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Sapulpa Daily
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Vol. 77—No. 147—16 Pages 1
Copyright © 1992, Park Newspapers of Sapulpa, Inc.
A Park Newspaper
Member Of The Associated Press
Sapulpa, Okla. 74066
224-5185
Wednesday,
March 4, 1992
Today
Incidentally
Happy birthday to Bertha Mill-
er Newton, JoAnn Robinson
England, 60, ... Belated birthday
wishes go to Audrey McGuire,
Merle Scott Medford, Opal
McDermott, Ruby Howard and
Norma Jean Long ... Five
Rottwcilcr/Husky mixed puppies
available for giveaway by calling
2244133 ... Native sandstone,
several tons already stacked, avail-
able for giveaway by calling
247-3348 ... A set of keys with an
apartment number attached arc still
at the Herald office.
Weather
Today: Occasional showers and
thunderstorms. A high in the mid
60s. South wind 10 to 20 mph and
gusty. Chance of rain 80 percent.
Tonight: Showers and thunder-
storms likely. A low 50 to 55.
South winds 10 to 20 mph. Chance
of rain 70 percent. Thursday:
Mostly cloudy with a 30 percent
chance of a shower or thunder-
storm. A high near 70. South winds
10 to 20 mph.
Coming Up
Awards night for the Sapulpa
Elks Lodge will be tonight. Awards
to be presented include Elk of the
Year, Citizen of the Year, achieve-
ment awards for junior and senior
high school and teenager of the
year and newspaper of the year ...
Creek County Indian Veterans will
meet Thursday, 7 p.m., at the
Sapulpa Indian Community Center
located at Creek Hills Mall.
Lifestyles
Serve porcupine cake for brunch
... Salad began by accident... Sec
page 3.
Gearheard scores
big primary win
Afternoon crash
Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Mark Zumwalt
(right) questions two persons involved in an accident on
SH 33 near Tiger Creek Tuesday afternoon. According to
Thomas LaSargc of Sapulpa (who was driving the over-
turned truck at left), the accident occurred when he was
making a left turn and the other driver tried to pass him on
the left. LaSargc, front seat passenger Don McIntosh, and
Solomon McIntosh, Micah Fox and Dave Fox, who were
riding in the pickup bed, escaped serious injury. Creek
County Ambulance records indicate six persons were
examined and treated, but none were sent to hospitals.
Further information on the accident was unavailable from
the OHP. (Herald photo by Bob Sherrill)
By STEVEN JAMES
Herald StafT Writer
Ward 4 challenger Richard Gear-
heard scored an easy victory in Tues-
day’s primary election, putting
incumbent Commissioner Tom C.
Lane Sr. in an uphill battle to retain his
seat in the March 31 general election.
According to Creek County Elec-
tion Board officials, Gearheard
received 627 (63.5 percent) votes to
Lane’s 303 (30.7 percent) votes.
Candidate Melvin L. Gilbertson
finished a distant third with 57 (5.8
percent) votes.
Precinct officials reported heavy
turnout at all polling sites.
The 987 voters casting ballots in
Ward 4 nearly doubles the turnout for
the March 1990 general election, when
only 519 vo'es were cast, according to
election boaid records.
There was no primary in Ward 4
during the 1990 election.
“Our whole group was just very
excited about our results,” Gearheard
said today. “It certainly was a team
effort.”
Gearheard said he “really didn’t
know what was going to happen” and
“really didn’t expect to more than
double the nearest person’s votes.”
He said he and his campaign work-
ers “feel we’ve got some momentum
built up and we’re certainly not going
to let up” as the general election
approaches.
Lane said the election results “kind
of caught me off guard,” but said he
“felt like my voters felt like we were
going to the general election, and the
real battle was between Gearheard and
Gilbertson.”
“I believe the people will speak on
the 31st and at that point we’ll know
whether or not the people of Ward 4
want to continue having me as their
commissioner.
“When the vote counts is when
we’ll be there,” Lane added.
Gilbertson declined to comment
except to say that his “lack of
campaigning paid off.”
He said he is endorsing Gearheard
in the general election.
Cattle judge ‘surprised’
Sports
Sapulpa High School soccer star
C.J. Moore signs to play for Jack-
sonville University ... Sec page 6.
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Lifestyles.....................................
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Classifieds...................................
Dear Abby...............................j®
Today In History..................
Photo form
The Sapulpa Herald has adopted
a photo fomt for use in supplying
photographs to go with stories
brought into the Herald office.
Purpose of the form is to make
sure the Herald docs not use any
copyrighted studio photographs
without the consent and permission
of the studio or photographer who
took the picture.
If the photograph is one which
has no copyright on the back, the
form has a place to note that so that
no question can be raised of the
cxistance of a copyright.
Visit canceled
By the Herald Staff
TULSA — Republican pres-
idential candidate Patrick Bucha-
nan’s Tulsa appearance today has
been canceled, according to a
campaign worker.
Nancy Black in Buchanan s
Tulsa campaign office said the
Secret Service has recently become
involved in protecting Buchanan,
which takes Buchanan more time
to get from place to place.
