Prayer breakfast honors Martin Luther King Jr.

JERRY FINK “We thank you Father for MANAGING EDITOR those godly people who Tressie Dan, 94, prayed have been elected to office for the nation and its and we ask the ungodly newly elected leaders on leaders to improve.” Monday, Jan. 18, Martin The assembly at the Luther King, Jr. Day. church 10 miles west of She was among wor- Checotah was small, due shippers who attended to COVID-19. a prayer breakfast at the In normal times there Mt. Olive Star Baptist would be speakers who Church to pay homage to would speak of King’s the late civil rights leader greatness and of hope for Martin Luther King Jr. who was shot to death on continued brotherhood the balcony of a Mem- and peace. normal times. phis, Tennessee motel on There would be hymns There is the virus that April 4, 1968. and prayers, followed by is killing people and de- “Give them wisdom to a free breakfast prepared stroying lives. wisely lead this country,” by volunteers. There is deep division Rev. Samuel Harper prays for the Lord to “tear down the Tressie Dan prays for the country Tressie beseeched Jesus. But these are far from SEE KING, PAGE A2 walls of hatred and bigotry.” History lost when century-old home burns

LADONNA RHODES STAFF WRITER On Wednesday, January 6, 2021 part of Checo- tah’s history went up in flames. The Kniseley histor- ical home, remembered by so many and loved by all, caught fire around 3 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon and burned to nothing but an empty shell with a scorched stairway, some charred columns and its cracked chim- ney rising over the ashes. The old home had been quite the grandeur in its day COURTESY PHOTO STAFF PHOTO | JEAN GAWF SEE HISTORY, PAGE A3 Kniseley home, built in the 1900s. Photo taken in the late 1960s. Kniseley home after fire destroyed it Jan. 6, 2021. Ball case moves Checotah seniors carry on to federal court JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR Letterman tradition Floyd Joseph Ball Jr. 35, of Checotah was indict- LADONNA RHODES their class for six semesters and Laura Smith ed by a Federal Grand STAFF WRITER received their jackets: Jury last week on charges Checotah High School Principal Amanda Brown The History of the Letterman of kidnapping in Indian Jennifer Campbell congratulated Clancy Campbell The Harvard baseball team were Country and aggravated the Class of 2021 Academic Let- Zane Cummings the original recipients of the first sexual abuse in Indian terman Jacket Recipients for a job Bradee Hall “Letterman” sweaters dating back Country. well done on Friday, Jan. 15. Alexis Hamilton to 1865. The Letterman sweat- The indictment states The following seniors were rec- Vanessa Henson ers, which were made of thick, that on May 5, 2018 he ognized as the Top 10 percent in Gavin Scott SEE LETTERMAN, PAGE A6 SEE FEDERAL, PAGE A7 Floyd Ball Jr. Convicted killer to be retried JERRY FINK MANAGING EDITOR Patrick Dwayne Mur- phy, 51, will have his day in court - again. This time it will be in federal court. Murphy, a former res- ident of Vernon, was convicted in state district court in May, 2020, for the Aug. 28, 1999 mur- COURTESY PHOTO Patrick Murphy SEE RETRIED, PAGE A2 Top 10 percent seniors receive their Letterman jackets. Pictured are Laura Smith, Bradee Hall, Gavin Scott and Vanessa Henson.

A2 • McIntosh County Democrat Thursday, January 21, 2021

COURTESY PHOTO “It takes a village” to feed a village that’s why volunteers from Freedom House and the community are always needed for the monthly grocery distribution of The Least of These Ministries. RETRIED CONTINUED FROM A1 Courthouses put on alert for der of George Jacobs Sr., 49, in rural McIntosh County. However, based upon the U.S. Su- preme Court decision last year in the case of Jimcy McGirt, major crimes possible demonstrations committed by Native Americans in Indian Country must be tried in fed- Using extra caution, court- is open,” McIntosh County with leadership of the Cap- houses this past weekend. eral court. houses across the state have Sheriff Kevin Ledbetter said. itol Patrol Division of the “Stay away if possible,” he Murphy, a member of the Mus- been put on alert about pos- Jari Askins, Administrative Oklahoma Highway Patrol,” said. cogee (Creek) Nation, appealed his sible demonstrations that Director of the Courts sent Askins said. Askins assured everyone conviction in September and it was have been discussed on so- a message to judges in each “After our conversation, the that “we are remaining vig- overturned. cial media outlets. district court explaining the Chief Justice, Joseph and I felt ilant in protecting the safety However, Murphy remained in The alert was issued Thurs- situation. confident in the information of the judiciary, court clerks custody. day, Jan. 14, and is to con- “Most of you have seen and ‘intel’ available to the and court personnel and the On Jan. 13, a Federal Grand Jury in tinue through this week the ‘alerts’ this week on so- OHP and in their planned security of your buildings.” Muskogee announced 41 unsealed – with special emphasis for cial media and news out- response. At this time, they Since the siege of the Na- and 11 sealed indictments, most of Wednesday, Jan. 20, Inaugu- lets about possible demon- are NOT concerned about tion’s Capitol on Jan. 6, the them involving crimes in Indian ration Day. strations to be held at state the Judicial Center or any day Congress was meeting Country. The McIntosh Coun- capitols across the country county courthouse, but they to affirm the election of Joe Murphy was among those indicted. ty Courthouse was closed this weekend (Jan 16-17). are monitoring regularly Biden as president, there has He is charged with Murder in Indi- Monday for Martin Luther Some of those alerts includ- and will continue to do so been rumblings on social an Country; Murder in Indian Coun- King, Jr. Day. ed possible demonstrations throughout the weekend and media about further action try in Perpetration of Kidnapping “We always have the met- at county courthouses. Early next week.” by far right groups who dis- and kidnapping resulting in Death (2 al detector and armed secu- this week, Chief Justice Dar- Askins urged judges to lim- pute the validity of Biden’s counts). rity when our courthouse by, Joseph French and I met it their time at their court- election. A trial date has not yet been set. But for a series of circumstances it might have been Murphy, not Mc- Girt, whose court case turned the legal system as it applies to Native Americans in Indian Country topsy turvy. Pedestrian killed in Warner In 1997 Jimcy McGirt was tried and convicted of First Degree Rape by Instrumentation, Lewd Molesta- Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troopers According to OHP the crash hap- OHP confirmed 18-year-old Tyler tion, and Forcible Sodomy in Wag- are still investigating a deadly crash pened just after 7:30 p.m. on Saturday Patterson was pronounced dead at the oner County. involving a pedestrian in Muskogee approximately two miles north of War- scene by Muskogee EMS. While serving two 500 year sen- County. ner. tences and life without parole in the Oklahoma Department of Correc- tions he appealed his conviction, KING bringing us out of 2020 into arguing the Creek Nation Reserva- 2021...we give you thanks for tion had not been disestablished and CONTINUED FROM A1 what you have done for us therefore the State of Oklahoma did among political factions, in the past year and give you not have jurisdiction to prosecute some of whom assaulted the the thanks and the praise for him because he is a member of the Nation’s Capitol and defiled bringing us into 2021. Thank Seminole Nation. the premises while assault- you for all the families repre- The appeals by Murphy and Mc- ing law enforcement officers sented here today … with the Girt were similar. with mace and sticks that cooks in the kitchen and the The two cases found their way to held the American flag. people here waiting on food the U.S. Supreme Court. Alma Harper, organizer and prayer. Murphy was going to be the first of Monday’s breakfast and “You are a special, wonder- to be heard but one of the supreme prayer vigil, noted the im- ful God. You have spared our court justices recused from his case portance of the holiday cele- lives to let us come here and which caused a delay. brating King, a man of peace sit down and break bread. During the delay, the court agreed who died violently. Bless everyone here. to hear McGirt’s appeal and based “He gave his life for free- “Thank you Father for giv- upon his case, on July 9, 2020 the dom for everyone, for peace ing us the blessing you have United States Supreme Court held and non-violence,” Harper given us today; We ask you the Creek Nation Reservation had said. “We want to honor him to make this a wonderful day not been disestablished and there- on this day that’s been set Alma Harper remembers the greatness of Martin Luther King Jr. and ask that you tear down fore the State of Oklahoma had been aside. the walls of hatred and big- without jurisdiction over McGirt. “Because of COVID we at the White House and the “Father God we come to- otry. That decision has been used to don’t have as many people pandemic, prayer is very day first of all to thank you Lord help us to destroy all overturn dozens of cases tried in dis- here as normal. But at this much needed.” for giving us life. We thank such things and to build up trict court, but in most instances they time, the situation we’re in Rev. Samuel Harper led the you Lord for the blessings love and concern for one an- are being moved to federal court. with everything going on prayers. you have Bestowed upon us, other. Amen.”

