Durant Police Hold Rifle Qualification Classes
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Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black Vol. 111, No. 035 Lions’ Roar inside today’s edition Entire contents copyrighted © 2011 www.durantdemocrat.com THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011 See page 6 Durant Daily Democrat50 cents INSIDE NEWS Task force to study, recommend Oklahoma City, ICE officer arrested in pot smuggling change at Oklahoma DHS Tulsa among tops A deportation officer with U.S. Immigration and Customs BY KEN MILLER custody. read or only skimmed the in deficient spans Enforcement led Arizona state ASSOCIATED PRESS The move comes fol- taxpayer-funded $420,000 TULSA (AP) — Tulsa America study says 27.5 police and federal agents on a lowing the deaths of chil- audit commissioned by the and Oklahoma City are percent of Tulsa bridges high-speed desert chase in his OKLAHOMA CITY dren who were returned to Legislature ion 2009 to among the top cities in the need repair. government vehicle, throwing bun- (AP) — A task force of their families after being in help the agency reform its nation for having struc- Oklahoma City also dles of marijuana out of the win- “frustrated” lawmakers DHS custody, including a child-welfare services. turally deficient bridges. ranked as the worst for dow as he fled, the Department of was named Wednesday by girl who was returned to Some commissioners also A national study structurally deficient Public Safety said Wednesday. state House Speaker Kris her father even though she admitted they haven’t paid released Wednesday shows bridges in its category of See page 8 Steele to study the was injured earlier while in close attention to a multi- Tulsa is the worst area in metro areas from 1 million Department of Human his care. million class-action lawsuit the nation among cities of to 2 million people. INSIDE SPORTS Services and recommend In addition, commis- by a children’s-advocacy its size when it comes to Gov. Mary Fallin earlier changes in what Steele said sioners that oversee DHS group that alleges the bridges that need repair. announced a plan to fix the is an effort to better protect have been criticized after The Tulsa World reports state’s deficient bridges by Lions set to children who are in state admitting that they never See DHS, page 2 that the Transportation for 2019. face Lawton Durant Police hold rifle qualification classes MacArthur A change from the normal Friday night football, the Durant Lions will face Lawton MacArthur at Paul Laird Field tonight. Lawton Mac, who is currently 7-0 for the season and 4-0 in dis- trict, leads the series 3-1 against the Lions. Last year, Durant fell 42-20 in Lawton with 448 yards in total offense. Lawton was expected to... See page 5 LOOKING AHEAD “I (almost) Got Away With It” The television show,“I (almost) Got Away With It” will air at 9 p.m. today on the Investigation Discovery Channel.This episode is about convicted murderer and Bryan County Jail escapee Kevin Cross. Several local people were interviewed for the show. Investigate Discovery is on chan- nel 252 through Communicomm Cable. DAILY BIBLE VERSE “Restore to me the joy of your sal- vation and grant me a willing spir- it, to sustain me.” -Psalm 51:12 TODAY IN HISTORY On Oct. 20, 1944 During World War II, Gen. Douglas MacArthur stepped ashore at Leyte (LAY’-tee) in the Philippines, DURANT DEMOCRAT: MATT SWEARENGIN 2? years after saying, The Durant Police Department held rifle qualifications last week at the department’s gun range. Shown above, in the foreground, is Lt. “I shall return.” Brock Jones. All officers who want to carry a rifle must attend rifle school and then qualify each year. Lt. Joe Sebourn, above right, who is the department’s rangemaster, was in charge of the qualifications. More than 30 officers are certified to carry a rifle. To qualify, officers must 3-Day Forecast shoot in the prone, kneeling and standing positions. They carry AR-type 5.56 mm rifles. Friday Patchy frost before 9am. Otherwise, Police: Burglar said Oklahoma judge blocks sunny, with a high near 77. East wind 6 to 10 mph. abortion law from taking effect Saturday he accidentally fell BY SEAN MURPHY recommended dosage or contend that the drugs are ASSOCIATED PRESS prescribing it for different dangerous and should be A 20 percent symptoms than the drug used only in strict accor- chance of showers through the window OKLAHOMA CITY was initially approved for dance with FDA guidelines. and thunderstorms. Mostly cloudy, (AP) — An Oklahoma — is common, and that the “To date, at least eight with a high near 73. A man arrested tim told police that he judge on Wednesday tem- measure would prevent doc- American women have died Wednesday for suspicion pushed Swilling out of the porarily blocked from tak- tors from using their best from mifepristone abor- Sunday of burglary told police house, and Swilling then ing effect a new law medical