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Inside today’s Herald:Valentines on a budget, Page 5 • Sapulpa basketball, Page 7
Sapulpa Daily
Feb. 10,2002
Award-winning daily
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. 87/No. 128, 12 Pages
Sunday
Scripture Thought:
For I am convinced that neither
death not tile, neither angels nor
demons, neither the present nor the
future, nor any powers, neither
height nor depth, nor anything else
in all creation will be able to sepa-
rate us from the love of God that is
in Chnst Jesus our Lord
— Romans 8:38-39
New International \fersion
It s your day!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SATURDAY
to John Williams; Betty Slaton;
Royce Risinger. 18; and Lester
Stutman, 89.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUNDAY to
Angela Brock. 22. and Cheryl
Bilby. 29.
If you want to wish someone a
happy birthday or anniversary, call
224-5185 by 9 a.m.
Incidentally
■ Members of the Sertoma Bike
America Club, Rolling Thunder,
meets Saturday at 6:30 p.m, at
Steak 'n Eggs, located at 1112 E.
Taft.
The club is looking for new
members and is planning a variety
of events, including a Bike and
Shine fund-raiser on March 2.
For more information, call
Rolling Thunder organizers at 291-
2276.
■ Boy Scout Troop No 14 will
host a pancake breakfast from 7 to
11 a.m. Feb. 16 at the First
Christian Church, located at at 5th
and Main in Sand Springs.
Cost for all-you-can-eat pan-
cakes, sausage, juice and coffee is
S3 The oublic is invited For more
information, call Tim Nall at 246-
3834,
■ The Sapulpa Schools food
service group currently is accepting
donations for a handmade quilt.
Donations of $1 can be made
during Sapulpa High School basket-
ball games at home in January and
February.
A spokesperson said he drawing
for the quilt would be held Feb. 12
during a Sapulpa-Union High
School basketball game.
For more information, call Ann
Pfieffer at 227-0448
■ MOUNDS — Tne annual
meeting of the Water District No. 7
will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 21 at the dis-
trist's office.
Agenda items include financial
report FY 2001, accomplishments,
plans for 2002 and the election of
one officer.
News Briefs
Zoo planes wild
ride for Valentine’s
SINGAPORE (AP) — For
Valentine's Day. Singapore's
Night Safari is hoping local cou-
ples will go wild.
Night Safari, a wildlife park
that features nighttime rides
through eight geographical
/ones with more than I.(MX) noc-
turnal beasts, will offer a "love
tram" lor the Valentine holiday.
The $163 Gourmet Safari
Love Express package lets
amorous nature lovers dine on a
tram outfitted with candlelit ta-
bles for two as it trundles slow ly
pakl the wildlife.
Recession-struck
Singaporeans may lind the price
tag a little steep. Of the 12 ta-
bles available, only eight have
been reserved, said Robin Goh.
a spokesman from the zoo.
The handful of couples that
board the love tram will cruise
along a two-mile trail past sloth
bears, swamp deer, one-horned
rhinoceroses and screw goats, so
named for their unique spiraling
horns.
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Potential legislation
might alter selection
of state s Tech board
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News Wrap.....
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Stocks........
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Today in History...
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By GREG STONE
Herald Stuff Writer
New legislation could change
the way Oklahoma's governors ap-
point members to the board that
oversees the state's CareerTcch
system.
Last week, the Oklahoma House
CareerTcch Committee approved
the measure, which restricts the
governor to appointing board me-
mbers from a list ol candidates
submitted by the CareerTcch Asso
ciation.
Central Tech Superintendent
Phil Waul said the measure was
one of five going before the Ca
reerTech committee this legislative
session.
"All of them, basically, tire try
inu to address the issue ol qualifi-
cations of the state board members
to serve on the state CareerTcch
board." Waul said.
"What’s happened, and it's kind
of unusual, (is that) probably prior
to (Gov. Frank) Keating, (gover-
nors) picked people who have been
involved in CareerTcch or involved
in big industry." he said.
Rut because Keating has served
two terms as governor, and because
of personal circumstances, all of
the board members have been re
placed.
"There have been some mem-
bers who have resigned when
Keating took office, and then some
members left the state because ol
|ob responsibilities." Wahl said.
The legislation is expected go to
the floor of the stale House this leg-
islative session, and if passed, will
go to the Senate for approval.
If the hill passes, it w ill be senl
to Keating's desk for approval.
"I don't know whether the gov-
ernor will sign it." Waul said.
"That's the question all of us will
have to ask
In April 2001. Keating appoint-
ed Lawton banker Lee Baxter to
the Career and Technology Educa-
tion Board. In November, rumors
began circulating that Baxter and
some other new board members
wanted to overhaul the system and
replace its director. Dr. Ann
Benson.