Buchanan’s appearances in
Oklahoma City, including a speech
before the state legislature Thurs-
day, will proceed as scheduled,
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Black said she hoped Buchanan
will swing through the Tulsa area
later in the campaign.
Seminar date
Monday’s Herald reported an
emergency management seminar
involving local and state emergen-
cy officials would be held March
25 at Central Vo-Tech.
The correct date, according to
Raymond Lee, Creek County
director of civil emergency
management, is March 20.
By JAN EVANS
Herald Writer
Beef judge Mark Squires of Okla-
homa State University said he was
sweetly surprised at the quality of
calves shown by the Creek County
participants in the just completed
Creek County Livestock Show.
The livestock show concluded
Tuesday with the premuim sale which
brought in $l()00’s for 4-H and FFA
members. Forty-four selected swine,
beef and sheep paraded in front of
Creek County business owners for
high bids. The proceeds help students
pay for feed and the up keep of their
livestock.
The next livestock showing for area
participants will be at Oklahoma City.
In Monday’s judging contest,
Kcllyvillc Senior 4-H members Erin
Fowler, Cathy Banks, Skye Varner
and Jessica Cahwec, placed first with
801 points. The first place junior 4-H
team from Lone Star, finished with
736 points. Members were Andy
Anson, Amber Espick, Nicci Lcsic
and Alicia Slater of Sapulpa. Olive
FFA took first place in the senior divi-
sion with 815 points. Team members
were Corey Hullman, Clay Bethel,
Judd Bartley and Robbie Briscoe. In
the junior FFA division, Sapulpa took
first place with 785 points. Judging
team members were Paul McMastcrs,
Brian Banks, Lincoln Sharbcr and
Cody Hale.
High individual winners in FFA
were Judd Bartly of Olive, Chad
Enlow of Kcllyville and Brel Inman of
Dcpew. In 4-H, high individual
winners were Skye Vamer of Bristow,
Mary Patterson of Dcpew and Kathy
Banks of Kcllyville.
The steer judging contest held
Sunday, at the Creek County Fair-
grounds included 79 entries, with 40
steers and 39 heifers showing.
Josh Enlow and JanEttc Enlow of
Kcllyvillc had grand champion and
reserve grand champion steers.
In the heifer division, Patricia
Foster of Drumright showed the Grand
Champion AOB and Timothy Bray of
Bristow showed the Reserve Grand
Champion Hereford.
The Grand Champion County Rrcd
was shown by JanEttc Enlow of Kelly -
villc. The Reserve Grand Champion
County Bred was shown by Justin
Jones, also of Kcllyvillc.
Charlotte Howard was named
outstanding senior showman and John
Collins was named outstanding junior
showman. Kcllyvillc FFA was named
outstanding school group, under the
leadership of Tom Holcomb.
Breed results include:
Steers
Horned Hereford
Breed Champion Anna Paiterson
and Reserve Breed Champion Skye
Vamer.
Polled Hereford
Breed Champion Timothy Bray and
Reserve Breed Champion Cassy
Hayes.
Chi
Breed Champion Charlotte Howard
and Reserve Breed Champion Chad
Enlow.
Limousin
Breed Champion Corey Hallman
and Reserve Breed Champion Billy
Grant.
Maine
Breed Champion Eric Baker and
Reserve Breed Champion Carl
Dearman.
Mmmentat
Breed Champion Patricia Foster
and Reserve Breed Champion Lincoln
Sharbcr . _
(Continued on Page 2)
Juveniles confess
role in ‘abduction’
By STEVEN JAMES
Herald Staff Writer
Two juvenile suspects have
confessed to their roles in staging the
false abduction of a eight-month old
baby Feb. 20, police said.
Det. Sgt. Gary Young said a
17-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl
were questioned by police this week
and confirmed they took part in the
alleged abduction of Paula Louise
Barnes’ son.
Bamcs, 35, has been booked on a
misdemeanor charge of filing a false
police report, according to police
records.
She alleged her son was taken with-
out authorization from a babysitter’s
home by a woman who told the sitter
she had permission to pick the boy up.
Bamcs claims the abductors led her
by telephone calls and notes to several
locations around Sapulpa until the
baby was recovered unharmed at a
residence on Sahoma Lake Road.
Young said the girl confessed to
picking the boy up from the babysitter,
while the boy confessed to picking the
child up from a second babysitters’
house a few hours later.
The second sitter broke the case
when she read about the case in the
Sapulpa Herald and notified police,
telling them she thought she took care
of the baby.
Police have still not determined a
motive for the alleged "abduction,”
Young said.
Jury recommends
20 years for drugs
Number of parolees increasing
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By CHUCK FREVELE
Managing Editor
More than 10,OOO inmates sought
paroles before the Pardons and Parole
board last year, Jari Askins told the
Sapulpa Rotary Club Tuesday.
Askins, who is the first woman
chairman of the board, said since she
was appointed by Gov. David Wallers
in 1991, the size of the dockets have
increased from about 750 inmates
reviewed during a month to more than
1,000.
