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LIFESTYLES:
Blood drive
Sapulpa churches have joined
arms, literally, in supporting an
American Red Cross blood drive
Sunday.
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Sapulpa Daily
SPORTS:
Sprint series
The American Sprint Car Series
comes to Creek County Speedway ^
this Sunday for a stop on its nation-
al tour.
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WEATHER:
Showers will
loom over
much of
Oklahoma
for the rest
of the week.
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Tuesday, May 25, 1999
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Tuesday
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY
to Herald advertising
account representative #
Cindy Ramos. 43; Tommy
Wright; and Michael
Littlebear.
HAPPY BELATED
ANNIVERSARY to Floyd
and Beverly Burton, 25
years
If you want to wish someone
a happy birthday or anniver-
sary, call 224-5185 by 9 a.m.
Incidentally
■ Proceeds from a Dog Dip,
scheduled from 1 to 3 p.m..
Saturday, June 12 in KeMyviiie vt-
go to benefit the Friends of the
KeHyvHle Public Ubtary
Fund. ■'
, Rabies shots will also be offered
under the shade tree next to *t»
Kettyvitte Post Office and
direction of of Darmyl
OVM. Other shots will also be avail-
able. The dip Is $3 and
are $5.
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Drug fight
tOLsa (AP) — Tulsa County«
discovery of a growing number of
methampheiamine labs has brought
it an invitation to apply for one of
10 federal grants to combat the
problem.
David Tillotson, grant coordina-
tor for the Tulsa County Sheriffs
Office, received approval Monday
from county officials to apply for
the $256,099 invitatior-only grant.
Statistics from the U.S. Drug
Enforcement Administration show
Oklahoma ranks No. 3 nationally in
the number of seized clandestine
methampheiamine labs, while Tulsa
in particular has a high concentra-
tion of the labs.
"I would venture to say that
about 80 percent of the labs (in
northeastern Oklahoma) are in the
Tulsa area." said Phillip Springer,
the DEA's acting resident agent-in-
charge for the Northern District of
Oklahoma.
The DEA reported the discovery
of eight laboratories in Tulsa
County in 1996, 28 in 1997, 49 in
1998 and 36 so far this year,
Tillotson said.
"Methamphctamine is becoming
more popular as a drug. It's easy to
produce. It can be done within a
matter of hours," he said. "A lot of
people do it out of cars or vans. It's
not like you have to have a big
operation."
Tulsa County was one of 13
agencies nationwide invited to
apply for the grant offered by the
U.S. Department of Justice's Office
of Community Oriented Policing
Services.
The sheriffs office wants to use
the money to create a computer
database accessible to all law
enforcement agencies in Tulsa
County. It would provide informa-
tion on suspects and previous lab
discoveries, he said.
The money also would establish
a hotline for the public to provide
information about suspected meth-
amphetamine labs.
It also would fund a public edu-
cation program on the dangers of
producing the drug. Tillotson said
methamphetamine production cre-
ates hazardous by-products.
"It is extremely dangerous," he
said, noting that laboratories have
been found in populated areas,
including apartment complexes.
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Itimbow
in court
June 2
By Herald Staff reports
TULSA — An Oilton business
leader who has pleaded guilty to fed-
eral charges of illegal dumping of
hazardous waste is scheduled to be
sentenced at 1:30 p.m., June 2 in
Tulsa before U.S. Judge Terry Kern.
Carl D. Tumbow, 65, and an asso-
ciate Billy L. Greene, 36, were in-
dicted last November on counts of
conspiracy and unlawful disposal of
hazardous waste without a permit.
Greene is scheduled to be sen-
tenced June I. Initially, Greene had
been scheduled for a May sentencing.
Last February both men entered
guilty pleas and they could receive as
much as five years for each of the two
counts according to a U.S. Attorney’s
office spokesperson.
The case against Tumbow, who
owns and operates a company that
manufactures livestock trailers in
Oilton, came about after an Oilton
woman complained she became sick
after smelling fumes from a nearby
ditch where toxic waste from the
Tumbow manufacturing operation
was allegedly burned.
