Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 70, No. 34, Ed. 1 Sunday, October 23, 1983 Page: 2 of 28
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LOCAL
PAGE TWO-A
Sunday, October 23, 1983
Ambulance
C ontinued from page 1.
“I am checking with the attorney
general regarding this matter 1
understand you cannot serve on two
boards, either elected or ap-
pointed," Young said.
A spokesman for Attorney
(General Mike Turpen confirmed
Saturday the attorney general has
become involved in the investiga-
tion, assisting Young with legal in-
formation about dual service on ap-
pointed and elected boards as well
as data concerning the Opens
Meetings Act.
Young did not close the door on a
possible request from his office to
District Judge Don Thompson for a
grand jury investigation of the am-
bulance service operation
However, the district attorney
said lus probe was not complete
enough to indicate if such an in-
vestigation might be necessary
‘ Hopefully, everybody will just
cooperate with us and we can get the
ambulance service back to
operating within the public trust,"
Young said.
The district attorney said he felt
the ambulance service, which was
established in a county-wide elec-
tion, is "far too important to be
operated like a toy for somebody's
pleasure."
"And that's what we have here,"
Young said. “I want it returned to
the people which need the service
and want the service. That's is my
aim. nothing more "
Young said he plans to request an
audit of the ambulance service
Growth
Continued from page 1.
pleted, or when the classrooms are
ready for student use, the current
high school will house the junior high
school.
While work is nearing completion
at the high school, progress at the
addition to Glenpool elementary
school is not yet that far along, ac-
cording to Glenpool Superintendent
Gene Orsack.
The superintendent explained that
the grade school addition will consist
of six classrooms and office spaces
to be built between the old Glenpool
school building — which used to
house all 12 grades — and a grade
school building that was built
several years ago. Orsack noted that
the six-classroom addition will con-
nect the two buildings.
He added that the high school
vocational carpentry class put up
the wood frames for the inside walls.
Bids for electrical, plumbing and
heat and air contractors were
awarded Tuesday night.
Orsack said that when the elec-
trical work is installed and the in-
sulation is set in, then sheetrock can
be applied to the walls.
‘ And with the sheetrock boards
up, you can cover a lot of territory,”
he said
In answer to reports that some
buildin,, projects are being delayed
because of a shortage of sheetrock.
Orsack said "as far as we know, we
can get sheetrock."
Another Glenpool building project
is a new 32,000 square foot gym-
nasium. which is being delayed by
installation of synthetic covering for
the floor of the basketball court.
Police
Continued from page 1.
residence.
Detectives Bruce Duncan, Clark
and Hausam along with patrol divi-
sion Cpl. Gary Young, Officers Jim
Wall, Kick Weaver and Freeman
went to the residence about 5:30
p.m. and set watch on the house.
About 5:SO p.m., Freeman observ-
ed a young man leave the house with
a shotgun and take it to the shed
behind the residence where he plac-
ed it inside.
Officers converged on the
residence at that time, Clark said,
covering front and back doors before
executing the warrant.
Ms Taylor was booked into
Sapulpa City Jail shortly after 6:30
books by the state examiner's office
in accordance with state law.
"I have been told that a Certified
Public Accountant has audited the
books, but that is not what is re-
quired by state law. It says here that
the books must be audited by the
state examiner - and that's the law,
which should be followed," Young
said "It has not been complied with
and that's the problem "
Failure of the Creek County
Emergency Ambulance Service
Board of Trustees to correctly post
an agenda to allow a meeting of the
trustees has kept Young from ap-
pearing before the group to discuss
what he calls "serious vioaltions of
state law" governing emergency
service boards
*i can’t meet with them until they
post an agenda that is legal," Young
said "That has not been done in re-
cent weeks "
Mitchell has asked Creek County
commissioners to bear with the am-
bulance board regarding the posting
of the agenda, saying the law is new
to the board although the ambulance
board is attempting to comply with
it.