Thursday, January 21, 2021 McIntosh County Democrat • A3

STAFF PHOTO | JEAN GAWF The Beaver brothers, Aaron and Allen, broke ground on Monday, January 18, on the future site of their soon-to-be dental office building, located south of Richy’s Pawn on Business 69. Family, friends mourn passing of Becky Mayo

Family, friends, your many aspects of the op- first chairperson of the teacher, a den leader for pening. That was more Demo staff and newspa- eration of the Sequoyah Oklahoma Newspaper Cub Scouts as well as a than 25 years ago and un- pers across the state are County Times, serving Foundation committee district leader for Boy til recently she continued mourning the passing of as educational services on NIE. Scouts of America. to sponsor reading events Becky Mayo who passed director and business “Becky Mayo was so “Mrs. Mayo was a like the Wednesday Book away Thursday morning manager before retiring helpful to other news- faithful volunteer to the Lunches, Summer Read- in Sallisaw. in 2016. papers around the state Stanley Tubbs Memo- ing, and the Friends of She had worked many In 2002, she was co-win- with Newspapers in Edu- rial Library. She served the Library Fundraising years at the Sequoyah ner, with husband Jim, of cation and teaching them on the local board and Projects. She loved to County Times and was the Oklahoma Newspa- how to publish a quality on the Friends of the Li- encourage everyone to part owner of Cookson per Foundation’s Beachy newspaper,” Oklahoma brary board for numer- come to eat Pizza on First Hills Publishers, Inc. Musselman Award for Press Association Execu- ous years. I saw her as a Thursdays. Her contri- The Eufaula IndianBecky Mayo outstanding contribu- tive Vice President Mark creative, generous person butions to the library Journal and McIntosh tions to newspaper jour- Thomas said. “She was who was always seeking were not just financial. County Democrat are in Economics in 1964. nalism, and in 2003 she always cheerful, helpful for a way to help promote She gave all of us wonder- the family of newspapers While attending the was inducted inducted and kind to everyone.” the joy of reading,” Be- ful ideas for how to make published by Cookson University of Oklahoma, into the Oklahoma Jour- Becky was also active thia Owens, librarian at the library a better place. Hills Publishers. she became a member of nalism Hall of Fame. in many civic organiza- Stanley Tubbs Memorial We will miss Mrs. Mayo A 1960 graduate of Kappa Kappa Gamma so- In 1992, Becky pio- tions and clubs, includ- Library, said. “The first who made a difference in Muskogee Central High rority. neered a comprehensive ing P.E.O. Chapter G.Y., time I met her, she vol- our lives.” Schools, Becky attended Following a teaching Newspaper in Education Onawa Study Club, the unteered to teach a class Becky was of the Pres- Lindenwood College in stint in California, Becky (NIE) program for Your Stanley Tubbs Memorial for children on Newspa- byterian faith and an el- Missouri and later trans- moved to Sallisaw in 1967 TIMES and other small Library Advisory Board, pers in Education. She der of the First Presbyte- ferred to the Universi- where she worked for Sal- newspapers to provide Sallisaw Literacy Coun- entertained and taught rian Church in Sallisaw. ty of Oklahoma where lisaw Public Schools. newspapers, tours and cil, book club and other the principles and values she earned a Bachelor of Beginning in the early youth career counseling charitable organizations. of reading and being up Science degree in Home 1970s, she participated in to students. She was the She was a Sunday school to date on what is hap-

HISTORY blood) Waller, rented molding and trim had Waller said. lost everything when it to have lived a thousand rooms there. My father been replaced with cheap, The last ladies to own burnt to rubble a couple lives and oh the stories it CONTINUED FROM A1 was actually born in that modern trim, the beau- the old home at 408 NW weeks ago. Sadly it was could tell. and still lovely to look house on Dec. 29, 1928. tiful oak fireplace and 2nd St. were Vickie Smith the ending to the centu- upon. Oh, if these walls He only weighed two and doors had been painted and Lucille Lemley, who ry-old home that seemed could just talk, the sto- a half pounds so the doc- white and the wood floors ries they could tell of days tor told them not to both- had been covered with gone by in Checotah. er naming him because he carpet. It was definite- Mr. Herman D. Knise- wouldn’t live. However, ly not an improvement, ley originally built the my great-grandmother but regrettably we were home in the early 1900s. stayed up all night turn- young and broke and we Kniseley was the first ing him over and over in couldn’t afford to restore pharmacist brought to front of that big, old fire- it back to its former glo- Checotah by Mr. William place, and the next morn- ry days but the house still E. Gentry. ing he got his name, Jesse had so much character Kniseley & Compa- Ray Waller. My grand- and charm.” ny had previously built father would go to be “My son Christopher (1899) a two-story build- part of the Checotah city had his first birthday ing on the Gentry block council for years and my in that beautiful home, which laid claim to be father would work for the priceless memories now. “the oldest and largest post office and eventually I remember the big snow drug establishment in become the postmaster.” we got that year. It was Checotah.” Then Knise- The centurion home absolutely beautiful on ley built their expansive went through many the house and trees, and home with all its charm. changes and had several yet it was so cozy and A 1971 Checotah High owners through its years. warm inside that big old School graduate and for- Many people shared house. I remember look- mer owner of the home, their memories on so- ing out across the back lot Kim Waller (formerly cial media and residents holding Chris and think- Miller), did her best to shared their sadness of ing how lucky I was.” describe the historical such a loss of history. “A couple years later home. “My husband, Jim Mill- we traded houses with “Upstairs there were er, and I bought the house my father and my moth- two huge bedrooms in from Jess Frazier, who was er, Emma Lee Waller. front with access to the the Chief of Police back She was the Longfellow balcony and two small- in the 70s,” Waller said. principal back then. They er bedrooms and a small “It had always been my lived in the house for a few bath in back,” Waller said. dream home and we pur- years and then decided to “Downstairs had a huge chased the home and the build a home back in the entryway where the fire- lot for $28,000 in 1975. country because mother place was located. The big Unfortunately by the didn’t like living in town. fireplace had a gorgeous time we bought the house She had been a country carved copper piece in it had been badly ‘mod- girl too long, but we all the front to block the up- ernized.’ All the wide oak missed the old house,” draft when not in use. It was a real work of art. On the right side of the entryway was the din- ing room and on the left side was the parlor. These rooms both had huge, oversized sliding pocket doors to close them off.” “In the back of the first floor was the kitchen on the right and the fami- ly room on the left, with a bathroom between. These rooms were actu- ally raised because of the full basement, so you had a beautiful view of the huge backyard. The base- ment had several rooms a s w e l l .” “Sometime in the late 1920s my grandparents, Jesse and Maggie (Young-

