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Sapulpa Daily ~T|
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Vol. 74—No. 160—8 Pages
A Park Newspaper
Sapulpa, Okla. 74066
Monday
March 20, 1989
Today
Incidentally
Birthday greetings today go to
Virginia Williams, Terri Bull and
Michael Lively ... A 15-month-
old, female Rotweiler needs a new
home. Call 1-827-6023 ... A
16-week-old part Cocker Spaniel -
part Collie dog needs a new home.
Call 224-7323 ... A blue wind-
breaker was found near Homeland
and may be claimed at the Herald.
Weather
Tuesday: A 50 percent chance
of rain ending in the afternoon.
High in the lower 40s. North wind
10 to 20 mph.
Index
Astro-graph......................7
Bridge...............................7
Business...........................5
Classifieds........................6
Comics.............................7
Crossword Puzzle............7
Dear Abby.......................7
Deaths..............................2
Lifestyles..........................3
Public Records................2
Sports...............................4
Stocks...............................2
Students of the Month...2
Four days
This home rented within four
days after the advertisement was
published in the Herald:
VERY CLEAN 3
bedroom, 1 bath, brick,
ranch style home. 1 year
lease. Central heat/air
4809 Nassau Ave, Prat-
tville. $400.00 month,
$200 00 security deposit.
xxxxxxx
For similiar results, contact the
Sapulpa Herald Classified Adver-
tising Department at 224-5185.
Teen still critical
By the Herald Staff
BRISTOW — One of the two
Bristow men injured in a March 9
shooting incident in Bristow
remains in critical condition at a
Tulsa hospital, according to a
hospital spokesman.
Chris Stice, 18, was listed in crit-
ical condition today at Saint Fran-
cis Hospital, Tulsa, where he is
being treated for a gunshot wound
to the head.
Richard Christy, 27, was
released from the hospital Friday.
He was treated for a gunshot
wound to the leg.
The men were injured about 4:30
p.m. March 9 after a shooting inci-
dent in Bristow near the intersec-
tion of Oak and Fifth streets.
The shootings apparently took
place after an argument and a
scuffle. The weapon used was a
AK-47, which belonged to Christy.
The else is still under investiga-
tion by the Bristow police and the
Oklahoma State Bureau of
investigation.
No charges have been filed in the
case, according to Bristow Chief of
Police Wayne Davis.
Firefighter OK
By the Herald Staff
A Sapulpa firefighter who was
injured while battling a mobile
home fire Friday said today he was
treated at a Tulsa hospital after the
fire and returned to work later that
evening.
Gary Williams, 31, said he
returned to the fire department to
finish his shift after he was released
from Saint Francis Hospital, Tulsa.
“1 was glad to get back to work,”
Williams said.
Williams was treated for a low
oxygen count after he was injured
battling the mobile home blaze
north of Sapulpa. He has been a
Sapulpa firefighter since August,
1988.
According to fire reports, the
$20,000 mobile home and its
$5,000 were a total loss. The home
was owned by Don R. Thomas.
Siren to be tested
By the Herald Staff
City officials announced today
that Sapulpa’s storm sirens will be
tested at noon Wednesday.
If there is stormy weather
Wednesday, the sirens will not be
tested.
Correction
The meeting for small busines-
ses designed to show how to cut
workers compensation insurance
premiums is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Match 28 at Central Vo-Tech,
Drumright campus.
The Herald incorrectly listed the
meeting date as Tuesday in an arti-
cle in Sunday’s edition.
The Herald regrets the error.
Helicopter crash
kills 19 Marines
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) —
Nineteen Marines were killed and 16
injured today when a helicopter
crashed in remote mountains, officials
said. It was the second Marine chopper
disaster in South Korea in four days.
The troop-carrying CH53-D Sea
Stallion helicopter crashed near the
port of Pohang on the southeast coast
while taking part in exercises with
South Korean forces, a Marine Corps,
spokesman said.
