The Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 118, No. 176, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 7, 2017 Page: 2 of 8
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2 Thursday, September 7.2017
Alt Times
OBITUARIES/NEWS
OBITUARIES
ENGAGEMENT
Kime, Anderson nuptials slated
RODNEY Al 1 EN BASSEI
Baker Bassel. He passed and family. Following
homa State 1 niversity in Bassel, and his mother
R dne . was a me n be ■ Friday, September
Cowrity photo
Debra R Kime and Lane Anderson plan to wed in October in Altus
BOBBY RAY THOMASON
ODDITIES IN THE NEWS
BIRTH ANNOUNCEMENT
ourtesy photo
AUCTION
POLICE LOG FOR SEPTEMBER 6 7
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CONTACT US
• Oklahoma as j delegate
for i ii Congress
The bride’s grandma
is Wanda I Kime of
( Oklahoma L ity
The bridegroom
graduated from Vinita
High Sc hool in 2014
Anderson was a men ■ ■ •
2 00 a in Domestic
disturbance 900 block
George Street
8, 2017, at the Duke
C hurch of ( hrist, with
Eddie Beard officiating
the service in lieu of
He had .1 big heart
and would go to great
lengths to do special
things for his friends
Base ( ommissary as a
cashier \ member of
the Altus chapter of the
Jackson County 111, she
held the position as the
loc al county president
and was inducted into
the Senior Hall of Fame
while also representing
Rodney Allen Bassel
71, was born on Febru
ary 12.1946, in \ltus
to Violet Mae and Otis
First Baptist Church of
Altus Pastor Jeff Moore
will be presiding
The bride graduated
Altus High School in
2012 She ran cross
country and track and
was a member of the
2011 ( lass 5A state
championship team as
well as a member of
FFA, hand, and National
Honor Society She
graduated ( ameron
University with a
Bachelor's of Science
degree in 2017 where
she was a member of
Phi Thata Kappa She
is presently working
it the Altus Nir Force
Bobby Ray Thoma
son, born October 18
1929, in Frederick, and
passed away on August
11.2017
In Clovis, Calif He
was the youngest
of Jim and Bertha
Holmes Thomason
He is survived by a
twin sister, Bonnie
Thomason) Gleason of
eawood Kan He was
preceded in death by
■ thers, Royce, Horace,
Ruedell Thomason and
i sister, Freda (Thoma
son) Carr
Bobby was a W W 11
veteran of the I S Air
of the high s. hool
w restling te im and the
Oklahoma High Si hool
Rodeo Association
Rough Rider and
PCYRA Craig
County Youth Rodeo
Associat He
doing tree remova
Weatherford. He contir
ued his educ ation at the
University f Oklahoma
in Norman where he
received his law degree
Hi was a successful
attorney in the Lawtor
in a throughout the
span of his career and
also served as a Judge
Afte 1 his 0 rement he
continued to work part
time providing legal
ounsel services up to
the time of his death
of the ( hurch of ( hrist
He served in the Air
Force Reserves while
continuing his ex luc a
Force. He graduated
from Frederic k High
School in the lass of
194
He resided in t )kla
homa ( ity for mam
years before moving
to ( lovis in 2011 and
resided with friends,
ex rge and Vic ki Bar
rios who became his
oving i aretakers along
a th his nephew Harold
G Thomason
Graveside services
will be on Saturday Sep
tember 9.2017, at 11:00
o’cloc k in the morning
it Frederick Memorial
Cemetery in Frederick
Violet Bassel Roberson
He is survived by his
daughter Blakley 1 au
rei Bassel, sister 1 isa
Renfro and husband
Joe, of Duke; brother
Larry Bassel and wife
JoA ■! Altus several
niec - nephews great
nieces and nephews
ther family members
is well as mam lose
friends
\ memorial service
will be held at 2 p in
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Arrests
Wednesday
Terry 1 everne Barner
59, operating a vehicle
without a driver's license.
Ashley Huett, 31, fail
ure to pay.
