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OKLA.HISTORICAL SOCIETY
HISTORICAL BUILDING
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK 73105
Creek County Speedway
opens season with record
turnout.
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Bridge....................................12
LM Boyd ............................4
Community Calendar....... B-2
Business................................... 3
Stocks...................................... 2
WEATHER
Saturday night: Partly cloudy.
Lows in the upper 50s. South wind
5 to 15 mph. Sunday: Partly
cloudy and breezy with a 30
percent chance for afternoon thun-
derstorms. Highs in the lower 80s.
Sapulpa Daily
SUNDAY 750—DAILY 350
Vol. 76—No. 175—24 Pages
Copyright © 1991, Park Newspapers of Sapulpa, Inc.
HERALD
a n i it _______ clAium
A Park Newspaper
Member Of The Associated Press
Sapulpa, Okla. 74066
Sunday,
April 7,
224-S1H5
Today
Incidentally
Birthday greetings today go to
Barbara Wallace, who celebrates
her 40th birthday Sunday.
Spring forward
Don’t forget to set your clocks
ahead one hour before you go to
bed Saturday. Daylight Savings
Time takes effect at 2 a.m.
Sunday.
County
commission
to meet Monday
By the Herald Staff
At their regularly scheduled
meeting Monday, Creek County
Commissioners will open and
award bids on two fuel tanks for
Creek County Highway Dist. #3.
Commissioners will also hold
discussion and take action on
appointments of members to the
Creek County Board of
Adjustments.
Other action items on the
agenda:
—Request for approval to let for
bid for water connection for prop-
erty located at 6202 S. 46th W.
Ave and for road crossing by a
water pipeline at the same
location.
—Discussion and action on vaca-
tion and sick leave policy.
—Discussion and action on prop-
osed county auction to be held on
May-t&M-Dmmstgt** '
-Discussion and action on Pris-
oners Public Work Program.
—Request for approval to let for
bid on one or more wood chippers.
—Request for approval of resolu-
tion requesting revision to the
federal-aid system and request for
approval of programming resolu-
tion concerning road located on
Collector Route 19-78C (81st St.)
beginning at SH 66 and extending
west over 1-44 to Collector Route
19-62C.
—Request for approval to cross
Land Road by Oklahoma Natural
Gas Co.
—Request for approval to amend
receiving officers for Creek Coun-
ty Nutrition Site at the City of
Bristow Senior Mini-Bus.
—Discussion and action on plans
to remodel and relocate offices in
the Collins Building.
The meeting will take place at
10 a.m. in the commissioners’
office of the Creek County
| Courthouse.
Oklahoma troops
return from gulf
LAWTON (AP) — Lawton
residents Marilyn and Paul
Rcxach arc getting to be old hands
at the business of greeting return-
ing troops.
Friday night’s return of about
338 members of Fort Sill’s III
Corps Artillery was the fifth such
homecoming for the Rcxachs.
They joined a cheering crowd that
snapped up about 600 U.S. flags
that Fort Sill staff was handing
out.
“I just feel it’s part of our duty.
It’s the least we can do,” Ms.
Rexach said.
Fort Sill-area residents were to
have four more opportunities to
welcome reluming Persian Gulf
War veterans this weekend.
The Army post expected more
than 1,500 troops to return in four
groups of about 380 on Saturday
and Sunday.
Good results
These items sold in two days
after the classified appeared in the
Herald.
Insert ad.
For similar results, contact the
Sapulpa Daily Herald Classified
Advertising Department at
224-5185.
Riding lawn mowar-Pannays
7hp. 25'cut $125. Truck axle
& liras I parfsl frame $50.
Kenmore upright vacuum
cleaner. $15. Si 7 to 7 at
xxxxxxx.
