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Sapulpa Daily
Friday, June 18,2004
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Vol. 96/No. 235,16 Pages
Sapulpa, Oklahoma
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Scripture
thought:
'Jesus Christ. . will trans-
form our lowly body that it may
be conformed to His glorious
body, according to the working
by which He is able even to
subdue all things to Himself.''
— Philippians 3:20-21 NKJV
Political
Announcements
All candidates running for
public office are welcome to
submit tin official statement of
Candidas v to the Sapulpa
Herald.
All itolilical announcements
an proi ided by the candidate
and will receive equal treat-
ment and placement in the
Sapulpa Herald. They run on
Tuesdays and Thursdays in the
order tin s are submitted.
Tor more information call
Maithew Broaddus at 224-
5185, Ext. 20b
It’s your day
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY to
Tim Graves. 50; Summer Dawn
Archer. 2: Chad Jones, 29; Marie
Fanning: Debbie Exum, 40; Gary
Sheely; Diana Barnes: Carroll
Boyd; and Courtney Evans, 13.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TODAY
to Tom and Travis Warren, 10
years.
If you want to wish someone a
happy birthday or anniversary, call
224-5165 Ext. 200 by 9 a.m.
Monday through Friday and by 4
p.m. on Friday for the weekend.
Birthday wishes may also be sent
by e-mail at
lifestyles @ sapulpadailyherald.com
incidentally
Sapulpa Community Theatre
will present “The Effects of
Gamma Rays on Man in the Moon
Marigolds" today, Saturday and
Sunday. Friday and Saturday per-
formances are at 8 p.m. and
Sunday performances are at 2
pm.
Steel Rage Professional
Wrestling will perform a free show
at 7.30 p.m today at the Sapulpa
Girls and Boys Club, 1721 S
Hickory
Two special City Council meet-
ings will be neld next week to dis-
cuss the proposed annexation of
the territory referred to as “Town
West," or “West Tulsa County." into
Sapulpa The public hearings will
be held on Tuesday and Thursday
at 7:30 p m at City Hall Council
Chambers
The City of Sapulpa will test
fire hydrants every day next week.
On Monday, they will test sections
1. 2, 3 and 4: Tuesday sections 6,
7. 8 and 9: Wednesday sections
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16;
Thursday section 18A; and Friday
section 17. High traffic areas on
Main, Dewey, Mission and Taft will
be tested June 27.
The Sapulpa Metropolitan
Area Planning Commission will
meet at 7 p.m. June 22 on the sec-
ond floor of the Collins Building,
317 E Lee, Suite 201. The
Commission will resume the meet-
ing at Sapulpa City Hall on July
27
Reading Increases Self
Esteem, a free reading program
for children and youth, will be held
this summer. Enrollment is open.
For more information call Creek
County Literacy at 224-9647.
Community Care Housing of
Sapulpa is distributing applica-
tions from 10 am. to 2 p.m. every
Monday, Wednesday, Thursday
and Friday at 12 W. Burnam. For
more information, call 224-6464.
The deadline is June 30.
Daily Herald
SARA PLUMMER
GRACIE DAVIS. CENTER, with the help of Susan Bass, left and Deven Turner, show children how to do a box step for a dance they learned
Thursday The children were attending the Children's Reading Program held at the Sapulpa Library The program is on Tuesdays and Thursdays
throughout the summer
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Summer reading program offered for area kids
B> SARA 1*1.1 MMI R
Herald Stall \V riter
Dancing' and singing i<> the sone
"Dancing in the Sircci doesn't seem veiv
educational, hut the C hildren's Snmmci
Reading Program, held in the libraiv. is us-
ing activities like this one to get kids n
read.
“We want them to come so they II check
out books and read in die summer. ' said
program coordinator Christy Jeltries. I hey
get prizes lor reading."
The program is held ever\ I lies,lay and
I hursday m June and July from 2.30 p.m
lo 3:30 p.m.
Each child takes home a bag complete
with pencil, reading list, sidewalk chalk and
a collectable card with an Oklahoma athlete
on it.
Some of the activ ities and speakers luted
up for die summer include musicians,
craftsman artists and even a clown
Thurso o s nest Graeie Davis who
sang and ev en taught the group to dance a
hide said she looked forward to it.
I thought it would he a lot of lun to
teach the kids and do something for them,"
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Two arrested
with stolen
property
By BOB SHERRILL
Ih rald Stall h riter
Two ()live area men. alleged-
ly connected to recent thefts of a
backhoe and a semi tanker
truck, were arrested Wednesday
Ricky D Bethel. 52. and
Kevin R Hartley. 35. were tak
en into custody by investigators
with the Creek County district
attorney's office.
