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Sapulpa Daily Herald. Thursday. Feb. I. 2007 — PAGE THREE
Incidentally
The Sapulpa Creek
Indian Community
Center will host a taco
dinner sale from 4:30 to
6:30 p.m. Feb. 2. Cost is
S5 for adults and $2.50
for children under 12.
Grocery bingo will
begin at 7 p.m. The cen-
ter is located at 1020 N.
Brown. For more infor-
mation. call 227-0519.
Blue Star Mothers are
organizing in Bristow.
Their first meeting is
scheduled for 6 p.m.
Feb. 3 at Pizza Hut.
located near the inter-
section of Highways 16
and 48. For more infor-
mation. contact Kathy
Thompson at 367-2889.
Kellyville Baseball
will hold a baseball
bingo fundraiser from 6
to 9 p.m. Saturday at the
school cafeteria
Sapulpa Public
Schools' Johnson
O'Malley Program will
hold its regular meeting
at 10 a m. Feb. 3 at the
Sapulpa High School
Commons. Agenda
Items include approval
of by law s, discussion of
the recent needs assess-
ment results and plans
for the upcoming stu-
dent achievement ban-
quet and NASA Pow
Wow.
Sapulpa High School
Class of ’58 will meet
for breakfast at 8:15
a.m. Feb. 2. at Al's
Route 66 Cafe. Spouses
are welcome. Come
when you can. leave
when you want, and
bring another class
member with you. For
more information, call
224-7919.
MOPS (Mothers of
Pre-schoolers) in Sand
Springs w ill begin meet-
ing the first and third
monday of each month
starting Feb. 19
MOPS is for mothers
of children from birth to
five years and meets
September through May.
The meetings will be
held from 9:30 a.m. io
11:30 a.m. at Broadway
Baptist Church in Sand
Springs. Childcare pro-
vided For more infor-
mation call 245-7513 or
kdowney923(“'cox net.
The Kellyville 4-H
and FFA Booster Club
will host a pie and cake
auction at the Creek
County Fairgrounds'
east barn at I p.m Feb.
3.
Deaths
STEWART — Mildred
L. Stewart. 90. died Tuesday.
Jan. 20. 2007.
Funeral services will be
held at 10 a.m. Friday at the
First United Methodist
Church in Coweta.
Burial will follow at South
Heights Cemetery in
Sapulpa.
Wright Funeral Home in
Coweta is in charge of
arrangements.
EXAM
received positive identifica-
tion of the suspects DNA on
the victim.
However. Pingleton is the
only significant witness other
than the DNA that can link
Partridge to the murder.
Pingleton confessed to
shooting Hardway with a
small caliber handgun after
he and Partridge allegedly hit
the woman several times with
a tire iron.
In testimony at a prelimi-
nary hearing. Pingleton told
the court that he was “young
and stupid" 20 years ago
when shot Hardway.
Pingleton also testified
that Partridge was with him
and had encouraged him to
“put another one in her."
Counseling offered
to Liberty students
after suicide
Cobum audit uncovers violations
LIBERTY. Okla. (AP) —
Counseling has been offered
to high school students after
their principal died, appar-
ently of a self-inflicted gun-
shot wound.
John Randall Hes>. princi-
pal of Liberty High School,
which is about 25 miles south
of Tulsa, died at a motel and
the case is being investigated
as an apparent suicide, said
Tulsa Police officer Jason
Willingham.
A funeral service for Hess,
who had been a math teacher,
athletic director and adminis-
trator at Liberty schools since
the early 1990s. was held
Tuesday in the high school
gymnasium.
Neighboring school dis-
tricts. including Glenpool
and Bixby. sent counselors to
Liberty High School on
Monday to help students and
staff members cope. About
50 students spoke to coun-
selors.
Hess' body was found in a
Tulsa motel Friday.
Kent Holbrook, the dis-
trict's superintendent, said
Hess was struck in the temple
by a softball in June 2005
and required brain surgery.
Holbrook said he and others
observed a change in Hess
after the injury, although he
had returned to work just six
weeks after the accident.
“Everybody felt it (Hess'
death) had a lot to do w ith the
injury." he said.
OKLAHOMA CITY
(APl — A federal audit
uncovered several campaign
violations by U.S. Sen. Tom
Cobum's 2004 campaign
committee. including
accepting excess contribu-
tions from political action
committees, a newspaper
reported.
