Harroz, Titus charged in 2019 triple homicide

PATRICK FORD NEWS EDITOR Charges have been filed against two people in a 2019 triple homicide near Beggs. Okmulgee County District Attorney Carol Iski for- mally announced the charges last Thursday in a news conference. Barry Titus II and Keegan Harroz have been charged with three counts of first-degree murder and one count of first degree burglary in the September 7, 2019, incident. The victims were Tiffany Eichor and her parents, Jack and Evelyn (Kaye) Chandler, who were found in their home. Each victim was shot several times with at least two different caliber weapons by someone who had kicked in the front door, the district attorney stat- ed. A lengthy investigation by members of the District 25 Violent Crime Task Force, a collaboration of differ- ent law enforcement agencies in both Okmulgee and McIntosh Counties, led to the filing of the charges. During the press conference, the various factors leading up to the filings were outlined: • Investigation revealed there were reports of Titus PATRICK FORD | NEWS EDITOR District Attorney Carol Iski announced formal charges against two people in Eddy Rice, Chief Investigator Andy Blizzard and Okmulgee Police Chief Joe assaulting Tiffany on at least two previous occasions the triple homicide of three county residents during a press conference last Prentice. and felony charges were ending against him in rela- Thursday. Pictured with Iski are Luke Keck with the ATF, County Sheriff tion to one of those assaults. Further, court records revealed Tiffany had an active protective order against attorney, Keegan Kelley Harroz, who officers later near the home, in a car similar to one owned by Harroz. Titus. learned was also the wife of Barry Titus. Two people, one obviously a man, who was very tall • The attorney representing Titus in his felony case • Video from the scene showed two people came to and a person much shorter and smaller walked toward and his protective order case was Oklahoma City the victims’ home the night of the murder and parked SEE HOMICIDE, PAGE A8 County 911 dispatchers honored for hard work Rebate received from ACCO PATRICK FORD set aside to recognize and celebrate NEWS EDITOR the work of telecommunicators or dis- The week of April 11-17 has been de- patchers. clared National Safety Telecommunica- Without these people behind the tions Week by the Okmulgee County scenes, countless lives would have been Board of Commissioners. lost due to untimely assistance. During Monday’s meeting, Tim During the meeting, County Clerk Craighton, Okmulgee County 911 Cathi Murphy announced the county Communications director was recog- received a performance rebate for the nized and he thanked supervisor Chris- 2017-18 year for the ACCO Workers ta Walker and the 13 dispatchers of the Compensation Program. The rebate department for their hard work. from County Claims from the company “This is who really takes care of 911,” was $35,329.34. Craighton said regarding Walker and Agenda items discussed and approved the 911 staff. “We would like to say were: thank you to all of our amazing dis- • Blanket Purchase Orders - Dis- patchers, we couldn’t do our job with- trict 1, S&H Auto, parts and supplies PATRICK FORD | NEWS EDITOR out the amazing job you all do.” as needed, $1,000; District 1, Premiere Emergency Managment/911 Director Tim Craighton listens as 911 Communications Supervisor Christa Walker reads National Public Safety Telecommu- Truck Group, repairs, $27,094.37; Dis- a proclamation from the Okmulgee County Board of Commissioners declaring April 11-17 as National Public Safety nications Week is observed every sec- trict 2, Unifirst Holdings, uniforms as Telecommuniations Week. ond week in April. This week has been SEE COUNTY, PAGE A4 Outgoing Morris City Council members thanked Lease agreement disapproved during session PATRICK FORD “I will take a moment here and just extend an ex- Haworth has served on the council for 13 years. NEWS EDITOR pression of gratitude to Mrs. Carolyn Haworth and to The council was presented the monthly report of ac- Outgoing Morris City Council members Carolyn Ha- Wayne, who is not with us,” Mayor Jeremy Avery said, tivity from city departments. worth and Wayne Payne were thanked for their service “both of whom is their last meeting on the council after • Police - There were 16 tickets issues and two acci- during Monday’s meeting. years of service to the City of Morris.” SEE MORRIS, PAGE A2

ANTHONY NIETO | GENERAL MANAGER No Serious Injuries Reported in Single-Vehicle Crash Okmulgee police and first responders were called to a single vehicle crash on Monday. The wreck happened just shortly before 9 a.m. on Oklahoma between 4th and 6th Street. The vehicle was occupied by an unidentified woman and child. No serious injuries were reported.

A2 • Okmulgee Times OBITUARIES Wednesday, April 14, 2021

Alex Thomas Delson Jerry Dwayne McKee August 26, 1937 - April 10, 2021 December 21, 1951 - April 4, 2021 Alex Thomas Delso, Jerry Dwayne McKee left this life peacefully on 83, died peacefully in his April 4, 2021. Jerry was born on December 21, home Saturday, April 10, 1951, to Willie and Frances McKee in Morris. He 2021. Alex was born Au- married Martha Burtchett on April 21, 1972. gust 26, 1937, to Alex and Jerry worked as a heavy equipment operator Marguerite (Bowdler) throughout his life. He was a die-hard sports Delso. He lived in Dewar fan of the only teams of existence to him; OU, most of his life. He mar- Dallas Cowboys, and the Thunder. If he wasn’t ried Kathleen Thomas on watching his teams on T.V., he was listening to August 30, 1958, in Dew- the games on the radio. ar. He was a proud U.S. Jerry loved to attend all school events that his Veteran serving with the children, grandchildren, and great-grandchil- United States Marines. dren participated in. He loved his family more He served as a board member of the Dewar Public than anything. School and Council Member of the Town of Dewar. He is preceded in death by his parents. He is He was a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Freemason. survived by his soulmate of 49 years Martha; his He worked at PPG Industries for 16 years and later children Stacy and son-in-law Greg, Shannon enrolled as a student at OSU Okmulgee in 1974. He and daughter-in-law Angela, and son Scott. His became a Plumbing and Pipefitting Instructor at OSU six grandchildren, Kelsey and husband Bo, Trey, Okmulgee and taught for 20 years. Blaiklyn, Hayden, Jameson, and Rylee. His two Alex was preceeded in death by his parents; and one great-grandchildren, Brantley and Kaisyn. His brother, Daniel James Delso. brother Larry and Tammy Mckee; and brother Alex is survived by his wife, Kathleen, of 62 years. Kenneth McKee. Also surviving are three children, Thomas Wayne A memorial service will be held Friday, April Delso of Dewar, Alexia Kaye Bible and husband Den- 16, at 10 a.m. at the Second Baptist Church in nis of Morris, Roxanne Kathleen Delso of Dewar. Five Okmulgee. Flowers and/or condolences can be grandchildren, Laura Marquez and husband Reggie sent to the church Friday morning. of Park Hill, Heather Young and husband Morgan of Broken Arrow, Jesse Bible and wife Sarah of Council Hill, Jayme Sharp and husband Matt of Morris, Logan Robert Fox February 3, 1936 - April 9, 2021 Delso and wife Shelby of Dewar. COURTESY PHOTO Eleven great great-grandchildren, Luke Marquez, Carli and Chloe Young, Deklan, Liam and Turner Bi- Robert Fox, age 85, of Grayson, died Friday, ble, Easton and Peyton Sharp, Adelynn, Kyleigh and April 9, 2021, at the Porta Caeli House in Tulsa. Police Searching for Nova Delso; along with numerous nieces and neph- A Home Going Celebration will be conduct- ews. He is also survived by three sisters, Sandra Smith ed, Saturday, April 17, 2021, at 1 p.m. at Union Subject in Phone Theft and husband Van of Belton, Texas; Linda Huffman Baptist Church, Grayson, with the pastor, Rev. The Okmulgee PD is looking for help in identifying this person. On April 7, and husband Kenneth of Bryan, Texas; Anna Grady Jerrell Ivy, eulogizing. Interment will follow in around 11:30 a.m., this subject walked into a business and asked to use the and husband Dwight of Prague. Grayson cemetery. Visitation, Friday, April 16, phone to call for a ride. After making his call, he walked out of the estab- in House of Winn-Okmulgee Chapel during the lishment without returning the phone. If you can identify the person in the At Alex’s request, the casket will remain closed with picture, please call 918-756-3511 and speak with Detective Cantrell. no public viewing. hours of 1-5 p.m. Services will be livestreamed of Graveside services are private with immediate fam- Facebook. Masks are mandatory at all services. ily only. The family has been cared for by House of Winn In memory of Alex Delso, please donate to St. Jude Funeral Home-Okmulgee. or a charity of your choice. An online guestbook is available at www.integrityfu- Kathryn Sue Serrato FFA plant sales neralservice.com. August 30, 1946 - April 12, 2021 Kathryn Sue Serrato, age 74, passed from this Loretta Fay Danker life on April 12, 2021, in Morris. She was born Au- being held by September 9, 1942 - April 7, 2021 gust 30, 1946, to Walter Theodore McFarlan and Loretta Fay Danker, a resident of Morris, died Pauline Mae (Vaughn) McFarlan. A funeral ser- Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in Tulsa, at the age of 78. vice will be held at 10 a.m. Friday, April 16, 2021, She was born September 9, 1942, in Waldron, Arkan- at the McClendon-Winters Funeral Home Chapel county program sas to George Young & Jewel (Slate) Young. with interment following at Salt Creek Cemetery Memorial Services for Loretta will be held at 2:00 in Wilson. Arrangements have been entrusted to Plant lovers around the porch pots (2-3 different p.m. Thursday, April 15, 2021, at Integrity Funeral McClendon-Winters Funeral Home of Okmul- county have several op- plants in each), sweet Service Chapel with Rev. Ryan Wells officiating. gee. Memories, condolences, photos and videos portunities this week to potato vine (several va- Arrangements are under the direction of Integrity may be shared with the family on Kathy’s Tribute purchase a vast variety of rieties), marigolds, citro- Funeral Service of Henryetta. Page at www.mcclendon-winters.com. plants from several high nella, Black-eyed Susan, school FFA programs bedding petunias, vari- holding plant sales this ous other bedding plants, week. tomato plants, pepper The Okmulgee FFAplants and possibly other plant sale will be held garden plants. Blood drives planned in area on Friday and Saturday The Wilson-Henryetta from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. FFA Plant Sale continues Hospital blood usage has surged nearly 10 percent for planned and routine medical care. Trauma-related at the AgEd building today, in addition to two over previous levels, as the community moved into blood needs have also increased dramatically, as Okla- (610 North Central Ave- days next week, April 19 COVID recovery mode, according to the Oklahoma homans return to vigorous spring activities and travel. nue). Proceeds from the and 21, from 3-5:30 p.m. Blood Institute. The local blood supply typically operates at a three- sale will be used to pur- There is a variety of Blood donors are needed immediately to respond. day supply, but the surge in demand has lowered levels chase classroom and lab hanging baskets with There are several blood donation events planned for to a one-day supply. Recent vaccination efforts have also materials for the AgEd flowering and fern plants, Okmulgee County: challenged giving levels, as some donors mistakenly be- program and FFA chap- and lots of vegetables in- • Green Country Technology Center - April 14, 7:30 lieve they can’t donate after receiving their COVID-19 ter. cluding tomatoes, pep- a.m. to 2:30 p.m. vaccine. The Beggs FFA Plant pers, squash, cucumbers • Preston Public School - April 21, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. While COVID-19 vaccines aren’t required to donate, Sale is today from 4-7 and egg plants. • Wilson Schools - April 21, 12 noon to 4 p.m. those who have been vaccinated can donate immedi- p.m., at the Beggs Ag- All of the students have • Muscogee Creek Nation Medical Center - April 28, ately, if they’re feeling well. ricultural Education worked hard to make this 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Blood donation takes about an hour and can save up Teaching Greenhouse. a successful fundraiser March was the highest distribution of certain blood to three lives. About 1,200 donors are generally needed Those attending will for their various pro- products in the 44-year history of OBI. each day to ensure a healthy blood supply. Donors can have the opportunity to gram, and your support The dramatic increase in hospital usage comes at a make appointments to donate at obi.org or walk-in to choose from 100 hang- is appreciated. time when local patients return to the medical system any mobile blood drive or donation center to give. ing baskets, 40 sit-down

returned between April 16-23. been doing the past few weeks.” Joe Watts expressed concerns to the MORRIS Bids were accepted for replacement of “Mr. Hackney has been putting in quite council stating the access to property CONTINUED FROM A1 a sewer main replacement in the alley a few hours these past few weeks,” Mayor owned by Watts was being restricted by dents. behind the post office and ending -be Avery said. the Lawsons. • Fire - During March, the city depart- hind the Morris Community Center. It A proposed lease agreement on city- During Monday’s meeting, Coun- ment worked one vehicle accident. On is an 8” line, with six taps. One bid was owned property on Massingale Road cilmember Jennifer Simmons felt it the rural side, the department had four submitted from Tru-Flo Plumbing in the was brought before the board. would not be in the city’s best interest to EMS assist, one first response, two false amount of $33,500. In February, property owners Jamai- enter into the lease agreement, and made alarms, one animal rescue, eight grass The bid for the asphalt overlay for that ca and Tracy Lawson, approached the a motion to disapprove it. After a second fires, and one vehicle fire. 350 ft. project, including road crossing, council about a resolution to a situation on the motion, and a council vote, the • Morris Public Works Authority - was submitted for $9,450. involving a neighbor accessing the Law- lease agreement was disapproved. MPWA representative Taylor Hackney The cemetary cleanup project is report- son’s driveway and private property to The council also Ordinance 324-20 for reported during the month of March, edly underway. Of the 11 trouble spots, get to the adjacent residence. the Fair Housing Ordinance, necessary there were two leaks repaired, three there are only three left to be completed. The property in question leads to the to apply and obtain Community Devel- taps installed, one drain was opened “I speak for the all the councilmembers city’s youth sports complex. opment Block Grants. and closed, one sewer main jetted, 14 here,” Councilmember Jerome Dugas At that time, council members pon- No questions or comments were made work orders were completed; two fire said. dered whether to sell the property or if on the proposed budget. hyrdrants flushed by MPWA, no pot “We really appreciate the report that some type of lease agreement would be The Morris Public Works Authority holes were filled. Special projects - back- you made. Thank you for doing that … I possible. meeting was also held Monday evening, hoe was sent off for repair, expected to be want to commend you on what you have During the March meeting, resident covering a short agenda.