A4 • McIntosh County Democrat Thursday, January 21, 2021 Eufaula, Checotah see double-digit sales tax revenue gains

The Oklahoma Tax Commission recently released 2020 2019 city sales tax collection figures that primarily rep- resents local tax receipts from November business. Nov/Dec Nov/Dec Change The monies they reported this period represent sales 2020 tax Tax collection Taxable sales 2019 tax Tax collection Taxable sales from 2019 from November 16 to 30 and estimated sales from De- City rate through Dec 15 through Dec 15 rate through Dec 15 through Dec 15 to 2020 cember 1 to 15. Checotah 4% $409,492.63 $10,237,315.75 4% $373,085.59 $9,327,139.75 10% Eufaula 3.5% $185,232.17 $5,292,347.71 3.5% $149,742.32 $4,278,352.00 24% Statewide, the disbursement of $164,181,289 in sales Hanna 4% $1,297.88 $32,447.00 4% $831.40 $20,785.00 56% tax collections returned to the cities and towns reflect- Rentiesville 4% $34.38 $859.50 4% $138.24 $3,456.00 -75% ed an increase of $4,189,918 from the $159,991,371 Vernon 4% $70.80 $1,770.00 4% $78.69 $1,967.25 -10% distributed to the cities and towns in January last year. Council Hill 2% $1,500.64 $75,032.00 2% $1,039.62 $51,981.00 44% The use tax disbursement to cities and towns was Henryetta 4% $238,176.77 $5,954,419.25 4% $268,365.41 $6,709,135.25 -11% $29,517,666 according to the Oklahoma Tax Com- McAlester 3.75% $1,226,724.26 $32,712,646.93 3.75% $1,354,294.40 $36,114,517.33 -9% mission. Muskogee 4% $2,140,121.53 $53,503,038.25 4% $2,171,925.58 $54,298,139.50 -1% In county returns, the counties shared in a Stigler 3.5% $203,696.58 $5,819,902.29 3.5% $203,807.31 $5,823,066.00 0% $25,947,908 sales tax disbursement and a $5,243,840 Warner 4% $63,257.39 $1,581,434.75 4% $58,136.34 $1,453,408.50 9% use tax disbursement. County The chart to the right compares city sales taxes and McIntosh 2% $361,872.41 $18,093,620.50 2% $324,755.38 $16,237,769.00 11% taxable sales in area cities, towns and counties as well Muskogee 0.650% $440,038.97 $67,698,303.08 0.650% $442,466.65 $68,071,792.31 -1% as a comparison for the same period in 2019. Taxable Okfuskee 2% $127,640.87 $6,382,043.50 2% $111,955.75 $5,597,787.50 14% Sales are calculated by dividing the tax collected by Sequoyah 1.417% $385,944.13 $27,236,706.42 1.417% $344,746.90 $24,329,350.74 12% the tax rate and it shows a rough estimate of retail Tulsa 0.367% $3,650,567.67 $994,705,087.19 0.367% $3,737,322.01 $1,018,343,871.93 -2% sales activity. SOURCE: Oklahoma Tax Commission Porum pair Quinton man pleads guilty charged in to money laundering The United States Attorney’s conducted the transaction with the Pittsburg County Sheriff’s Office, Office for the Eastern District of intent to promote the continued the McAlester Police Department, Oklahoma announced that Choice distribution of methamphetamine. and the Stigler Police Department. federal court Lynn Needham, age 46, of Quinton, The charges arose from a joint in- The investigation was part of and entered a guilty plea to Laundering vestigation led by the Drug Enforce- included members of the DEA Porum residents Ash- Monetary Instruments, punishable ment Administration (“DEA”). High Intensity Drug Trafficking ley Alyssa Johnson, 47, by up to 20 years’ imprisonment, Other agencies involved include Task Force. and Douglas Lee Sail Jr., a fine up to $500,000 or twice the the Bureau of Indian Affairs, the The Honorable John F. Heil, III, 42, have been indicted amount of the illicit transaction, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Fire- U.S. District Judge in the United on multiple charges by a whichever is greater, or both. arms and Explosives, the Internal States District Court for the East- Federal Grand Jury. The Indictment alleged that on Revenue Service, the United States ern District of Oklahoma, in Musk- Charges include con- Jan. 2, 2018, Needham transferred Postal Inspection Service, the ogee, accepted the plea and ordered spiracy to interfere with $1,200 in United States Currency Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics, the the completion of a presentence in- commerce by robbery; via MoneyGram from a Walmart National Guard Counterdrug Task vestigation report. attempted interference Store in McAlester to a co-conspir- Force, the Haskell County Sheriff’s Special Assistant United States with commerce by rob- ator in Palm Springs, California. Office, the District 18 District At- Attorney Christopher Schroeder bery; use, carry, bran- Needham knew that the $1,200 torney’s Drug Task Force, the Sem- and Assistant United States Attor- was proceeds from the distribu- inole Nation Lighthorse Police, the ney Ryan Conway represented the dish and discharge of a Ashley Johnson firearm during and in tion of methamphetamine, and Choctaw Nation Tribal Police, the United States. relation to a crime of violence (two counts); conspiracy to commit robbery in Indian Coun- try; attempted robbery in Temporary absentee ballot Indian Country and felon in possession of firearm (two counts). They are alleged to have conspired to rob a jewelry verification option expires store owner in Muskogee Voters who receive absentee ballots by mail should be er’s signature witnessed by two people. with a firearm. Douglas Sail Jr. aware that a temporary absentee ballot verification op- “In other words, voters will submit their absentee bal- tion which was put in place by state legislators last year lots the same way they did prior to Senate Bill 210. As has expired. always, we recommend voters allow themselves plenty The temporary verification option was part of Senate of time to receive, vote and return their ballots,” McK- 2 plead guilty to crimes Bill 210 which was passed in the spring of 2020 in re- night said. sponse to the pandemic. The bill gave Oklahoma voters Voters can request absentee ballots online using the the option to include a copy of their valid ID in lieu OK Voter Portal on the State Election Board website in Indian Country of a notarized or witnessed signature on their absentee at https://oklahoma.gov/elections/ovp.html or pick up The United States Attorney’s Office for the East- ballot affidavit. an application from the County Election Board. A list ern District of Oklahoma announced that Muskogee Certain provisions of the bill were valid for the 2020 of notaries can be found on the State Election Board County residents, Colton Delain Edwards, age 19, and election year only and expired in December. website at https://oklahoma.gov/elections/voter-info/ Jakeyvious Dune Lee Key, age 19, each entered guilty County Election Board Secretary Janelle McKnight absentee-voting/notary-services.html. pleas to Attempted Robbery In Indian Country, pun- said voters who request absentee ballots in 2021 will For more information, voters can contact the McIn- ishable by up to 15 years’ imprisonment, a fine up to receive updated absentee ballot instructions with their tosh County Election Board by telephone at (918) 689- $250,000, or both. balloting material and should read them thoroughly 2452 or by email to [email protected]. The Indictment alleged that on or about July 30, before placing their ballot in the mail. The Election Board is located on the first floor of the 2019, within the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in In- According to McKnight, “standard” absentee ballot McIntosh County Courthouse, 110 North 1st, Eufaula. dian Country, the defendants, by force and violence affidavits are required to be notarized. “Physically inca- Office hours are 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through Fri- SEE GUILTY, PAGE A8 pacitated” absentee ballot affidavits must have the vot- day.