Two meetings have been delayed
over the agenda and posting of the
legal meeting notice No meeting
has been officially called since at at-
tempt was made Oct. 19 to hold a
session
Young began his investigation into
the ambulance service operation
after a series of stories appeared in
the Herald pointing out problems
regarding finances and general
operation of the agency
"It all depends on when the floor is
finished," answered Chaffin on
when the fieldhouse may be finished.
He explained that the court will be
a concrete floor with synthetic
covering. After the synthetic cover-
ing is laid and set, the bleachers,
which are currently unassembled in
the gym lobby, can be put up
"We've been waiting since the
first of August to get the floor down,
but it has just been too wet," Chaffin
said.
Prompting this continuous
building is a rapid growth in the
Glenpool area
"When I first came here six or
seven years ago, there were two
buildings and 250 students." he said.
"Now we re over 1,300 students "
Orsack noted that the school is
currently experiencing a 30 percent
growth rate
"We can't keep up with it and we
don't see it letting up.”
Orsack noted that the booming
housing market in the area is one
cause of the growth. He pointed out
that the homes in the Glenpool area
are in the range of $40,000, $50,000
and $60,000 range, while other areas
have homes going for $70,000 to
$10,000
Chaffin said they had been
forecasting growth in the Glenpool
area for more than a decade, "but
inadequate water, streets and
utilities held the growth until a few
years ago. "
Funding the building projects are
a number of bond issues, the latest of
which was a $375,000 issue which
passed on Sept. 27.
p.m. Friday and later transferred to
Creek County Jail pending bond
hearing.
Clark said the investigation had
not been completed pending an in-
ventory of all the items seized at the
residence, lab tests on possible nar-
cotics located there and NCIC
checks on the property removed
from the storage shed
“We may be several days before
all this settles,” Clark said.
"Hausam and Freeman have done a
good job in this investigation."
Court records show Ms Taylor is
presently free on bond after her ar-
rest earlier this year on drug-related
charges stemming from a raid con-
ducted by city and county officers in
Creek County.
What’s...
Continued from pnge 1
for Admiral George Dewey. Lee
Several streets were named for
Avenue? - probably Robert E.
prominent Sapulpa citizens, Mrs.
Lee.
Greenlee said. “But it's a shame
Go beyond the original
we don't have a street named
township and things get a little
Sapulpa "
confusing.
There may be one, of sorts
What is a Goodykoontz9
Mrs Greenlee said Elizabeth
These days, housing developers
could have been named for
name the streets, Mrs Williams
Elizabeth Sapulpa
said She checks to see if the
Park Street possibly could have
name conflicts with existing
been named for a park, she said.
names when the plat is
although the only park she knew
presented If not. the developer
of on the street was built after the
usually gets his way.
street was named already
“In the new additions, the
Mounds (or Mound) may be
streets are usually named for
named for the Creek County com-
granddaughters or daughter, like
mumty, but Mrs Greenlee said it
Sherry or Ianda or Norma; or
also could have been named for
something scenic about the
Sugarloaf Hill, which rises in the
area," she said
area near the street
Such a system has blessed
Mounds, incidentally, is the
Sapulpa with street names both
correct name for the street, Mrs
prosaic and lyric: Jones Avenue
Williams said, although a few
or Murphy Street on the one
street signs apparently are
hand, Terrace Drive or Valley
misspelled
View (which is neither a street
Mrs. Williams said the city
nor a lane nor a place nor road —
needs more control over street
just Valley View i on the other.
names, but doesn’t see anything
Some of the developers must
changing until and unless "we
have had a sense of humor, ut
have a cry from the public or city
least: Adams next to Apple;
officials."
Thunderbird, Falcon, Mustang,
"It would take a major
Fairlane and Galaxy — all
overhaul job to do it," she says.
models of Ford automobiles — in
In the meantime, Sapulpa has
Southern Hills.
something for everyone: the high
But what is a Goodykoontz9
and holy — Kings Way and
‘‘I imagine that was
Seminary Avenue; Yankee and
somebody's name,” Mrs.
Rebel — Lincoln and Lee; those
Williams said. Ruth Greenlee,
with a purpose in life — Mission;
curator of the Sapulpa Histoncal
or those who can't seem to make
Museum agrees
any progress — Circle Drive.