Wednesday, April 14, 2021 NEWS Okmulgee Times • A3 MCN announces new Mobile Health Vaccine Delivery for rural and underserved areas Advance appointments will not be required for COVID-19 vaccines The Muscogee (Creek) Nation De- ical conditions,” Shawn Terry, Secretary partment of Health (MCNDH) contin- of Health for the Muscogee (Creek) ues to invest in rural healthcare with the Nation, said. “These factors, combined recent purchase of two mobile health with a lack of access to intensive care units. The units will deliver lifesaving beds, mean that tribal citizens and ru- COVID-19 vaccines to both Natives ral Oklahomans are disproportionately and the general public in rural and un- suffering from COVID-19. We are com- derserved areas. mitted to removing vaccine disparities MCNDH will travel throughout the within our Reservation boundaries and Muscogee Reservation in communi- protecting the people within the com- ties like Holdenville, Muskogee, Cowe- munities we serve.” ta, Checotah, Bristow and Cromwell. Named “Little Caretaker on the Go” Advance appointments will not be re- and “Medicine Runner,” the mobile quired. The list of vaccination events units will deliver COVID-19 vaccines can be found at creekhealth.org/covid- directly to people in communities that vaccine, and will be updated frequently. historically lack access to medical ser- “Studies show rural areas have been vices. They will also be deployed to heavily impacted by the virus because tribal communal events and gatherings, COURTESY PHOTO residents are statistically older and have such as wild onion dinners. Muscogee (Creek) Nation healthcare workers vaccinate individuals at the Springfield United Methodist Church at a a higher prevalence of underlying med- SEE MCN, PAGE A4 carry-out, wild onion dinner in Okemah on Saturday, April 3.

COURTESY PHOTOS Promotions Announced at OFD

The Okmulgee Fire Department announced promotions within the ranks this month. Paul Fowler (right photos), who has served the Okmulgee Community for the past 30 years, was promoted to Battalion Chief on April 1. Greg Carmack (left photos), who has been serving as a Okmulgee Fire Department Lieutenant, was promoted to Captain on Monday, April 12. Both men take great pride in serving those in the Okmulgee Community and are very deserving of their recent promotions.

A4 • Okmulgee Times COMMUNITY Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Funds continue to increase for Okmulgee County Veterans Memorial

American Legion Post 10 recently donated $1,500 towards the construction of the Okmulgee County Veterans Memorial. The monument will be located on the grounds of the Okmulgee County Courthouse. Present at the regular monthly meeting of Post 10 to accept the donation was Christie Baldridge, Executive Director for the Deep Fork Community Action Foun- dation, Inc. and Project Leader, Tom Payne. Deep Fork Community Action Foundation, Inc agreed in 2019 to sponsor the long needed memorial at the request of Tom Payne. All donations for the memorial are tax exempt and maintained in a separate account for identification at a local bank. The large granite memorial is estimated to cost less than $50,000 and thus far some $33,000 has been re- ceived. Payne also announced to the Post 10 members the planned dedication ceremony will be this year’s Veterans Day on Nov. 11 at 11 a.m. The Memorial was the idea of Tom Payne, an Ok- COURTESY PHOTOS mulgee High School graduate of 1960, who is a mem- American Legion Post 10 Commander Richard Raby, second from right, County Courthouse. Joining them are members of American Legion Post 10, ber of Post 10, and a two-tour veteran of Vietnam with presents a check to Thomas Payne, that will be used for the building of along with Christie Baldridge, executive director for Deep Fork Community the U.S. Army. the County Veterans Memorial, to be located on the lawn of the Okmulgee Action Foundation, Inc.

Veterans from American Legion Post 10.

MCN and get their COVID-19 vaccination.” tions events. MCNDH recently adminis- The tribe recently added the one-dose tered nearly 2,500 first-dose Pfizer vaccines CONTINUED FROM A1 Janssen/Johnson & Johnson vaccine for at Tulsa’s Expo Square to both Native Amer- “Most of the wild onion dinners this year populations who might not be able to return icans and non-Natives. More information on are drive-through events,” Rhonda Beaver, for a second dose. To-date, the Muscogee the Tribe’s COVID-19 response is available Chief Administrative Officer for MCNDH, (Creek) Nation has administered more at creekhealth.org/covid. said. “We are making it convenient for at- than 27,000 first and second dose vaccines tendees to pick up a traditional to-go meal through its clinics and large-scale vaccina-

COUNTY reira, receiving. mondson, receiving. Director Tim Craighton complete. District 2 - David Walk- Emergency Manage- also informed the board Craighton encourages CONTINUED FROM A1 er, requisitioning; Jean ment - Ron Ballard, req- that the Forestry Service everyone to use extreme needed $700; District 2, Gouthier and Charles uisitioning; Tim Craigh- has been in the coun- caution since the fire RPI, parts and supplies as Mohmeyer, receiving. ton and Dawn Longan, ty several times over the danger is still there. needed, $1,000. District 3 - James Con- receiving. past few weeks assisting • Invitation to Bid #22 nors, requisitioning; Lin- Okmulgee County with fires, which are still for District 1 to purchase da Smith and Jimmy Ed- Emergency Management ongoing, but are almost by sealed bids a 2019 or newer conventional day cab truck. • District Attorney’s Of- fice Expenditures in the amount of $805.22. The history of National Public • Service Agreement be- tween Okmulgee Coun- ty and Oklahoma State University for IT services Safety Telecommunications Week including maintenance National Public Safety Telecom- answered during business hours. feature, a long-time dispatcher, for the Okmulgee County munications Week was founded At that time, it was a practice to Patricia Anderson walked over Assessor’s Office. to honor the telecommunication forward all administration lines to to the administration side to give • Declaration of Sur- personnel dedicating their lives to dispatch after business hours, but Sheriff Rainey an earful of what plus: Commissioner’s public safety. the day Sheriff Rainy bought them the dispatchers had gone through Office, window A/C How did National Public Safety lunch, the whole administration for two hours straight. unit; District 2, window Telecommunications Week come pushed their calls to dispatch at 11 An hour later, on the same day, A/C unit, HP computer about: a.m. and recklessly left the build- a sheepish Sheriff Rainey walked and monitor; 1994 GMC It was a local initiative that was ing. into the dispatch department with pickup, 2005 GMC Sierra initially set up in 1981 by Patricia The dispatchers were shocked a giant cake decorated with the truck, 2003 Chevy truck, Anderson of Contra Costa Coun- to receive a higher-than-usual words “Happy Dispatcher Week,” and a 1999 Dodge truck. ty, which later went on to become volume of calls. The supervisor launching an initiative that has Requisitioning/Receiv- a nationwide, week-long event. called the admin department to now culminated into National ing Officers for several There’s quite an interesting find out what the problem was, Public Safety Telecommunica- departments were an- backstory that marked the es- only to have the call routed back tions Week. nounced: tablishment of the week. It goes to him because all of them had President Bill Clinton signed the District 1 - Ron Ballard, something like this: Sheriff Rain- gone out for a feast! Angered, the proclamation in 1991 declaring requisitioning; Jessica ey of the Contra Costa County supervisor sent a dispatcher to the the second week of April as Na- Creason and Ernie Fer- wanted to treat all his administra- admin department to see what tional Public Safety Telecommu- tive staff (then called secretaries) was going on, who came back to nications Week to lunch one afternoon, to show tell the supervisor that the entire appreciation for their work, but building was vacant. Although Information from nationaltoday. did not realize that the adminis- the staff came back at 1 p.m. and com tration’s lines should never go un- disconnected the auto-forward

Wednesday, April 14, 2021 COLUMNS & OPINION Okmulgee Times • A5 This Shucking Legislature...

time and money to educate citizens about the change. bill that died earlier. “Frustration” does not adequately In the past, only the most extreme situations when express our feeling over losing a bill which could help a large majority of lawmakers agreed to contend with save young lives. something emergent was shucking employed, and We ask lawmakers to resist the temptation to “shuck” rarely on something controversial. One example hap- bills with noble ideas in the rush to resurrect dead pened in 1999 when the entire Legislature agreed to bills, worthy or not. Instead, we ask they work with appropriate emergency funds to help recover from a each other to find bills more in line with the original devastating tornado. This bipartisan effort to strip lan- concept and file a germane amendment, or work with guage from another bill and allocate emergency funds House and Senate leaders who can file bills anytime for aid was justified. through a relatively new process allowed under cur- We are going to “get in the weeds” this week on a rule Another happened in 2010 on a tort reform com- rent rules. once rigidly followed in the Oklahoma Legislature. promise to allow for “loser pays” legislation when We asked lawmakers to restore the original Emer- In prior years when a bill was cast aside, not consid- that portion was left out of the primary bill. A bill was gency Action Plan language, and fortunately they did, ered in committee or not brought up in a legislative shucked to complete the agreement. although placing it in House Bill 1801. OICA strongly chamber, that was it – the bill was dead. This year, law- This year, much of the shucking puts language into supports House Bill 1801 that will, as amended, help makers are using a practice called “shucking” to resur- a different title of state law; normally not allowed be- save students’ lives in classrooms and at sporting ac- rect ideas that failed to advance. cause such an amendment is not “germane.” Amend- tivities. “Shucking” is not a typo or mispronounced dirty ments containing subject matter not adequately relat- word. “Shucking” is a process the 2019 Oklahoma ed to the subject of the measure under consideration About OICA: The Oklahoma Institute for Child Ad- House of Representatives Legislative Manual called “a are ruled “non-germane” and are not allowed unless vocacy was established in 1983 by a group of citizens measure which has been so greatly changed from its two-thirds of lawmakers vote to suspend the rules. seeking to create a strong advocacy network that would original subject the current language bears no relation Even amendments in the same title of law can be provide a voice for the needs of children and youth in to the original.” non-germane if they are not close to the same concept Oklahoma, particularly those in the state’s care and Historically, lawmakers and legislative observers as the original bill. those growing up amid poverty, violence, abuse and ne- frown upon shucking. It is bad practice, allowing ideas A bill was “shucked” last week OICA strongly sup- glect, disparities, or other situations that put their lives to avoid public scrutiny by skipping steps in the leg- ported. A good potential law was replaced with some- and future at risk. Our mission statement: “Creating islative process. It makes it difficult for advocates to thing that had nothing to do with the bill except both awareness, taking action and changing policy to im- follow an idea when a bill is publicized by its number dealt with schools. prove the health, safety, and well-being of Oklahoma’s to identify merits and it suddenly becomes something Advocates interested in the original bill supported children.” completely different. This is confusing and frustrating the work done by the bill’s author and were caught off- for those not watching the process closely; it also costs guard when it was gutted with language from another DNA tests make racial heritage undeniable

