at the
King residence north of Sapulpa.
Tornado survivors tell strange tales of storm
OOLOGAH (AP) — And did you
hear the one about the flimsy plastic
bottle that went halfway through the
trunk of a live tree?
Or the one about the woman who
was in a trailer home when the tornado
hit Oologah the night of April 26, and
she wound up digging herself out of
the rubble of a car shop?
How about the one about the chick-
ens having been stripped of their
feathers?
About 800 people live in the storm-
battered town of Oologah, and it seems
there arc at least that many stories of
strange things a tornado can do.
Whatever the story, Ed Hayes said
he is ready to believe it.
"You hear all these strange
stories,” said Hayes, a member of
Oologah VFW Post 10575 who is
helping storm victims. “I believe it,
because these people can prove what
they're saying."
Lonnie Colvin said he noticed the
plastic bottle, about a half mile north
of the ravaged Oologah-Talala Public
Schools campus, while he was looking
through a section of trees in search of
whatever belongings he might find.
Instead, he found chickens plucked
bald except for some feathery heads
and wings, some of the birds still alive.
"Weird stuff,” he said.
A carpenter, Colvin said he built his
own three-bedroom house north of
Oologah so he could he sure it was
made to withstand storms.
"My roof went west," he said.
"My walls went east.”
He was throwing a scrap of wood
for a pair of his neighbor’s dogs to
chase. The playful dogs brought the
stick back to him a couple of times
before he recognized it.
"Right here is a piece of my door
trim," he said. “1 know this wood real
well. Hand-polished walnut.”
The VFW post set up a tent to serve
free coffee and sandwiches, which
made it a place to swap stories, too.
VFW volunteer worker Audie
Martin told the one about the woman
blown from one building to anothci
Strange, but true?
Walters’ trade mission has big day
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Gov.
David Walters says a trade delegation
of Oklahomans had a very big day in
the Big Apple.
Walters, in an interview Friday
from New York City, said Oklaho-
mans were having "a good trip, a
good soft-sell effort. Oklahomans are
taking over New York, at least for a
night.”
He gave a rundown of the activities
he took part in Friday. They included:
— Negotiations with a company
that is considering expanding into
Oklahoma, occupying an abandoned
facility for a food-processing plant.
— An "interesting” discussion on
capital formation, during a luncheon
meeting with David Stockman, one-
time top budget aide to President
Reagan. Stockman now manages
"literally billions of dollars” in
investments and corporate assets, the
governor said.
— A "nice visit" with New York
Mayor David Dinkins about the
possibility of a cooperative effort
with Oklahoma companies in connec-
tion with conversion of his city’s fleet
of cars to compressed natural gas.
— A visit with Allen Greenburg,
who is prominent in the New York
brokerage community, about any
assistance he could give in identify-
ing companies that might have an
interest in Oklahoma.
VEST
‘ES1
FESTIVAL
BEGINS
At 10 A.M.
Sat., May 11
CENTRAL
PARK
Elm & Main
JOIN THE FUN
NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC
During the next few months, the city of Sapulpa will be inspecting and testing the sanitary
sewer system. This study will involve the opening of manholes in the streets and ease-
ments. An important task ot the survey will be ‘smoke testing* the sewer lines to locate
breaks and defects in the sewer system. Smoke bombs will be ignited in manholes and the
smoke blown with a fan back into the sewer system. THIS SMOKE IS NON-TOXIC, HAS
NO ODOR, AND CREATES NO FIRE HAZARD.
THE SMOKE SHOULD NOT ENTER YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS UNLESS YOU
HAVE DEFECTIVE PLUMBING OR DRIED OUT DRAIN TRAPS. IF YOU HAVE
SELDOM USED DRAINS, (SUCH AS FLOOR DRAINS IN LAUNDRY ROOMS OR
BELOW HOT WATER TANKS OR AIR CONDITIONERS) PLEASE POUR A QUART OF
WATER DOWN THEM TO PROVIDE A SEAL AGAINST THE SMOKE. DRAIN TRAPS
SHOULD ALWAYS BE FILLED WITH WATER TO PREVENT SEWER GASSES OR
ODORS FROM ENTERING A BUILDING.
Notices will be delivered house-to-house before smoke testing begins in an area Crews
will require access to the streets and easements but will not require access to the inside of
any building. II you have any questions or require special attention during the testing
please contact Bill Webb at 224-3040.
This testing is necessary to maintain the sanitary sewer system and your cooperation is
sincerely appreciated. Thank You.
FREE LEGAL ADVICE ABOUT
ON THE JOB INJURIES
The Oklahoma Workers’ Compensation Law provides speedy and valuable
benefits for injured workers. If you have been injured on the job, Workers'
Compensation should be paying you temporary disability benefits plus many other
benefits that you may not know about. If you have questions concerning
(1) what those benefits are,
(2) the amount of those benefits,
(3) whether they are being promptly paid, or
(4) whether you are receiving everything that you should,
you may come to our office or call for a free initial consultation.
Harlan & Harlan, P.C.
Attorneys at Law
404 East Dewey, Sapulpa, OK
227-2590
Tracy R. O'Daniel, 18.1301 S.Perk#C-25.
April 17, speeding 48/35 zone.
DISMISSED
(All dismined cases carry a $15 court cost
to be paid by the Individual unless other-
wise staled.)
Sandra Kay Arnold, 46, 1010 E. Hobson,
Feb. 25, driving under suspension, tpeeding.
Michael D. Bock. 18.624 S. Elm, Feb. 4.
speeding.
Mark Lcn Bray, 29, Route 5, March 17,
speeding (cost to city), failure to pay taxes due
state, no insurance verification.
Miles Bnmer, 52, 715 N. Leonard, March
9, assault and battery.
Ricky Wayne Hocker, 37, Oklahoma City,
April 7, expired inspection sticker, failure to
pay taxes due stale, no insurance verification.
Demis Ray Sutton, 28, 543 N. Ridgeway,
March 15, no insurance verification.
Kristi Lynne Tharp, 18, 406 S. Indepen-
dence, April 17, expired inspection stidter.
Jeremy Steven Walker, 19, Jenks, April 20,
no insurance verification.
Lordy, Lordy
Look Who's
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Gary Bateson
Love,
Your Family
Diank You
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A precious memory of the many acts of
kindness and generosity of friends and
neighbors is ours since the passing away
of our loved one. We thank the pastor and
those who sent beautiful floral offerings.
Especially do we thank the little league
ball teams; the Liberty Glass Rebels and
the Glenpool Oilers, Brad Newport and
the other coaches for their assistance.
The Family Of
Roy Cochran
SOUTHSIDE CHRISTIAN CHURCH
3 & 4 Year Old Pre-school
2-3-5 Day Programs
Now Accepting Applications For
91-92 School Year
Limited Enrollment
Comer Of
Hickory ft Teel
Elect
Jerry Syrles
Kiefer School Board
Tuesday, May 7, 1991
"Dedicated To Better Education
For Kiefer Students"
Paid For By Jurry Syrlus
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