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April 29,2002
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Vol. 87/No. 195, 8 Pages
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Scripture Thought:
... whatever you do, whether in
word or deed, do it all in the name of
the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God
the Father through him.
— Colossians 3:17
New International Nfersion
It’s your day!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY Today to
Cameron Sisney, 3; Leon Warner,
Jerry Walshock. 17; Linda
Matthews, 56: Jason Smith, 21
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY to
Barbara Guinn.
If you want to wish someone a hap-
py birthday or anniversary, call 224-
SI 85 by 9 a.m.
Incidentally
■ The Sapulpa Public Schools
kitchen staff has organized a sale ot
frozen home made cookie dough
from April 1 through April 26.
The staff will be taking phone
orders at 227-0448 or 227-7245.
Callers should ask for Ann.
Doughs available will be choco-
late chip, peanut butter, or sugar.
Cost is $3 per dozen
Orders wiil be available for pick
up at the Blue Rock Cafe at the
Sapulpa High School May 2 3.
■ The Sapulpa Historical
Society will hold an antique and
garage sale fundraiser on May 15 at
the museum's Annex building at 15
E. Lee. Donations may be dropped
off at the museum, or call the office
for an appointment to have the
items picked up.
■ Children's clothes sizes birth
to 4-toddler will be available from
10:30 a m. to 2 p.m. on Mondays,
Wednesdays and Fridays beginning
April 22 at Community Care, locat-
ed at 12 W. Burnham
News Briefs
Activists go after
ice cream man
HARTFORD. Conn. < AP) —
Some neighborhood activists here
are playing hardball with Mister
Softee.
Ice cream trucks that dish out
loud music like "Turkey in the
Straw" along with the soft serves
just aren't welcome in parts of
Connecticut's capital.
"I can't stand it anymore." said
Hyacinth Yennie. a South End
community activist who has
helped lead the charge against
Mister Softee. "Every night, it's
the same songs, over and over. It
drives you crazy."
Officers have issued lour cita-
tions for noise ordinance viola-
tions over the Iasi two months to
Mister Softee owner Felix Rios
But Rios and his lawyer Ron
Johnson, aren't going to melt in
the face ol legal action.
"The wav the city's noise ordi-
nance is written is unconstitution-
al." Johnson said last week. "The
music coming from an ice cream
truck is a lime honored tradition "
Some residents said they just
want the sound turned down, but
others want it shut oft altogether.
“You can't even have a conver-
sation til your house once that
truck comes down the street." said
Wilbur Troutman.
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for May 17
By GREG STUNK
Herald Associate Editor
Grab your clubs and gel ready
for the third annual Sapulpa
Kiwanis Club Golf Tournament.
The event is set for May 17 at
the Sapulpa Municipal Golf
Course.
The four-person team scram-
ble is the club's annual fund raiser
for scholarships, said Sandie
Howard, immediate Kiwanis past
president.
"This year we are giving a Key
Club scholarship, which is a $500
scholarship, with a matching 5500
scholarship based on the student
having a hundred hours of com-
munity service," Howard said
Kiwanis sponsors the Sapulpa
High School Key Club, as well as
ihe Builders Cluhs at Sapulpa
Junior High and middle school.
Another scholarship available
for seniors this year is for a stu-
dent attending Tulsa Community
College. Howard said
"That one pays a portion of the
first semester and a smaller por-
tion for the second semester." she
said.
After si bool ends for the sum-
mer. Howard said the scholarship
committee will award three addi-
tional scholarships to seniors
worth $1500.
She said waiting until the end
of the year assures that the money
goes to students who do not nec-
essarily have a free ride to col-
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Sapulpa’s senior
girls set to gather
for annual dinner
By C VHI.A IHOMI’SO
Herald Stall V\ liter
Sapulpa senior girls arc rear! in
get dressed up and head i t' lot a
night on the town or i Uasi a
nighi at Freddie's.
Sapulpa High 5C I ■ , • >
girls arc sot to alien .*■ < ' d
event and enjoy a nu lit < * 1 i'll
dinner and enlertainin.i.i
The banquet is set i.n '■< p .n m
Freddie s Banquet II,if .
Sunday best, said i nn l-'L ■>'
Sapulpa Main Street Dm
"This is such a gti i! • II
our senior girls, l-lcak -ut V .
chance for us to say ■
all of the hard wort '
done."