Baxter denied the rumors, eall-
See ■ CAREERTECH. Page 12
Heraid Photo by S I WALDROP
New windows
Jack Young, Jack Young Jr. and Jon Young install new double-pane
windows in the store front previously occupied by Tyler Bargain Center
at 9 N. Water St. Young said future plans include replacing the old wood-
en framed windows in the upper levels as well.
Possible sites for jail under consideration
EDITOR'S NOTE: A portion
of this story was inadvertently
omitted from the Feb. X. 2002 edi-
tion ol the Herald. It appears here-
in its entirety. The Tlcrald stall re-
grets the problem.
By BOB SHERRILL
Herald Staff W riter
Plans for the new $9 million
Creek County Jail hinge on one
factor now — location, location,
location.
Authorities still are looking for a
place to put the facility, and the
committee charged with locating a
site may be getting close, said
Dana Hudgins, the Creek County
commissioner who serves on the
committee.
"We may he ready in time for
next month's meeting " said Hud-
gins.
The committee chaired by Sa-
pulpa Tag Agent. Dick White,
meets on the first Thursday of each
month in the courtroom of Creek
County District Judge Donald Tho-
mpson.
Hudgins' comments came in a
report to the committee charged
with construction of the jail.
He said there were about live
pieces of property that could be
home for the new fail under consid-
eration.
The new jail is expected to cover
42.000 square feet and with park-
ing area and Hudgins said the site-
needs to be a total of about 3.5
acres.
He said the committee has estab-
lished basic criteria for selecting a
site. He said there were seven items
the committee believed were non-
ncgotiahle.
He said these included:
■ The jail be in the county seal.
■ Adequate and paved site ac-
cess roads he available.
See ■ JAIL COMMITTEE, Page 12
Sunday $1
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Lawmakers
mull bills on
telemarketing
OKLAHOMA CITY (APi
Telemarketers call Wayne Rat
cliff's home in Durant more often
than he thinks they should.
And when Ratcliff gets up to an
swer the telephone, there is fre-
quently no one on the other end ol
the line.
"It's not unusual to have three or
lour non answer calls in a day
Ratcliff said. T think it's very ini
polite, poor business manners."
Ratcliff is one ol thousands ol
Oklahomans who are contacted by
telemarketers every day And he is
among a growing number ol pen
pic who arc fed up with so-called
"dead calls" - solicitations by tel
emarketer-. w ho dial more than one
numhet at a time.
"It s pretty annoying, said La
vonne Ravmond. a retired lulsan
You gel up and go to the other end
of the house to answer the phone
and there's nobody there, except
dicks.
Growing Irusiration with tele-
marketers has prompted several
stale lawmakers to file legislation
to end "dead calls and permit Ok
lahomans to place their names on a
"don't call" list whose numbers
would be off limits to telemarket-
ers.
"We think this is an opportunity
for individuals, regardless ol their
age. to he able to elect to accept
this kind ot telemarketing or say
no. I don't want it." said Dan
Brandt, a retiree and coordinator ol
consumei issues lor the American
Association ot Retired Persons in
Oklahoma.
The telemarketing legislation
was requested by the \ARP. which
represents 398,IKX) people m Oklu
honta. many ol them elderly
"We have a tremendous amount
of our membership who consider
consumer fraud as important, as
See ■TELEMARKETING. Page 12
1980 hockey Literacy fund-raiser ‘buzzing’ right up
team ignites
Olympic flame
SALT LAKE CITY (AP)
Twentv-two years later, there he
was again: Mike Lru/ione mo-
tioning for his “Miracle on Ice
teammates to join him in cele-
bration.
At the height of the opening
ceremony Friday night.
Eruzione took the Olympic torch
from skier Picaho Street and U.S
women's hockey captain Cant mi
Granato. Then he stood alone,
smiling.
He gestured to his gold-
medal-winning pals and they
came on the stage. Now graying
adults, they wore replicas ol
their hockey jerseys from 1980.
when they were college kids
who overcame long odds to de-
throne the Soviet Union power-
house in Lake Placid. N Y.
Eruzione, the team captain,
summoned them to the medal
stand back then. On Friday
night, he high-lived each man
and they leaned in together to ig-
nite the base of the cauldron.
The IJame, which had trav-
eled 13,500 miles through 4b
states, look one last trip, spiral-
ing up a 117-foot structure and
settling into its home for the next
lb days.
"It’s hard to imagine yourself
being an Olympic athlete and
winning a gold medal, then 22
years go by and you carry the
torch and light (he Olympic
llamc,” Eruzione said.