Police beat
Gunman arrested after
crashing Reagan event
AUGUSTA, Ga. (UPD-
A gunman crashed a
pickup truck into the
Augusta National Golf Club
where President Reagan
was playing golf Saturday
and took several hostages,
including a presidential
aide. He rejected two
telephone calls from
Reagan and was captured
"The man is in custody.
No one was hurt,” a
spokesman for the local
district attorney’s office.
"My understanding is that
it started with several
hostages and ended up with
one.”
Presidential aides said
Reagan was never in
danger Mrs Reagan was
sightseeing at the time.
The president, on the golf
course with two Cabinet
members when the man
crashed through the gate,
was driven out of the area
after his unsuccessful
attempts to talk to the
gunman by phone.
One of the hostages held
captive in the club's pro
shop was identified as
Lenny Wiles, a presidential
advance man on Reagan's
staff since the 1980 cam-
paign.
The district attorney's
spokesman identified the
last of the hostages to be
released as Dave Franklin,
an employee of the
prestigious golf club's
professional staff
The gunman was ten-
tatively identified as
Charles Harris of Augusta.
Reagan and Secretary of
State George Shultz, the
president's host for what
was planned as a relaxed
weekend, were then driven
back to their cabin on
another section of the club,
with Reagan waving to
bystanders.
The man crashed his
blue pickup truck through
a gates of the exclusive
club about 2:20 p.m.
Hit-run suspect
sought in area
An area wide search continued Saturday for the driver
of a pickup truck that struck a car operated by a Kiefer
woman Thursday night and sped away, leaving the
woman injured inside her wrecked car.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Ken Stafford said
Jessie Barnhart, 49, Kiefer, was alone in her automobile
about a mile north of Mounds on Highway 75A when the
accident happened
Stafford said a blue Ford pickup struck Mrs Barnhart
from the rear and left the scene without stopping to render
aid.
Stafford said evidence at the scene indicated the pickup
was traveling at a high rate of speed and left no skid
marks
"He was traveling an estimated 80 miles per hour when
he struck the Barnhart vehicle from behind," Stafford
said.
Mrs Barnhart was taken to Bartlett Memorial Medical
Center where she was admitted with neck injuries.
Police said a reward has been posted by the injured
woman's husband for information that might lead to the
arrest of the driver of the hit-run vehicle
"We have looked high and low, but found nothing,” Staf
ford said Saturday.
The OHP is being aided by Sapulpa Police and Creek
County Sheriff’s Department officers in the search for the
car.
Four youths injured
Four Creek County youths were injured Friday in a one
vehicle accident on South Hickory at Pickett Prairie
Road. Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers said Saturday
Trooper Ken Stafford said Tony Whitehead, 19; Mike
Whitehead, 18; Barry G Sharp, 17, and Kevin L. Fox, 16,
suffered injuries when a pickup truck driven by Tony
Whitehead went out of control .10 mile south of Lone Star
School and overturned.
Two of the injured were riding on the top of the truck at
the time of the accident, Stafford said. The driver and two
passengers were inside the cab of the truck.
Stafford said one unidentified adult passenger was not
injured, but was arrested for public intoxication.
Stafford charged Tony Whitehead with driving under
the influence and being involved in a personal injury acci-
dent with a blood alcohol reading of .10.
All of those involved are Sapulpans except Sharp who is
from Mounds, Stafford said.
The OHP trooper said evidence at the scene indicated
alcohol was being used by all of those injured.
Two of the youths. Fox and Sharp, are juveniles, Staf-
ford said, and information pertaining to their involvement
in the accident is being forwarded to the Department of
Human Services for juvenile action.
None of those injured were believed to be seriously hurt,
Stafford said.
Merle Travis dies
Flood cleanup slowed
GUTHRIE, Okla (UPI»
— F'ederal disaster
workers and flood-weary
residents slogged through
the mud Saturday in this
central Oklahoma town,
beginning cleanup work in
a 50-square-block area
ravaged by record-setting
floods.