Quamell Daunte Mas
senburg, 26, failure to
appear
Woman lends her wedding
dress lo brides on a budget
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) A Nebraska woman is
ending her wedding dress to brides on tight budgets
for free instead of letting it gather dust in her
closet
The Omaha World Herald reports that Dawnetta
Heinz started sharing her dress a month ago with
brides who can’t afford to buy one
The strap!ess dress with a beaded bodi ( h is
already been borrowed by two other brides, and at
least eight others have express d interest
Heinz says she bought the dress on sale for $550
She says she’s fac ed financ ial hardships, so she’s
glad to help am woman who ml fit a dress into her
wedding budget
One of the brides who married in the dress, Valarie
Fitzgerald, says she "can't wait to see how far this
dress goes "
Jersey shore town hans elaborate
tents to help overcrowding
BEI MAR, NJ (AP) \ New Jersey shoretowi
is banning elaborate tents from the bear li as a w >. t
help alleviate crowding
Belmar’s council voted Tuesday night to stop so
away September $
2017, in 1 awton
Rodney graduated
from Duke High s, hool
his death he blessed
others with tissue and
bone donation
He was preceded in
death by hi* father Otis
ALTUS,OKLA
ALTUSCOMMUN ITY BULDNG
EAST SIDE 401FALCON ROAD
George and
Dee Ann Kime Jr
wish to announce the
engagement of Debra R
Kime of Altus to I ane
Anderson of Vinita
The bride’s parents
are George and Dee
Ann Kime Jr. of Altus
and the bridegroom’s
parents are Delbert
Anderson and Jay Pogue 5
of Vinita The wedding .1
is scheduled for 6 pm
October 14, 2017, at the 1
tents had gotten out of hand
He says he’s not in favor of more government regu
lation, but people weren’t using common sense
He tells the Asbury Park Press (http on app
com 2vI 98Bi) he has re eived . omplaints from the
Department of Public Works, police life guards and
patrons about tents that make crowding worse
‘Passy Pete lobster predicts
six more weeks of summer
BEI FAST Maine (AP) A group of Mamers says
Passy Pete the 1 obster lias predicted six more weeks
of summer at an annual ceremony
turned low
The police department’s post ends with a famous
line from the book You’ll fl at too
Dog helps snifl out invasive
ants on California island
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In a playful Facebook post police write they admire
called "beach spreading/ taking effect in the summer the prankster s reativity but went on pl te , n rri
season of 2018. hied" while removing the balloons and "respectfully
Large tents and canopies will be banned from request they do not do that again
Memorial Day until I abor Day Polic e also suggest people A it i, previe w , fthe
Mayor Matt Doherty says the increasing number of movie with the lights turned on and the volume
Payton Leigh Sneed was 1
born August 17. 2017. 1
weighing 5 pounds 11 J
ounces and measuring 1
19 inches long Payton is
the daughter of Dustin
and Alexandria Sneed
of Kathleen, Ga. and the
granddaughter of Betty
Swanson of Altus and
James and Mitzi Sneed of
Summerville, S.C Shers
the great-granddaughter *
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SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 9 - 1 1 AM
LOS ANGELES (AP) Scientists assessing long
term efforts to eradicate invasive ants on the Channel
Islands off the Southern California coast have enlisted
a four legged expert to make sure a proj ct ts kill off
the destructive pests has succeeded
A yellow Labrador named Tobias has lived for three
months with a handler on Santa Cruz Island The
specially trained dog keeps its snout to the ground,
rooting through more than 1 i square mile sill
square kilometers) of unde rbrush sear >1 , for ne •
of Argentine ants that threat ned the ( ste n afte ■
they were introduced decades ago
( hristina Boser, an . ■ ologist with the Nature I on
servancy group, said Tuesday that |. bias has not yet
discovered any new ant populations — a sign that
a project started in 2009 i ■ ipe . .....unwante d
insects has probably worke d
The crustacean has been fished out of the Passagas
sawakeag River for the past three years in a tradit
modeled after famed groundhog Punxsutawney Ph
winter prediction in P nnsylv i . I
David Crabiel and his business partner, Dav
Brassbridge, thought up the eccentric ceremony as
way to have some fun. Each year, a group of barons
flank Passy Pete as he picks a scroll to determine
whether Maine will see an extended summer or be
greeted by winter. This year’s ceremony took place
Monday
Crabiel tells WLBZ TV Pete’s been right the past
two years. Brassbridge says they hope to carry on the
tradition
Police‘terrified’by red‘It’
balloons tied to sewer grates
LITITZ, Pa MH Police officers in a small Penn
sylvania town are evidently afraid of a certain homi
cidal clown
The i ititz polic e department .1 1. i . post d
photos of red balloons a prankster tied to a pair of
sewer grains
A red balloon is the calling card of Pennywise, the
sewer dwelling, hild eating w il St phe n K ng s
horror novel “It The hotly anticipated movie version
opens in theaters Friday
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