Branching out
HotW Photo by SI. WALDROP
Ray Cowart, Wright Tree Service, trims the branches from a tree in Ketlyville damaged by winds. The tree, at 26 S. Ash,
was about to fall onto to some OG&E power lines and was being restrained by a chain connected to a bus. High winds in
Kellyville Saturday afternoon took down a number of trees and blew the roof from a shop building but there were no report-
ed injuries or damage to residents.
City declares damaged property a nuisance
Move will expedite clean-up effort, officials say
By FRANCINE GUSTAFSON
and LORRIE J. QUINN ELLY
Herald Staff Writers
As Sapulpans continue to clean up and clear out,
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is reporting it has
removed more than 143,000 cubic yards of debris
from five communities hit by the May 3 tornadoes.
To date, the Corps' contractors have removed
approximately 628 truckloads of debris from
Oklahoma City. Mulhall, Choctaw, Dover and
Stroud. And the Corps has received requests from
quickly and safely as possible to prevent any poten-
tial public health hazards and help Oklahomans get
started in rebuilding (heir homes," said Tom
Logsdon, the Corps' project manager for debris
removal in Oklahoma.
While Corps officials may be working quickly to
remove debris in areas in and around Oklahoma
City, Sapulpa city officials opted to declare private
property in Sapulpa damaged by the storm a nui-
sance in order to expedite the clean-up effort, after
Mayor Brian Bingman and City Manager Tom
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ning the removal of debris there as well.
When the last truckload has been hauled away,
engineers estimate there will be more than 1.6 mil-
lion cubic yards of debris collected — enough to fill
a football field five stories high with debris left in
the aftermath of the tornadoes.
“Our main concern is (hat we move the debris as
the Corps could send clean-up crews here.
By declaring damaged property a nuisance, the
city could order the abatement of the property for
the protection of public health and welfare and pro-
vide for written consent to authorize removal of
debris by the city. It allows the city to enter into con-
tracts for removal and disposal of debris without
Senate passes bill to grant disaster-related leave
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — State workers
would have an easier time donating sick leave to
colleagues affected by the May 3 tornadoes under
a bill approved by the state Senate.
House Bill 1846 by Rep. Kevin Calvey, R-Del
City, was passed Monday and will return to the
House for a final vote.
The state leave-sharing program would include
state workers whose homes were damaged or
destroyed, who were injured or whose family
members were injured or killed by the tornadoes.
The storms left 44 dead and hundreds more
injured. Sixteen counties have been declared dis-
aster areas by President Clinton.
The measure allows workers to donate up to 15
days of annual or sick leave to a fellow worker
threatened with the loss of all of their leave time.
Leave may be donated for up to six months after a
national disaster was declared.
On Monday, the state Senate passed a version
of the bill on a 42-0 vote that allows municipali-
ties, counties and school districts to grant certain
disaster-related leave to employees affect by a
presidentially declared disaster.
The leave is for employees whose homes were
damaged or destroyed, who were injured or whose
family members were injured or killed.
The leave with pay is not to exceed 15 working
days, it must be taken within six months of when
the disaster was declared.
enduring the bidding process, provided the contract
prices stays below SI2,500.
The cities of Moore, Newcastle, Midwest City
and Del City look similar action.
"We have an obligation to the citizenry to pro-
vide this help,** De Arman'said taftwtfek.
He said by seeing to the clean-up locally, the city
also was injecting finds into (he local economy.
"My whole focus has been to get help to the peo-
ple here as quickly as possible,” DeArman said.
Damage from the level 1 tornado earlier this
month is estimated between $5 and S7 million, he
said.
DeArman said the city will be reimbursed 100
percent for funds expended for demolition and
debris removal.
Debris removal continues at Hilton Mobile
Home Park, the hardcst-hit area in Sapulpa. said
David Widdoes, code enforcement officer for the
city.
Much already has has been cleared of debris, and
some attention is turning to property around it,
where the tornado uprooted and laced bees with
insulation and scattered sheet metal. Other portions
of the north Sapulpa also have been cleaned up and
some repair to homes and businesses damaged has
been completed as well.
Contractors with the Corps of Engineers conun-
ue to work with the state Department of
Environmental Quality to ensure that debris is sepa-
rated properly. Logsdon said workers sort and recy-
cle. while subcontractors perform clean-up. hauling
and dumping.
