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Co. News
Picher to vote on re-location
State
PICHER (AP) — Residents will vote Jan 9 on whether to move Picher to
another location free of lead contamination
Ihe City Council set the election date and has until
Nov. 8 to submit the final wording of the ballot to the
Ottawa County Election Board
Council members indicated that they needed the in-
formation from the voters to present to members of the
Tar Creek Superfund Task Force when the group meets again early next year.
The election's result also will give council members an idea of residents'
views on the issue for its discussion during the next legislative session, as well
as other environmental agencies working on Tar Creek issues. Mayor Sam
Freeman said
The federal Environmental Protection Agency has spent almost $35 million
in the Tar Creek area on remediation efforts in an attempt to eliminate lead-con-
taminated soil in public and private sectors.
Congress has approved spending an additional $30 million to continue reme-
diation efforts. Oklahoma must provide $3 million in matching funds
Summit man charged in slaying
MUSKOGEE (AP) — Muskogee County prosecutors have charged a
Summit man with first-degree murder in the fatal slxxitings of his wife and her
sister.
Steven Jermaine Hams also will have to undergo a mental competency eval-
uation. Special District Judge Robin Adair ruled during Hams arraignment on
Monday.
Hams. 21, is accused of shooting his wife. Lillian Harris, five times with a
380-caliber pistol at the family's trailer home in Summit, a small community
south of Muskogee, last Thursday His sister-in-law. Sonya Kay Washington,
was shot once w ith the same gun. according to reports
The Hamses apparently had been arguing for hours before the shooting, ac-
cording lo reports.
The next court date will be on Nov. 27. prosecutor David Pierce said.
"It's just to make sure he has a lawyer, see where we are as far as the com-
petency issue and then set it for preliminary hearing." Pierce said
The killings were Muskogee County's third and fourth homicides in an 11-
day penod. Ten people have been slain in the county — which has 70,000 resi-
dents — so far this year.
Jury selection begins in abuse case
BARTLESVILLE. (AP) — Jury selection has begun in the trial of a
Bartlesville man accused of breaking the arms and nbs of his infant twins.
Regan l.'Dridge Amster faces four counts of child abuse involv ing a son and
daughter who were bom in October IW). Authorities removed the children
from their home Nov. 30.
Amster fractured the left arm and ribs of one baby and fractured the right
arm and ribs of the other child, according to information filed by Washington
County assistant district attorney Steve Kunzweilcr.
Court documents also charged Amster w ith abuse for "wrapping and tying a
cloth diaper amund the head" of the each child to keep a pacifier in their mouths.
COUNTY
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violation complaints presented by
Irving Frank with INCOG. INCOG is
working in an interim capacity for the
Sapulpa Metropolitan Area Planning
Commission.
The first complaint was against
6230 S. 42nd St W , owned by
Roxanna Sellars, for having trash on
the property
The second complaint was against
6315 S. 42nd St. W„ owned by John
Hicks, for having a salvage yard on the
property.
The third complaint was against
Route I Box 312-H, owned by Richard
and Michael Dooley. for hav ing people
living in a travel trailer with question-
able sewage provisions and having a
mobile home without Aming. dumping
and storing junk cars.
The board decided to take no ac tion
so they can take a week to verify
whether or not zoning regulations are
being violated in each case.
The board also convened in execu-
tive session to discuss Wiley vs. Board
of County Commissioners and St.
John's Medical Center vs. BOCC
In open session, the board voted to
give Mike Loeffler with the District
Attorney 's Office authority to settle on
Sapulpa (OkJa.i Herald. Tuesday, October 31.2Md PAGF THREE
DEBATE
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publican nomination early in the race.
Carson beat out long-time state legisla
tor Bill Settle of Muskogee for the
Democratic bid in a runoff.
The race is being watched national-
ly as Republicans attempt to retain con-
trol of the U.S. House. As of January.
Democrats outnumbered Republicans
in the district by an 8-to-3 margin, die
Oklahoma Election Board reported.
A Texas legislator and ranking
member of the U.S. House Agriculture
Committee said Oklahoma’s 2nd
Dstrict congressional race will be key
to the direction the country takes.
“Democrats have been in the minor-
ity in the House since 1994, and if we
can win half of these 20 races (up for
election Nov. 7), we'll be back to (a
balanced Congress) again," said U.S.
