Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 82, No. 7, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 21, 1995 Page: 1 of 12
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Fall Home
& Garden
EYE ON SPORTS
Cooler temperatures have
moved in ... reminding us that
it's time to take care of fall home
improvements and winterizing
our homes See Special pullout.
On the road
The 12th-ranked Sapulpa High
School football team travels this
Friday to square off with No. 6
Stillwater, but the Chieftains have
several starters out with injuries.
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LOCAL WEATHER
Cooler with a 70 percent chance of
rain. Temperatures
steady or slowly falling
through the 50s. North
wind 15 to 25 mph.
Tonight: Mostly cloudy. A
30 percent chance of rain
before midnight. Low in the upper 30s.
TODAY'S
TEMPS:
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FISHING:
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Sapulpa Daily
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Thursday, September 21, 1995
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Vol. 81 - No. 7-8 Pages - © Copyright 1995
A Park Newspaper - Member of Associated Press
Sapulpa, Okla. 74066-224-5185
Thursday
Incidentally
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY
to Vincent Watashe, 33; Sier-
ra Ailey, 1; Angie Burgan, 11;
and Ben Shelton.
HAPPY BELATED BIRTH-
DAY to Leah Nichols, 12.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY to
Butch and Glenda Glenn, 27
years.
If you want to wish someone
a happy birthday or anniver-
sary, call 224 5185 by 9 a m.
Daphne Diehl said Ben
Thomas is a good newspaper
carrier and a good neighbor
as well. Thomas helped Mrs.
Diehl rake her yard in addition
to delivering her Herald.
Take Note
OPAT program
The Oklahoma Parents As Teach-
ers organization is covering "Ages
and Stages" in its program tonight
from 7 to 8 designed for families
with children from birth to five-
years.
Those attending will divide up
into small groups to discuss the dif-
ferent stages within the ages, said
Valerie Barnes, spokesperson for the
OPAT/PEP effort
Homecoming sky
The upcoming Sapulpa High
School Homecoming crowd may wit-
ness a four-way skydiving exhibition
by the Oklahoma Sky Diving School
Local sky diver Chuck Ward said
plans are coming together for a team
to dive onto the field at halftime.
David Boren coming
Former U.S. Senator and now
president of the University of Okla
homa will be in Sapulpa to speak to
the Sapulpa Rotary Club on Oct. 3.
Rotary President Bret Sumner
said the noon meeting will also be
open to OU alumni, friends of the
university and parents of students.
Those wishing to attend arc asked
to reserve seating by contacting
Sumner or Bill Berry at American
National Bank. There will be a meal
charge.
Tent revival
The Sapulpa Christian Crusade
continues tonight at 7 at 100 N.
Hickory St.
Guest speaker tonight is Dr John
Nelsen, pastor at Sapulpa’s First
Presbyterian Church.
The series of tent revival services
concludes Friday at 7. The Rev. Hcn-
ery Busby of Mount Olive Baptist
Church will be speaker.
Cougars at large?
There are unconfirmed reports
that at least two cougars may be run-
ning at large south of the Lone Star
Candidate forum
The Kellyville Indian Community
will hold a forum at the Kellyville
Indian Community Center from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday for the
Muscogee Creek Nation candidates
lo speck to the Northern Creek
Nation citizens. Each candidate will
have 10 minutes to speak.
The community also will have a
food sale that day.
INDEX
WANTED:
Business
women
seek good
employers
The Sapulpa Business and Pro-
fessional Women’s organization is
looking for “a few good employ-
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ers.
The women’s group is accept-
ing nominations for Employer of
the Year. Anyone who feels that
his or her employer should be rec-
ognized for being responsive to the
needs of working women can
make a nomination.
An employer nominated should
provide:
■ Opportunities for profession-
al development.
■ Opportunities for upward
mobility.
■ Training for employees.
■ Flexible dependent care poli-
cies for all employees.
■ Up-graded employee benefits
packages.
■ Established job evaluation
system that promotes equitable pay
for all employees.
A brief explanation, 50 words
or less, of why a those nominating
an employer feel the person should
be honored should accompany
nominations.
Nominations should be mailed
by Oct. 1 to Sapulpa Business and
Professional Women, c/o Linda
Turnbull, P.O. Box 1991, Sapulpa,
OK 74067.
