Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 75, No. 178, Ed. 1 Monday, April 10, 1989 Page: 1 of 8
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Sapulpa Daily
3S( DAILY—65tf SUNDZ
Vol. 74—No. 178—8 Pages
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A Park Newspaper
Monday
April 10, 1989
Sapulpa, Ok la. 74066
Today
Incidentally
Birthday greetings today go to
I 11 -year-old Matthew Roberts ...
Puppies are available at 224-8891
and 224-3939... A 3-ycar-old, full-
blood Collie and a pygmy goal
need new homes. Call 224-3128.
Weather
Tonight: Freeze warning. Fair
I and cold with a low in the upper
20s. Light and variable winds.
Tuesday: Fair and warmer with
a high in the mid to upper 50s.
| Southeast wind 10 to 15 mph.
Wednesday through Friday:
Cool Wednesday and Thursday but
warming to normal temperatures
Friday. A chance of showers and
thunderstorms Thursday.
Highs in the 60s Wednesday and
I Thursday and the upper 60s to
lower 70s Friday.
Lows in the upper 30s to mid 40s
on Wednesday and Thursday,
warming to the 40s and low 50s
Friday.
County not liable
for Young’s fees
said W.T. “Dub” Smith, District 1
commissioner. “We feel we were right
all along. The county didn’t hire
Young and the board of county
commissioners didn't feel the county
should be responsible to pay him out
of public funds.”
The case began in September 1974"
when inmate John Helton hanged
himself in the county jail. At that lime,
Coleman was sheriff and Young was
district attorney. The case is still
pending.
When Lantz McClain assumed the
office of the district attorney, he filed a
motion with the state Supreme Court
to withdraw as attorney in the case.
McClain stated that the suit was
against Coleman individually and that
the commissioners were not named as
a party. He said the county was not
liable to pay any judgment.
McClain’s application to withdraw
was granted and the court noted the
appearance of Young as the attorney
of record for Coleman.
In his motion for summary judg-
ment, McClain said in order for Young
to ask for money from the county, the
county must have derived some sort of
benefit from his actioas as Coleman’s
attorney.
Since the county was not a defen-
dant in the case, the county had no
never contractea wim luung. > *** -----J ,
county also maintains that Young had need for Young s services and there-
been working as a private attorney for fore derived no benefit, he stated.
Coleman. Because of that, the county McClain also said that even if the
is not liable to pay any claims for legal county commissioners had wanted to
work, according to the district attor- hire Young, they would have violated
nev’s' office two state statutes if thev had.
“We are pleased with the ruling,” (See County on Page 2)
doesn’t cost anything and the end
result is very pleasant.”
Berry counted 170 sacks of litter
picked up by one organization Satur-
day and said she was sure other organi-
zations topped that number.
In addition to cleanup programs.
Berry said an education program for
‘ ’ people against littering
By the Herald Staff
BRISTOW — A district judge lasl
week ruled that Creek County was not
responsible for providing an attorney
for former sheriff Brice Coleman or
for attorney’s fees to David Young
who represents Coleman.
In the case, Young told District
Judge Robert A. Laydcn that even
after he left the district attorney's
office in 1987, he continued to
perform the duties of that office by
representing Coleman in a lawsuit
filed in the death of a jail inmate.
Layden of Pittsburg County was
assigned to hear the case after Young
asked that District Judge Charles S.
Woodson of Drumright be
disqualified.
Before Creek County Commission
. A_ ers, Young filed a claim that the coun-
'ortJr.V v ty owed him $40,000 for 83 days of
’si'**** work, on the case in 1987 after he left
office.
I... " ; District Attorney Lantz McClain
* stated in a motion that the county is not
* Iv-1' J obligated to furnish an attorney to
''-A*.*/. * Coleman in the Helton case nor is it
Index I ■ ■’ '•<* “
I •!>.*’• Layden in his ruling.
Along the Arkansas........7 I 4 ( r‘./* According to the district attorney’s
Astro-eranh ...................8 I . . ' V *’ ... V - office, Creek County Commissioners
Bridge8...?.........................8 I ’ '' ***B^j|L never contracted with Young. The
Business...........................5 I
Celebrity Cypher.............8 I
“ds'»complications
Crossword Puzzle............8 Bri^wito^4.h«i.U«le«.»blen,inghjrkiK gouangled up in ttekire ruing. (Herald pho.ob,D»u.