The Federal Election
Commission audit also con-
cluded the committee failed
to file last-minute contribu-
tion reports and didn't dis-
close enough information
about nearly 20 percent of
its individual contributors.
The Oklahoman reported
Thursday from its
Washington bureau.
The audit was conducted
of Cobum's campaign for
the U.S. Senate in 2004 and
covered its financial activity
from March II. 2004.
through Dec. 30. 2004. The
audit results released by the
FEC did not indicate
whether the commission,
w hich enforces federal cam-
paign finance laws, will
seek fines against the cam-
paign.
Cobum defeated former
U.S. Rep. Brad Carson, a
Claremon. Democrat, in the
2004 general election, in the
GOP primary, he defeated
former Oklahoma City
Mayor Kirk Humphreys and
Oklahoma Corporation
Commissioner Bob
Anthony.
According to a summary
of the audit. Cobum's cam-
paign officials did not con-
test the audit's findings and
said the campaign lus taken
steps to ensure compliance
with federal laws.
Jerry Moms, who directs
Cobum's Senate offices in
Oklahoma, said the 2004
campaign was often short-
handed and made the mis-
take of not hiring an expert
in federal campaign finance
law to oversee its reports to
the FEC
“We have an expert
advising the campaign on
that now.” Morris said.
After the campaign.
Moms said, woriers sought
to correct all the errors and
they filed amended reports
in October 2005. He said
FEC auditors went to
Muskogee in February
2006. and spent about 10
days looking at the records
PREDATOR
Continued tram Page 1
Dem programs stress
health care, education
Bv RON JENKINS
A\s<tcia1ed Press
OKLAHOMA CITY
(AP) - Expanding health
care, raising the minimum
w age and cracking down on
employers who hire illegal
immigrants are among the
items being pushed this year
by state Senate Democrats
Democratic leaders held
a news conference to
announce their "Oklahoma
Rising" agenda, a play on a
new song celebrating the
state s 100th birthday.
"Oklahoma and its peo-
ple are truly rising to great-
ness during this centennial
year and we felt it was
appropriate to reflect that
momentum in our agenda."
said Senate President Pro
Tein Mike Morgan. D-
St ill water.
Our focus when devel-
oping this agenda was with
the people of the state, the
hard working, tough-spirited
people we meet each time
we are back in our districts."
Sen. Charles Laster. I>
Shawnee, Democratic floor
leader, said he and his col-
leagues would be focusing
this year on making health
care more affordable to fam-
ilies struggling to make ends
meet and giving students
more access to a college
education if they work hard
and play by the rules.
"Additionally, we will
seek to ensure that hard
work pays by raising the
minimum wage and we will
work (o protect our \ ital nat-
ural resources," he said.
Laster said 150.000 chil-
dren in Oklahoma are still
without any form of health
insurance so lawmakers
need to do something to
close that Medicaid gap.
The Senate is tied w ith 24
Democrats and 24
Republicans this year and
Democrats recognize the
need for a bipartisan
approach io get significant
legislation enacted into law.
Morgan said.
He said Democrats will
seek GOP support for their
programs, which include a
plan to tine employers who
hire undocumented workers.
Senate President Co-Pro
Tern Glenn Coffee. R-
Oklahoma City, said he was
encouraged by the "positive
tone” of the Democrats’
announcement.
"Senate Republicans are
committed to making
Oklahoma a superior state in
which to live and raise a
family, receive and excellent
education, work at a quality
job. succeed in business and
comfortably retire," Coffee
said.
The Democratic agenda
supports Gov. Brad Henry 's
efforts, to expand "Insure
Oklahoma" plan, which
helps small employers pro
vide health care insurance
for their employ ees.
In the area of natural
resources. Democrats said
they support a comprehen-
sive water plan to protect
state water lor the benefit of
Oklahomans.
encounter and the accompa-
nying pornographic photos
that gave Murray the probable
cause to obtain an arrest war-
rant on charges of enticement
of a child and furnishing
pornographic material to a
child.
Murray said most of
Sullins' illicit activities were
conducted from home at
24501 West 111th St., west of
Sapulpa
The detective said there are
many girls and photographs
where the identity of the vic-
tim is not known.