County faces
own jail woes
Herald Photo by BOB SHERRILL
IDLE HANDS IN A FULL HOUSE Capacity of the Creek County
Jail is 60. Sheriff Larry Fugate s?id the the department has been
averaging between 64 and 68 inmates for the past two months. Tulsa
County has been under a federal mandate to build a new jail.
By BOB SHERRILL
Herald Staff Writer
Tulsa County’s woes with its jail
and the federal government may be a
harbinger of problems ahead for
Creek County, according to Sheriff
Larry Fugate.
Fugate also said a preliminary
study is underway to determine the
most economical way to add bed
space in the county jail.
Fugate alluded to a plan to greatly
increase the jail capacity and finance
the construction without raising taxes.
He said the daily jail population
has averaged 68 inmates during the
first 12 days of September against a
capacity of 60 beds.
The August daily average was 65
inmates and Fugate admitted some
people arrested on misdemeanor war-
rants are not locked up because of the
crowded jail.
“I’m fearful that if we continue at
this rate it will not be long before jail
inspectors begin to take a hard look at
us,” he said.
Tulsa County has been under a fed-
eral mandate to either build an new
jail or the federal government would
build it for them and assess the costs
in the form of higher taxes
“The problem is more complex
than simple bed space,” he said “Cur-
rently, we have six beds for female
prisoners and nearly every weekend
municipal jails in Sapulpa and Bris
tow have housed county prisoners
because we did not have the space,"
Fugate said.
The sheriff said part of the problem
can be traced to the State Department
of Correction. Bed space in state pris-
ons is above capacity.
As a result, county jails arc forced
to hold prisoners that have been sen-
tenced to prison. The DOC refused to
accept them because il has no space,
he said.
Fugate said nothing is in the offing
to indicate the population will
decrease
"On the contrary, we think the
problem of over capacity will contin-
ue to grow," he said.
"Those who advocate various
social programs to stem the tide of
offenders, espeu illy youthful offend-
ers. have to reckon with a clear fact,”
he said
“Any program started today would
take years before any significant
reduction in jail population could be
expected,” Fugate said
The sheriff said options to increase
the jail capacity include addition of a
second floor to the current jail behind
the courthouse
Fugate said studies have just start-
ed and it would be a few months
before any results were known.
He said since the DOC is a part of
the jail crowding problem, he wants to
finance the jail project from State
funds
He said the experiment to house
prison inmates from the DOC has
worked well Currently, six prison
inmates are serving .heir time in the
Creek County Jail
See ■ JAIL, Page 2
update: How are we doing on parking issue?
By DON DIEHL
Herald Managing Editor
Eoitok's Note: This is one in a
continuing series of stories that fol-
lows up on reader's inquiries about
progress (or lack of progress) on vari-
ous projects in and around Sapulpa.
Send or call like inquires to the editor.
Currently in the hopper are updates
on the sidewalk project, street pro-
gram, Highway 33 and ADA mandate.
The topic of downtown parking
came up again Wednesday morning
when the Retail Committee of Sapul-
pa Main Street met.
Growing out of the discussion is a
recommendation to make Dewey St.
and each block north and south of
Dewey subject to the restricted two
hour parking hut would make Lee and
Hobson unrestricted.
A panel of three, made up of mer-
chant Diane Gloden, Sapulpa Historic
Museum director Ken Blackburn and
city planner Dave Simmons, were
named to take the recommendation to
the City Commission’s Safety Com-
mittee.
The whole issue lay dormant until
last month when Sapulpa Police
Department began enforcing the two
hour parking limits.
An ordinance creating stiffer fines
and penalties was approved by the
City Commission more than a year
ago, but wasn't enforced until signs
were posted, tickets printed and spe-
cial equipment in place to immobilize
the vehicles of three time violators
Enforcement of the revised law
brought some outcry from those who
had been paying little attention to the
limits. More than 80 calls were
received at the police department to
protest the law.
Many of the complainants were
thosc who work in the downtown area
They liked the idea of parking close to
their work place.
Admittedly there are some “kinks”
in the ordinance that City Manager
Tom DcArman said will have to be
worked out
Bui Main Street director Julie War-
den in a letter to DeArman earlier this
month said Ihc stiffer penalties written
into the ordinance a year ago were
meant to correct an old problem.
She said parking is an issue with
the majority of communities across
the country, large and small.