when he finds out. Please help. -- THE TRUTH IN should have done well over a decade ago. Talk with THE MIDWEST her and ask why she persists in doing something she knows annoys you. Is she intellectually challenged? DEAR TRUTH: If your children have questions, an- Forgetful? From where I sit, it seems like a passive-ag- swer them honestly. Do not jump the gun and render gressive attempt to get your goat. any opinions about their grandmother and her choic- es. I’m sure you had your reasons for testing your chil- DEAR ABBY: I am five years sober after 35-plus dren’s DNA. As to how to deal with your ex’s reaction years of drinking. I have recently gotten married and to the fact that you did, let it be his problem. Do not plan a small celebration once COVID-19 slows some allow him to make it yours. more. I’m not comfortable serving alcohol at my wed- DEAR ABBY: My ex-husband was the product of ding since most of my friends are in the AA fellow- an extramarital, interracial relationship. Both of the DEAR ABBY: My husband and I have been married ship. But I am also around people who drink respon- parents who raised him are white, and he has always for 20 years. I have used my maiden name since we sibly, including my new wife. Any help is appreciated. denied he was biracial despite the obvious physical were married. His daughter still insists on addressing -- SERVING ALCOHOL characteristics that say otherwise. mail to me using my husband’s last name, even though Our two beautiful teenage children were raised to I have never used it and have signed documents for DEAR SERVING: If the majority of your guests will believe they are white. We recently took ancestry tests, her using my correct name. be members of the AA fellowship, I see no reason why and what I believed to be true has been confirmed. My I have asked him to remind his daughter what my you can’t have a sober celebration. If the number is children have 25% African DNA. name is. He is very sensitive to anything construed as about equal, however, it would be gracious to have al- For this reason, since our divorce, my children have criticism of his daughter, so I need to know of a diplo- cohol for those who indulge, while providing a gen- been raised to be open-minded on the subject of race. matic way to ask again. -- NOT MY NAME IN THE erous array of alternatives for yourself and your AA Because of this, I don’t believe they will struggle with WEST friends. the new information. However, I am concerned about the questions they will ask, how much information to DEAR NOT MY NAME: Do not ask your husband Copyright 2021 Uexpress give them about their grandmother’s choices and how to do what you need to do. Are you at all close to his to deal with their father, who I know will be furious daughter? The time has come to do something you

It is that season! There are lots of unwanted kittens and puppies. How do we stop this? Spay and neuter. Please contact us before this becomes an issue with Animal Control at 918-756-3511. other dogs, kids, but not sure about cats. He is a super you. We offer a low cost program for anyone making Cissy is an approximately 4-months-old Gray Tabby smart guy, learns fast, and is crate trained. under $35,000 a year. Your cost could be anywhere mix that needs a foster or forever home. She is good Momma Mia raised five kittens who have mostly all from $25 to $75. with other cats and very playful. Adoption fee covers been adopted. Now it is her turn. She is a young Tabby Our office is open Monday - Friday from 9 a.m. - 12 all her medical bills. Email us for an application at ok- mix, good with all, even dogs. noon. mhumsoc@sbcglobal. At the city pound is a sweet girl found on North Diesel is in foster care, and is one heck of a pup. He Okmulgee Humane Society • 918-759-2000 Oklahoma St. If she belongs to you, please contact is a 7-month-old Husky/ Shep mix. He is good with all Therapeutic Foster Care changes the world, one child at a time AMANDA MARTINDALE facility and had devel- tution instead of a family haviors meant to drive intensive services - week- THERAPEUTIC FOSTER PARENT oped negative coping and not having even one you away) brought about ly family and individual During my music thera- mechanisms due to their consistent parent could significant changes, even therapy for the child, an py internship at a state fa- life experiences. No one do to a person’s psyche? It healing. As soon as I on-call team of therapists cility for teens and adults had taught them how to turns out, it gives you no learned about Therapeu- to help in times of crisis, with mental illnesses, process their emotions way to learn about love tic Foster Care (TFC), I monthly respite to give I learned many of the or trauma, which would and respect for others. knew I wanted to be in- tired foster parents time adults we served with- come out in explosive I decided I wanted volved. to rejuvenate, and trau- in the facility, who were tantrums. Like my adult to make a difference TFC serves children ma-based trainings to there largely because they patients, they also had no and break this cycle. I in loving home settings help parents understand had been charged with one in their lives who was saw trying to under- instead of institutions, why children have devel- crimes, shared the foster there just for them, but stand the “why” behind equipping foster par- oped these negative cop- care experience of my Amanda Martindale only staff who went home their coping mecha- ents to help children ing mechanisms and help teens. at the end of each shift. nisms, connecting and work through the trau- reframe them in a more Most of my teens had different placements by Can you imagine what showing unconditional ma they’ve experienced. positive way. been through about 14 the time they got to our being raised in an insti- love (especially after be- TFC homes receive more SEE FOSTER CARE, PAGE A6

A6 • Okmulgee Times RELIGION Wednesday, April 14, 2021

St. Michael Catholic Church way of living as brothers and sisters of a caring family. cannot go to Him on our knees. 3rd Sunday of Easter Maybe, it is too big a risk. How can we be sure it is not Grace - just what is it? It’s the thing in which we are (Act. 2:14, 28/1 Peter 1:17-21/Luke 24:13-35) all an illusion? Today’s Gospel assures us if we share so sadly lacking but which is God’s entire being. It’s On the third Sunday of Easter, the Church again in- our bread with the hungry and shelter the homeless, forgiveness that is neither deserved nor asked for. It’s vites us to hear another story about Jesus Christ ap- we still meet and recognize him through the bread we love when we’re unlovable and incapable of giving pearing to other Disciples after his Resurrection from do. it. It’s light when we feel like we’re in the deepest, dark- the Dead! Only God can do it! The story is told on the Like the men in today’s gospel, we too are on a jour- est pits of hell. It is that which God gives so freely. road to Emmaus. ney of life. Our real home, lasting home is with our No matter how blackened we think we may have On Easter Sunday evening, two disciples of Jesus loving Father in Heaven. Also like the two men, we made our soul, our Father still has grace enough to ac- were returning to their village. They were filled with can lose our perspective while away from home. We knowledge us, recognize us, have pity on us, and save sadness because the man on whom they had pinned can get out of touch with reality, lost in the distraction us. So, when we are told to go boldly before Him, that their hopes had been executed! They felt hopeless. of every life, and become confused and discouraged. is an open invite which requires no RSVP. There is no On the way back to their village, the risen Lord Je- We need our own personal Emmaus, a place where we expiration date except at our last breath. sus joined with them, explained the Bible to them, can get things straightened out again. We need God And just exactly when do we need the Lord’s opened their eyes to understand the scriptures. They and our brothers and sisters on our journey of life. We help? Sure, in sickness, in scary situations, in times finally invited him to have a small dinner with them support each other. We need our faith to trust Jesus of crisis. But what about “I Need Thee Every Hour?” because the sun set. He broke the bread… From this who is truly only one God now and forever. Those words hold more truth than we can imagine un- way, they opened their eyes and recognized Jesus, the Lord Jesus, give us the hope in You. til we actually begin to make ourselves notice just how Risen Lord who accompanied them on the road. They Religious Classes: 10 a.m. much He actually moves in our lives. Make it a hab- immediately went back to Jerusalem to tell their fellow Sunday Mass: 11 a.m. it to look around for all those unexpected times God friends and told them they met Jesus... Welcome all of you spares you, lifts you up, blesses you. Every hour? You The gospel today gives us hope to live. Many of bet! us have spent years with Jesus’ accompaniment and Henryetta First Christian Church So yes, boldly go before the Lord. Seek His mercy, service. Sometimes, we could lose hope in him. The Sunday School begins at 9 a.m. followed by worship His forgiveness, His grace. Then expect a miracle, be- world does not seem to have changed because of our service at 10 a.m. Come join us for worship! Every- cause that’s how He works. prayers, our works. He does not seem to have lifted one is welcome and invited to attend. Henryetta First our burdens perhaps. Some may feel Jesus has forgot- Christian Church is located at 412 N. 5th Street. Eastside Baptist Church ten us or he is not listening to our prayers! We may be “Boldly Go” by Mary Morris 3rd & Osage afraid to place our hope in him again, afraid to risk “Therefore, let us approach the throne of grace with Join Eastside Baptist Church and Pastor Marcus Jef- the foolhardiness of total commitment to him as Lord. boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace frey with services Sunday morning at 11 a.m. Wednes- We want to run away from the niggling message he to help us in time of need. (Hebrews 4:16)” day Bible Study is at 6 p.m. and Weekly Encourage- has truly risen to a new life and is calling us to a new We are never so far removed from God’s grace we ment is Monday, Wednesday and Friday. How would you pray that God be with you like Jabez prayed?

lives to destroy. ing God’s will is sensing his pleasure in the use of a The Apostle Peter wrote we should cast all our cares special gift or talent. Sometimes, God may call you to on the Lord because he cares for us. He warned we lay down a gift for greater service, but often, he will should be alert because our adversary, the devil, is like use your giftedness for his glory. The key to handling a roaring lion seeking to devour our lives (I Peter 5:7- your gifts properly is to keep their source before you 10). We can resist fear and worry by looking to the at all times. Lord for our strength instead of our abilities, things A short prayer from Callie, 9, sounds as if it could or people. have come from the mouth of Eric Liddell: “Show me “I would ask God to help me win races against big- your will and your power so that I may be like you.” ger kids,” says Joseph, 7. Think about this: Every child of God who loves the “I would pray that God’s hand be with me when I am In the 1924 Paris Olympics, a Scot stood on the plat- Lord Jesus and experiences his presence has nothing hunting or fishing, or maybe when my sister is driv- form to receive a gold medal in the 400-meter race. to fear. ing,” says Jacob, 10. The strange thing was he didn’t train for the 400 me- Memorize this truth: “Be anxious for nothing, but in A sister with a heavy foot can do wonders for a guy’s ters and hadn’t planned to run in it. The preliminary everything by prayer and supplication, with thanks- prayer life. Shelby, 6, has a similar prayer: “When I’m heats for his race, the 100 meters, were on Sunday. He giving, let your requests be made known to God; and driving with Mommy, please keep me safe.” withdrew from the race because competing on Sun- the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, All drivers with child passengers should remem- day violated his convictions. Instead, he ran and set a will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Je- ber their precious cargo could be praying they’ll slow record in the 400 meters. He also ran in the 200-meter sus” (Philippians 4:6-7). down. Give your guardian angels a little rest. race and won a bronze medal. Ask this question: Are you enjoying God’s presence “I would want God to be with me when I go upstairs “Chariots of Fire,” which won several Academy and the sense that God is with you? all by myself,” says Brandon, 6. Awards, captures the drama and excitement of this You never know what’s lurking in closets, under beds true story. It shows how Eric Liddell struggled with Kids Talk About God is designed for families to study and behind curtains. God’s presence can protect you whether he should run at all. Liddell knew God had the Bible together. Research shows that parents who from the biggest, baddest monsters you’ve ever imag- called him to serve as a missionary to China, but he study the Bible with their children give their character, ined. No monster would dare show his green, slimy also knew God gave him the ability to run fast. In the faith and spiritual life a powerful boost. To receive Kids face when God is with you. movie, he said he felt God’s pleasure when he ran. Talk About God three times a week in a free email sub- Brandon, when you get older, the monsters don’t In real life, Liddell said: “To give up running is to scription, visit www.KidsTalkAboutGod.org/email. disappear. They just change shapes. The monster hold Him in contempt. To win is to honor Him.” called Fear has an insatiable appetite. He has a mon- Liddell saw running as part of his missionary ser- Copyright 2021 Carey Kinsolving ster cousin called Worry. They’re always looking for vice, which he later completed in China. Part of know- COLUMNS & OPINION Budget Breakdown