All 34 Marines aboard the aircraft
were killed or injured, the spokesman
said on condition of anonymity. Those
hurt included 15 Marines aboard the
helicopter and one hurt on the ground
during rescue operations.
Nine of the injured were listed in
very serious condition with bums, four
were in serious condition, and the
status of three was undetermined,
hospital officials said.
Marine officials initially said 22
Marines were killed in the crash, but
later lowered the figure to 19 because
of confusion in early reports from the
crash site.
The helicopter was carrying four
crewmen and 30 infantrymen when it
crashed, the spokesman said. The
infantrymen were from the 1st Batta-
lion, 5th Marines of the 1st Marine
Division based at Camp Pendleton,
Calif., he said.
Marine officials said they had no
immediate word on what caused the
crash. Little of the helicopter was left
but charred pieces of wreckage.
Yonhap, the South Korean news
agency, cited South Korean military
officials as saying the helicopter
exploded in the air and burst into
flames before slamming into the
ground. The report said the helicopter
appeared to have a problem in its
engines.
A Seoul newspaper, the Kookmin
llbo, quoted a farmer who saw the
crash as saying two helicopters were
hovering about 250 feet above the
ground when one suddenly turned
upside down and plunged into a creek.
About 10 soldiers leaped out of the
helicopter as it hit the ground, the
report said.
Investigators were sent to the crash
site to try to determine what happened,
but no quick results were expected, the
Marine spokesman said.
It was the second fatal crash involv-
ing a Marine helicopter in South Korea
in four days. All four Marines aboard a
CH-46 helicopter were killed Friday
when their craft crashed in a rice
paddy on the cast coast.
Marine investigators are still trying
to determine the cause of Friday’s
crash.
Both helicopters were taking part in
annual “Team Spirit” exercises
involving about 200,000 South
Korean and U.S. troops. The exercises
practice bringing in U.S. reinforce-
ments in the event of a communist
North Korean attack.
Both aircraft were operating
temporarily from the USS Belleau
Wood, a Marine assault ship located
off the South Korean coast during the
joint maneuvers, which began
Tuesday.
A *
Happy hunting
Amy Abbet, 5, was one of many Camp Fire Sparks and Camp Oki-Wa-Nee one of many even ts that celebrated
Blue Birds to participate in an Easter egg hunt last week at Camp Fire Week. (Herald photo by J. Danctte Kc o)
Senior to compete nationally
By the Herald Staff
Sapulpa High School senior Gina
Gardner has accomplished a feat that
only six females in the country have
ever achieved.
Gardner qualified for the fourth
year in a row in original oratory at the
National Forensic League’s District
competition in Sand Springs this
month. This means, she will compete
for the fourth time in a national
competition.
A total of 400 students from 24
schools in Oklahoma competed for the
prestigious honor of advancing to the
national level.
Gardner is one of 15 students
nationwide who has qualified for
national competition four years in a
row during the 63 years that the tour-
nament has existed. She is the only
Oklahoman to have earned this
distinction.
Jeanne DeVilliers, high school
speech and debate coach, said when a
student qualifies for national competi-
tion one year, they compete in a diffe-
rent category the next year.
‘The pressure is much greater after
you’ve qualified once,” DeVilliers
said. "Gina looked at her success as a
challenge to do even better next year.
Even though Gina possesses natural
(See Speech on Page 2)
Night school offers
a brighter future
Sapulpa High School senior Gina Gardner rehearses her original oratory
for the National Forensic League’s competition. She is one of only six
females in the country ever to qualify for the national contest for four years in
a row. (Herald photo by Deborah Large.)
By DEBORAH LARGE
Herald Senior Newswrlter
Area residents who have faced a life
of disappointments because they never
finished high school now have an
opportunity to make a bright future.
Sapulpa Public Schools received an
alternative education grant for the first
time in fall 1988 and determined that a
night school was appropriate for alter-
native education needs.
