The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 118, No. 176, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 2017 Page: 1 of 8
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OSU faculty and friends four NW Oklahoma
Set SUSPEC IS
Ser TOUR 3La’I 4 1 talks debt reform
Debt ceiling could be 'data certain
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more debt At this point, the debt
limit conversation has created so
many headac hes that some have
By Kathleen Gulli
., Ccita .■.
Frederick Altus
Police Chief Tin Murphy
updated the story of a
Lost in the conversation is how
we got here in the first place, and
how we can g< 1 it of the cycle of
advor ated a total repeal of it
Sin e no other country in the
A rld has a “debt limit,” it would
seem that it would make sense
repeal it but the problem of
growing deficits still remains.
As the debt ceiling is currently
onstructed, it Is nothing more
than an arbitrary political tool that
tends to produce more crisis the-
aler than reform Budget experts
on the left and right have increase
ingly come to the conclusion that
the debt limit no longer prevents,
curbs, or restrains debt
However, instead of repealing
and eliminating the debt limit
INDEX
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Neather3
port 4
Puzzles 6
deficit spending
Debt limit debate should
push ( ongress to address
our growing debt 1 along
with some of my olleagues
have ( related annual govern
ment waste reports to pro-
vide clear examples of areas
to cut or reform
But the original intent of
debt ceiling votes was to
discourage or prevent our
nation from getting into
omed by Dr aper Farms where
they toured the he adquarters
and saw the late Jimmie
Draper s collections and visited
with ther I ASNR alumni in
the area
Cameror Murey superin
tendent of the ( klaboma Pan
handle Rex arch and Exten
sion Center hosted a visit to
the enter in Goodwell The
Ng Access Tour s next stop
wa Enel Green Power North
America wind farm There,
tl > group toured the inside of
the base f i wind turbine and
learned about transmission
lines
klaboma Panhandle State
diversity President Tim
Faltyn welcomed the group
Goodwell Paltyn high
ghted OPSU’s programs and
Explained the university’s place
as part f * abora’s overall
igher education opportuni
ties
F n n uti back to Stillw Her.
tour if property he ranches
"I am nost excited about
the rare opportunity touring
Beaver County provided for
the Ag A cess lour' said Jer
emy Bennett president of the
ASNR Alumni Board M st
f the places we visit during
the tour highlight certain prod
icts that an beneficial to the
ag industry but this visit gave
us a firsthand understanding of
the hardship : ed by farmers
and ranc hers
Once in Guymon, attendees
toured Seaboard Foods when
they learned about Seaboard’s
integrated food ystem of pork
produc tion
t hris Hitc h. president and
CEO of Hit h Enterprises,
gave the gn up i firsthand look
at th' peration of the family
owned a rivately held com
pany The tour f Hitch Enter
prises include 1 discussion on
ist m fa....., er ations and
visits to the feed yard and feed
mill
The group al- * is wel
Beautiful
weather
on the way
NT •
Bulldogs
ready for
Lions
Suspects in
man’s death
still at large
Mental health
care impacted
by shortage
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James
Lankford
ontributir >
Columnist
man found
dead in Pill
i man Coun
| t. Aug 22
Murphy
said a vehi
■ de belong
ing to the
victim,
32 year-old
Jared Allen Holmes was
located in Lawton Aug
28
Altus polic e were
• tinted by the Lawton
po.....department that
the vehic le belonging 1
Holmes had bet 11 recov
ered from a residence in
Lawton, Murphy said
Police believe the suspect
24-year-old Marielle Trey
Smith and an a omp . •
took the vehicle 2002
Black Chev Tabor to a
n sidence 11 We st 1 awt
and parked in the garage
The homeowner
came suspicious and
n alized police had been
sear hing for the Tahoe
She the 1: ntar ted 1 aw
ton police Police will
ntinue to investigate
what knowledge if any
the homeowner has about
the homi ide or st len
vehic le
On Aug 29 the vehicle
was transported back to
Altus to be processed
by investigators An
arrest warrant has also
been issued through the
Jackson County Distri t
( ourt on the suspect’s
accomplice 22-year-old
Rya McKenzie Fields
She s described is a
white female appt x
ft 4 in tall brown eyes
brown hair and we ighing
about 110 pounds
Investigators believe
Fields assisted in the mur
der of Jared Allen Holmes
and helped Marie ■ Trey
Smith clean the rime
scene and dispose of the
victim’s body Investiga
tors believe Fit Ids and
Smith took the vic tuns
vehicle to Lawton shortly
before the (time was
rep rtedto Altus pol ■
on the morning of Mon
day Aug 21
Fields is believed to be
in ’he ( Company of Smith
STILLWATER The Okla
homa State University College
of Agricultural Sciences and
Nat iral Ri s urcr du: : and
faculty set out with Guymon,
Oklahoma, as their destination
for th.....tual Ag Access Tour
The tour gives ( ASNR alum
m and faculty a chance to visit
agribusinesses across the state
allowing them to tour vari
ous locations and get to know
the Oklahoma agricult
industry The City of Guymon
Convention and Tourism board
funded a grant to C AbN1
1" st with travel expr
Departing Stillwater mid
May, the 50 part ipant
the Big Orange Bus made their
first stop in Enid Advar eP
erre Foods provided a fa Iv
tour and partic ipants he u 1
how their workt ■ ■ sint grat
ed into the Enid community
They were welcomed for
unch at the Centra Nationa
It happe S' ckwork
in Washingt Eve 1 oar
or two when we approach
the federal debt limit count
down clocks start, dooms
day scenarios in assumed
and backrox egotiations
begin in earnest to prevent
our country in le faulting
on our obligation ■
The prevailing theme of
debt ceiling ne c tiations
is usually avoiding default
Bi ► nter where the i nid
Regional Development Alliance
hosted talks by representatives
f Koch and the Kaw Lake
pipeline project
We o hosting the tour in
Enid aid Brent Kisling, past
president of the Ag Alumni
Board. “ The purpose of the
tou ■ ' provide a ess 1 .
OS fa ilty and staff to the
gy a d practices
; ented across the stall
n the areas of agriculture and
rural economic development
"The ther purpose is to
provide access for local folks to
th ■ k ide rship at t SU and we
ire pleased to help this interac
tion st ir in our area of the
still ht said
Brad Raven, Beaver ( untv
niss ner hosted the
group during their visit to the
Knowles Community Center
W in Beaver County, ranch
er Bernie Smith told the group
I the enorm us impact of the
March a dfires and discussed
he rebuilding process during a
By Hope Watkins
Courtesy phot
"Most of the places • visit during the tour highlight certain products that are beneficial to the ag industry but this visit gave us a firsthand understanding of the
hardships faced by farmers and ranchers," said Jeremy Bennett president of the CASNR Alumni Board
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