SEN. ROGER THOMPSON qualified Oklahoma expenditures, for a total of 37%. tion this rebate made possible, “Killers of the Flow- SENATE APPROPRIATIONS CHAIR The program also has several requirements in place er Moon,” this represents a $120 million investment For years, we’ve worked to expand and grow Okla- to protect our state’s investments. The production in our state. “American Underdog: The Kurt Warner homa’s economy. We’re still very much an oil and gas company must provide proof of complete financ- Story,” just wrapped production. Disney and FX shot state and we will continue to be. Aerospace is our ing prior to beginning principal photography. Proof a pilot near Okmulgee for a new series called “Reser- number two leading economic generator and agricul- that 50% of funding is in place is due 60 days prior vation Dogs,” directed and co-written by Oklahoma ture remains a top economic driver. But as we contin- to the start of principal photography, and proof that filmmaker Sterlin Harjo. I’m sure there will be a lot of ue efforts to diversify our economy, the film industry complete funding is in place is due 30 days after that. interest in the film “Reagan,” another major motion has become increasingly important to Oklahoma and Film and television projects are required to include a picture that now has Oklahoma ties. is still growing. We’ve attracted independent projects screen credit to the Oklahoma Film and Music Office, These companies hire Oklahoma carpenters, electri- and larger studio-backed films and TV series, with ti- and the final rebate applications must be accompanied cians, caterers, costumers, hair and make-up artists, tles I’m sure many of you will recognize. They include by a certified public accountant’s report, prepared at medics, security and more. The productions not only films like “I Can Only Imagine,” “American Under- the expense of the applicant, attesting the amounts in employ Oklahomans, but they buy products here, rent dog,” and most recently, “Killers of the Flower Moon,” the application are qualified Oklahoma expenditures office buildings and houses, and provide business to as well as series like “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” that comply with the requirements of the program’s local hotels and restaurants. “American Gods,” and “Reservation Dogs.” administrative rules. We’re also seeing an increase of home-grown film With our diverse geography and natural beauty, our The film rebate program will sunset in 2027, which and TV production companies. There’s Green Pas- modern skylines and historic, territorial era architec- means without review and reauthorization, it will end, tures Studio, with multiple sound stages - they’re also ture, we have much to offer, and we further capitalize so between now and then we will continue to look at training people to work in the industry. Also there’s on that through our Oklahoma Film Enhancement the numbers to ensure we’re getting the biggest bang Castle Row Studios in Del City, started by two OSU Rebate Program. This incentive program offers a cash for our buck. As with any incentive, the goal is the graduates who learned their trade in New York and rebate of 35% to 37%. The rebate currently has an $8 economic benefit to Oklahoma exceeds the invest- California and now they’ve come back and invested million rolling cap per fiscal year, which runs from July ment. We not only want to bring film productions to more than $2 million in this recording and post-pro- 1 through June 30. This program has been renewed our state, but we also want to encourage industry de- duction business. Prairie Surf Media has leased the through 2027. There is no per-project cap, but each velopment here on a permanent basis. old COX Convention Center in downtown OKC and production must have a minimum budget of $50,000 So, what do we get for that $8 million investment? has created five sound stages for film and television with at least $25,000 in qualified Oklahoma spending. In Fiscal Year 2020, productions spent over $32.8 mil- productions. Rebate funds are pre-qualified for eligible applicants lion directly on Oklahoma crews and vendors, with It’s really an exciting time to be in Oklahoma. The on a first-come, first-served basis. The rebate offers a 3,960 jobs created for Oklahoma residents. In the cur- rebate program created by the Legislature is attract- base percentage of 35% on qualified Oklahoma ex- rent fiscal year, it’s estimated the 33 film and television ing big film and TV productions, and the Oklahoma penditures. However, if a minimum of $20,000 is productions utilizing the state’s incentive program Film and Music Office is doing a fabulous job. Film spent on music that has been recorded in Oklahoma will create 10,218 local jobs, with a direct fiscal impact and music are alive and well and growing in our state. by an Oklahoman or on Oklahoma music production of $161.7 million. And keep your eyes open - you never know if you may costs, an additional 2% is added to the total rebate on Just looking at the most recent major film produc- see a TV or movie star at your local ice cream shop.

Wednesday, April 14, 2021 RELIGION Okmulgee Times • A7

Okmulgee Indian Baptist APOSTOLIC W Eufaula • Okmulgee NAZARENE Apostolic Church of Jesus Christ Church of the Nazarene Preston First Baptist Church 700 S Liberty • Okmulgee 711 N Okmulgee • Okmulgee 918-756-5979 918-756-2662 918-756-3359 Second Baptist Church Apostolic Life Church 1103 N Alabama • Okmulgee 1512 E 13th • Okmulgee PENTECOSTAL 918-756-0313 Southside Baptist Church Abundant Life PH 918-756-2065 Greater Praise & Worship Center 10094 Leanard • Okmulgee 918-650-0232 13425 Loop 56 • Okmulgee St. Matthews Baptist Church 918-756-0965 1001 E Chicago • Okmulgee The Refuge Okmulgee Jesus Is Lord Apostolic Trinity Baptist Church 1206 W 5th • Okmulgee 918-756-2442 • www.therefuge.us 14th & Oklahoma • Okmulgee West of Morris on Hwy 62 918-733-2746 United Pentecostal Mount Calvary Miracle Temple 608 W Ozard • Morris 1004 N Osage • Okmulgee Twin Hills Baptist Church 918-733-2610 918-756-1648 20200 Hwy 16 • Okmulgee New Life Apostolic Church PRESBYTERIAN 4900 N Wood • Okmulgee CATHOLIC First Presbyterian Church 918-756-5983 St. Anthony’s Catholic Church 401 S Seminole • Okmulgee 515 S Morton • Okmulgee ASSEMBLY OF GOD 918-756-4385 SEVENTH DAY ADVENTISTS Compass Assembly of God Uganda Martyrs Marantha Seventh Day 13425 Loop 56 • Okmulgee 806 E 3rd • Okmulgee 1213 E Chicago • Okmulgee 918-756-0965 918-756-4385 918-521-0482 First Assembly of God Okmulgee Seventh Day 4th & Seminole • Okmulgee CHRISTIAN Hwy 62 • 3 miles east of Okmulgee 918-756-0203 First Christian Church 8th & Seminole • Okmulgee First Assembly of God (Beggs) 918-756-0994 OTHER 400 E Main • Beggs Bald Hill Community Church 918-267-4407 First Christian Church (Morris) N 280 & Bald Hill 3rd & Peoria • Morris First Grace Assembly Beggs House of Prayer 716 N Taft • Okmulgee Love International Christian Ministry Broadway & 1st • Beggs 918-756-6544 710 N Hillman • Okmulgee 918-756-2682 The Church Morris Assembly of God 2501 E 2nd • Okmulgee 206 N Hughes • Morris Osage Avenue Christian Church 918-733-4200 1101 E Smith • Okmulgee Church of the Living God Preston Assembly of God Town & Country Christian Church Temple 94 • 1100 N Osage • Okmulgee 918-756-2724 14030 Celia Berryhill • Okmulgee 1160 E 13th • Okmulgee 918-845-3919 South of cemetary • 918-756-6107 Church of the Living God 1301 W Eufaula • Okmulgee BAPTIST CHURCH OF CHRIST 918-756-9539 Belvin Baptist Church Church of Christ Church on the Move South 320 N Mission • Okmulgee 3rd & Comanche • Okmulgee Glenpool Conference Center 918-582-9535 • 918-906-4986 918-990-0215 Compassion & Love Outreach Calvary Baptist Eastside Church of Christ 103 E 9th • Beggs 801 N Miami • Okmulgee 1327 E 13th • Okmulgee Conversion Ministry 918-756-4887 918-756-6737 1330 E MLK • Okmulgee Grand Ave. Church of Christ Cane Creek Baptist Cornerstone Foursquare Boynton, OK 318 S Grand • Okmulgee 617 N Oklahoma • Okmulgee 918-756-7462 Central First Baptist 918-756-4787 Southside Church of Christ 521 N Central • Okmulgee Freedom Is Just a Click Away 918-756-0578 15th & Rogers • Okmulgee www.godsgatheringplace.org 918-756-6142 Clearview Baptist Church 918-815-9476 16950 Loop 56 • Okmulgee House of Fire 918-230-6710 CHURCH OF GOD 729 S Chickashaw • Okmulgee Church of God of Prophecy Cotton Creek Baptist 918-756-5557 1st & Cherokee • Beggs Boynton & Morris House of Prayer 918-441-3388 Eastside Church of God in Christ 1015 N Wood • Okmulgee 1500 E McLagan • Okmulgee Crossroads Baptist Church 918-756-6471 918-756-2811 6962 Happy Camp • Beggs Jesus More Than Enough 918-267-4720 Mt. Zion Church of God in Christ 714 W 16th • Okmulgee 707 N Muskogee • Okmulgee Eastside Baptist Church Jubilee Christian Church 3rd & Osage • Okmulgee New Beginnings Church of God 2 miles north on Hwy 75 • Okmulgee 918-756-1686 13040 Celia Berryhill • Okmulgee 918-756-5338 918-756-2204 Faith Baptist Church Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses 1000 N Grand • Okmulgee Northside Evangelistic Temple 1229 E 6th • Okmulgee 918-756-1634 • 918-752-0388 Preston • 918-756-7563 918-756-4129 • 918-652-3392 Trinity Church of God in Christ First Baptist Church Lakeview Community Church 5th & Seminole • Okmulgee 1701 N Mission • Okmulgee 918-756-4181 918-756-7880 918-756-9004 (Leave a Message) Lighthouse Outreach Center First Freewill Baptist Church 918-652-9517 11th & Oklahoma • Okmulgee EPISCOPAL Church of the Redeemer Living Way Tabernacle Fundamental Indian Baptist 213 N Seminole • Okmulgee Oklahoma & Eufaula • Okmulgee 615 S Oklahoma • Okmulgee 918-756-2384 Mt. Calvary Miracle Temple Grovania Freewill Baptist 1004 N Osage • Okmulgee 12015 N 230 • Okmulgee LUTHERAN 918-756-1648 918-756-5305 Trinity Lutheran Church Oasis Church Liberty Baptist Church 1314 E 6th • Okmulgee 1314 N Oklahoma • Okmulgee 23570 Liberty • Morris 918-640-9072 918-733-2623 METHODIST Okmulgee Community Church Macedonia Baptist Church Beggs United Methodist Church 729 S Chickashaw • Okmulgee 1029 N Sioux • Okmulgee 6th & Broadway • Beggs 918-756-0956 918-267-3820 Rebound Church 114 N Grand • Okmulgee Morris First Baptist Church Big Cussetah United Methodist 918-519-3977 2nd & Peking • Morris 3.5 miles south on Prarie Bell • Morris 918-733-2340 Restore Church Cleaves Memorial 1219 E 11th • Okmulgee Morris Indian Baptist Church 806 E Smith • Okmulgee 918-758-4286 Morris First United Methodist Servants of YHVYH Torah Congregation Mt. Zion Baptist Church 8th & Seminole • Okmulgee 918-756-4353 1500 N Miami • Okmulgee 918-756-6083 918-756-6553 Together Church Greater Jones Chapel AME 212 E 6th • Okmulgee Natura Baptist Church 1125 Smith • Okmulgee 7995 N 250 • Beggs 918-756-8296 Triple Cross Cowboy Church Tulsa RV Ranch • Hwy 75 N New Jerusalem Baptist Church Handy Chapel 918-759-1107 11435 Nixon • Preston 1st & Broadway • Beggs 918-695-0361 World Outreach Morris First United Methodist 1111 W 11th • Okmulgee New Salem Baptist Church 601 S Hughes • Morris 918-899-4264 1300 E Lafayette • Okmulgee Newtown United Indian Methodist Northwest Baptist Church 14460 N 210 • Okmulgee CHECK THE 10455 Smith • Okmulgee 918-304-1400 918-703-9480 HENRYETTA FREE-LANCE Shorter Chapel AME For Southside Listings! Nuyaka Baptist Church 405 N Central • Okmulgee 12 miles west of N Hwy 75 & 3 miles west of Okmulgee

A8 • Okmulgee Times COMMUNITY Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Okmulgee County OHCE recognizes members for service