Fleak said the com" ■ • ,
together to make the ,nv;-1
great event for all <’! tire girls
“We |ust want to .how appicva
lion of the girls and to iv cood |ob
and don't forget when \.-n'i.\
from," she said.
Fleak said the banquet tv-
held at Freddie's Steak 11 i
"The Flower Shop donate
flowers to use as decora* i no ,.n
Bartlett Collins donate op;,'. --I
glasses for the event." she ml
Fleak said that the Senior <i -
banquet>s mu of the best ■ nt ol
the year.
"It is always wondchil to -c 1
much talent and accompli bin " u-
Herald photo by S I WALDROP
KEITH CAMP AND J. D. Reynolds with Lamproe Construction of Sapulpa install concrete forms Monday morning
for the cart path expansion of the 12th hole at the Sapulpa Municipal Golf Course, The Kiwanis golf tournament is
set for May 17. Competitors will be among the first golfers to see some of the changes at the course.
Area boy bound for St. Jude’s for treatment
By MATTHEW B. BROMIDES
Herald Managing ITitor
KELLYVII LF - One area hoy is ready to
jump on a plane and fly to one of the nation s
top children's hospitals.
Phyllis Slater, director of the Kelly v ille Area
Chamber of Commerce, said that Jonathan
Wenzel. 7, is scheduled to hoard a plane
Tuesday and go to St. Jude's Children's
I lospital in Memphis. Tenn. for the treatment of
a tumor that was discovered on his pituitary
gland several weeks ago.
“St Jude's is going to pay their way down
there, pay for meals, lodging and they are put-
ting them up at ihe Marriott until a room comes
open at the Ronald McDonald House." Slater
said. 11 ““ —
She sard that Wcnsel will have his first meet-
ing with doctors on Wednesday.
“The doctors will decide what to do from
there.’ she said.
Slater said that Wenzel s spirits were high
last time she -.aw him and that he was doing
well.
"The people at St. Jude s told him (Wenzel)
that they had an indoor pool and he was excited
about getting to swim.” she said.
Doctors have told Wenzel's family that treat-
ment may take from eight to 10 weeks.
Slalei said that there has been an incredible
outpouring of support for Wenzel.
—SeTernl clubs and organizations have held
fund raisers and other event in support of
Wenzel.
Slater said a benefit little league tournament
is being planned to raise money.
“Everyone has been so generous." she said.
Wenzel first started having head aches earli-
er this month.
"It started two Tuesdays ago." said Sandy
Hou.sley. Wenzel's grandmother. “He sturted
having severe headaches that continually got
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a group of young women she
said.
The speaker this year vvill !>■
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chor lor KTL'I Channel ' -.1
Morning (tklahnma."
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in Nacogdoche .. lev i. v. lieu lie
majored in radio. mi md
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campaign foi the Whit. It
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as a police beat icportci nil n
after, along with hunt Mitchell,
became the lirsi host ol the
Saturday edition ol <1.1
Morning Oklahoma
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prised Boweis by proposing i" a
live on the show.
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Moment-of-silence legislation
is riddle to many Oklahomans
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -
The Oklahoma House has taken a
strong stand for "silent" prayer in
schools, hut sponsors of a mo-
ment-of-silcnce bill are concerned
their efforts may he in vain.
House members voted 98-0
last week for an amended Senate
bill that directed Oklahoma
schools to observe a moment of
silence in which students "may. in
the exercise of individual choice,
meditate, pray or engage in other
silent activity."
The next day. the Senate re-
jected the House amendments,
meaning the bill's fate will be de-
termined in a House-Senate con-
ference committee.
“I’m not sure the Senate is sin-
cere and is willing to do a decent
bill,” said Rep. Russ Roach. D
Tulsa.
The language placed in the
Senate bill by Roach replicated an
earlier House-passed measure that
died when the Senate Education
Committee did not hear it.
As it came to the House,
Senate Bill 815. by Sen. Jeff
Rabon, D-Hugo, does not men-
tion prayer in calling for schools
to observe “approximately one
minute of silence” each day.
For the most part, debate on
both houses has skipped over the
prayer-in-school issue.