Rep Charles Stenholm d-Texas
“Elections are won today in the
middle," he said "Republicans have
the Yellow Dogs just like Democrats
do. They’re going to vote for their par-
ty’s candidate. It’s the (voters) in the
middle who make the difference."
Either Carson. Ewing or Tulsa
Libertarian Neil Mavis will succeed
Cobum. who is fulfilling a pledge to
leave Congress after three terms.
Cobum has endorsed Ewing for the
seat, which Democrats held for 70
years before Cobum’s Republican
breakthrough in 1994.
HeraW Photo ty S I WALDROP
REPRESENTATIVES FROM SEVERAL area agencies and organizations are on hand at the Sapulpa Community
Theater to accept portions of $50,000 in community enhancment funds from Rep. Mike Tyler. D-Sapulpa, to assist
with ongoing projects. Pictured are. standing m back, from left, Bobbe Henderson, Camp Fire for Boys and Girls;
Tami Fleak, Sapulpa Main Street; Tyler; Sarah McCormick, Sapulpa Arts, Mendy Mayberry. Camp Fire; and, seated,
from left, Leslie Weeks, Domestic Violence Intervention Services. Dons Yocham, Sapulpa Historical Society; Janet
Walker American Red Cross; Dixie Belcher, Sapulpa Community Theatre; and Jackie Powell. Youth Services of
Creek County. The funds will be dispersed through the Indian Nations Council of Governments.
GRANTS
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behalf of the board in the Wiley case.
They also voted lo agree to the amount
of $58.236.16 in the St. John's case and
gave Dwtller the authority to settle it as
well.
In i .her business, the hoard voted
to:
■ Approve a resolution to allocate
fiscal year 2000 Ixxal Law
Enforcement Block Grant funding to
the Drug Court Fund
■ Set the public heanng on opening
a section line easement located be-
tween Nos. Section 15 and 16.
Township 16 North. Range II East
(South 129th West Avenue) for Jan. 22.
2001.
■ Receive a petition on the court-
room in Dmmnght from the Dmmnght
Chamber of Commerce and pass it on
to the proper authorities
■ Pay a claim from Tina Mata on
damages to her vehicle and medical
claims in the amount of $2,500 and a
medical claim from April McGaugh for
$200.
■ Approve the crossing or parallel-
ing of a county road locate din the
south half of Section No. 10. Range 11
East. Township 17 North, by
Southwestern Bell.
the DOC grants is not available every
year.
“It's approprialcd based on what’s
available in the budget," she said.
“We're dealing with a lot of projects
this year because the economy has
been so gtxxl.
"It’s kind of nice, though, to see
kids get to go to camp or to see the
Red Cross refurbish an office. It's
nice to get to do that kind of thing "
The groups receiving funds al-
ready have designated what the grants
will he expended on.
The Sapulpa Historical Society, for
example, w ill use funds to help under-
write the cost of replacing deteriorat-
PUMPKINS
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into some of the fields themselves.
“I drive the tractor a lot. but I can
hear the kids going. 'Pumpkins!'" Cory
Hunsdon said. "Little kids usually pick
a bigger pumpkin than they need" -
and frequently ones nearly as big as
they are.
Many customers, particularly chil-
dren. are overwhelmed, he said
They can't make up their mind It's
iike. ‘OK. there's a million pumpkins
here to look at. and which one do we
want'.’’” he said.
The Hunsdons grow several vari-
eties — some producing large pump-
kins that ripen to a deep, dark rich or-
ange and others that are smaller and
used for pies.
The average pumpkin weighs about
16 to 18 pounds, but Hunsdon said he's
grown them as big as 135 pounds.
Generally, an adult will purchase the
large ones for a party, “to set out and
make a statement, or a display." he
said.
About 30 peaent of this year's ca>p
will be sold to customers who pick
their own. Another 30 percent will be
sold lo peddlers who sell them out of
their pickups.
ed windows in the historical museum.
Sapulpa Arts will use funds for
Artrain. ARC monies are earmarked
for refurbishing the branch offices in
Creek County.
DV1S officials said they'll use
their portion of the grant toward a
full-time parent/child counselor’s
salary, and Youth Services officials
plan to use their portion toward the
purchase of a van for transporting
young people.
The SCT will put their portion of
the grant toward plays featuring chil-
dren and teen age actors, and Camp
Fire will fund after school program-
ming for at-risk students.
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