Sapulpa Daily Herald (Sapulpa, Okla.), Vol. 88, No. 208, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 15, 2003 Page: 1 of 8
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Sapulpa Daily
Thursday May 15,2003
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OK 73103
Vol 8B / No 208. 8 Paqrs
Sapulpa. Oklahoma
Sunday SI / Daily 50c
suture Qas prices soar in Oklahoma, fall elsewhere
thought:
'The tear ol the Lord is the
beginning ot wisdom. al who
toikjw his precepts have good
understanding’
-Psalm 111:10 MV
It’s your day
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY to
Leon* Clark. 101 Janetta
Money. 38 Kyle Om. 13. end
Heam Lowry 17
If you want to with someone
• happy birthday or anniver-
sary, call 224-5185 by 9 a.m.
Monday through Friday and
by 5 pm on Friday tot the
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Hr-raid VsvMiutr Editor
For it lew week* Oklahomans paid less
ai the pump than most Americans, hut
mm they're paying inure.
Retail gasoline prices hasc risen uih
stunt tally this week, according to AAA
Oklahoma’s Chuck Mai
The statewide average lot sell serve
regular now stands at SI 419 per gallon.
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up from $1 156 last week
In Sapulpa. the average price ol a gal
Ion of regular sell service fuel is SI 45
Oklahoma s major metro areas expert
cnccd even more dramatic price inc reases
at the pump Tulsa's citywide gas price
average today is SI 407. up more than 5
cents from May Vs SI '12
In Oklahoma City, self serve regular is
selling for an average of SI 417. an in-
crease of 5 4 cents from the SI 330 re-
ported last week
However, while Oklahoma's prices
have been rising, the national average
gasoline price has been falling It now
stands at SI 50. slightly more than
Wednesday s average of SI 497 The May
9 average was SI 501
Mai said markets in New Mexico have
seen falling prices during the last lew
day s, but he said there’s no explanation
why prices here are rising
“That's the S64.000 question." Mai
said "Wc have a lot going on worldwide
putting upward pressure on gasoline
prices.
Among Oklahoma's neighbors, only
Kansas also reports higher statewide
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Incidentally
Mound* Senior C'tizens are
selling Memorial Day Flowers
from 8 am to 2 pm al the
Mounds Senior Citizen* Center
now through Memorial Day For
more information caM 827-6828
Sapulpa* First Assembly of
God Church wtl boat a taco lunch-
eon from 11 am to 2pm Friday
loiiowed by an auction at 10 am
Saturday The church a located at
201 S Water
The put*c is welcome to shop
at a commumtywKje garage sale
to benefit Pretty Water school The
event wi be held m the bus bam
First Assembly ol God Church
will be hotting an aucton-at 10
am on Saturday EvwylNng torn
cart and trucks to office furniture
and antiques wtk be lor sate For
more information contact the
church at 224-5404
The Lone Star Indian
Education Department will be
having their monthly meeting at 6
pm on May 19 n room 38
The newly reorganized
KeNyvilie Indian Community will
hoW US first monthly meeting at
7 30 p m on May 19 at the Euchw
Tribal Organization Building
There will be an election ot offi-
cers and Donna Martin with the
Creek Nation community develop
merit w« also be on the agenda to
answer any questions concerning
the former community buWwg
A pofluck dinner wi be served
so please bring a covered dish
For more information please call
247-6610. or after 5 pm 247-
6473 or 812-4220
Keilyvrtle Elementary School
will be hosting their pre-kmder
garien and kindergarten round up
on May 20 and 21 Please cal the
elementary office at 247-6300 to
schedule and appointment
The Sapulpa Arts annual
Route 66 Art Show and Sale is
scheduled tor June 6-7 at the
Colins Ballroom in Sapulpa
Entnes m a variety of categories
are now being accepted For more
information call Sapulpa Arts at
224-0170
The Route 66 Art Show and
Sale « held in conjunction with
Sapulpa Mam Streets annual
Route 66 Blowout on June 7
Classifieds.......................7-8
Comics..............................6
Stocks.................................2
Sports..................................4
Dear AbPy............................2
Weekend storm calls
overwhelm city’s 911
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Tree trimmers
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Terry Watashe of McCoy Tree Surgery trims tree limbs away from power tines Thursday on Division
Street Foreman Chn$ Jones said they have a contract with QGA£ to cut timps when they gel too dose
to power bnes
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The Eastern Creek County
and Sapulpa area 911 system
was overwhelmed during the re
cent tornado alerts late last
week, said a Sapulp. Police
I K-puM merit spokesman
( apt Kick Kumvcy said a
majority of the calls were not
reai emergencies and could have
kept persons with real emergen
c»cs fn»m contacting emergency
services
"Wc have only two lines ded
Rated to the system, and rcsi
dents need to keep in rnrnd that
9| I is not the number to call for
weather information. Kumsey
said “Someone could have had
life threatening need tor an am-
bulance or a police officer anJ
they would have been unable to
reach help Friday night
kumvcy said many calls
boat Sapulpa residents were in
quincs about puhlR *i«»nii shot
lers
Wc have no designated pub
lie shelters in Sapulpa
Rumscy said ' Residents need
to work out their own plan for
serking safe shelter “
He said residents should use
the weather news on television
and radio for their prime source
for pending dangerous storms
He said there are radio re-
ceivers tuned to the National
Weather Service system that
give a loud audible alarm when
lonufcio alarms are issued
The receivers cost about $20
and would be a good invest-
ment. fie said
Ruriwev said the city did ex
pcriciR'c one siren failure
Saturday morning
lb siien al Taft and Boyd
failed, and we re getting it re-
paired. lie said
kurmey said it appeared that
lightning may have hit the unit
lie also said that sirens are to
alert the publtv outside their res-
idences ol pending storms.