Murray said he wanted to
encourage any girl who has
had sexual activity with
Sullins or was exposed to
Sullins to call their local law
enforcement agency and
make a report.
Murray said thus far law
enforcement has tracked
down five girls who have
given statements to police.
Three of these girls are from
the Tulsa and Sapulpa area
and two were from Texas, he
said.
"There were over 700
encounters in his Instant
Messenger." said Murray.
"We found 70 girls that he
exposed himself to. offered
money, tried to get them to
meet him.
"And some of the girls
were as young as 8 or 9
(wherel older sister-., ages 12
to 14 would be viewing the
web cam with them." he said.
Murray said the U.S.
Attorney’s Forensic Lab in
Kansas City developed the
information.
He declined to comment
on whether there might be
federal charges forthcoming
against Sullins.
He said there were several
pornographic photos of chil-
dren on the hard drives.
"One in particular was
found in his ‘My Documents’
MOTHERS
Mannford.
A group has to have five
mothers to become estab-
lished. but once it is char-
tered. any family member or
even a friend of a service
member can join as an asso-
ciate. according to the orga-
nization's Web site.
Mothers or associates
need not be from Bristow to
join. Thompson said.
A local chapter would
mean the Mannford group
— which has been sending
Continued from Page 1
Pingleton said he fired a
second round but deliberately
missed the victim.
Partridge was scheduled to
go before a Creek County
jury last month, but the state
requested a delay because
other DNA evidence sent to
the State Bureau of
Investigation had not been
processed.
Partridge is currently
being held at the Creek
County Jail.
He has pleaded guilty to
charges of failure to pay child
support and was sentenced
last month fo four years in
prison.
Bob Sherri 224-5185 Ext201
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packages to Bristow serv ice
members — could direct its
efforts elsewhere and reach
more people, she said
"They can use their
money other places if we
can get (a chapter) going
Continued from Page 1
here." she said
For more information on
joining Bristow's Blue Star
Mothers, call Thompson at
367-2889.
Steven James 224-5185 Ext 200
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file and was identified as a girl
in Germany whose father had
taken the picture." he said.
Murray said since a photo
of a child was found on his
hard drive at his Creek
County residence, he believed
Oklahoma cliarges also could
be filed against Sullins.
Murray said the investiga-
tion uncovered one girl. 18.
who reported she was 14 or
15 when Sullins started giving
her money for sexual activity.
He said the victim now lives
in the Oklahoma City area but
was living in Tulsa when she
met Sullins.
The following is part of a
chat between Sullins and the
ficticious 13-year-old girl
from Tulsa. The more sexual-
ly explicit messages have
been omitted:
rootsnake: i have a dark
side, it’s just dormant for the
last few years, i want to do
good in the world
Cin: dark side?... what do u
do w hen that happens?
rootsnake: it ain’t like that,
i just used to w alk amoung the
wicked when i was younger,
its how i got the name snake
Cin: oh. ok., i have never
done much...
Cin: i stole some candy
one time
rootsnake: i took great
pleasure in corrupting the
innocent
Cin: wow... how did u do
that’’
rootsnake: anyway i could
i saw opportunities and
manipulated the situation to
that end
Cin: ok. did u steal from
them?
rootsnake: nope, i hate
thieves
Cin: ok. i found some
money one time and did not
tell anyone
rootsnake: finders keepers
Cin: yep ... what would u
do to the people?
rootsnake: if somebody
was in a financial dilema. for
example
rootsnake: say r really
decent sweet girl that just
moved away from her parents
and was trying hard to make it
on her own. never been in
trouble, but she was just short
of cash and bills were due you
follow me so far
Cin: yes, u would help
her... right?
rootsnake: i d help her but
she would have to do some-
thing for me in return, and
you know what so don’t even
ask
Cin: ok... well that doesnt
sound all that bad.. she would
be thankful to u
rootsnake: yes but i made
her my prostitute
Cin: did sbe enjoy doing it
w ith u?
rootsnake. well they all did
darlin’
Sullins was arrested Oct.
27. 2006 and charged with
nine counts of Enticement of
a Child. He was transported to
the Creek County Jail where
he is awaiting extradition to
Missouri. Bond is SI00.000.
Bob Sherri 224-5185 Ext.201
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