However, both Bethel and
Bartley may he in more trouble
with the law after authorities
found a stolen farm tractor at
Bethel’s mother’s house.
Ed Willingham, chiel crimi-
nal investigator with the Creek
County distnet attorney, said
initially the two were arrested
on the warrant issued for their
alleged part in the theft of the
backhoe and tanker truck
During the investigation.
Willingham said he found a
Ford tractor with an altered ve-
hicle identification number.
Willingham said he had gone
to Bethel's mother's house to
find the suspect and that is w hen
he found the ford tractor.
"The Vl\ had been partially
removed and at first we could
not positively identify the trai-
tor as stolen.” he said
Willingham said there was
enough of the number to finally
learn the tractor had been re-
ported stolen from Timber
Ridge Ranch about a year ago.
He said w ith that information
he preceded to Bethel s resi-
dence one mile East of the
Happy Corner convenience
store where the suspect was tak
en into custody
He said he learned that
Bartley vias alledgedly involved
in the thefts and he was arrested
later at his residence north of
Olive.
See A P PE ST. I\,vi 5
Sapulpa Sonic
advances in
competition
By SARA PLUMMER
Herald Staff \\ riter
Most people who eat at the
Sonic Drive-In in Sapulpa don't
know it's one of the best in the
country.
Matt Williams, managing
partner of the Sapulpa location,
said more than 2.‘>00 Sonic
Drive-In restaurants participate
every year in the Dr. Pepper
Sonic Games.
This is the third consecutive
year that Sapulpa's drive in lias
made it to the semi-finals.
“We’re one of the top 2(H) in
the country,” Williams said.
"Last vear. we made it to the top
100."
The competition that begins
in January and runs until the na
tional convention in August is
now in its I Ith year
Secret shoppers grade each
restaurant on serv ice, quality of
food, cleanliness and concept.
Employees must also answer
See SONIC, Page 5
SARA PLUMMER
KANDY APPLE, YES that's really her name, carhops at the Sonic in Sapulpa located at 602 E Dewey The Sapulpa Sonic is a semi-finalist in the
Dr Pepper Sonic Games, a competition for all 2,900 restaurants in the Sonic corporation
Sooner Schooner to join church for land run School employee suspended
By MATTHEW BROADIM S
Herald Managing Editor
The Sooner Schoonct is
coming and Sooner fans can get
their picture taken with the la
mous OU wagon.
The Schooner will he part of
First Christian Church's Land
Run Marathon Saturday at
Kelly Lane Park.
For a small donation, church
members will take Polaroid pic-
tures of Sooner fans with the
Schooner or people are wel
come to bring their own cam-
eras.
“Bill and Linda Warden, who
operate the Schooner for OIL
graciously agreed to bring the
Schooner out to help us cele-
brate the Land Run." said T.J.
Harwood, one of the planners of
the event. "It seemed fitting to
have a covered wagon at a land
run."
The Land Run is a 26-milc
marathon/cookout that church
members hold to celebrate the
purchase of new properly and to
raise funds.
"Church members are work-
ing hard to raise money for a
new piece of land at the corner
of Lee and Elm Streets,"
Harwood said earlier. "The
I and Run is free to the public.
We want everyone in town to
come out and eat free food and
celebrate w ith us."
The event is hilled as a "run-
walk-crawl marathon." in the
words of Mike Nail'eh. one ol
the organizers. And between
5:30 and 7:30 p.m.. a marathon
— all 2h miles and 3X5 yards ol
it — will be completed.
No single person will he run
ning the whole marathon
Instead, runners, walkers and
crawlers will team up to com
pletc the marathon, a mile here,
a mile there.
SeelANI)HUN, I’ag, 5
By Brenda Boyd
Herald Area Correspondent
MOUNDS Garry Matthias,
a 15-year maintenance supervi-
sor with Mounds Public
Schools, failed to convince the
school hoard he had the authori-
ty to use the school's tables and
chairs at a private party at his
home May 22.
Acting school superintend-
ent, Yvette Britt, suspended
Matthias for 10 days without
pay lot violating school policy
regarding the unauthorized re-
moval of school property.
I he suspension followed a
letter ol reprimand Matthias re
ceived two days earlier for an-
other v iolation of school policy.
Matthias requested a public,
due process hearing after the in-
cident appeared in the Sapulpa
Herald on May 27 because he
said he "felt his good name was
slandered in the paper," that
"confidentiality was broken"
and the matter "should have
been kept in-house."
Prior to the newspaper arti-
cle. Matthias told Britt he "had
exercised poor judgment" when
he took Ihe tables and chairs. He
called each hoard member and
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