Thursday, January 21, 2021 McIntosh County Democrat • A5 OPINION The deliberate and systematic destruction of America cial, political or cultural cide studies. of it which has kept and g roup.” Has America ever seen developed its culture, its Wikipedia states, the mass violence that she beliefs, its common ideas, “Genocide is the inten- is suffering from today? Is which have guided it and tional action to destroy a there a genocide in prog- given it a soul, which, in people - usually defined ress to wipe out all the short, made it a nation ... as an ethnic, national, ra- good from our land? This is not simply a case After an entire year of of taste and smell and dif- cial, or religious group - Though Lemkin would of mass murder. It is a being deemed “an es- ficulty in breathing? in whole or in part.” go on to lecture at many case of genocide, of the sential worker” where I If everyone could have The United Nations places like Duke Univer- destruction, not of indi- continued to work with just used universal pre- Genocide Convention, sity and Yale University viduals only, but of a cul- the public, in the public, cautions, which have which was established in and would even be an ture and a nation.” and for the public, I un- been taught to us from 1948, defines genocide as advisor to the Supreme Make no mistake here; fortunately caught the daycare on, how many “acts committed with in- Court of the United we are in a time the world COVID-19 virus at the people would have sur- tent to destroy, in whole States, he would still con- has never seen. We are in end of 2020. Though I vived or never even or in part, a national, sider his life’s work in- a racial, political and re- had used every precau- caught COVID-19? ethnic, racial or religious complete and unsuccess- ligious upheaval that no tion known to man, from But instead we are group, as such, including ful. man and no political par- wearing a mask around watching family and the killing of its mem- Yes, even though he ty can fix. We are in an large public gatherings friends die left and right bers, causing serious was nominated for the unpredictable, unprece- and in stores, using an- as political parties literal- bodily or mental harm Nobel Peace Prize ten dented storm that threat- tibacterial wipes, sprays, ly fight it out in the White to members of the group, times and won numerous ens to wipe out our very and sanitizers, not to House and racial injus- deliberately imposing liv- awards, Lemkin would existence and steal Amer- mention, washing my tices are overlooked and ing conditions that seek go on to describe his ef- ica’s soul. hands so repetitively that more and more Amer- to bring about its physical forts to prevent genocide If “We the People” they will never be soft icans grow hostile and destruction in whole or as a failure, stating, “The of the United States of again, I still got sick. threaten to use force to in part, preventing births, fact is that the rain of America, cannot form Of course, I know there fix everything. or forcibly transferring my work fell on a fallow a more perfect union will be those who have Is America actually suf- children out of the group plain, only this rain was a (that’s all parties), estab- refused to wear a mask fering a form of genocide to another group.” mixture of the blood and lish justice (that’s for all at any time that will be to the likes we have nev- Did you know the term tears of eight million in- colors of skin), insure quick to say, “I told you er seen before? Are the “genocide” was coined in nocent people through- domestic tranquility so. Masks don’t work.” weak being sacrificed for 1944 by Raphael Lemkin, out the world. Included (that’s preserve the peace However, I wonder if the sake of civil rights? a Polish lawyer of Jewish also were the tears of my in our homes and in our those same people might Can a house, communi- descent, who managed parents and my friends.” streets), provide for the have been so gracious as ty or nation divided re- to save his life but lost As told in Lemkin’s common defense (that’s to wear a mask while out ally stand? Or in the end 49 relatives in the Holo- writings in Holodomor: protection of the Nation in public, would this have is there just complete caust? Reflections on the Great as a whole), promote the happened to those of us destruction because no In fact, Lemkin’s most Famine of 1932-1933 in general welfare (and that’s doing our best to protect one cares for their fellow important piece of work Soviet Ukraine, Lemkin the welfare of ALL of us, others and ourselves? man, everyone demands entitled Axis Rule in Oc- wrote” ... if the Soviet not just some) and secure If everyone would have their way or the highway cupied Europe was pub- program succeeds com- the blessings of liberty to used sanitizer and washed and someone always has lished in November 1944 pletely, if the intelligen- ourselves and our poster- their hands repetitively, to pay for the cost of the in the United States and tsia, the priest, and the ity to ordain and establish would my family and I chaos? was one of the founda- peasant can be eliminat- and uphold (yes I added and so many others have Merriam-Webster de- tional text books in Ho- ed (then) Ukraine will that one) the Constitu- ist as “One Nation under been spared the weeks of scribes genocide as “the locaust studies and in the be as dead as if every tion for the United States God” and we will vanish relentless joint pain, high deliberate and system- study of totalitarianism, Ukrainian were killed, for of America, then “We the from the earth. fever, endless fatigue, loss atic destruction of a ra- mass violence and geno- it will have lost that part People” will cease to ex-

