Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 1, 2006 Page: 1 of 10
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Wednesday, March 1, 2006
T o — Wayne Emmons/PFD Wayne Emmons/PFD Wayne Emmons/PF
F ire burns 1,000 acres near Perry
BYGLORIA G. BROWN %
Wayne Emmons/PFD
Managing Editor
A total of 13 homes were threatened...but saved....in
.i massive fire that burned approximately 1,000 acres
of grassland east of Perry Monday afternoon.
The call came to the Perry Fire Department at 12:55
p.m. The fire originated 2 1/2 miles south of Hwy. 64
on County Road 160 and burned to the north/north-
east, according to Assistant Fire Chief Wayne
Emmons, incident commander on the scene.
Black clouds of smoke was seen from town, caus-
ing concern for many citizens. Assistant Chief
Emmons said a total of 19 fire departments and 48
vehicles were on hand to fight the blaze.
Four drops were made by air, according to Sheriff
Charlie Hanger. He said the airplane came from
Ardmore and dropped twice, then went back to
Ardmore and then back for two more drops.
Many came back into town to fill their tankers at
the fire hydrant across the street from the Perry Fire
Department. 1
Hwy. 64 was closed to east and west traffic for
approximately two hours, between County Roads 160
and 170, and vehicles were detoured on county roads
to the north of the highway. One driver related the
county roads were getting pretty hectic due to all
the traffic being detoured.
At this point, cause of the fire is undetermined,
according to Emmons.
Responding were Blackwell Fire Department with
two brush trucks and two tankers; Lucien, one brush
truck and one command vehicle; Glencoe, two brush
trucks; Red Rock, four brush vehicles; Red Rock, four
brush vehicles; McCord, two brush vehicles; Okla-
homa Forestry Department, two dozers and two
brush trucks; Ranch Drive, one brush; Morrison, one
tanker and two brush; Rock Township, one tanker
and three brush; Perry, one engine, one brush, one |
tanker and one command; Orlando, one tanker and
Lloyd Brown, Noble County Emergency Manager.
"On behalf of the Perry Fire Department, I’d like
to extend a great big thank you to all those who
assisted us Monday afternoon,” said Emmons. “It
would have been a lot worse without our neighbor-
ing departments and friends giving us a hand.”
Wayne Emmons/PFD
Brian Thomas/SO
one brush; Sumner, two brush and one tanker; Bill-
ings, one brush; Stillwater, two brush, one command;
Marland, one tanker, two brush; Ponca City, one com-
mand, one brush; Osage Cove, one tanker and one
brush; Kildare, one brush; and Tonkawa, one tanker.
Also assisting were Seawater Trucking Company;
Big J; B-Line; and personnel from the Oklahoma High-
way Patrol, Noble County Sheriff’s Department; and
Oklahoma author to visit
Perry Carnegie Library
Lou Dean, author of the books Angels in Disguise,
Paw Prints in My Soul, Osage County Kids, and
Reaching for the Reins, will be at the Perry
Carnegie Library at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 4.
Immediately following the program, the author
will be signing her books and have copies for sale.
Lou Dean’s first book, Angels in Disguise was a
1999 nominee for the prestigious Young Adult
“Colorado Blue Spruce Award” which is equiva-
lent to Oklahoma’s Young Adult “Sequoyah Book
Award." Her other books are an interest to both
adults and young adults.
Her work includes countless articles in major
magazines such as McCalls, Ladies Home Journal,
Family Circle, Guideposts and Highlights for
Children. She also has three award-winning books
of memoirs, and a young adult novel.
She divides her time between her mountain
retreat in northwest Colorado and a place on the
Arkansas River in Oklahoma.
The CMW, Inc. temporary
Brian Thomas/SO
SAT * . . . employment job fair Saturday
HOC A members to host blood drive The Charles Machine Works, Inc., worldwide
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Thursday, March 2
PHS play. Grease, 7 p.m., P High School
Auditorium.
Saturday, March 4
Auction, 1111 Hester, Stillwater, 10 am. Sell
ers: Mr. and Mrs. Bill Adler. Starling Miller
Real Estate & Auction.
PHS play, Grease, 7 p.m., Perry High School
Auditorium.
Sunday, March 5
Happy 3rd Birthday, Hadlee. From Mommy
& Daddy.
Monday, March 6
Happy Birthday, Lucille. Love, Leo.
Monday, March 6
City of Perry Council meeting, 7 p.m..
Council Chambers at City Hall, 622
Cedar street.
Relay for Life Cancer Survivor Pot-
Luck Dinner, 6 p.m. United Methodist
Church.
ifnE ErCHs
Tuesday, March 7
Rock Township RFD monthly meeting,
dinner at 6:30 pm., meeting, 7 p.m.. Rock
Fire Station.
Thursday, March 9
Perry’s "Great Big Band" concert, 7:30
p.m., Perry High School audito
num.
Saturday, March II
Happy Birthday, Angela. Love, Rufus.
Jessica, Mom and Dad
Today’s Prayer
They will perish...they will all wear out
like a garment...but you remain the same,
and your years will never end.
Philippians 2:9
Father, thank You for revealing to me that
spending time on a personal relationship
with Jesus Christ is the best investment
that 1 can make with my life. Only You do
not change and remain the same today,
tomorrow and forever. Your blessings are
sure.
Amen
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Brown, Gloria. Perry Daily Journal (Perry, Okla.), Vol. 114, No. 42, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 1, 2006, newspaper, March 1, 2006; Perry, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2260392/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.