MELODY ENNIS OSU EXTENSION Okmulgee County OHCE (Oklahoma Home and Community Education) formerly known as the Home Demonstration Club, recognized members for years of service. Bobbie Powell is the vice-president of the Josie Franklin group with Rae Ann Wilson presiding as president. Both have been members for five years. Betty Hall is a member of the Liberty group serv- ing for 25 years and Norma Green is president of the Osage Hill group serving for 40 years. Whether it is raising funds to provide scholarships for 4-H Youth, planting trees to beautify the commu- nity or sewing thousands of cloth face masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the Oklahoma Home and Community Education group are ready to help. Established in 1935, the group is celebrating its ser- vice to Oklahoma families and communities May 3-9 during Oklahoma Home and Community Education MELODY ENNIS | OSU EXTENSION Week. Pictured from left are Bobbie Powell, Betty Hall, Rae Ann Wilson and Norma Green. The Oklahoma State University Cooperative Exten- sion Service offers its programs to all eligible persons entation, genetic information, gender identity, nation- other legally protected status. OCES provides equal regardless of age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual ori- al origin, disability, marital or veteran status, or any opportunities in programs and employment. HOMICIDE Here is the complete press release from the residence. Investigators later examined any further. Officers seized this weapon and CONTINUED FROM A1 the April 8 press conference by Okmulgee the clock on the stove inside the residence ultimately turned it over to the District 25 the house, then the video County DA Carol Iski: and once power was restored, they discov- VCTF. An E-Trace was conducted through stopped when the power ered the power was disconnected at 3:04 the ATF and it revealed the original pur- was cut at 3:04 a.m. These gentlemen are representative mem- a.m. Based on that information, investiga- chaser of the rifle’s receiver was identified. • Harroz’ brother in bers of the District 25 Violent Crime Task tors believe the murders occurred in close That witness lives in a rural area and has a Texas called law enforce- Force which is a collaboration of different proximity to that time. The vehicle seen in shooting range on his property. The witness ment and turned over an Law Enforcement Agencies in both Okmul- the video is consistent with the car owned was interviewed and advised he had pur- AR-15 rifle he suspected gee and McIntosh Counties. As a result of by Keegan Kelley Harroz. chased the receiver and built the rifle, and had been used in a triple the members of that task force’s hard work Investigators also discovered and collect- had sold the rifle to Barry Titus and a female homicide in Beggs, but and countless man hours, we are here today ed a dark colored ball cap near the area with him later identified as Keegan Kelley declined to provide any to announce the filing of charges for those where the perpetrators parked their vehicle. Harroz when they came to his property to more information. responsible for the triple murder that oc- That ball cap, as well as DNA swabs collect- look at the rifle. He further stated during Both Harroz and Ti- curred on Sept. 7, 2019, in rural Beggs. ed from numerous other items collected the negotiations, both Titus and Harroz tus are already in feder- On that date, a family member went to from the scene, were submitted to the OSBI fired the rifle. Once the transaction was al custody. Harroz was the residence located at 6450 Lakeview Cir- Laboratory for analysis. Investigators later completed, Harroz retrieved a second AR15 sentenced in March to cle Road only to discover the bodies of Jack received a notice the DNA samples taken from the vehicle they arrived in, and both 24 months in prison for Chandler, his wife Kaye Chandler, and the from the ball cap had been processed and she and Titus fired this second rifle with the unlawful possession of a couple’s daughter, Tiffany Eichor. Law en- a match was discovered in CODIS (Com- ammunition they had brought with them. firearm while subject to forcement was summoned and the District bined DNA Index System). The sample in The witness showed investigators where a victim protective order. 25 Violent Crime Task Force was activated. the CODIS system was a known sample tak- the rifles had been fired and told them no On April 2, Titus was The family member that discovered the en from Barry Titus II while incarcerated in one had fired any other weapons in the area sentenced to serve 36 bodies reported to law enforcement the Colorado and matched the DNA sample since that time. Officers collected shell cas- months in federal prison family had been having problems with Tif- taken from the ball cap found at the scene. ings from the area and found two different for possession of a fire- fany’s former boyfriend, Barry Titus. Inves- Also during the investigation, it was kinds of 5.56 ammunition. The shell casings arm while using illegal tigation revealed there were reports of Titus learned in January, 2019 the Sheriff’s Of- were collected from the witness’s property substances. assaulting Tiffany on at least two previous fice responded to this address when the and submitted to the OSBI for analysis and There has not been a occasions and felony charges were ending homeowners found a suspicious package of comparison to the shell casings collected at date set for when the pair against him in relation to one of those as- a powdery substance under the porch. The the scene of the murders. It was determined will appear in Okmulgee saults. Further, court records revealed Tif- substance was seized by law enforcement, the shell casings fired from the rifle Keegan County district court to fany had an active protective order against and tested for controlled substances which Harroz retrieved from the vehicle matched face these new charges. Titus. The attorney representing Titus in were negative. During the investigation of those shell casings seized from the crime his felony case and his protective order case the homicides, it was discovered that one scene. was Oklahoma City attorney, Keegan Kel- Jose Uribe, a defendant in a drug trafficking This was a very lengthy investigation that ley Harroz, who officers later learned was case in Oklahoma County, admitted he had spanned numerous jurisdictions in both also the wife of Barry Titus. Officers learned planted this package. He explained that in Oklahoma and Texas. Countless man hours Harroz had a 2010 silver or light colored a lighter sentence, he had been attempting have been dedicated to this investigation Lexus sedan registered in her name. to work with law enforcement to provide and I applaud the District 25 VCTF for their When processing the crime scene, officers information helpful to the prosecution. He tireless efforts to bring this case to justice. discovered all three victims had been shot advised his attorney, Keegan Kelley Har- As a result of those efforts, we have filed multiple times with at least two different roz, approached him in January, 2019, and charges against Barry Roland Titus II, and caliber weapons. It appeared the perpetra- asked him to plant what he believed to be Keegan Kelley Harroz for the murders of tors gained entry by kicking in the front methamphetamine at this residence. She ex- Jack Chandler, Kaye Chandler and Tiffany door. Multiple shell casings were found at plained this was an act of revenge because Eichor. They will both be charged with three the scene, which were 5.56 caliber and 9 one of the individuals living at that resi- counts of pre-meditated murder, and one mm. dence testified against one of her clients. She count of burglary in the first degree. Arrest In further processing of the crime scene, it also instructed Uribe to contact his handler warrants were issued earlier today. Both are Keegan Harroz was discovered the residence was equipped with the Drug Task Force and advise them currently in federal custody, so these war- with a digital video surveillance system drugs were being sold out of this house. As rants will be served upon them while in jail. which recorded a portion of the events lead- a result of this information, charges were I understand this is a high profile case and ing up to the homicides. The video revealed filed on Sept. 13, 2019, in Okmulgee Coun- of great interest to many. However, it is a the perpetrators arrived in a light colored ty against Ms. Harroz for Witness Intimi- case that needs to be tried in a court of law vehicle and parked in the roadway to the dation. She was arrested on the same date. and subject to the rules of evidence, not a southeast of the residence. Those charges remain pending. court of public opinion. The rules of Profes- Two individuals exited the vehicle; one On this same date, Ms. Harroz’s broth- sional Responsibility limit the information I was obviously male and very tall and the er, Jacoby Kelley, who lives in Sachse, Tex- am able to give out to those facts already a second individual much shorter and smaller as, contacted local law enforcement and matter of public record. All other facts will than the first. The perpetrators approached turned over an AR15 rifle he stated he had be disclosed during the course of the prose- on foot and then the video stopped. It was reason to believe had been used in a triple cution of this matter. also determined the perpetrators pulled the homicide in Beggs, Oklahoma. He refused electric meter prior to forcing entry into to give any other information or cooperate Barry Titus II

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Eagles rout Kiefer to finish 3rd at home tourney Six-run win No. 3 over Trojans in 2021

LARRY OWEN SPORTS EDITOR The Morris Eagle varsity baseball team defeated the Kiefer Trojans last Saturday to finish third at last weekend’s Morris Eagle Baseball Tournament. The 9-3 victory over Kiefer was the third for the Eagles this season with the first two wins coming in District 3A-6 play March 8 and 9 (16-6, 13-0). The six-run win last Saturday came after the Morris diamond squad found themselves on the short end of a 4-2 set- back to Tulsa Edison last Friday in the semifinal round. The Eagles kicked off the 3-day tour- nament last Thursday with a come- from-behind, 7-5, victory over the McAlester JV in first-round action. The Morris squad returned to action Monday and Tuesday with District 3A-6 meetings with the Victory Christian Conquerors. The Eagles were scheduled to host the Conquerors on Monday and were slated to travel to Tulsa Tuesday for the conclusion of the home-and- home district series. The Eagles will close out this week’s schedule at the Preston Baseball Invita- tional this Thursday-Saturday at Pres- ton High School. LARRY OWEN | SPORTS EDITOR In last Thursday’s opening-round bat- Morris’ Keegan Burgess (2) slides in safely at second base in last Thursday’s first-round contest against the McAlester JV at the Morris Eagle Baseball Tournament in Morris. tle with the McAlester JV, the Eagles led 2-1 after one inning of play, then both at 5-4 with a pair of runs in the top of fense kept the Buffaloes off the score- of relief, striking out two while giving teams tallied two runs in their half of the fifth. board in the top of the seventh to earn up just two hits. the second to make it a 4-3 contest. The Eagles took back the lead for good the 7-5, come-from-behind victory. Long entered in the fifth, taking over After the next two innings went score- in the bottom of the sixth by tallying Ty Long earned the pitching win for for starter Jake Hopper, who went the less, McAlester’s JV took over the lead three runs in the frame. The Morris de- Morris, working three scoreless innings SEE EAGLES, PAGE B3 Bulldogs rout Tulsa Memorial Preston to hold

LARRY OWEN the Adair Warriors. The Bulldogs in the road win came on a double SPORTS EDITOR were scheduled to travel to Adair by Xander Dunn and a 2-run sin- annual baseball The Okmulgee Bulldogs snapped Monday and host the Warriors on gle by Daylan Callaway. their 3-game losing streak here Tuesday. The Bulldogs are slated to Other baserunners for the Bull- last Thursday with an 11-3, run- close out the week at home Thurs- dogs last Thursday were Garcia rule, victory over the Tulsa Me- day against the Eufaula Ironheads (hit by pitch), Washington (hit tournament morial Chargers. at 5 p.m. by pitch), Dunn (walk, dropped The Dogs used an 8-run first to Kevin Washington went the third strike), Burwell (walk), Gar- put the game out of reach early in distance on the mound for Ok- rett McElroy (walk), Tyler Pollard County matchup slated for the contest. mulgee last Thursday to earn the (2 walks), Dustin Dunlap (RBI The Okmulgee diamond squad pitching win. Washington allowed walk), and Alex Gilmour (walk). first round Thursday at 6 p.m. added two in the third and one in three runs on seven hits, walking --- the fourth for their 11-run total in one and striking out seven in five Thursday’s Game LARRY OWEN the 5-inning contest. innings of work. Okmulgee 11, Tulsa Memorial 3 SPORTS EDITOR Memorial scored a run in each The top hitters for the Bulldogs Okmulgee - 8 - 0 - 2 - 1 - 0 The Preston varsity spring baseball team will host of the first, third, and fifth innings, against Tulsa Memorial were 11 - 8 - 0 its tournament this weekend at the Jim Waller Sports but were unable to overcome the Washington (2 for 3, 2 singles, Memorial - 1 - 0 - 1 - 0 - 1 Complex in Preston. early 8-run deficit to award the RBI), Gavin Garcia (2 for 3, sin- 3 - 7 - 0 The annual 8-team tournament will get underway visiting Bulldogs the 11-3 victory. gle, triple, RBI), and Austin Bur- WP: Kevin Washington this Thursday at 12 p.m. with a first-round meeting The Okmulgee squad was back well (2 for 2, 2 singles, 2 RBI) with LP: Munoz between the Kellyville Ponies and the Okmulgee ju- in action Monday and Tuesday two hits each. HR: Tulsa Memorial: Jamerson nior varsity squad. with District 3A-6 action against The other two hits for Okmulgee Thursday’s middle two opening-round contests will feature the Victory Christian Conquerors taking on the Olive Wildcats at 2 p.m. and the Stroud Tigers bat- tling the Warner Eagles at 4 p.m. The final first-round game at the 2021 Preston Base- ball Invitational on Thursday will be an Okmulgee Pirates finish 5th at Morris County matchup at 6 p.m. between the host Preston Pirates and their county rivals, the Morris Eagles. Friday’s tournament schedule will feature the con- solation semifinals at 2 and 4 p.m., respectively, and baseball tournament the winner’s bracket semifinals at 12 and 6 p.m., re- spectively. Preston outlasts Eufaula in consolation title game Saturday’s tournament action will get started with the seventh-place contest at 10 a.m., followed by the LARRY OWEN consolation finals at 12 p.m. and the third-place game SPORTS EDITOR at 2 p.m. The tournament championship game will The Preston Pirates close out the 3-day event at 4 p.m. knocked off the Eufau- There will be no time limit set for the tournament, la Ironheads by a 14-9 but there will be three run rules in effect for each con- margin to take home the test: 12 (runs) after 3 (innings), 10 (runs) after 4 (in- consolation champion- nings), and 8 (runs) after 5 (innings). ship trophy at the Morris Admission to the tournament will be $5 per person Eagle Baseball Tourna- and only OSSAA passes will be accepted at the event. ment this past Saturday. --- The fifth-place finish Preston Baseball Invitational at the 3-day event puts April 15-17, 2021 the Pirates at 15-5 on the First Round year, heading into Tues- Kellyville vs Okmulgee JV; Thursday, 12 p.m. day’s road showdown Victory Christian vs Olive; Thursday, 2 p.m. with the Weleetka Out- Stroud vs Warner; Thursday, 4 p.m. laws. Preston vs Morris; Thursday, 6 p.m. Following the meet- Consolation Semifinals ing with Weleetka, the LARRY OWEN | SPORTS EDITOR Kellyville/Okmulgee JV loser vs Stroud/Warner loser; Preston diamond squad Preston’s Colton Conley (32) slides in ahead of the throw at second base during last Thursday’s opening-round Friday, 2 p.m. SEE PIRATES, PAGE B2 showdown with Kiefer at the Morris Eagle Baseball Tournament in Morris. SEE TOURNAMENT, PAGE B2