family. being doled out you were reaching for all you could get Not once did he mention the beatings unleashed with one hand while making sure you patted Trump’s against other officers at the hands of a murderous mob behind perfectly with the other. while he was whisked to safety. You’re a joke, Mullen. A sad sick joke. You and every Actually, he and the rest of his servile seditionists one of your fellow co-conspirators in Congress should should’ve been left behind to face their friends mask- be kicked out the door or at the very least barred from less and give them COVID-19 instead of spreading it ever holding a seat on any committee ever again. To the Editor: amongst his co-workers. But I guess, like the murder- You’re not an American. Americans love their coun- ers and treasonous curs he pals around with, you only try. You love a loser with orange skin and no soul. I’m The study of human behavior is quite fascinating. “back the blue” and the only time that “blue lives mat- pretty sure that’s one thing you have in common. Not When people say “they broke the mold when they ter” is when they’re doing what YOU and your fellow the orange skin, although you should try it. I mean the made him,” they’re wrong. If you live long enough white supremacists want them to do, which is bashing no soul part. you’ll see that there are many, many molds, and in the heads of minorities. I’ve seen many molds like Mullen in my lifetime. they’re never broken. And people rarely ever change When the right wants to engage in criminal activity, They’d run and snitch on their fellow employees to their stripes. why, that has obviously been ordained by their Lord gain favor with their corrupt bosses, which would only Which brings me to Congressman Markwayne Mul- Trump so that makes it legal and perfectly A-OK. last a short while and they’d get tossed on the discard len. If Mullen doesn’t like how democracy works I pile like all their backstabbing meant nothing. And In his most recent op-ed, in my opinion, he lied with strongly suggest he read the tea leaves. Trump is on that’s what you’ve got coming your way with Trump, every word he wrote. Not once did he talk about the his way out the door. The movers are already backing Mullen. A knife in the back, which you richly deserve. riot, the carnage, the sedition and treason which he their trucks up. And if widdle Marky Wayne wants to No, the molds never break. God help us all. and all the rest of his cowardly, snivelling sycophantic stay funky with his master, then he should leave with And is there any truth to the rumors that your pansy dumpster fire cohorts encouraged and enabled on Jan. him. He could put on a court jester’s or a clown suit butt was cast as the character 2020 in the Match.com 6 in our nation’s Capitol. with a big red “M” on it. commercial? Asking for a friend. Not once did he mention the death of a Capitol How’s your juggling skills, Mullen? Must be pretty Police officer or extend his condolences to the man’s good because when Pandemic assistance money was Larry Parsons, Warner Capitol update mental health centers in ing on will help combat state to monitor these dia, because all of the in- eastern Oklahoma. The human trafficking in our like it does other tobac- formation you hear is not closest one to District 15 state. co products, and this bill necessarily true, especial- is in McAlester, and un- • Daycare funding - will address this in state ly considering the season fortunately, the distance Over the past year, I statute. our nation is in right now. hinders many from using have worked with differ- To view bills that have Be sure to check sourc- its services. Having more ent childcare organiza- already been filed, vis- es, and feel free to reach With the approaching for students to succeed mental health resources tions to establish a way it the House website out to me with any ques- deadline to file bills on in school if their dyslexia closer to home will allow for our daycares to keep at www.okhouse.gov. tions about what we’re Thursday, Jan. 21, I’ve is not detected and ad- more people to get the their doors open in try- Under the “Legislation” doing in the Oklaho- been finalizing language dressed early on. I will help they need and enable ing times like we’ve seen tab, click on “Advanced ma Legislature. You can for my legislation and be working on legislation families to be involved in during this pandemic. Bill Search.” From there, reach me at randy.randle- have begun filing some of over the next few years to treatment for their loved The bill I will run this click on “Current Status” [email protected] or my new bills. help students with dys- ones. year is a result of those and retrieve the legisla- (405) 557-7375. This year, I’m filing leg- lexia. • Human trafficking - conversations, and it will tion for either chamber islation to address a num- • Mental health clinics Although many people help keep funding flow- or for both. As more bills Rep. Randy Randleman ber of issues facing Okla- - As a licensed psychol- are aware this issue per- ing to daycares so they are filed, they will become represents District 15 in homans and my District ogist, I have continual- sists across the world, won’t have to shut their available to view online. the Oklahoma House of 15 constituents: ly championed mental it is unfortunately still doors. As session gets under- Representatives, which • Dyslexia in students - health during my time an issue we’re facing in • E-cigarettes and va- way, I will explain each includes portions of Has- More needs to be done in in the Legislature. This Oklahoma as well. I be- ping - Due to the health of my bills in more detail. kell, LeFlore, McIntosh, public schools to address session, I am running lieve this inhumane act factors involved with Finally, I encourage you Muskogee, Pittsburg and this learning disorder, a bill that will pave the needs to be stopped, and e-cigarettes and vaping, to be careful what you Sequoyah Counties. which makes it difficult way for more community the legislation I am work- it’s important for our hear from the news me-

A6 • McIntosh County Democrat Thursday, January 21, 2021 OBITUARIES DEATH NOTICES

