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P.O. BOX48 WARNER,OK 74469 PRSRTSTD U. S. POSTAGEPD . PERMIT#17 WARNER,OK 74469 Checotah, OK :o�nr.r State College L\brary (918) 473-6821 qt, 1, Box 1000 Namer, OK 7 4469-9700 Postal Customer ECRWSS e 1ve Serving Muskogee McIntosh Pittsburg Sequoyah & H�kellCounties with Subscriptionsin FourteenStates I , , , ,vol. XIV - Issue S3 Call (918) 463-2386 or Fax (918) 463-5716 ore mail: [email protected] Tuesday, Oct ober 10, 2000 Lvnchasanand 0111n1ics IPPIV IIW tor veter MV IPIIIIIII to n1istnti11 the 1111111111 Friday, October 13 is the last daJ to applyfor voter registrationin order to beeli gible to vote inthe No Dailv Phoenix vember7 StatewideGeneral Election, By Gus Padgett on truthfor the area. Coonty Election Board Secretary, • Itwas arro gantand unthink Kenneth Blackburnsaid today. Publisher Five Star News ing ofme to assumethat freedomof Blackburn said that persons the press was still the law of the wooare United States citizens,resi • My apologyto the Musko land. dellts of Oklahoma and at least 18 geeDaily Phoenixfor failure to rec • Please don't unleash the ly yemsold may app to becomeregis ognize its exclusive rights to all the mighty forceof the empireGannett tered voters. news stories in Muskogeeand sur on poorlittle weddyFive StarNews. Persons who have never been rounding cities. • Lastly,I apologizefor being registered to vote before or who are • I apologizeto theEditor and alive and well in Warner,Oklahoma, notcurrently registered in the county Stafffor my failure to honor the but the alternative seemsto be un of their residence and persons who Phoenix'sself imposed monopoly attractive. arercgisteredbut who need change to thelf registrationinformation or po litical affiliation by filling out and mailingan Oklahoma\bter Re gistra Statewiie c111erence 11 ei cite Pictured abovean, Keven, Jean andClarence Lynch prt orto leavingfor the Olympics in Sydney, Australia. tion Applicationform in timefor it to (Photograph by Debbie Salmon) be postmarkr.dno laterthan midnight Friday,October 13. seniars ab111 h1usin 110111 Blackbum said that applica Clarence, Jean and Keven ing lives change." joyed getting to know some of the On Thursday, October 12, a a senior's health can change sud tionspostmarked after that timewill Lynch ofWarner got the chanceof a "Aussies" and their language. The statewide teleconference to educate denly, he mayface a tightdeadline to be accepted and processed, but the lifetime. A trip to Sydney,Australia While in Australia The tripwas highlightedby meetingmany seniors about housing options will find adequate accommodations. applicationswill notbe approved until forthe Olympics. nj of theOlympian athletessuch as Cad beheld from IO :00 am.until noonat Thus, the teleconference'smi&'iion is _ Lynches e oyed some Olympic aftcrNo .ember7. The Lynches worked with games as well as the Opera House; Lewis. Connors State College, PortCampus, to educate seniors about options be- TheCounty Election Board re �h-Out2000 intheir "MoreThan Manly Beach. Bondi Beach. China 2501 N. 41st Street East in Musko- forethey need services. sponds in writing to every person Gold" campaign, witnessing for Town, the Blue Mountains, "Tent The family agreed the worst gee.Speakers from home health ser- "If a senior citizen feels that who submitsan applicationfor voter Christ. "Only 4% ofAustralians are City" (built for the Olympics) and part of the trip was the time in route vices, nursing homes, assistedliving their life-styleis being affected by limi rcg:stration. The responseis either a Christian." Clarencesaid. "It was a muchmore. As a modeof transporta ftomBurwood, a suburb of Sydney, facilities, hospice and other social tations theyface in their current liv VoterIdentification Card listing the trip of a lifetime with theplus ofsee- tion they took daily trains and en- to Warner- 27 hours. services will present information ing situation, they should seek our � voter'sprecinct number and poll aboutoptions forseniors. new options to enhance their life ingplacelocation or a letter that ex "Frequently, when people are style," says CindyJohnson, Director plains the reasonor reasons the ap D1tcll l111 faced with making a change in their of TulsaArea Agencyon Aging."A plication for voter registration was Commuters deal life-style, they do so when it's too variety of new housing options and not approved. Blackburn said that C11kl11 late to take advantage of other op- home-basedservices exist in thecom anypersonwho has submitteda voter tions," says Rod Giles, Planner at munity to supportactive life-styles." registrationapplication and whohas W1rksb1111 Tulsa Area Agency on Aging. "We For moreinformation to regis with stress of not received a response within 30 hope this teleconference will em- ter to attendthe teleconference, call 111,,111 1, •• day; shouldcontact the Coun tyElec power seniors to make better deci- AliceGeiger of Alterra SterlingHouse tion Boardoffice. sions sooner." at918-683-8388.Aliceandherstaffat Luann Waters, who has been Oklahoma Voter Registration construction taught