B2 • Okmulgee Times & Henryetta Free-Lance SPORTS Wednesday, April 14, 2021 Dragons take 2 of 3 at home in recent action Lone loss comes Saturday to Class A No. 2 Rattan

LARRY OWEN Other baserunners for the Dragons plus innings on the mound for Dewar field and Baylor Selby, a double by Gar- SPORTS EDITOR against Canadian were Cloud (error), to earn the pitching win. Cloud gave up rett Loyd, and singles by Tyler Maldo- The Dewar Dragon varsity baseball Brownfield (error), Shawn Maxwell one run on two hits, striking out three nado and Shawn Maxwell. team went 2-1 this past weekend at Wi- (walk), and Garrett Loyd (walk, error). and walking five in the quality start. Other baserunners for Dewar against ley Ryal Park. Selby drove in a run in the third with an Brownfield entered with the bases Rattan were Maldonado (2 walks), Fowl- The lone loss for the Dragons came RBI sacrifice fly. loaded and no outs in the seventh and er (walk), Selby (fielder’s choice), Hays this past Saturday to Class A No. 2 Rat- Kade Henderson earned the pitching kept the Longhorns off the scoreboard (hit by pitch), Shawn Maxwell (walk, tan by a 15-3 margin. win for Dewar, allowing two runs on the remainder of the inning, striking fielder’s choice), Micah Cloud (walk), The two wins this past weekend for one hit with three strikeouts and six out one, to receive the pitching save in and Jaden Maxwell (hit by pitch). the Dewar diamond squad came this walks in two innings of work. the contest. --- past Friday, defeating the Stonewall Tyler Maldonado walked two in a In Saturday’s showdown with the sec- April 9 Longhorns by a 5-1 margin and the Ca- scoreless inning of relief work for the ond-ranked Rams, the Dragons got the Dewar 14, Canadian 2 nadian Cougars by a 14-2 decision. Dragons in the run-rule win. scoring started with a run in the home Canadian - 1 - 1 - 0 2 - 1 - 5 The Dragons were back in action In Friday’s hard-fought win over half of the first. Dewar - 7 - 0 - 7 14 - 12 - 0 Tuesday with a trip to Crowder for a Stonewall, the Dragons opened the Rattan plated four in the second and WP: Kade Henderson showdown with the Crowder Demons score with a run in the bottom of the six in the third for a 10-1 advantage af- LP: Jake Brewster and are scheduled to host Porum and first. The Dewar squad added a run in ter three and one-half innings of action. HR: None Oilton on Friday and Beggs and Hen- each of the third and fourth innings for The host Dragons made it a 10-3 con- --- ryetta on Saturday. a 3-0 advantage, then put the finishing test with a pair of runs in the last of the April 9 In Friday’s win over Canadian, the touches on their 5-run total with a pair third, while Rattan tallied five in the top Dewar 5, Stonewall 1 Cougars tallied their two runs in the of runs in the last of the fifth. of the fifth to hand the Dewar squad the Stonewall - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1 first and second innings. Stonewall broke up the shutout bid 15-3 setback. 1 - 2 - 3 Dewar plated seven runs in the home with a run in the top of the seventh to Thomas Brownfield was saddled with Dewar - 1 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 0 - x half of the first for a 7-1 margin, then award the host Dragons the 5-1 victory. the pitching loss for Dewar, allowing 5 - 4 - 3 closed out the run-rule win with seven The offensive standout for Dewar in nine runs on two hits with two strike- WP: Micah Cloud runs in the bottom of the third. the win was Garrett Loyd, who blasted a outs, five walks, and one hit batter in LP: Blue The top hitters for the Dragons against solo home run in the third. two innings of work. SV: Thomas Brownfield Canadian were Joey Fowler (2 for 2, sin- The other three base hits in the con- Joey Fowler worked an inning of relief HR: Dewar: Garrett Loyd gle, double, 2 RBI), Jaden Maxwell (2 for test for the Dragons were RBI singles by for the Dragons, allowing two runs on --- 2, 2 doubles, RBI), Thomas Brownfield Shawn Maxwell, Joey Fowler, and Brett two hits, walking two and hitting two. April 10 (2 for 3, 2 singles), and Brett Hays (2 for Hays. Brett Hays went the final two innings Rattan 15, Dewar 3 3, 2 singles, 2 RBI) with two hits apiece. Other baserunners for Dewar against of the 5-inning contest, giving up four Rattan - 0 - 4 - 6 - 0 - 5 15 - 7 - 0 The other base hits for Dewar in the Stonewall were Loyd (walk), Hays (er- runs on three hits with one strikeout, Dewar - 1 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 0 3 - 5 - 2 contest came on singles by Tryton Mack ror), Shawn Maxwell (walk), Tyler Mal- three walks, and one hit batter in the re- WP: Birchfield and Baylor Selby, an RBI single by Mi- donado (error, hit by pitch), and Thom- lief appearance. LP: Thomas Brownfield cah Cloud, and a 2-run single by Shawn as Brownfield (2 hit by pitch). The Dragons were limited to five hits HR: Rattan: J. Clay Maxwell. Micah Cloud worked the first six- in the meeting - RBI singles by Brown-

PIRATES scoring with four runs in the top of the first, then added a run in the second for CONTINUED FROM B1 a 5-0 advantage. is scheduled to be at home this Thurs- The Morris JV squad plated three runs day-Saturday at the annual Preston in the last of the second to make it a 5-3 Spring Baseball Invitational at the Jim contest after two innings of action. Waller Sports Complex in Preston. See The Preston squad put the game out today’s edition for the complete tourna- of reach in the top of the third, erupt- ment bracket. ing for 13 runs in the frame for an 18-3 Game stats for last Saturday’s conso- margin. lation championship win over Eufaula The Pirate defense retired the Morris were not available at presstime. JV in order in the bottom of the third to The Pirates kicked off last weekend’s bring the contest to a close on the run Morris tournament action with a heart- rule, 18-3. breaking 10-8 loss to the Kiefer Trojans Lance Porter went the distance on the last Thursday, then rebounded from the mound for Preston to earn the pitching opening-round defeat last Friday with win. Porter gave up three runs on six an 18-3, run-rule, win over the Morris hits with three strikeouts and one walk junior varsity team in the consolation in three innings of work. semifinal round. Cooper Ausbrooks was the top hitter In last Thursday’s first-round show- for the Pirates in the loser’s bracket win, down with Kiefer, the Trojans opened going 3 for 4 with two singles, a double, the scoring with a run in the top of the and 4 RBIs. first. The other base hits for Preston in the The Pirates broke onto the scoreboard contest were a single by Devon Aguilera, with four runs in the last of the third, RBI singles by Porter, David Cleland, then added two more runs in the fourth and Braxton Kennedy, a 2-run single for a 6-1 advantage. by Easton Shaw, and a 2-run double by Kiefer regained the lead at 10-6 with a Dawson Sumner. nine-run top of fifth, while the Preston Other baserunners against the Morris LARRY OWEN | SPORTS EDITOR squad attempted a comeback in their fi- JV were Cleland (2 walks, RBI), Shaw Preston’s Devon Aguilera forces out a Kiefer baserunner at first base during last Thursday’s opening-round meeting nal at-bat in the bottom of the seventh, (walk), Porter (2 hit by pitch, RBI, field- with Kiefer at the Morris Eagle Baseball Tournament in Morris. managing just two runs in the frame to er’s choice), Aguilera (2 walks), Ken- suffer the 10-8 setback. nedy (RBI walk, hit by pitch), Dawson David Cleland was saddled with the Sumner (2 errors), Marshall Sumner pitching loss for Preston, allowing (2 walks, RBI hit by pitch), and Colton 10 runs on six hits, striking out eight, Conley (2 walks, RBI hit by pitch). walking three, and hitting three in four --- and two-third innings of work. Morris Tournament Dawson Sumner worked the final two First Round and one-third innings in relief, giving Kiefer 10, Preston 8 up just one hit with three strikeouts and Kiefer - 1 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 9 - 0 - 0 one walk in the relief appearance. 10 - 7 - 6 The trio of Cleland (2 for 3, single, Preston - 0 - 0 - 4 - 2 - 0 - 0 - 2 double), Easton Shaw (2 for 4, 2 singles, 8 - 7 - 0 2 RBI), and Cooper Ausbrooks (2 for 3, WP: No. 2 single, double, RBI) led the way offen- LP: David Cleland sively for the Pirates with two hits each. HR: None The only other base hit for Preston in --- the opening-round loss came on an RBI Consolation Semifinals single by Sumner. Preston 18, Morris JV 3 Other baserunners against Kiefer Preston - 4 - 1 - 13 18 - 9 - 1 were Cleland (walk), Ausbrooks (walk), Morris JV - 0 - 3 - 0 3 - 6 - 4 Sumner (error), Lance Porter (2 errors), WP: Lance Porter Devon Aguilera (RBI fielder’s choice, LP: No. 18 error), and Colton Conley (hit by pitch, HR: None error). --- In Friday’s consolation semifinal win Consolation Finals over Morris’ JV, the Pirates opened the Preston 14, Eufaula 9

TOURNAMENT Consolation semifinal winners; Saturday, 12 CONTINUED FROM B1 p.m. Preston/Morris loser vs Kellyville/Okmulgee JV Third Place Victory Christian/Olive winner vs Stroud/War- Semifinal losers; Satur- loser; Friday, 4 p.m. ner winner; Friday, 6 day, 2 p.m. Semifinals p.m. Championship Preston/Morris winner Seventh Place Semifinal winners; Sat- vs Victory Christian/ Consolation semifinalurday, 4 p.m. Olive winner; Friday, 12 losers; Saturday, 10 a.m. p.m. Consolation Finals LARRY OWEN | SPORTS EDITOR Preston’s Lance Porter fouls off a pitch during an at-bat in last Thursday’s opening-round battle with Kiefer at the www.yourokmulgee.com • www.henryettafree-lance.com Morris Eagle Baseball Tournament in Morris.