Above, Sapulpa firefighters take advantage of the gorgeous weather this
week to train in the use of their new fire pumper-ladder fire engine. The
$325,000 machine (pictured at right) can pump 1,500 gallons of water per
minute and its ladder extension reaches 68 feet. Assistant Chief Leon Smith
says the truck should be in service in six to eight weeks, afier it is fully
equipped and crews are trained. (Herald photos by Hal Miller)
Teen jailed for alleged
police bribery attempt
By HAL MILLER
Herald Staff Writer
A Sand Springs teenager was jailed
following a Friday night incident in
which he allegedly attempted to offer a
police officer money to let him go,
according to police.
Stephen John Schrocdcr, 18, was
arrested on suspicion of public drunk,
possession of paraphernalia and
attempted bribery.
A companion, Joel Brent Jackson,
18, no address listed on report, was
arrested on suspicion of actual physi-
cal control of a vehicle while under the
influence of alcohol.
According to affidavits and arrest
reports, an employee of Homeland,
712 S. Main, reported two individuals
who appeared to be intoxicated in the
New ladder truck delivered to city
By HAL MILLER
Herald Staff Writer
The Sapulpa Fire Department
received a present this week. It’s big,
red, 68 feet tall, and puts out fires.
Where does it sit? According to the old
joke, anywhere it wants to, however,
this one will sit in a bay in Fire Station
No. 1 at Hobson and Park Streets.
It’s not a mutant firefighting toma-
to, but an brand new pumper-ladder
fire truck.
The unit, manufactured by Sutphcn
of Ohio, was custom-built for the
Sapulpa Fire Department. The
$325,(MX) tmek was ordered April 15,
1990 and was delivered this week. A
bond issue approved by Sapulpa
voters 18 months ago helped pay for
the shiny new engine.
Assistant Fire Chief Leon Smith
said the engine delivered is called a
“quint” and serves several purposes.
“It’s the best of two worlds,” he said.
The truck can operate as both a pump-
ing engine and as a ladder truck to
reach high structures to aid in rescue
and firefighting.
There is a steel platform at the end
of the 68-foot ladder which has
controls for the moving the large water
nozzle, also located at the end of the
ladder. Up, down and lateral move-
ment of the ladder can also be
controlled from the platform as well as
from the truck.
“It gives us a more stable platform
for rescue and firefighting than a
ladder on the ground,” said Smith.
Ladder No. 1, as the engine has been
dubbed, is capable of pumping 1000
gallons per minute from its aerial hose
and an additional 500 gallons per
minute from hoses on the truck. The
chassis, built from the ground up,
supports the body, which is made of
four modules to give the truck
flexibility.
A twelve-foot steel outrigger on
each side keeps the platform stable
when the ladder is raised.
Smith said it took the fire depart-
ment about six months to decide what
kind of truck they wanted. Fire offi-
cials called several other fire depart-
ments to find out what kind of trucks
they used and whittled down their
choices according to utility and budget
constraints. “It was a trial and error
process,” he said.
The truck purchased is a bare-bones
model. It came with axes, flashlights
and ladders, but hoses, fans, nozzles,
salvage covers and other pieces of
equipment will have to be added
before the engine goes into service.
In addition, crews will have to be
trained in its use. A Sutphen factory
representative has been on hand this
week to give each of the three fire
crews eight hours of training on the
new equipment. Smith says he expects
the engine to be in service in six to
eight weeks.
The new engine will replace the
1949 ladder model currently in use.
Smith is not sure what they will do
with the old engine, but he says a
museum will probably want it.
It has been three years since the fire
department purchased a new truck.
Smith said the department takes good
care of its equipment and that the new
engine should last more than 20 years.
store.
Ptl. Bret Bowling responded to the
scene and was advised that the
subjects had left in a white Jeep
headed south on Main.
Bowling and Ptl. Clyde Sellers
found the pair at Whalaburger on
south Main and placed them under
arrest for public drunk. Bowling trans
ported Jackson, the owner and driver
of the vehicle, to headquarters while
Sellers waited with Schroeder for a
tow truck to take the Jeep away.
According to the affidavit, Schroed-
er allegedly told Sellers “it would be
worth a lot” if Sellers “didn’t sec” the
vehicle.
Schroeder then allegedly offered
Sellers three "Franklins” — $100 bills
— to forget the incident, the affidavit
states.