MUSKOGEE- Yee Se Choa Ong, Friday, January 8, 2021 in Muskogee M.D., 76, Fellow of the American Col- County. lege of Cardiology (F.A.C.C.), passed away on Monday, December 21, 2020 WAGONER- Jeffery Todd Whitman Rebecca ‘Becky’ Mayo at St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa, OK. Jr., 34, passed away on Friday, January 8, 2021. CHECOTAH-Wesley Eugene York, Dec. 30, 1941 - Jan. 14, 2021 63, passed away Friday, December 25, EUFAULA- Phyllis Jean Colbert, 65, 2020 in Muskogee, OK. passed away Saturday, January 9, 2021 at the Stroud Regional Medical Center. PORUM- Janice Marie (Sexton) Boehm Hiser, 77, passed away Decem- PORUM- Mary Ann Doke English, Rebecca “Becky” Ann Boen Mayo She was active in many civic orga- ber 26, 2020 in Tulsa, OK. 69, passed away Saturday, January 9, was born Dec. 30, 1941, in Muskogee, nizations and clubs including P.E.O. 2021 in Tahlequah, OK. to Robert E. Boen, Sr. and Rosa Lee Chapter G.Y., Onawa Study Club, the PORUM- Brandon Levi Harkins, 40, (Lewis) Boen. She died in Sallisaw on Stanley Tubbs Library Advisory Board, passed away on Sunday, December 27, OKTAHA- Bennie Duane Pittman Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, following a Sallisaw literacy council, book club and 2020 surrounded by his family. III, 46, passed away Saturday, January long illness. She was 79. other charitable organizations. She was 9, 2021. A viewing was held Monday, Jan. 18 a Sunday school teacher, a den leader CHECOTAH- Ruby (Palmer) May, at Agent & Mallory Martin Funeral for Cub Scouts as well as a district lead- 84, passed away on Sunday, December EUFAULA- Harry Mitchell Hillyard, Home in Sallisaw. A private family ser- er for Boy Scouts of America. 27, 2020. 82, passed away on Sunday, January 10, vice will be held at a later date. The family thanks Mercy doctors 2021 at the Jack C. Montgomery VA Following graduation from Musk- Bob Nowlin and Phil Agent, and P.A. HANNA- Bonnie Esteline Bean, 89, Center in Muskogee, OK. ogee Central High School in 1960, Chelsea Real, the doctors and nurses passed away December 27, 2020 at the Becky attended Lindenwood College in of Mercy oncology in Fort Smith, and Green Country Nursing Home in Tul- MUSKOGEE - Lavinia Faye Hart Missouri for her freshman year before the caring staff at Carrington Village in sa, OK. Woodard, 96, homemaker, passed transferring to the University of Okla- Sallisaw. away on Sunday, January 10, 2021 in homa where she earned a Bachelor of She maintained a positive outlook EUFAULA- Connie Marilyn (Weath- Claremore. Science degree in Home Economics in and made lifelong friends. As a three- ers) Hobaugh, 76, passed away Mon- 1964. time breast cancer survivor, Becky at- day, December 28, 2020 at Eufaula CHECOTAH- Ramone Dan Jackson, While at OU, she became a member tended support group regularly. She Manor in Eufaula, OK. 21, passed away on Sunday, January 10, of the Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. was loved and supported by her friends 2021 in Eufaula, OK. After teaching English at the second- and fellow cancer survivors. COUNCIL HILL - Bobby Pinner, 85, ary school level in California, Mayo Survivors include her two sons, John passed away on Monday, Dec. 28, 2020 LONGTOWN- Nancy Jeane Cissna, worked for Sallisaw Public Schools in Robert “Jack” Mayo and his wife Jen- in Checotah. 82, passed away Monday, January 11, food service after moving to Sallisaw nifer, of Duvall, Wash. and Jeffrey Wil- 2021 at her home. in December 1967. Mayo was active in liam Mayo and his wife Beth, of Sal- OKTAHA- Meredith “Wayne” Mul- many phases of the operation of the Se- lisaw; brother Bob Boen and his wife, len, 86, passed away Monday, Decem- CHECOTAH- Linda Cheryl Jarboe, quoyah County Times in Sallisaw since Kathie Hillier, of San Carlos, Calif.; sis- ber 28, 2020. 73, passed away Sunday, January 11, the early 1970s, serving as educational ter-in-law, Andrea Mayo Quigley and 2021 in Muskogee, OK. services director and business manager her husband John of Beaumont, Tex- OKTAHA-Jimmy Maston Hill Jr., 33, before her retirement in 2016. as; six grandchildren, Gretchen Kate passed away on Wednesday, December CANADIAN- Christopher Ryan In 2003, Mayo was inducted into the Mayo, Jacob Wheeler Mayo, Zachary 30, 2020 at St. Francis Health System in Pearce, 39, passed away Monday, Janu- Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame. John Mayo and Harrison Walker Car- Tulsa, OK. ary 11, 2021 at his home. In 2002, she was co-winner, with her mel Mayo, all of Duvall and Madolyn husband Jim, of the Oklahoma News- Rose Mayo and Maddox William Mayo CHECOTAH- Shirley (Finley) Wil- CHECOTAH- Doris Nan Candy, 94, paper Foundation’s Beachy Musselman of Sallisaw; five nieces and two neph- liams, 67, passed away Saturday, Janu- retired teacher, passed away in Jenks, Award for outstanding contributions to ews; and the current and former staffs ary 2, 2021 at OSU Medical Center in OK on Tuesday, January 12, 2021. newspaper journalism. of the Sequoyah County Times. Tulsa, OK. She believed deeply in the power of She was preceded in death by her DUSTIN- Charles Edward Sparks, education and the ability of communi- husband of 54 years, James W. “Jim” LONGTOWN- Charles Ernest Fish- 74, passed away on Wednesday, Janu- ty journalism to support and enhance Mayo, her parents, Robert E. Boen and er, Jr. 71, passed away on Saturday, Jan- ary 13, 2021. it. In 1992, she pioneered a compre- Rosa Lee Boen, of Muskogee, and sister uary 2, 2021 in Muskogee, OK. hensive Newspaper in Education (NIE) and brother-in-law, Rosa Lee and Tim STIGLER- Remy Kai Thompson, 35 program for Your TIMES and other Griffin, of Tulsa. CHECOTAH- Christopher James Ci- weeks, passed away on Wednesday, small newspapers to provide news- In lieu of flowers, the family asks that rigliano, 23, passed away Sunday, Janu- January 13, 2021 in Hillcrest Medical papers, tours, and youth career coun- contributions be made the Boy Scout ary 3, 2021 in Tulsa, OK. Center in Tulsa, OK. seling to students. She was first chair- Troop 731, c/o First United Method- person of the Oklahoma Newspaper ist Church, PO Box 887, Sallisaw, OK CHECOTAH - Bradley Venable, 43, INDIANOLA- Randall Gene Tolbert, Foundation committee on NIE. She 74955; First Presbyterian Church, PO a resident of Glendale, Calif. and 1995 64, 1975 graduate of Indianola High was part owner of Cookson Hills Pub- Box 417, Sallisaw, OK 74955; or the graduate of Checotah High School, School, passed away on Thursday, Jan- lishers, Inc. Oklahoma Newspaper Foundation, passed away Thursday, January 7, 2021 uary 14, 2021. She was of the Presbyterian faith 3601 N. Lincoln Blvd., Oklahoma City, in California. and an elder of the First Presbyterian OK 73105. EUFAULA- Wanda Adell Harris, 87, Church in Sallisaw. EUFAULA - Vance Brinsfield, super- retired hairdresser, passed away Thurs- visor of truck drivers, 95, passed away day, January 14, 2021 in Muskogee. on Thursday, January 7, 2021 in Eufau- la. EUFAULA- Dorothy Kathryn Stokes, 95, retired nurse, passed away on Fri- COUNCIL HILL- Arthur “Rink” day, January 15, 2021 at her home. Duane Greenlee, Jr., 66, retired basket- ball coach, passed away on Friday, Jan- CHECOTAH- Claudia Derrick, 60, uary 8, 2021 in Tulsa. first baby Dr. Rice delivered in Checo- tah, passed away on Saturday, January Doris Candy CHECOTAH- Shelby Renee DeLuce, 16, 2021. 29, and her unborn child, passed away May 20, 1926 - January 12, 2021