In Winthrop, Mass., his fami-
ly gathered to watch him light
the torch.
"All I can remember is peo-
ple telling me all about my fa-
SeeB FLAME, Page 12
By LORRIE J. QUINNELLY
Herald Managing Editor
Sharpen up those spelling skills
and get that sweet tooth ready.
Greek County Literacy's 4th
Annual Spell-a-Round tund-
raiser is "buzzing" around q .
the corner, and it's It
promising to be "A
Honey of an Event."
The spelling hee-
ls set front b to 9
p.m. April 13 in the
banquet area at Fred-
die's. and community
and business leaders already
have begun signing on lor the
event.
"In addition to having a great
evening of fun. a delicious dinner
and a silent auction, you will ’bee'
helping one of the most effective
and essential non-profit organiza-
tions in out county ..." said Missy
Simmons, who is chairing the
2002 event. "... participation
makes a tremendous difference
in the lives of countless chil-
dren and adults by helping to
eradicate illiteracy in Creek
County."
Several team leaders al-
ready have indicated their teams
will he one of those competing for
the top trophy at the 2002 fund-
raiser. Those who plan to field a
team, should make a "bee-line" lor
their registration forms because
team participation is limited.
Coupled with a $1,500 match-
ing grant from bird Book, the 1999
fund-raiser netted nearly Sb.OOO
forCX'L. including more than S500
of which came from a silent auc-
tion. In 2000. the event raised ap-
proximately $7,000, and another
$11,000 came in 2001.
Simmons said she hopes the
2(X)2 event will top last year's
mark.
The 1999 spelling bee marked
the first time the " Qy
literacy program had
appealed to the public for funding
"We'd never asked for anything
before. " said Mike Shanahan, pres
idem of CCL's Board of Directors
"We hadn’t felt like we had to be
lore "
In the past, funding lor CCL
was derived primarily trom the
United Way and through state pm
grams and private foundation era
nts. But in recent years competition
lor grant dollars has toughened as
See ■ SPELLING BEE. Page 12
Character Counts! meeting planned Monday
By GREG STONE
Herald Staff Writer
Area coaches, student athletes
and their parents are being inv ited
to a community meeting on the im-
portance of good sportsmanship.
Teresa Edwards, Sapulpa's
Character Counts! coordinator said
organizers are hoping at least 2(X)
people attend the program, slated
Monday night at the Sapulpa High
School Commons.
"We sent out a lot of flyers to
coaches,” she said.
High school, junior high and
area little league coaches are ex-
pected to attend and bring their
teams.
"Some of them are going to help
us out by being the chairmen at the
tables and (leading) a discussion at
the end of the meeting." she said.
Highlight of the evening is a
keynote address by former
University of Tulsa head football
coach Dave Rader.
"I've shared lots of information
about what we've done so far with
Character Counts! He is anxious to
come," Edwards said.
See ■ CHARACTER COUNTS, Page 12 High School.
Herald Photo by S I WALDROP
SAPULPA MIDDLE SCHOOL seventh graders Robin Click and Markte Hoover help Teresa Edwards, Character
Counts! coordinator, organize items for the upcoming meeting at 6 p.m. Monday in the commons area at Sapulpa
Chamber’s home show booth takes on old-time Route 66 theme
By MATTHEW B. BROADDUS
and LORRIE J. QUINNELLY
Herald Staff
Sapupa chamber committee members
and volunteers are pulling out all the stops
for the 2002 Greater Tulsa Home and
Garden Show.
Plans already are under way for a Route
66 themed booth in which even Blowout
care huffs would be proud.
Angela McClanahan said among other at-
tention-getting items at the booth will be a
section of old movie theatre seats in an area
with a higger-screen TV with velvet curtains,
a kind of throwback to the days of the old
theatres along Route 66. The chamber's pro-
motional video project will play continuous-
ly on the TV.
An old '5()s-style diner is expected to en-
compass another portion of the booth and
feature Route 66 memorabilia, which cham-
ber members have contributed for display.
Susan Carlson, the chamber's executive
director, said Sapulpa’s participation in the
show is a way for the chamber to showcase
what Sapulpa has to offer.
"It is a way to promote Sapulpa, busi-
nesses. its businesses and promoting w hat
the city has in the way of tourism," she said.
Last year Sapulpa's fxxith at the show, ti-
tled "A Walk in the Park." won second place
booth decoration in the home products or
services category for a booth between 301
and 600 square feet.
"This year I hope we gel first, so it brings
more attention to Sapulpa." Carlson said.
See ■ HOME SHOW. Page 12
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