Debris transport and processing costs approxi-
mately $25 per cubic yard through the Corps —
$11.25 to $13 for transporting to the processing site
and $13 for operation of the processing site and
transporting to a landfill. Money from recyclable
materials sold is funnelcd back into the U.S.
Treasury.
At the processing site, debris is sorted into four
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Sapulpa, Okla. 74066-224-5185
Police
chase
ends in
arrest
By Herald Staff reports
At press time today, members of
several law enforcement agencies
have captured a yet-to-be identified
suspect on Slick Road who led police
on a chase that originated in Sand
Springs early this morning.
Earlier. Sand Spring Police Lt.
Greg Fisher said a patrol officer
stopped an auto containing a white
male, about 19 years of age. on Hwy.
97.
He said the youth then decided to
flee the scene and was able to dude
‘stop stix’ and other devices during
the chase.
Fisher said Sapulpa police joined
the chase when the auto entered the
Sapulpa city limits.
He said the chase continued
through Sapulpa and the suspect
finally abandoned the auto in the
3500 block of West Teel Road and ran
from the area on foot.
The K-9 unit from Sapulpa Police
has tracked the youth to an area near
the Kellyville exit of the Turner
Turnpike. Fisher said.
Involved in the hunt were mem-
bers of the Sapulpa and Sand Springs
police departments, the Oklahoma
Highway Patrol and the Creek
County Sheriffs Department, Fisher
said.
The detective said at this point the
suspect is wanted for assault with a
dangerous weapon plus the other pur-
suit charges.
Kellyville
postal worker
hurt in collision
By Herald Staff reports
A Kellyville postal worker appar-
ently was injured in a collision
Monday afternoon near 17602 S.
161st. W. Ave.
Public records from the Creek
County Ambulance group reported
paramedics were called to the scene
where they found a victim identified
as Forrest Swan, 57.
Swan was transported to Hillcrest
Medical Center with possible arm
and foot fractures plus a number of
lacerations and abrasions.
Details of the crash are sketchy but
Swan is a well-known postal worker
in Kellyville and it is believed his
vehicle collided with a Creek Nation
truck involved in road construction.
No other information was avail-
able at press time today.
More children riding buckled up
WASHINGTON (AP) — More children are riding buckled up in autos than
ever before, and Transportation Department officials on Monday credited the
increase to greater enforcement of seat belt laws.
The use of child seats or seat belts by children ages I through 4 jumped to
87 percent in 1998 from 60 percent in 1996, according to survey data released
by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
Infants from birth to age I riding in child seats
increased from 85 percent to 93 percent in the
same two-year period, NHTSA said.
"These numbers provide strong evidence that
our increased enforcement efforts are paying off,"
said Dr. Ricardo Martinez, NHTSA's administra-
tor.
The data were released as more than 5.700 law
. . , enforcement agencies across the country begin a
ISSUG Citations w“klong safety awareness campaign by ticketing
motorists who fail to buckle up children.
From Monday through the Memorial Day week-
end, officers will issue citations if children are not
restrained in child seats or seat belts, said the
sponsor of the semiannual crackdown, the Air Bag
and Seat Belt Safety Campaign. The campaign is
working with police and government agencies.
"Intense, visible enforcement works to drive up
seat belt use," said Transportation Secretary
Rodney Slater. "The needle is moving up, and moving up dramatically."
The child restraint use information was collected in the 1998 National
Occupant Protection Use Survey, a national sampling of auto seat belt use done
by the agency every two years.
Child safety seats save the lives each year of 300 children under age 5 and
scat belts save more than 10,000 Uvea, NHTSA said.
About one-third of children ages 1 through 4 were using seat belts in the
back seat instead of riding in car seats or booster scats appropriate for their size
Now through
the Memorial
Day weekend,
officers will
if children are
rc not restrained
in child seats
or seat belts..,
Sertoma
sweep
Ray Tanner, Sapulpa Sertoma
Club awards chairperson, displays the
four awards won by ckib members
earlier this month at the Regional
District Conference held in Springfield,
Mo. The dub brought home top hon-
ors in Club Excellence, Bulletin Rrst,
Outstanding Club Secretary and
National Heritage.
HmM Photo by S.I. WALDROP
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