LETTERMAN In the very beginning basketball, volleyball, and into the 1900s, Let- softball players, as well Doris Nan Brockman Candy, former Lynn of Shawnee; Candice Welch and CONTINUED FROM A1 terman sweaters and jack- as cheerleaders and even Checotah educator, passed away on husband Michael of Edmond; Ryan wool embellished with ets were more popular track stars could now be Tuesday, Jan. 12, 2021 in Jenks, Okla- Sharp and wife Wendy of Shawnee; and an over-sized “H” on the among male athletes, but part of this elite club. homa at the age of 94. She was born Joshua Love and wife Hillary of Ed- front, were coveted by in the 1950s they became The Letterman tradi- Thursday, May 20, 1926 to Walter Hugh mond; 10 great-grandchildren and two players as a sign of pres- a fashion trend for both tion still stands strong to- and Josephine Burdett Brockman in great-great-grandchildren. Doris was a tige and players upped boys and girls. Letterman day and is no longer just Seminole, Oklahoma. loving wife, mother and grandmother. their game to obtain it. sweaters and jackets were for athletic achievements, She attended public schools in Texas Her grands were the light of her world. A decade later, in 1875, indeed a classic and icon- but also for band, choir, and Oklahoma and got both her Bache- She dedicated her life to her family, her Harvard’s football team ic teen trend with high robotics and even arts. lor’s and Master’s degrees in Education students, and most of all serving Our adopted the Letterman school boys loaning them The Letterman jacket at Northeastern Oklahoma State Uni- Lord. program to acknowledge to their girlfriends as a has simply become part versity in Tahlequah. While in college Services celebrating the life of Doris the hard work and the symbol of their commit- of American culture, rep- at Tahlequah she met and later married were held at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 19, athletic ability of their key ment to each other. resenting the diverse his- Ross Candy. They moved to California 2021 at First Baptist Church with Rev- players. However, that all tory of sports, extra-cur- where their daughters, Nancy Jo, Deb- erend Steve Dennis officiating. The Letterman program changed in 1972 when ricular courses and above bie and Judy were born. Committal prayers and interment was becoming an exclu- Congress passed the Ti- all, the achievement of In 1959 they moved back to Oklaho- followed in Coleman Cemetery under sive club and it seemed tle IX law which banned excellence, for students in ma to be closer to family and spent the the personal direction of John Garrett. everyone wanted to work discrimination against Checotah and all over the rest of their lives there. Mitch Myers, Jerry Longcrier, Larry hard so they could be the female athlete, mak- United States. Doris taught in Checotah Public Jennings, Neal James, Mike Williams, seen on campus sporting ing them eligible for their Schools at the elementary level for Bob James, and Jason Sharp served a Letterman sweater. own Letterman. Female many years. She was a kind and loving as Casket Bearers. Bob Hogan, Ryan teacher who always put the well-being Sharp, and Joshua Love served as Hon- of her students first and was honored as orary Casket Bearers. Teacher of The Year in 1979. You may share online condolences Doris was a longtime member of with Doris’s family at www.garrettfam- Checotah First Baptist Church. ilyfuneralhome.com. Doris was preceded in death by her The family of Doris Nan Candy en- parents and by her husband Ross. trusted her care, services and burial to She is survived by her daughters, John & Kim Garrett and the dedicated Nancy Jo of Tulsa; Debbie Sharp and staff of Garrett Family Funeral Home & husband Ed of Shawnee; Judy Love and Cremation Service 311 SW 2nd Checo- husband Mike of Idabel; four grand- tah, OK 74426 (918) 473-2244. children: Jason Sharp and wife Debby

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Thursday, January 21, 2021 McIntosh County Democrat • A7 WARRANTS