"We’ve been in touch
with (the Federal
Emergency Management
Agency) and they have
their inspectors in town
today (Saturday)," said
city manager Dan Ward.
"There's been no damage
estimate yet — we’ve been
looking for people.”
Guthrie police Sgt.
Donald Ross said at least
two and possibily three
people are missing after
Cottonwood Creek, fueled
by 10 inches of rain, roared
out of its banks early
Friday and left waistdeep
water standing in homes.
He said the names of the
people missing had not
been obtained because the
only reports police had
were from witnesses who
said they saw the victims
being swept away in the
torrents.
Ward said floodwaters
had receded from all but a
handful of homes by
Saturday and that police
and National Guard per-
sonnel had searched the
damaged homes and found
no bodies inside the homes.
TAHLEQUAH, Okla.
(UPI) — Graveside ser-
vices have been tentatively
set for 3 p.m. Sunday at
Central City, Ky., for
country music guitarist
and songwriter Merle
Travis.
Travis, 65, was admitted
to the Tahlequah City
Hospital Wednesday night
and died Thursday from
cardiopulmanary arrest,
Paul Center, his road
manager, said Friday.
The author of such well
known songs as "Sixteen
Tons," "Smoke, Smoke,
Smoke that Cigarette,”
and "NinePound Ham-
mer,” had been living in
the eastern Oklahoma town
for approximately six
years.
He was born Nov. 29,
1917, in Rosewood, Ky., and
began his professional
career in 1935 in Evan-
sville, Ind., at a marathon
dance where he played
"Tiger Rag.”
Travis developed a style
of guitar picking which
gave the illusion of two
guitars playing at once and
influenced such country
music stars as Chet Atkins,
Jerry Reed, Doc Watson
and Carl Perkins.
He was inducted into the
Country Music Hall of
Fame in 1977 and the
Songwriter Hall of fame in
1970.
Mrs. Leon Bench
Wishes To Thank
The Younti Girl
Who Placed The
Flan At The Scene
Of Her Husbands
Shooting On Huy.
97.
Outage darkens jail
Obituaries
Hooter
Funeral services for
Myrtle Evalyn Hooter, 77,
will be held 2 p.m. Monday
at the Christian Church of
Chandler with the Rev.
Kenneth Breeze officiating.
Interment will follow at
Oak park Cemetery under
the direction of Curry
Funeral Home, Chandler.
Mrs Hooter died Thurs-
day at Shawnee Medical
Hospital. She was bom Ju-
ly 2,1905 in Payson, Ok. In
1937, she married John
Hooter.
She was a charter
member of the Chandler
Christian Church, and was
a member of the National
Federation of Republican
Women, Lincoln County
Republican Women's Club,
Patches and the American
Legion Auxiliary.
Mrs. Hooter was
proceeded in death by her
husband and leaves no sons
or daughters.
She is survived by
brother, Art 1 effing well of
Chandler and sister Grace
Wright of Huntington
Beach, Calif.
The Creek County jail
and sheriff’s office was left
without electric service
temporarily Saturday
when a main circuit
breaker malfunctioned.
The power outage
hampered communications
systems but caused no
serious problems, Det.
Capt. Jerry Siler said.
"We can call out, but we
can’t receive calls. There's
no radio, no nothing."
The outage occurred at
1:15 p.m, Siler said.
Emergency lighting
throughout the building
was functioning.
Siler said prisoners in the
jail facility were complain-
ing because of the darkness
but no incidents occurred.
"At least it’s not hot,”
Siler said
An electrical failure in
the building's air condition-
ing system this summer
forced the temporary
evacuation of prisoners to
other jail facilities in the
area.
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VESTS Priced From $120.00
SWEATERS f.«, $100.00
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Synar crew visits county
Field representatives for
Cong. Mike Synar will visit
two Creek County com-
munities Thursday.
Terry and Cindy Ball will
be at the Slick Senior
Citizens Center from 11:30
a.m.-l p.m and Bristow Ci-
ty Hall from 1:30-3 p.m.
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