They are nut designed to he
heard inside residences." he
said.
Sapulpa Police t'hicl Jim
Wall said he was pleased with
the city 's response to the alert
He sal-1 that several weather
trained Sapulpa police ofhcerv
were set up in designated posi-
tion* lo watch tor tornados in in-
coming storm*
“I ike everyone else. ! was
awake and up until 2 am
Saturday morning." Wall said
Huh Sherrill am hr 'rut her! at
??* 57*5 fit ytl or at
i nmrtfi bemhi t om
May s chamber Sapulpa man sentenced to life for spitting offense
breakfast set for
Community Care
I rom SlafT Reports
The staff of Community
Care in Sapulpa is cooking up
breakfast for the monthly
chamhct of commerce break
last
The breakfast will be from
7:10 to 8 M) a m Friday
Chamber Director Hetty
Callev said the breakfasts arc
good opportunities for mem
bers to come together in a re
taxed atmosphere where they
can visit on their own time
schcdulc. vee other facilities
and get to know their direc tors
and stall
“It has really taken ofl and
is a great chance to socialize
with other members." ( alley
said
The breakfast tv free lo all
chamber members and their
guests
The staff of DVIS will host
breaklast in June
Callcy said that il a busi-
ness owner would like to be
the next to host either Business
Alter Hours or a Membership
Breaklast. he or she should
call the chamber at 224-0170
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A district court jury has rcc
ornmended that a Sapulpa man
serve a life sentence for spitting
on a police officer
John Marquez, 16, of
Sapulpa. was on trial before
Creek County Associate District
Judge April Sellers W hilc for
assault and battery and dejmsit
ing body fluids on a peace offi-
cer.
"I was really surprised." said
Assistant ( reek County District
Attorney Laura Earns “I had
asked the jury to assess 25
years "
Marquez was arrested in July
2002 by Sapulpa Patrolman
Charles (iadd. who was dis-
patched to a local mobile home
park on a domestic dispute
In subduing Marquez the
suspect allegedly bit Gadd and
tJicn spit on him at one point in
the struggle
Earns said that Marque/ had
two previous felony convictions
that enhanced ihe penalty,
which could have been anything
from two years to life
In the first-degree murder tn
al ot Kirk Vomherg. the state
continued presentation of its ev-
idence that Vomherg had killed
21 - month-old Sky la Brooks in
March 20CMI
Creek County District
Attorney Max Cook and
Assistant District Attorney
Carol Iski called Brook's grand
lestmionv
parenrs to gi
Wednesday
Sharon Fuller, mother ot
Tammy Brooks and Sky la s
grandmother, told the jury she
and other family members were
concerned over the child's well
being
At one point Fuller testified
she and her husband had starred
legal proceedings in Arkansas to
have Sky la taken from her
daughter
Fuller sard she was con
ccmcd with the lifestyle of hot
daughter and the- number of sex
ual partners she had acquired
She said that her daughter al
so was into drugs
But Fuller said that she he
licved her daughter would never
have caused Sky la any physical
harm
“Vomherg said If Tammy
evei hurl that bahv. she would
n't be allowed in his home he
cause he had children,"* Carl
Redman told a Creek County ju
ry
Redman Sky la Brooks' ma
ternal grandfather, said thai
Tammy Binoks had left Sky la
with him in February 2(KH)
when she and Vomherg went to
California
Redman said Fuller and pa-
ternal grandmother Robyn
Brooks both had asked him not
to give Sky la bac k to Tammy
Brooks
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Midnight raid
nabs 260 Iraqis
AD DAW R. Iraq (APl
Heavily armed IS Army
forces stormed into a village
near the northern city of Tiknt
before dawn Thursday, seizing
more than 260 prisoners, inc lud
mg one man on the United
States' most wanted list of lor
mer Iraqi officials
U S troops encountered no
resistance during the five-hour
sweep, officers said About 2 Vl
of those detained were being re-
leased later in the day the mili-
tary sard
Soldiers from the 101 si
Airborne Division shot and
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Workers continue Thursday on the construction of additional office space tor Redbud Physical Rehabilitation and the addttiop'
on Mission Street Dr Timothy Siegfried of Metro Tulsa Foot and Ankle Specialists said his company leases office space tor
they plan to lease the 1.600 square teet of new space lo either one business or split it between two businesses ^
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