Dutch Oven cookingin eight According to a survey of se- Alterra has vdlunteeredin coordinat .Awicationfonns are available at the Thesouth project started April niors in Connecticut,results show the ing the Muskogee area site for the By Mindy Madewell states, will present a Dutch Oven ComtyElection Board officelocated 3 and the northpro jectMay 30. Dirt two main reasons seniors seek new Teleconfereru:e. It is our hope at CSC Contributing Writer CookingWorkshop from2 p.m. to 6 at 4)() West Broadway, Room 120, workis nearingcompletion with as housing options is to relieve them- Alterra that we can help educateour p.m. on Sunday, October 15 at the Muskogee, OK., and at all post of phalt surfacing scheduled to start selves fromburdens ofhome mainte- seniorsin understandingtheir options WARNER-Commuterstravel GeorgeMurrell Home in Parle Hill. fices and public libraries in the soon. nance ( 51 percent) and a change in when it comes to alternativehousing ing to Connors State College facethe Waters has studied the history county. samething every morning,those as Thehighway will be afive-lane and methods ofcooking with a cov their healthstatus (30 percent).Since and servicesavailable. pirin headaches of dodging big facility,which includes a continuous ered iron potover an openfire, said trucks, deep potholes, and lots of centerleft tum lane, Sahba said.The ShirleyPettengill, who manages the free art contest 11e1 t1 dust. only stretch of two lane between historic home forthe Oklahoma His canish But reliefis just a couple of Warnerand Muskogee will be afive torical Society. The workshop willbe years away. What is a headache now mile stretch starting just south of open to the public with a fee of $25 warner area students and will becomejust anotherleisure time Dirty Creek extending to just perperson. The feewill include din Tournament Arts and Kids is pleasedto an- vide supplies or artrelated tecbnol- drive when US Highway 64 is turned north ofKeefeton. ner, which will becooked in the Dutch nounce that$38,000.00in prizes and ogy. into a five-lane thoroughfare from "There are four additional Oven, said Pettengill. set fir scholarships willbe awarded this year To enter, send ONE original betweenMuskogee and Warner,ac projectsthat areprogrammed for the Thesi7.e the of class will belim in it's Annual ArtCompetition. Stu- worlc of art, any styleand medium. cording to Darren Saliba, Oklahoma remaining five miles," Saliba said. itedto 30 people.Waters has beenan dents fro� the Warnerarea, particu- All entries must include the child's Department of TransportationDivi "Theseare necessarybecause of the educationspeci alist forthe Oklahoma Three For k s larly begmners, arewelcome to tryto name, addr� and age on the back. sionOne Engineer,Muskogee Office. Dirty Creekdrainage basin addingto Department ofWildlife for more than Rice's Outdoor Adventures is win theirshare of over 115 prizes.The Artworkshould besent to: Arts and The US 64 road construction costand complexity. Projectsare pro 12 yearsand has beendeveloping her hosing it's Fall CatfishClassic. The deadline forthe contest is December Kids, Suite lO l-2112,3fi00Crondall projectcurrently underwayis a two grammed according to construction Dutch Oven skills since 1992. tournamentwill beheld October 14, 31, 2000. The contest is open to ev- Lane,O\\'lllgsMills, MD2 ll17. En phase project, according to Saliba. sequencingand available funding." Workshop participants will 2000 at the ThreeForks Landing in eryone 17 years of age and younger triesmust bepostmarked by Decem Thefirst project is the construction The cost for the south project learn how to select and care for an Muskogee. There will be,drawings and entryis FREE. ber31, 2000. Artworkcannot be re of new lanes, just south of Musko is$5,l97,653.18. The north pricetag oven as well as about the resources forprizes. a Big Cat Jackpot.and high "Everyonewill enjoy an equal turned. gee and north of Warner. Phasetwo is$11,788,588Ji0. and recipesavailable, she said. They pa�uts, 1st Place will pay 875.00, chance of winning the contest since will bethe reconstructionof the Commuters who are stressed willcook in the ovens and samplere 2nd$500.00and 3rd $310.00 based entrantswill bejudged using age-ap cur heavy Arts and Kids is an organiz.a rentlanes. aboutthe potholesand traffic sults in a buffet style meal. on a field of 50 teams. The tourna propriate standards," stated Deidra tion dedicatedto bringing the work The projects are being done can toss away the aspirins next TheMurrell Home isone of the mentis opento non-boaters and boat Hampt,Contest Director. ''Many of the of young artists to the public's at jointlyby Glover Comttuction Com spring. According to Saliba the first oldest historic structures in Okla ers. Cost to enter is $50.00 perteam artistswho enter this contest will gain tention. In the last ten years, they , pany, Inc. (south projectfrom Dirty phaseof the southproject should be homa. It was completed in 1845 by and an optional $10.00for the Big nationalrecognition through publica haveawarded over $100,000 to tal !Creek to Warner) and Tiger Ind.