Wednesday, April 14, 2021 SPORTS Okmulgee Times & Henryetta Free-Lance • B3 Golden Demons drop two at home Setbacks put Beggs at 12-9 in 2021 LARRY OWEN in their final at-bat in the last of the sev- The Demons broke up the shutout bid Saturday came on singles by Burright, SPORTS EDITOR enth to end up on the short end of a 4-2 with three runs in the bottom of the Darieon Johnson, Dalton Hastings, and The Beggs Golden Demons suffered outcome. seventh to suffer the 7-3 setback. Nathan Melton. a pair of home losses last weekend at Dakota Angelski worked the first five Andrew Duclos was saddled with the Additional baserunners for the De- Golden Demon Park. innings to absorb the pitching loss for pitching loss for Beggs last Saturday, al- mons against Kellyville were Gable The Demons dropped a 4-2 decision Beggs, allowing four runs on seven hits lowing three runs on four hits, striking (walk), Burright (error), Hastings (hit to the Metro Christian Patriots last with five strikeouts, four walks, and a out five, walking three, and hitting two by pitch), Melton (error), and Ethan Thursday, then were on the short end of hit batsman in the start. in three and two-third innings of work. Busby (RBI fielder’s choice). a 7-3 outcome to the Kellyville Ponies Andrew Duclos gave up two hits, Brayden Gable worked the next two --- on Saturday. while striking out one and hitting a bat- innings in relief, giving up three runs Thursday’s Game The Beggs diamond squad was sched- ter in two innings of relief. on four hits with three strikeouts, two Metro Christian 4, Beggs 2 uled to battle Holland Hall in back-to- The Demons were limited to three hits walks, and two hit batters. Gable entered Metro Chr. - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 4 - 0 - 0 back District 3A-8 contests Monday in the home contest - all singles. The in relief for Duclos with a 2-2 count, the 4 - 9 - 3 and Tuesday, hosting the Tulsa school three base hits for Beggs against Metro bases loaded, and two outs in the fourth. Beggs - 1 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 1 on Monday and traveling to the Dutch’s Christian came off the bats of Duclos, Caleb Burright took over on the 2 - 3 - 3 home field on Tuesday. The Demons are Caleb Burright, and Wyatt Nail. Duclos mound for Beggs in the sixth, entering WP: Simpson slated to travel to Davenport Friday and also reached base on three walks, while from the bullpen with a 3-1 count, the LP: Dakota Angelski Dewar Saturday for a pair of road games Burright drew a pair of free passes in bases loaded, and two outs in the frame. HR: None to close out this week’s schedule. two of his other plate appearances. Burright struck out one and walked two --- In last Thursday’s meeting with Met- The only other Beggs hitter to reach while giving up one run on no hits in Saturday’s Game ro Christian, the Demons opened the base in the contest was Jameson Ross, his inning and one-third of relief work. Kellyville 7, Beggs 3 scoring with a run in the bottom of the who drew a walk and also reached on a Jameson Ross led the way offensively Kellyville - 1 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 1 - 2 - 1 first. defensive error. for Beggs, going 3 for 4 with three sin- 7 - 8 - 3 The Beggs lead remained at 1-0 until In Saturday’s home showdown with gles and an RBI. Dawson Barrett also Beggs - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 3 the visiting Patriots plated four runs in Kellyville, the visiting Ponies tallied a recorded a multi-hit game for the De- 3 - 9 - 1 the top of the fifth for a 4-1 advantage. run in the first, third, fourth, fifth, and mons, going 2 for 4 with a single, dou- WP: Moseby The Demons managed only one run seventh innings and two runs in the ble, and RBI. LP: Andrew Duclos sixth for a 7-0 advantage. The other four base hits for Beggs last HR: Kellyville: Thornbrugh EAGLES CONTINUED FROM B1 first four-plus innings, allowing five runs on three hits with seven strikeouts and four walks. The duo of Kolby Adams (3 for 4, 2 singles, dou- ble, RBI) and Garrett Uva (3 for 4, 2 singles, triple, 2 RBI) led the way offensively for Morris with three hits apiece. Keegan Burgess also recorded a multi-hit game for the Eagles in the opening-round win, going 2 for 4 with a pair of singles and an RBI. Burgess also reached base on a fielder’s choice and an error in the contest. The final three hits for Morris against McAlester’s JV came on a single by Koen Burgess, an RBI single by Junior Walls, and an RBI triple by Kolby Burgess, who also drove in a run with an RBI groundout in the first and also reached base on a hit by pitch. The other Morris baserunners in the contest were Long (walk), Mateo Terriquez (2 walks), and Trey Daniels (walk). In Friday’s semifinal loss to Tulsa Edison, the visitors tallied a run in each of the first, second, and fourth innings for a 3-0 advantage. The host Eagles cut the deficit to one, 3-2, with a pair of runs in the last of the fourth. Edison tacked on an insurance run in the top of the fifth to make it a 4-2 contest. The Morris offense was unable to produce any runs in their final three at-bats of regulation to suffer the LARRY OWEN | SPORTS EDITOR 2-run defeat to the Tulsa Edison Eagles. Morris’ Kolby Burgess ropes a pitch towards right field for an RBI triple in the sixth inning of last Thursday’s come-from-behind win over McAlester’s JV at Garrett Uva went the distance on the mound for the Morris Eagle Baseball Tournament in Morris. Morris and was saddled with the pitching loss. Uva gave up four runs on five hits, striking out six, walking for the Eagles with two hits each. Adams and Long four, and hitting two in seven innings of work. also reached base on walks in the contest. The host Eagles scattered six hits in the semifinal The other six hits for Morris against Kiefer came on contest, led by Keegan Burgess, who had a 2-run sin- singles by Mateo Terriquez and Koen Burgess, RBI gle in the third. Burgess also reached base on a walk singles by Garrett Uva, Junior Walls, and Trey Daniels, in the contest. and a 2-run triple by Kolby Burgess. The other five base hits - all singles - for Morris came Other baserunners for the Eagles in the third-place off the bats of Uva, Mateo Terriquez, Kolby Burgess, game were Terriquez (3 walks), Uva (fielder’s choice), Ty Long, and Trey Daniels. Walls (walk), Daniels (error), and Koen Burgess (RBI Additional baserunners for the host Eagles against fielder’s choice). Tulsa Edison were Terriquez (walk), Uva (walk), and --- Kolby Adams (hit by pitch, fielder’s choice). Morris Tournament In Saturday’s third-place battle with Kiefer, the Ea- First Round gles opened the scoring with three runs in the bottom Morris 7, McAlester JV 5 of the first. The Morris squad then added two in the McAlester - 1 - 2 - 0 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 0 5 - 5 - 2 second and one each in the third and fourth innings Morris - 2 - 2 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 3 - x 7 - 11 - 4 for a 7-0 advantage after four innings of action. WP: Ty Long After a scoreless fifth, Kiefer tallied three runs in the LP: Lesnau top of the sixth to cut the Morris lead to four, 7-3. HR: None The host Eagles pushed their lead to six, 9-3, with --- two runs in the last half of the sixth, then held the Tro- Semifinals jans off the scoreboard in the top of the seventh to put Tulsa Edison 4, Morris 2 the finishing touches on the third-place win. Edison - 1 - 1 - 0 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 0 4 - 5 - 0 Kaynen Powell worked the first six innings for Mor- Morris - 0 - 0 - 0 - 2 - 0 - 0 - 0 2 - 6 - 3 ris to earn the pitching win. Powell allowed three runs WP: Turnbull on one hit with seven strikeouts, five walks, and one LP: Garrett Uva hit batter in the quality start. HR: Tulsa Edison: Hutchings Junior Walls worked a scoreless inning of relief in --- the seventh for the Eagles. Third Place The top hitter for Morris against Kiefer was Keegan Morris 9, Kiefer 3 Burgess, who went 3 for 3 with a pair of singles, a tri- Kiefer - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 0 - 3 - 0 3 - 1 - 2 ple, and an RBI. Burgess also reached in his fourth Morris - 3 - 2 - 1 - 1 - 0 - 2 - x 9 - 13 - 2 plate appearance after being hit by a pitch. WP: Kaynen Powell LARRY OWEN | SPORTS EDITOR The duo of Kolby Adams (2 for 4, 2 singles) and Ty LP: Bevan Morris’ Trey Daniels sends a pitch down the third-base line during an at-bat in last Thursday’s opening-round battle with the McAlester JV last Thursday Long (2 for 3, 2 singles) also recorded multi-hit games HR: None at the Morris Eagle Baseball Tournament in Morris.

B4 • Okmulgee Times & Henryetta Free-Lance SPORTS Wednesday, April 14, 2021 McIntosh Tumblers claim state titles

MELISSA HEMINOVER STAFF WRITER Henryetta’s own McIntosh Tumbling hosted Oklahoma’s USTA State Cham- pionship this past Saturday at the Hen- ryetta High School Gym. McIntosh Tumbling Head Coach Katie Thomp- son, along with assistant coaches Josh Thompson, Chuck Pauley, Andrea Guynes and Alexis Thompson, coached the team to 22 State Championship nods in addition to seven second place or runner-up medals. Competing with McIntosh Tumbling at this year’s State Meet was Edmond’s Twist and Shout and Powerhouse Tumbling from Weatherford. The team now has their eyes set on the AAU Junior Olympics to be held in Houston, Texas. “Most of our athletes have been tum- bling with us for the past four or five years,” Head Coach Katie Thompson COURTESY PHOTOS said. “They started at the beginning and are now at an advanced level.” The USTA Senior Scholarship recipient is McIntosh Tumbler Kaden Hayes of Shawnee. Kaden competes at the Coach Thomson says there are some highest level, Elite, in Double Mini as well as Trampoline. Kaden is a senior with Epic and a member of the USTA Memphis Black received the Advanced Athlete Award new team members that have joined Elite Athletes as well as the USTA All-Star Team. “Kaden is a great kid and has pushed himself to achieve a lot,” at Saturday’s USTA State Championship. Memphis tum- McIntosh Tumbling Head Coach Katie Thompson said. Pictured with Kaden is his grandfather, Chuck Pauley, who bled his way to State Champion on floor, double mini and them this year. “We are looking for- was recently added to the coaching staff for McIntosh Tumbling. Coach Pauley has logged more than 40 years of trampoline in his division and was also named the Overall ward to having many more seasons with coaching in the Shawnee area. Level Champion on Advanced Trampoline. t h e m .” McIntosh Tumblers is currently look- ing for athletes to join their team for next season and encourages anyone to stop by one of their practices to see what they are all about.

McIntosh Tumbler Lexi Parish received the Overall Lev- McIntosh Tumbling Head Coach Katie Thompson pic- el State Champion in Intermediate Double Mini at the McIntosh Tumbler Lucas Thompson was named the Oklahoma Athlete of the Year for Double Mini, pictured left, and tured with Raynee Howell and Memphis Black with the USTA State Championship held in Henryetta this past McIntosh Tumbler Raynee Howell, pictured right, Oklahoma Athlete of the Year for Trampoline. Both received their Team Banner for Overall Team in Advanced Double Mini. Saturday. awards at the USTA State Championship held Saturday at the Henryetta High School Gym.

McIntosh Tumbling Head Coach Katie Thompson pictured with McIntosh Tumblers after winning the Team Banner The Overall USTA State Champion for Sub-Advanced USTA Overall State Champion in Sub-Advanced Double for Overall Team in Sub-Advanced Trampoline. Trampoline is Raynee Howell with McIntosh Tumbling. Mini is McIntosh Tumbler Veronica Ramsey.

McIntosh Tumbling Head Coach Katie Thompson pic- McIntosh Tumbling Head Coach Katie Thompson pic- tured with Kaden Hayes with the Team Banner for Over- tured with McIntosh Tumblers after winning the Team McIntosh Tumbling Head Coach Katie Thompson pictured with McIntosh Tumblers after winning the Team Banner all Team in Elite Double Mini. Banner for Overall Team in Intermediate Double Mini. for Overall Team in Sub-Advanced Double Mini.

McIntosh Tumbling Head Coach Katie Thompson pic- McIntosh Tumbling Head Coach Katie Thompson pic- McIntosh Tumblers Memphis Black, Raynee Howell, Jordyn Hollis, Veronica Ramsey and Lanie Guynes pause for a tured with Kaden Hayes with the Team Banner for Over- tured with Memphis Black with the Team Banner for photo during Saturday’s USTA State Championship competition held at the Henryetta High School Gym. all Team in Elite Trampoline. Overall Team in Advanced Trampoline.

Wednesday, April 14, 2021 COMICS Okmulgee Times & Henryetta Free-Lance • B5

FRANK AND ERNEST ® by Ron Thaves THE BORN LOSER ® by Art & Chip Sansom

ARLO & JANIS ® by Jimmy Johnson

Use your imagination to figure out a way to make the most out of any situation you face this year. The deeper you dig, the more you will discover that will help you get ahead. Get ready to let go of the past and head into the future with op- timism. THATABABY ® by Paul Trap ARIES (March 21-April 19) Pace yourself, and you will accomplish all you set out to do. Gravitate toward people who are willing to give back as much as they take. Strive for equality in all things.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) Extravagant behavior will hold you back. Moderation mixed with discipline and hard work will be your ticket to success. Walk away from temptation, and remain focused on your ALLEY OOP ® by Dave Graue & Jack Bender long-term objective.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) Work quietly on your own un- til you are satisfied with the results. Presenting a well-pre- pared plan will encourage in- terest, assistance and success. Don’t lose sight of your goals.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) You can reach out and get help, or you can figure it out yourself. The latter will be sig- BIG NATE ® by Lincoln Peirce nificantly more satisfying and the rewards yours to enjoy. Don’t listen to someone entic- ing you to indulge.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) HERMAN ® by Jim Unger Let your charm, leadership ability and skills help you build your future. You can advance if you keep your emotions out of the equation and put your in- telligence to work for you. Ro- mance is encouraged.