"Each monthly meeting begins on
Wednesday and ends on Friday,”
She said she brings a different
perspective to the board since she was
a judge before she was appointed to
the post.
Askins said she has found it inter
csting to deal with “things not dealt
with in 25 years.
Her time on the bench, she said, was
a help in “setting up procedures” in
hearing clemency cases. It “will
become more common as it was in the
’50s and ’60s.
One misconception, Askins said, is
that the pardon and parole board is a
in in zo years. i—. . '7,
She said the reason the parole board part of the prison board. It is a separate
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is discussing clemency for
condemned murderer is not something
new, but just a natural result of the
death penalty being carried out again
after a number of years where it was
not.
The parole board used to deal with
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Askins said. "We spend 35 to 40 hours clemency routinely, she said, when the
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during a session, interviewing the
inmates, interviewing other people
about the inmates and voting.”
Askins said she had been labeled the
most conservative member of the
commission by one newspaper
because “I have a tendency to vote
‘no’ more than other members.”
death penally was being carried out
before. But when the death penalty
was stopped, all prisoners sentenced to
death were changed to life imprison
ment and there was no need for
clemency hearings.
“There have been no requests in 25
years,” she said.
Schools celebrate
foreign languages
agency not associated with the prison
board in any way.
Askins said that the parole issue is
supposed to come up after a third of
the sentence has been served, but
“good time credits” make it possible to
reach that point somewhat earlier.
“Overcrowding has brought about
some different ways to earn credits,”
she said.
Askins said she seldom hears from
people objecting to the release of a
prisoner. Most of the people who talk
to her are family members of the
inmates seeking their release.
“The DAs come on people with
relatively minor offenses, but with a
long history of wrong behaviour to tell
(Continued on Page 2)
By the Herald Staff
A jury recommended a San Angelo,
Texas, man spend 20 years in prison
and pay a S20,(KK) fine for attempting
to transport more than 20 pounds of
marijuana through Creek County last
year.
Court records indicate Martin
Ramon Reyes, 28, was convicted of
unlawful possession of marijuana w ith
intent to distribute, speeding, and driv-
ing without a driver’s license.
An affidavit filed in the case indi-
cates Reyes was arrested by the Okla
homa Highway Patrol after he was
clocked going 61 mph in a 45 mph
zone on Oct. 17.
Reyes consented to let the OHP
search his car. A drug-sniffing dog
was brought in and “immediately
acted in the affirmative as if there was
contraband inside the vehicle.”
Troopers removed the back scat and
found five kilograms (11 pounds) of
marijuana lodged in the springs,
according to the affidavit.
Further investigation revealed
another five kilograms hidden inside
the spare tire.
Formal sentencing for Reyes is
scheduled for April 8.
Computer virus no
problem for dealer
y*..c siiinctirtrtc nhoilt the “Mich
By the Herald Staff
Despite recent nationwide concern
over a computer virus which threatens
to obliterate information from thou
sands of computers Friday, a local
computer dealer says he has not seen
evidence of the infection locally.
Lyndon Massa, owner of PC Bits
and Bytes, said he has fielded numer-
ous questions about the “Michae-
langclo” virus, but has seen no compu-
ters affected by it.
Experts estimate 5 million IBM-
compatible computers nationwide are
infected with the virus, which strikes
annually on the Renaissance artist’s
birthday.
(Continued on Page 2)
By the Herald Staff
Sapulpa High School and junior
high students will shift their focus
from the United Stales to the rest of the
world as they celebrate National Fore-
ign Language Week, March 2-6.
The emphasis will be on the culture
of the language students study, said
French and Spanish teacher Mary
McRcynolds.
All kinds of arts and crafts including
pinatas, God’s eyes, decoupage and
cloth flags will decorate the foreign
language rooms and various places
around the school. Students will be
writing newspaper articles in Spanish
and French, and an editorial stafl will
be selected to put them together in a
newspaper.
Students will also prepare native
French and Spanish foods for both
classmates and teachers to sample and
play a game of foreign language
“Jeopardy" on Friday.
Other sponsors of foreign language
week are Dacia Walsh and Karen
Dodge.
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By the Herald StafT
A 13-year-old Sapulpa girl told
police two men tried to rape her at a
local apartment complex Tuesday.
A police report indicated officers
were called to the girl’s residence after
ahe reported being assaulted at the
Vista Plaza Apartments.
The girl, who had run away from
home Monday, reported one suspect
held her down while the other
attempted to rape her.
The girl was transported to Bartlett
Memorial Medical Center for a physi-
cal examination. Records indicate the
girl sustained bruises to her arms and
an abrasion to her lip.
No arrests have been made.
Window on language
Above, Sapulpa Junior High students Carrie Cummings,
Carrie Presley, Matt Roberts and Don Neely show off
objects and exhibits in a French language showcase in the
hall of the school. The exhibit is part of Foreign Language
Week which runs Feb. -2-6. (Herald photo by Hal Miller)
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