School board to discuss removing
asbestos from fallout shelter
Junior high to begin
enrollment conferences
By the Herald Staff
Sapulpa school board members will
vote at their regularly scheduled meet-
ing Monday evening to approve bids
for the removal of asbestos from a fall-
out shelter in the high school.
According to school officials, the
asbestos is contained in pipe insulation
and currently docs not pose a health
threat to schoolchildren.
The asbestos would be removed
during the summer months when
school is out of session to minimalizc
contamination risks.
Board members will also vote to
approve a contract with the City of
Sapulpa for a land trade involving
property on Wickham Road, owned by
the school district, for city-owned land
in Liberty Park and Allen Wallace
Field. The land trade would allow for
future school expansion.
Other action items on the agenda:
—Discussion of Whittle Communica-
tions Network programs, including a
current events channel, a classroom
channel, and educators channel and
equipment for all three.
—Discussion on special education
needs for classrooms and programs for
1990-91.
—Vote to approve filing an applica-
tion for a federal grant in cooperation
with Oklahoma Slate University,
Central Oklahoma Vocational and
Technical School to install a Tech-
Prep program at Sapulpa High School.
—Vote to approve dates for 1991 High
Schtxrl Baccalaureate and
Commencement exercises.
—Vote to approve new contracts with
Whittle Communications Network for
Channel 1 daily student newscasts, the
Classroom Channel, Educators Chan-
nel and equipment for the high school,
junior high and middle schools.
—Vote to authorize a teacher assistant
for the emotionally disturbed class at
the junior high school.
—Vote to approve the junior high
foreign language classes to enter an
academic contest at the University of
Arkansas on April 3, 1991 and use a
school bus for transportation.
—Vote to approve a 1991 summer
schjool program for students.
—Vote to approve a building, grounds
and equipment list.
—Vote to approve a resolution
concerning the Standards of Perfor-
mance and Conduct for Teachers
mandated by HB 1017.
—Vote to approve revised regulations
for selection of high school
cheerleaders.
—Vote to approve resignations and
hiring of various personnel.
The meeting will convene at 7:30
p.m. Monday in the board room of the
Sapulpa Public Schools Administra-
tion Building.
By HAL MILLER
Herald StafT Writer
With the end of school in sight,
Sapulpa Junior High School admini-
strators are already looking toward
next year and beyond.
This week, 7th and 8th grade
students will enroll for next year’s
classes and, at the same time, sit down
with counselors to map out their next
several years of study.
The Plan of Study program, insti-
tuted last year in the schools, gives
students a way to get from junior high
through high school and reach the
point where they want to be academi-
cally when they graduate.
The program details three courses
of study, each entailing a different
curriculum. Classes are geared toward
a college preparatory, vocational-
technical or scientific end. The course
selections are designed to help
students in planning a career.
Mike Shanahan, junior high princi-
pal, says the paths of study are not
mutually exclusive, but can be
changed and interchanged. He says the
plans are designed to give the students
options in educations.
“The purpose of the program is to
achieve more effective enrollment and
encourage students to use a practical
plan of study,” he said.
Students will enroll this week and
next week at the high school. Central
Vo-Tech and Sapulpa schools educa-
tors will help students choose a course
of study.
Parents are invited to participate in
the program by sitting down with their
children and counselors when students
enroll too help plan the future. "Our
goal is to increase the frequency of
communication with parents ind
improve the value of that communica-
tion,” said Shanahan.
The schedule for enrollment is as
follows:
8th Grade—Monday, April 8; Tues-
day, April 9.
7th Grade — Thursday, April 11;
Monday, April 15.
Enrollment sessions will take piece
in the Sapulpa High School Cafeteria
at 7:30 p.m.
Sapulpa Junior High students Jason Warner, left, and students will begin enrollment and Plan of Study ccnfer-
ShawnaPowdrill discuss their future academic plans with ences this week and next week. (Herald photo by Hal
principal Mike Shanahan. Seventh and eighth grade Miller)
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