Roach said his hill is patterned
after a Virginia law that drew ob-
jections from the American Civil
Liberties Union, but was upheld
by the U.S. Supreme Court.
Michael Cumfield. spokesman
for the ACLU chapter in
Oklahoma, said his organization
did not like the idea of govern-
ment designating a time for
prayer and said he feared
overz.ealous educators could wind
up forcing student participation.
"This is really about gaining
vome quick political points for
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Sertoma trike
Herald Photo hy .JOHN BROCK
This Volkswagen powered three wheeler motorcycle sits in front of the Sapulpas Sertoma building Sat.nK,
The Sertoma Bike America Club inducted 41 inaugural local members into its ranks during a club meeting
Saturday night.
Rural schools get boost
from power company
Cardinal: Boston already has implemented 'zero-tolerance' policy on alms
By GREG STONE
Herald Associate Editor
Some Creek County school dis-
tricts found more money in their
hank accounts last year, thanks to
Indian Electric Cooperative.
More than $415,000 was paid
to schools in the rural electric co-
operative's seven-county service
area in 2001. a report recently re
leased by I EC said.
The report said of the tax dol-
lars IEC pays to the state. 95 per-
cent go back to local school dis-
tricts.
Mannford schools benefitted
most, receiving $32,171. Olive
Public Schools received the next
highest amount, just over $23.500.
Drumright and Oilton schools
earned nearly $7,000 each. Pretty
Water received $5,221. and
Bristow received $3.471.
Keliyville and Allen-Bowden
ranked at the bottom of the list, de-
ceiving $394.23 and $78.76. re-
spectively.
The miles of line and the per-
centage of IFCs total system with
in each school district determines
the amount each school receives.
Gross receipt taxes are levied
on wholesale cooperatives that
generate and transmit electricity.
The Cleveland-based company
pros ides electrical serv icc to mem-
bers in Pawnee. Osage. Creek.
Payne. Noble. Kay and Tulsa
counties.
■ Grvp Slone can in' reached at
224-51X5 or at education® supul-
padailyherald.com.
BOSTON (AP) — The embat-
tled head of Boston's Roman
Catholic Church told parish-
ioners he has toughened his arch-
diocese's stance toward priests
accused of sex abuse, though a
national policy won't be enacted
until a bishops' meeting in June.
Cardinal Bernard Law said he
had strengthened the local policy
for dealing with abusive priests
even before last week's Vatican
summit with American cardinals.
"Wc were not there to make
decisions." Law said of the Rome
meeting. •
Meanwhile. Law is coming
under new criticism for a legal
defense alleging that plaintiffs in
a lawsuit against him were panly
responsible for an allegedly abu-
sive relationship between the
Rev. Paul Shanlev and a hoy. The
alleged abuse began in 1983.
w hen the boy was 6.
In response to the lawsuit by
Gregory Ford and his parents.
Law said: “ ... the negligence of
the Plaintiffs contributed to cause
the injury or damage." The
Boston Globe reported Monday.
The Fords' lawyer. Roderick
MacLeish Jr., said he found the
cardinal's claim "appalling."
"There is no set of circum-
stances under which a 6-year-old
child could he blamed for some-
thing like this.” MacLeish told
the Globe.
Telephone calls seeking com-
ment from MacLeish and the
archdiocese were not returned to
The Associated Press.
On Sunday. Law told parish-
ioners during Mass at Boston's
Cathedral of the Holy Cross that
the nation's bishops w ill discuss
a binding sexual abuse policy at
the United States Conference ol
Catholic Bishops' general meet-
ing in Dallas beginning June 13.
Now. each diocese is au-
se
tonomous and decides its own I
approach to molestation claims
Law noted that regardless ot
national action, he has already
instituted a "zero tolerance' puli
cy for the archdiocese. Twelve
archdiocese priests have been
suspended since January Mlow
ing allegations ol abuse
To enter the cathedral, parish
loners had to make their wav
through about two dozen pr. >tcsi
crs. police and the media.
"Thcv don't sec the good side
of Cardinal Law." said Brother
James Curren of the Little
Brothers of St. Francis n
Roxburv. a Catholic order \ 1
of people have made mistakes in
judgment. No one defends the
priests who committed sins"
During the short statement.
Law did not address calls tor his
resignation. “These are not easy
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