judgment. tions,” Assistant Attorney designed to reduce the num- Sunny, with a high that he accidentally fell began to choke him. The “We’re thrilled that General Victoria Tindall near 75. through the window of victim then broke free and ber of abortions performed women in Oklahoma will wrote in the state’s response the home. Swilling ran behind the in the state by restricting the continue to be able to access to the center’s lawsuit. “The Durant Police house, the report stated. ways in which doctors can medical care that accounts dangerous risks of mifepris- treat women with abortion- Today’s weather page 12 Patrolman Rick Ford was Swilling, who for scientific evidence, tone demand strict adher- dispatched at 10 p.m. to appeared intoxicated, told inducing drugs. sound medical judgment ence to the FDA-approved the 500 block of police that he came to the Oklahoma County and advancements in medi- protocol.” Northeast Fifth Avenue home to see why he was District Judge Daniel cine,” said Michelle Attorney General Scott about a burglary in not welcome and that he Owens issued the ruling Movahed, an attorney for Pruitt said in a statement progress. “accidentally fell through after a conference call with the New York-based Center that the judge’s decision “is INSIDE TODAY’S DURANT A dispatcher advised the window,” according to attorneys for both sides. for Reproductive Rights, unfortunate for the state and the sound of glass break- the report. He was arrest- The temporary injunction which challenged the law on our public health, but it is DAILY DEMOCRAT ing could be heard. When ed for suspicion of first- prevents the bill from going behalf of Nova Health not a surprise with new leg- into effect on Nov. 1. Passed Systems, a Tulsa-based islative provisions being OBITUARIES................................................. 2 Ford arrived, he heard degree burglary, assault movement on the north and battery, public intoxi- earlier this year by the GOP- abortion provider, and the tested.” controlled Legislature and ANNIE’S MAILBOX........................................ 3 side of the house, the cation and four outstand- Oklahoma Coalition for Movahed said as many as report stated, and Joseph ing warrants. The district signed by Gov. Mary Fallin, Reproductive Justice, a non- 21 percent of all drugs are OPINION........................................................4 Swilling, 24, was found attorney’s office will be the measure requires doc- profit abortion-rights group. prescribed for off-label use. hiding in the bushes. reviewing the report to tors to follow the strict Similar laws approved in In the case of drug-induced SPORTS........................................................ 5 The resident said there determine charges. guidelines and protocols North Dakota and Ohio abortions, she said a com- had been a prior incident In other crimes, a authorized by the U.S. Food have been delayed pending mon regimen is to use one- COMICS........................................................6 and Swilling was no Durant man has been and Drug Administration, legal challenges, Movahed third of the FDA-recom- longer welcome at the charged with misde- and prohibits off-label uses said. The North Dakota law- mended amount of the abor- CLASSIFIED...............................................7-8 home. According to state- meanor eluding police of the drugs. It also requires suit says that state’s law tion drug mifepristone in doctors to examine the would prevent doctors from conjunction with misopros- NEWS..............................................10-11-12 ments given to police, following a chase Swilling showed up and Tuesday evening. women, document certain using the drug misoprostol tol, which has been deter- began kicking the door. Leslie Ryan Green Jr., medical conditions and because it’s labeled for treat- mined to be effective for a He then began to enter the 21, Durant, was charged schedule follow-up appoint- ment of stomach ulcers. It’s variety of other purposes home by breaking out a Wednesday. Durant ments. one of two drugs that are than gastric ulcers. She said window while the vic- Master Police Officer Opponents of the meas- administered in combina- in the decade since the tim’s children screamed ure say the off-label use of tion to induce abortions. in the back room. The vic- See CRIME, page 2 drugs — such as changing a Attorneys for Oklahoma See ABORTION, page 2 2 THE DURANT DAILY DEMOCRAT Obituaries THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2011 CRIME mm cartridges, 12-gauge Carole Kay Stuck Hollis E. Roberts shotgun shells, .45-caliber Continued from Page 1 cartridges, plus assorted fired cartridges and reload- Carole Kay Stuck, was born Aug. 28, 1941, and Funeral Services for Hollis E. Roberts will be Shane Harkey was driving ing supplies, were stolen. passed away on Sunday, Oct, held on Friday, October 21, northbound at 5:40 p.m. Eight Kenwood radios, 16, 2011, at the age of 70, at 2011, at 1:00 p.m.