Faye Whillock, administrative
assistant and Community Education
Coordinator, presented the promising
results of the new night school at a
recent school board meeting.
She said Barbara Martin, Youth at
Risk Counselor, began collecting data
on seniors who lacked credits to
graduate this May, and seniors from
the previous year who did not
graduate.
According to the data, 54 seniors
this year needed to obtain outside
credit in order to graduate and 47
seniors from 1988 needed at least one
night class to graduate.
To help meet those needs, the
district set up classes for last fall. In
those classes, 78 students completed
English, five completed math, four
compleicd science and (0 completed
government, making a total of 97
students enrolled.
This spring, a total of 215 students
are enrolled in alternative education
classes. The classes have 123 taking
English, 17 in consumer math, 23 in
science, 12 in government, 14 in Okla-
homa history and 26 in world history.
Whillock reported 85 percent of the
students who enroll complete the
courses and that four students received
their high school diplomas in
December.
To attend night school, students
must have approval of the high school
principal stating that they received no
credit for classes taken. Students arc
not allowed to take night classes
instead of regular day classes.
Students from surrounding districts
in Creek County also arc included in
the night school program.
Stephanie King
Bo Hellard
Kelly Robertson
Paul Hahn
Connie Boskle
Today is first day of spring:
Local residents ready for spring’s arrival
By J. DANETTE KEHO
Herald Staff Writer
The feeling of spring is in the air in
Sapulpa and in the minds of many
people. Flowers are starting to sprout
up everywhere, the grass is getting
green and the weather is breezy.
Even though the sky may not know
today is the first day of spring, some
area residents are ready for the warm
breezes. A few of those people
expressed what their favorite thing is
about springtime.
Vennie Miller said she likes the
exhilarating feeling of spring.
“I like seeing everything coming
back to life and turning green. It’s a
happy time,’’ Miller said.
Connie Boskie of Sapulpa likes the
flowers and being able to get outdoors.
Dan Smith of Mounds said he likes
getting ready to go to the lake while his
wife, Betty, said she likes the flowers.
Jay Ritchie, Sapulpa, said he’s just
glad there’s “no more winter”.
Sapulpan Marge Lambert said,
"Fresh air in the house!” She thinks
being able to open the windows is
great.
Paul Hahn, another Sapulpan, said
he likes working in his garden.
“I like to get out and work my flow-
er beds over and set out tomatoes,
Hahn said.
Gary Clark, Sapulpa, said he just
likes the weather.
“You can get out and do things
better in spring than in the winter,”
Clark said.
Donna Logan of Sapulpa said, “I
like being able to get out and go on
picnics and camp at the lake.
Paulina Johnson, Sapulpa, said she
likes the flowers, the grass coming up
and the sun shining.
Joyce Papa, also of Sapulpa, said
she likes the flowers, the trees turning,
the weather and the fact that summer is
coining.
Bo Hellard, another Sapulpan, also
likes the thought of summer
approaching.
“I like the green grass, the sun shin-
ing and the chance to get out in the
pool,” Hellard said.
Connie Cartwright of Sapulpa said
she likes seeing the flowers come up
and the warm weather.
Kelly Robertson, Sapulpa, likes the
weather and the mood warm weather
evokes.
“I like getting out in the car, driving
around and listening to the radio.
Everyone’s in a happy mood and you
see more skin!” Robertson said.
Sapulpan Stephanie King said she
likes the warm weather best.
Lance Grocnewold, also from
Sapulpa, said he likes the warm weath-
er, tanning, swimming and going to
the lake.
Jo Dennis, Sapulpa, said he likes the
milder weather, the flowers and the
birds.
Jamie Charlton of Mounds said she
likes “seeing everything turn green.”
Sapulpan Sue Day’s favorite thing
about spring is the weather.
Ernest Hunter, a resident of Glen-
pool, said his favorite thing is fishing
Finally, Chad Fortson, a Sapulpan,
summed up what he thinks is the best
thing about spring in one word.
“Temperature.”
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