THE GRIZWELLS ® by Bill Schorr VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) Information you gather will change the way you do things. A chance to try something new will push you in a new di- rection. Stay calm, regardless of what others do or say.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) Put your time and effort into personal growth, fitness and expanding your skills and tal- ents. Use charm to bypass any- one who tries to stand in your way or take control. Learn as you go.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) A change of plans will up- set you. Begin your journey and continue down the path that beckons you, regardless of what others decide to do. Someone you least expect will have your back.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) Reach out to like-minded indi- viduals and start making plans that encourage safe socializ- ing, fitness and self-improve- ment. Jealousy and posses- siveness are apparent. Don’t let anyone interfere.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) Stick close to home. Set up a place where you can relax and develop something you want to pursue. Distance yourself from those who don’t play by the rules or use inappropriate measures to dominate your time.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) Take a deep breath and put things in perspective. Spend more time on self-improve- ment and less worrying about what others think. Choose peace and love over discord.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) Consider what you enjoy doing and find a way to incorporate it into your everyday routine. Refuse to let anyone persuade you into doing something you find taxing and unrewarding.

B6 • Okmulgee Times & Henryetta Free-Lance PUBLIC NOTICES Wednesday, April 14, 2021

S01°20’56”E a distance of 24.75 IN THE DISTRICT COURT NOTICE OF SALE OF REAL GREETINGS: 918-759-1858 ANNOUNCEMENTS feet, thence S17°45’43”W a IN AND FOR OKMULGEE PROPERTY AT PRIVATE SALE Said Defendants are hereby distance of 167.99 feet; thence COUNTY Notice is hereby given that, and notified that they have been sued Legal Notices S01°20’56” E a distance STATE OF OKLAHOMA pursuant to an Order of the District by Plaintiff in the above cause in Published in the Okmulgee Times 700.00 feet; thence S02°46’51”E IN THE MATTER OF THE Court of the County of Okmul- the District Court of Okmulgee 4-7-2021, 4-14-2021, 4-21-2021 Published in the Okmulgee Times a distance of 400.12 feet; thence ESTATE OF BERNADINE gee, State of Oklahoma, made on County, Oklahoma, entitled John THE DISTRICT COURT 3-31-2021, 4-7-2021, 4-14-2021 S01°20’56”E distance of 38.51 JENKINS, March 26, 2021 in the matter of the T. White, a married person v. Sarah IN AND FOR OKMULGEE LIEN SALE feet to a point on the South line Deceased. guardianship of Carmen Fleming, Elizabeth White, et al, Defendants; COUNTY 1963 CHEVROLET CORVAIR of said. NW/4 NW/4; thence CASE NO.: PB-2018-17 an incapacitated person, Yvette and that they must answer the Pe- STATE OF OKLAHOMA VIN# 3R126S104714 S89°15’56”W along said South Judge Cynthia D. Pickering Anaya, the Guardian of the estate of tition therein on or before the 3rd ELDON DAY, CONTACT line a distance of 115.01 feet to ORDER AND NOTICE OF the said Carmen Fleming will sell day of June, 2021, or the allegations Plaintiff, RANDY KIMBLEY the point of beginning, HEARING ON ORDER AP- at private sale to the highest bidder of said Petition will be taken as true -vs- 918-758-2755 and for removing as clouds upon POINTING for cash, subject to confirmation of and a judgment forever barring The following named persons, If the title of the plaintiffs the claims SUBSTITUTE PERSONAL said Court, on or after the 30th day the Defendants from asserting living or if he/she/they may be of said defendant; and that you REPRESENTATIVE of April, 2021 at 12:30 P.M. all of any interest in or to the subject deceased, the unknown heirs, ex- must answer the petition filed Now, on this the 7th day of the right, title, interest and estate of real property and decree quieting ecutors, administrators, devisees, Published in the Okmulgee Times herein on or before May 13, 2021, April, 2021, CLENTON JENKINS the said Carmen Fleming, and all Plaintiff’s title to the described real 3-31-2021, 4-7-2021, 4-14-2021 trustees or assigns, immediate or said petition will be taken as true III petitioned this Court for the right, title and interest that the said property will be entered. The real and remote, if any, of each such Prepared by: OBA# 3746 and judgment will be rendered for appointment as Substitute Personal Carmen Fleming has by operation property which is the subject of IN THE DISTRICT COURT deceased persons, to-wit: PAUL plaintiffs and against said defen- Representative of the Estate of of law or otherwise acquired in and this lawsuit is described as follows, OF OKMULGEE COUNTY, CONLEY and ANNA M. CON- dants, quieting plaintiffs’ title to BERNADINE JENKINS, deceased, to the surface only of the following to-wit: STATE OF OKLAHOMA LEY; et al said land, and removing the clouds and prayed that the heirs of said described real property located in Tract 30 in Oakwood Country Defendants. Steven G. Mauldin and Lavonna upon plaintiffs’ title in and to said Decedent be determined by the Okmulgee County, State of Okla- Estates Addition, an Addition S. Mauldin, Case No. CV-2021-26 land and perpetually barring the Court, and that Letters Testa- homa, to-wit: to Okmulgee County, State of SERVICE OF SUMMONS BY Plaintiffs, claims of said defendant. mentary be issued to CLENTON The Surface Only of Oklahoma, a subdivision of a part -vs- PUBLICATION NOTICE WITNESS My hand and seal of JENKINS III. A tract of Land in Section 27, of the NW/4 and SW/4 of Section THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA USA Products, Inc., said Court this 26th day of March, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that T13N-R13E, described as be- 26, Township 16 North, Range if in existence, and if not, its Un- TO: 2021. said Motion and Order to Substi- ginning at the NE Corner of the 13 East. The following named persons, if known Successors In Interest, Charly Criner, Court Clerk of tute Personal Representative be and NE/4 of the NE/4; thence South DATED April 6th, 2021. Defendant. living or if he/she/they may be Okmulgee County, Oklahoma hereby is set for hearing on the 18th 921.72’ to the point of beginning; COURT CLERK OF deceased, the unknown heirs, No. CV-21-35 By /s/ Julie Cleland day of May, 2021, at 9.00 a.m., in thence South 395.67’; thence OKMULGEE COUNTY NOTICE BY PUBLICATION executors, administrators, devi- Deputy Court Clerk the Courtroom of the undersigned West 621.97’; thence North By: /s/Desirie Underwood sees, trustees or assigns, imme- THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA Loeffler, Allen & Ham Judge, Okmulgee County, State of 395.67’; thence East 621.92’ to the Deputy Clerk TO: diate and remote, if any, of each Keith Ham, OBA# 3746 Oklahoma. point of beginning. Marcus N. Ratcliff, OBA No. such deceased persons, to-wit: USA Products, Inc., if in exis- Attorneys For Plaintiffs NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN Bids must be in writing and must 19201 tence, and if not, its unknown PAUL CONLEY and ANNA M. P. O. Box 567 TO ALL PARTIES that this mat- be delivered to the office of Hugh Troy J. McPherson, OBA No. CONLEY. successors in interest. Bristow, Oklahoma 74010 ter has been ordered set down for M. Robinson, 114 North Grand, 32071 Take notice that you, and each of GREETINGS: (918) 367-3331 Hearing to be held on the 18th Suite 200, Okmulgee, Oklahoma, Latham, Steele, Lehman, Keele, Take notice that you and each of you, have been sued in the above- day of May, 2021, at the hour of 74447. Ratcliff, Freije & Carter, P.C. styled and numbered cause by the you have been sued in the District 9:00 a.m. All parties are directed Dated 8th day of April, 2021. 1515 E. 71st Street, Suite 200 Court of Okmulgee County, Okla- plaintiffs who bring suit for the to appear at the aforesaid date and /s/ Hugh Robinson Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136 purpose of quieting plaintiffs’ title Published in the Okmulgee Times homa, in the above entitled and 4-14-2021 time for hearing and show cause, HUGH M. ROBINSON, OBA 918-970-2000 numbered cause by the plaintiff, to the surface rights in and to the if any they have, why CLENTON NO. 12188 918-970-2002 (fax) following described land: Arborstone Storage at 720 W. 9th and that you must answer the peti- St., Okmulgee, OK 74447 will auc- JENKINS III should not be ap- 114 North Grand, Suite 200 Attorneys for the Plaintiff tion filed by Plaintiff in the office of The W/2 of the NW/4 of the pointed Personal Representative, Okmulgee, Oklahoma 74447 NW/4, and the West 88.91 feet tion the contents of these units on the undersigned Court Clerk on or Thursday, May 6th, 2021 at 10:30 heirs be determined, and Letters 918-756-2200 Telephone before the 20th day of May, 2021, or of the E/2 of the NW/4 of the Testamentary be issued to CLEN- 918-756-3860 Facsimile NW/4, all in Section 8, a.m.; in accordance with Section Published in the Okmulgee Times judgment against you and a decree 191-200, title 42 of Oklahoma Stat- TON JENKINS III. Attorney for Guardian 4-7-2021, 4-14-2021, 4-21-2021 quieting Plaintiff’s title in and to Township 15 North, Range 12 Your Failure to Appear may result East of the Indian Meridian, utes. Units contain household and IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF the following described property personal goods unless otherwise in the relief requested by the Peti- OKMULGEE COUNTY and premises situated in Okmulgee Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, tioner being granted. LESS the following: A strip, piece indicated. The following Unit’s Published in the Okmulgee Times STATE OF OKLAHOMA County, Oklahoma, to-wit: contents will be auctioned: IT IS SO ORDERED. 4-14-2021, 4-21-2021, 4-28-2021 FOURSIGHT CAPITAL LLC Lots Twelve (12), Thirteen (13), or parcel of land lying in the /s/ Cynthia D. Pickering NW/4 NW/4 of said Section 8, Unit, Name, Address IN THE DISTRICT COURT Plaintiff, Fourteen (14) and Fifteen (15), 38 Abbie/Lloyd Lane JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT OF OKMULGEE COUNTY VS. Block Twenty four (24) in the said parcel of land described as COURT follows: Beginning at the South- 902 N. Hughes Ave., Morris, OK STATE OF OKLAHOMA JAMES LACQUEMENT Original Town of Morris; 74445 Prepared by: JOHN T. WHITE, a married Defendant and judicially determining his pos- west corner of said NW/4 NW/4, Dru R. Tate, OBA #30434 thence N01°20’56”W along the 53 Abbie/Lloyd Lane person; No. CJ-2020-143 session and ownership of said real 902 N. Hughes, Ave., Morris, OK Kelly M. Hunt, OBA #31387 Plaintiff, NOTICE BY PUBLICATION property, all as set forth in the pe- West line of said NW/4 NW/4 South County Law Firm, PLLC a distance of 1322.44 feet to the 74445 vs. James Lacquement you are hereby tition, will be rendered accordingly. 56 Abbie/Lloyd Lane 1700 E. 6th Street SARAH ELIZABETH WHITE; noticed that you have been sued by Dated this 31st day of March, Northwest Corner of said NW/4 Okmulgee, Oklahoma 74447 NW/4, thence N89°l4’33”E along 902 N. Hughes, Ave., Morris, OK JOHN DOE, SPOUSE OF SAR- FOURSIGHT CAPITAL LLC and 2021. 74445 918-756-1000-Telephone AH ELIZABETH WHITE, if any; you must answer plaintiff’s petition CHARLY CRINER the North line of said NW/4 918-917-8485-Facsimile NW/4 a distance of 160.01 feet; all if living, and if deceased, their on or before the 4th day of June, By: /s/ Julia Cleland, Deputy thence unknown successors; 2021 or a money judgment in the LUKE GAITHER Published in the Okmulgee Times Defendants. amount of $19,562.32 plus interest Attorney for Plaintiff 4-14-2021 Published in the Okmulgee Times Case No.: CV-21-40 will be rendered accordingly. Henryetta, OK 4-14-2021, 4-21-2021 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION Dated this day 4-1-21 DISTRICT COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA By: /s/ Lacey Dixon OKMULGEE COUNTY STATE TO: DEPUTY COURT CLERK FOR OF OKLAHOMA SARAH ELIZABETH WHITE; OKMULGEE PROBATE DIVISION JOHN DOE, SPOUSE OF SAR- COUNTY DISTRICT COURT IN THE MATTER OF THE AH ELIZABETH WHITE, if any; CLERK GUARDIANSHIP all if living, and if deceased, their APPROVED BY: OF unknown successors /s/ Hugh H Fudge CARMEN FLEMING, an Inca- Hugh Fudge, OBA# 20487 Robin- pacitated Person. son, Hoover & Fudge, PLLC Case No. PG-2020-52 119 N Robinson Ave., Suite 1000 Oklahoma City, OK 73102 (405) 232-6464 | (405) 232-6363 fax [email protected]

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