Dear Abby.......................8 I Saturday especially after her sister, two-year-old Megan, Kchoj
Pefaths. ? T i jAArnH Thanks to Trash-Off:
ftP liability "““r “*5
Snorts ...........................7 I SAND SPRINGS (AP) — A Jcnks that he certainly never felt responsible of Creek County citizens
. 9 I garage owner accused of being partly for the condition of the lagoon. ^ Saturday to do a dirty job
IX'to'hs^—::.4 jsssnss^
Woman reSCUed f°“^grec te/v^^lLs out ^whic^on tf^Environmenfa1 removed from area streets and
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — I l!?cre’a'toil nuu'^inoritics\'n \hc nation. P County organizations banded school people against littering is Highway groups participated in a
An Oklahoma City teen-ager led an I ifdirly'ljust drained it The EPA says Pyeatt is a PRP- a together as a ^yLTmlbwas needed now to help eliminate the prob- massive cleanup of slate highways and
elderly woman from a burning I , of thcir cars f^- them.” Potentially Responsible Person —and called Trasb"OB- allractivc lem aUc)Sclher- n.rked un enoueh trash to fill 14,31
house Sunday after the teen-ager s I pvcall sajd he hasn’t decided that makes him liable for part of the cleaner an State highway department employ-
mother noticed smoke Mowing whe{hcr to pay $7(x) to join a group cost of cleaning the dump. "TaS organization policed a section ees should start picking up litter sacks
TzTJI -asss
M*lu Vib»„. "erZgibg Oi, SJ5E -N- a becoming ibe in *£3 {&
86, out of the house because Ms. ^ custo^crsfealtogelhcr;. hc said. “I *"S^SrTLa3Tf thing,” said Oklahoma Depart,m-ntof w()rking lQgclhcr is very rewarding."
Vinson was in a downstairs room I ^ ,ivp wilh thal liabiUty 0VCr my rcs^urces for responsible parties to Transportation Commissioner Barba^ Creek County organizations part.ci-
and the smoke had not reached the I . . .1 r... ra Berry of Sapulpa. This thing really tjnB ;n the event were American
bottom level of the house. I The Sand Springs Superfund PRP avc to ltigae among ci s has become the talk of the town. I think pusjncss Women’s Association, ..... ‘Wi/timc
But Miss Patton said she initially ™ tracithe oi! topJStt and sent contributlon- the interest the "Trash -Off program sapidpa Senior Citizens Sertoma m our state byvoluntccnng the>r ume
had some trouble making Ms. I him a |ctter which said he was .03958 A spokesman for the group said the has generated is worth even more than Glub, Green Country Sertoma, Sapul- and effort to ke p h >
Vinson understand why she had to I , s’ibie for the sludge. The letter was legitimate and was one ot the actual pick up. pa Women’s Chamber of Commerce, cleaner. . A Hiehwav
'2%
groupbeforeSTpcSss «£8 Soring weather feels like fall
was going on.” __ C5
Fire officials said the blaze, I 1 _ T1 loH 111
which was quickly contained, I 1 | 1 llvvl III n„ »h«. Herald Staff and “I think we’ll definitely see a new
apparently began in a gas heater V^11W* 8 ThJ Abated Pre« record low set tonight,” he said. “The
Packet pick-up shooting incident 5SSS
Volunteers who arc helping with I ° is morc reminiscent of an earlier of Tulsa,
the local American Cancer Society I _ .. Herald Staff intersection of Oak and Fifth streets in season.
crusade may pick up their informa- I By the Heraia Rristow In the Sapulpa area, snowfall is only
tion packets between 10 am and 2 BRISTOW 27^e“^B" Q Chrisiy and Chris Slice, 18, of Bris- a very remote possibility, according to
p.m. Saturday at the RSVP office, ‘(W mar hui been^charged wtUrWo (ow wcreytransporled ,o Sam, Francis meterologist Mike Teague of the
located at 601 S. Mission St., counts of porn mg a Hospital, Tulsa, for treatment of inju- National Weather Service in Tulsa,
according to Crusade Chairman ,,on with aMarch 9 ^^mident ^ ^ “The chance of snowfall in this area
Ann Canterbury. that injured himself and another Hr Christy was treated for a gunshot is really next to none,” Teague said
Canterbury said the volunteer t0'".n?an’ _ r- fv „ was arTCSted wound to the leg and released from the “Most of the snow in this state will be
(jssassar-s- si - -
up between the designated times feloniously 8 Slice was listed in fair condition receive snow today or tonight it would
Saturday- *°BnstoW Ch,cf °f P ’ y today, according to a hospital spokes break the local record for the latest
fi irlapc’ frin I ^8V1S’ . man. He is being treated for a gunshot snowfall in a year. The current rccor
JUQgcS inp I According to records at the Creek WOUIKj to the head. was 3/10 of an inch of snow received
GUTHRIE, Okla. (AP) — Some I County Sheriff’s office, Christy was The shootings apparently took place on April 9, 1973.