“Conservative estimates,” accord-
ing to Warden, "put the value of one
retail parking space at $17,(XX) per
year if the space is turned over every 2
hours."
That's pretty premium space as far
as downtown retailers arc concerned.
It was Main Street that initiated a
study (by a traffic and parking engi-
neer from Atlanta) in 1991.
His assessment, and review was
contained in a report prepared and pre
sented to the city traffic committee
and ultimately to the commission in
1991.
“Research indicated 682 on-street
parking spaces and 743 off-street
parking spaces totaling 1425 spaces,"
said Warden “Cars using spaces dur
ing the peak time (Noon-2) was 667 "
According to city enforcement offi
cials at that time, on-street parking
violators were primarily downtown
office workers creating a problem for
retail business customers and owners.
In addition, violators who were
ticketed, rarely paid fines resulting in
ongoing abuse of public parking
spaces for retail use.
Recommendations included
increasing parking Fine from SI to $5
per violation. That was done in the
revised ordinance.
Warden said that some attempt at
education was made in 1991. But
appeals went unheeded.
In 1994 retailers again requested
ordinance changes and greater
enforcement by the city Some public
meetings were held and a safety com-
mittee Irom the cits commission and
other officials was held in February,
1994
Il was out ol those meetings that
the finalized recommended changes
came
Warden, in her letter to DcArman
said that Main Street is again willing
to work with the varving downtown
interests m order to recommend fur-
ther refinement of tlu ordinance, thus
the current recommendation.
Meanwhile, Mam Street is working
to prepare maps of available off street
parking for downtown workers. The
city is in the process of installing signs
and painting parking space stripes on
two tree parking lots
Antiques auction to spotlight estate for sale
A SIGNED WATERFORD CRYSTAL VASE serves
as the centerpiece on a two-posted mahogany
table and 10 Irish designed chairs with forest green
Herald Photo by LORRIE QUINNELLY
uphoistery in the estate’s formal dining room. The
crystal, as well as the table, chairs and china all
are items for auction.
By LORRIE J. QUINNELLY
Herald Staff Writer
So you’ve got an estate you want to
sell?
Why not fill the house with col-
lectible antiques, all for sale, and
invite people to an open house and
antique auction?
That’s the marketing strategy rep-
resentatives with RcMax Realtors
decided to use to sell the Sapulpa
estate owned by Wylie Smith of
Solaray fame
“In other parts of the country, they
do this on a regular basis,” said Robin
Roscncutter, the agent with RcMax
Realtors who brought the idea to the
Sapulpa area.
“It’s a good way to draw a crowd
who can afford to buy a house like
this. That’s the marketing technique ”
The experiment is a first for the
real estate company and a dehut in
Sapulpa.
Here’s how it works. Clements
Antiques of Forney, Texas, the largest
antique dealer in the southwest, fur-
nishes the house with antiques, lop to
bottom. There are a couple of pre-auc-
tion viewings for invited collectors.
Then an auction is planned so that
antiques and the house can be sold.
Anything is game, from the Oriental
rugs and the silver candelabra to the
paintings and 18th century tables
Antiques at the Smith estate
include signed Waterford crystal and a
mahogany dining tabic with 10 Irish
Chippcndale-stylc chairs, a pair of
French Louis XV bronze mounted
commodes (dressing tables), English
chinoisserc laqucrcd console, a 19th
century country French bed and
bronze cherub coffee table.
The house itself is a four bedroom,
six bathroom mansion complete with
a library, exercise room , game room
and habitat-controlled tanning deck,
all with solid imported mahogany
doors, on 2.5 acres on Country Wood
Way. Across the hack ot the main
house is a 30-by-60-fix>l swimming
pool and pool/guest house with two
bedrooms, two full bathrooms, a fire-
place and pullman kitchen. The estate
also has a 60-by-2(> fool lighted tennis
court
While potential antiques buyers are
browsing their choices, they get the
lull view of the house, complete with
tumishings. Real estate brokers get
potential buyers inside a house they
might not otherwise vjfeit; antique
dealers get an ideal pla®^ to display
their wares.
The idea is a win-win proposition
for both the real estate company and
the antique dealer
The antique auction is planned at
II a m. Saturday an^J p.mr. Sunday.
The house will he u^Honed at 2 p.m.
Sunday.
A preview exhibition is planned
from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and
See ■ AUCTION, Page 2
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