federal judges are picking up their I released on a personal recognizance af(er ^ ju-gument and scuffle. The While that record is probably sate,
gavels and packing their robes for a I bond April 5. weapon used was a AK-47 which Teague said the record low for t is ay
trip back in time to hold court at I js s>id ^ April 21 preliminary belonged to Christy. is in jeopardy. The record ow or
Oklahoma’s territorial capital of I hc datc has been set for Christy. The case was investigated by the April lO was set in 1 •
Guthrie this month. I yh(. sbooting incident occurred Bristow police and the Oklahoma dropped to 31 degrees in
Three judges will conduct crimi- I p m M^-ch 9 near the State Bureau of Investigation. metropolitan area,
nal and civil trials and other I — * •
SsHII Program may make Bristow a haven for retirees
the land run thal opened much of I v Q •/
what is now central Oklahoma to I , ______■ _„i.„,ai ana r..rrratinnal ational facilities such a
white settlement in 1889. I - th Herajd staff Fisher said city leaders should Oklahoma, an estimat percen o
A special naturalization cere- BRISTOW - Florida and Arizona approach the project much in the same wh^ a^u[d^Cplaccd in ^ visitor's
mony is planned at the Masonic I . . . comDet;no with way communities approach prospcc- Theycouiaoep
Temple on April 17 to lir^die 1 Bristow when it comes to attracting live businesses and industries into bu»aus an gp^iai activities,
news Amencans with Oklahoma s I . d moving m an area. avaname nou» ^ y
past, said Chief U.S. District Judge I Bristow may be considered for state A committee of residents should be climate1 an
Ralph Thompson. About 150 I fundin„ in a piiot program that would formed to begin planning a program interest to retirees.
people arc expected to participate. I attract reurees to the community. and develop a marketing platform that if Bristow organizes a committee,
U.S. District Judge David I Sen. Ted Fisher told city leaders would be used in attracting retirees to officials from the tourism department
Russell will be at Guthrie this week I rcccnljy fan he would work towards live in Bristow, according to represen- stated that they would help citizens
with U.S. District Judge Layn Phil- I appropriating fun# next fiscal year tatives from the tourism department. deveiop , marketing plan and work as
[lips there next week. U.S. District I for the pilot program. Officials at a town meeting recently congulants.
Judge Lee West will use the cour- I He said with the cooperation of the estimated the cost of preluninary work Accordina to a tourism department
troom starting the week of April 24. I Oklahoma Department of Tourism, would be $1,500 and the cost for retirees look for a moderate
The post office built in 1903, appropriation, might be directed to brodh^^ximateiyj$W0°a ,ower J*, Jfliving, adequate
was the home of the Oklahoma I Bristow to be used as a test case for . The brochure would be used t _.. . facii,ties reasonable housing
iTcrritory's Supreme Court. , | otber communities. distribute to visitors who come to
Bristow Future Fanners ot America,
Bristow Rotary Club, Sapulpa Christ-
ian Renewal Church, Creek County
4 H Clubs, Depew 4-H Club, Drum-
right Lions Club, First United
Methodist Church of Sapulpa and the
Nazarene youth International from
Bristow Church of the Nazarene.
Statewide, more than 530 Adopt-A-
Highway groups participated in
massive cleanup of state highway-----
picked up enough trash to fill 14,318
large bags, officials said.
Gov. Henry Bellmon was among
the people in groups from 73 of Okla-
homa’s 77 counties that participated in
the “Trash-Off” cleanup Saturday.
“The participation and enthusiasm
shown by the groups was tremend-
ous,” said Neal McCaleb, director of
the state Transportation Department.
These Oklahomans show great pride
of Tulsa.
Low temperatures also have fore-
casters in other parts of the state
concerned.
“Even of more concern than the
snowfall may be the freezing tempera-
tures,” Jerry Osborne, a forecaster at
the National Weather Service in
Norman, said Sunday. “It looks as if
this may be a record-breaker for
tomorrow (Monday) night from the
standpoint of temperatures.”
Today’s forecast calls for unseaso-
nably cold temperatures through
tonight with freezing temperatures
over most sections tonight.
There will be occasional light rain
or snow in the north and scattered light
rain in southern sections that is
expected to end later today. “e1" ......
Highs today will be mainly in the fell over portions of northern Uklaho
40s with lows tonight from the mid 20s ma late Sunday.
to the lower 30s. Highs Tuesday will
be mostly in the 50s.
The nippy temperatures and snow
was caused by a cold front that surged
into Oklahoma on Sunday.
“It looks as if it’s shaping up into an
interesting winter-type situation,”
Osborne said. “It’sdefinitely going to
be colder.”
The weather service said a snow
advisory for the western Panhandle,
and a freeze warning for the northern
quarter of the state were in effect late
Sunday.
The weather service said the warn-
ings were prompted by a cold front
that moved into northern Oklahoma
and brought cooler air and strong
northerly winds with it.
With cold air at the surface and a
strong upper-level system approach-
ing from the northwest, the weather
service said, light snow and light rain
costs and cultural and recreational
activities.
A tourism official said Bristow has
many points in its favor that retirees
want.
Bristow’s location between Tulsa
and Oklahoma City on the Turner
Turnpike is one positive factor.
Others include climate, surrounding
countryside, churches, homes, shop-
ping and medical facilities.
It also has one of the lowest proper-
ty tax rates in the nation and the prices
of homes are reasonable, according to
officials.
Other positive factors include recre-
ational facilities such as a golf course,
rodeo grounds, lake, hunting, fishing,
park and amphi-theatre, as well as
educational opportunities available at
Central Vo-Tech in Sapulpa and
Drumright, college level courses at
Tulsa universities and a public library.
However, city leaders also were told
of a few negative factors thal might
hurt Bristow’s chance in promoting
the city as a place for retired people to
live.
Marks against Bristow include
competition with lake resort areas in
Oklahoma and lack of part time work
for retired people.
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