Ake, Roger M. Chaney, Charles Anthony Harris, Dylan Lyttle, David P. Serena, Robert Albright, Austin Michael Coffey, David Hernandez, Tomas Antonio Mabry, Kyle Davin Sheline, Paul Jason Allen, Edmond Monte Collins, Dennis Eugene Holt, Anna M. Manley, Leatrice Simon, Arnold Allen, Justin Lee Conner, Courtney Laveda Hueitt, Joseph Manley, Pamela Smith, Jesse Johnny Almeida, Louis Ernest III Cooper, Dylan J. Huffman, Curtis James Marr, Haelee Renae Smith, Joseph Anderson, Gary Don Cowan, Gabrielle Rae Hughes, John J. Marshall, Cheryl Lee Smith, Steven Gregory Anderson, Teddy Bruce Craker, Samantha Michell Hunt, Lucas Marvin Mathis, Donna Marie Smith, Tanner Arnold, Charles Wayne Crawford, Cheryl Hunt, Meaghan Cathleen McKillip, Bobbi Stafford, Richard Edward Bahe, Mandy Gail Crawley, Coby Vaughn Hurd, Kim Diann Miller, Kely Stinnett, Lisa Baker, Jerry Beal Crosby, Kenneth Hutson, Catherine Lee Moore, Rachel Sweatt/Pinckney, Richard Bash, Jessica Cunningham, Alexandria Jackson, Jessica Lee Mosco, Michael Ray Jr. Sullivan, Jeffrey Ray Battle, Pamela Kay Davis, Brandon Michael Jarvis, Jayson Murray, Hustle S. Talbert, Della Marie Baumann, Staci Raye Davis, Deidra Marie Jobe, Joseph Isac Murray, Jessie Lee Traylor, Lane Duval Bear, Larissa Leann Degraffenreed, Buffy Johnson, Andrianna Neshelle Nelson, Kimberly Faye Tyler, Stephanie Richelle Benson, Joseph Eugene Deleon, Alberto Jones, Tana Samaria Newell, Clinton James Waldo, Gary Blevins, Kevin Duncan, Jimmy Christopher Jordan, William Nichols, River Ashton Walker, Chase Dillyon Boone, Mikel Durrett, Jimmy Dean Lambert, James Austin Ozment, William Webb, Richard Jr. Boswell, Eric Lee Dye, Brandi Lynette Lancaster, Mary Pharis, Tristyn William Wells, Bradley Duane Boyles, Daron Ray Ellis, Edward Dee Jr. Lanham, Anthony Scott Poindexter, Tangi Wells, Christina Brakebill, Raymond Eplin, Vernon Dale Lann, Garland Dillard Powdrill, Darren Lamar White, Shonna Dee Ann Brown, James Focht, Cheryl Ann Lara, Gwenvere Reed, Calvin Williams, Allen Ray Brown, Ricky Dan Funburg, Sonya Renee Large, Cory Wayne Reynolds, Jamie Darlene Williams, Jr., Leslie Bryson, Jack Melborn Garrison, Gregory Dale Lawson, Charlene Rice, Jackie Lea Wisdom, Jackson Coleman Burnett, Cody K. Garza, Ruben Lawson, Jarred Robertson, Austin Tyler Worley, Phillip Titus Burns, Simone Rachelle Gibson, Jr., Gerald Hugh Lever, John J. Robertson, Haylee A Yahraus, Jessica Cecilia Burris II, Richard Cecil Gill, Dana Michelle Lewis, Brandon E J Ross, Kevin D. Cardana, Adolfo Raralcaba Gonzalez, Kathleen M. Lewis, Dale Sawyer, Kandis Autumn Carter, Kevin Dale Gorum, Joshua Lynn, William Curtis Schirmer, Keith Checotah stories from the past 115 Years Ago: notified. About 11:30 p.m. police officers West and the city that abolishment of the elective positions was Checotah Times • September 21, 1906 Morgan spied the thieves as they were driving through not permitted under state statutes relating to the weak the city. In the company with Mr. Doss, of the City mayor-council form of government. Local News of the Week Cafe, the lawmen started in pursuit. - A. Self of Burney was in town Tuesday. At the edge of the city the pursuers found that they Ron Henderson Completes Basic - City council met in regular session Monday night. needed gas and, after watching the course of the auto Airman Ronald Henderson, son of Mr. and Mrs. - Gabel Self of Burnet left Tuesday for Arkansas. thieves by their lights, came back to the city and se- Charles W. Henderson, Route 3, Checotah, has com- cured the necessary gas and took up the trail. pleted basic training at Lackland AFB, Tex. He has - O.W. Stevens and daughter were Muskogee visitors The thieves were trying to avoid the main traveled been assigned to Keesler AFB, Miss., for training in Sunday. roads and as a result when they got to Deep Fork near communications electronics systems. Airman Hen- - Coffins and caskets at the Checotah Hardware Co. Grassy Lake had to abandon the car or get caught. derson is a 1970 graduate of Checotah High School. - Pete Fraser lost one of his fine black dray horses The officers found the car but the occupants had Monday, which died from lung fever. made their escape. Baptist Men’s Day Is Set Up The car was brought back to Checotah Sunday Baptist Men’s Day at First Baptist Church of Checo- Insane Man at Large morning and Mr. Branson was notified. He came after tah will get underway at 7 p.m. Saturday when the A farmer named Ireland, who resides near Warner, the car Monday and, incidentally, paid the officers the men, young men and boys of the church meet togeth- arrived Tuesday in Muskogee having in his charge his $100 reward previously offered. er for a chili dinner. brother-in-law, Dick Shephard, who is insane. Head cook will be Harold “Lefty” Stout. Presiding at Ireland had much trouble in an endeavor to place 75 Years Ago: the dinner will be the pastor, Rev. Wayne Brown, who Shephard in safe keeping and finally failed entirely, for McIntosh County Democrat • January 24, 1946 will be assisted by Jim Huckaby, minister of music. while talking with one of the courthouse employees, Shephard, who was watching his chance, slipped away Checotah’s Phantom Bandit Is Captured 25 Years Ago: and last reports had not been located. Aubrey Booker, 26, phantom bandit, who twice McIntosh County Democrat • January 25, 1996 eluded county officers last Saturday night, was appre- Telephone line hended by police in Joplin, Mo., after again engaging Police Plan Sweep of Outstanding The Pioneer Telephone Co. is this week replacing in a running gun battle. Warrants the old grounded line between Checotah and Oktaha Officers sought to arrest Booker here after he had You see quite often on television news where police with a metallic circuit. hijacked a Safeway store in Henryetta. It was thought in larger cities conduct sweeps to clear up outstanding that he was wounded in the fight with local officers. arrest warrants. Well, those with outstanding warrants Worm tonic advertisement He escaped to the east of the city. in Checotah will find the same thing happens in small White’s Cream Vermifuge: The guaranteed worm Joplin police shot him in the leg when he failed to towns also. remedy. The children’s favorite tonic. Beware of imi- halt after robbing a store there. He will probably be “We have over $10,000 in outstanding fines that tations. The genuine prepared only by Ballard-Snow returned to Okmulgee county for trial. need to be paid,” explains Checotah Police Chief Jim- Liniment Co., St. Louis, Mo. Cecelia Kloeckler Is Critically Hurt my Hamm, “and I am making plans to bring in extra people to take care of these warrants.” 100 Years Ago: Critical injuries were sustained by Capt. Cecelia Hamm went on to say that those with outstanding McIntosh County Democrat • January 22, 1921 Kloeckler, 35, of Checotah, in an automobile accident warrants on file can go by city hall and pay their fines. east of the city last Friday night. This will keep the person from getting arrested in the NEW BANK ORGANIZED A nurse in the U.S. Army Captain Kloeckler was sweep, says Hamm. Depositors of the Old Commercial National to pinned under her car after it struck a bridge abutment Receive Every Cent on Deposit and crashed into a creek bed. Luke to Plead to Manslaughter in Son’s She suffered two broken legs, a broken jaw, head cuts Commercial National Bank in Checotah is the name and possible internal injuries. Death of the new bank which has been in the course of or- She was on leave from her post in Texas and was vis- McIntosh County jurors will not get to decide the fate ganization the past ten days. On Monday afternoon iting her father, E.J. Kloeckler, who lives southeast of of Wendy Luke if reports from the Pittsburg County the organization was perfected when the shareholders Checotah. She was returning to the farm home when DA’s office are true. Luke, who had been charged with met and elected the officers and directors. the accident occurred. first degree murder in the death of her two-year-old In Case of Fire Call No. 13 son, Ryan was scheduled to go on trial in McIntosh Foreign War Vets to Discuss Bonus County on Feb. 12. The Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. have recently The trial had been moved from Pittsburg to McIn- inaugurated a new system in regard to the reporting Election of officers and discussion of the bonus bill recently introduced in Congress are scheduled at the tosh County by District Judge Steven Taylor following of fires. a defense request for a change in the trial site. Heretofore all that has been necessary was to call regular meeting of the James E. White Post of Veter- central but now you are requested to call No. 13, the ans of Foreign Wars at the city hall at 7:30 p.m. o’clock Mini Museum to Focus on Black fire station, and make your own report as to the loca- Wednesday night. tion of the fire. A number of mistakes in reporting the Heritage Month location have been made during the past few months 50 Years Ago: A colorful, thought-provoking collection is the cur- and the telephone company in some cases have been McIntosh County Democrat • January 21, 1971 rent display in the Towry Building’s Mini-Museum charged with the mistake. Under this new ruling you which runs through next month. will talk directly to the fire station. Council Rescinds Action to Abolish To commemorate the birthday of Civil Rights Leader Don’t forget the admonition, “In case of fire call No. City Offices Dr. Martin Luther King (1929-1968) and to celebrate 13.” A resolution, passed by the city council a month ago, Black Heritage Month during February a number of abolishing the elective offices of city clerk and chief posters, pictures and magazines have been placed in Find Stolen Car of police, was rescinded by unanimous action of the the three windows. They document the 1961 Nobel Last Sunday night attorney Fred Branson’s big Jour- Council Monday night. Prize winner’s life as well as significant contributions dan automobile was stolen from his home in Musk- An attorney for the state municipal league advised of other black leaders in many phases of world activity. ogee and the police of nearby towns were promptly

FEDERAL pled guilty to the charges 2019 that ended in the ties he raped his ex-girl- of kidnapping and rape Shadybrook area west of friend after the alleged Senior Center Menu CONTINUED FROM A1 and was sentenced to 44 Checotah. abduction. kidnapped and sexual- years in prison. Howev- Ball is accused of kid- This was the second Jan. 25-29 ly assaulted his victim at er, he later attempted to napping his ex-girlfriend time Ball is alleged to Monday, Jan. 25: Chicken strips; potato wedges; knifepoint. withdraw his pleas, but late Friday, May 4, 2019 have kidnapped her with- broccoli; pudding; milk No trial date has been his request was denied. from a Subway restau- in two weeks. Tuesday, Jan. 26: Lasagna; peas / carrots; garlic set. However, after the Mc- rant in Purcell where she Police say on April 21, bread; fruit; milk Ball was charged in fed- Girt ruling went into ef- worked. He is alleged- 2019 Ball snatched her Wednesday, Jan. 27: Deli sandwich w/ fixings; eral court after first being fect in 2020 Ball, a Native ly the father of her two while she was at the Son- carrot / raisin salad; soup of the day; banana pud- charged in state court on American, succeeded in young sons. ic in Purcell, beating her ding / wafers; milk May 7, 2018 with kidnap- having his case moved to Purcell is 20 miles south while they drove towards Thursday, Jan. 28: Beans & ham; onions; oven ping, rape and obstruct- federal court. of Norman and about 150 Moore. fried potatoes; okra; cornbread; fruit; milk ing an officer. Ball was arrested during miles west of Checotah. Friday, Jan. 29: BBQ on a bun; baked beans; In February, 2019 he a nationwide manhunt in According to authori- potato salad; fruit crisp; milk

A8 • McIntosh County Democrat Thursday, January 21, 2021 OPINION COMMUNITY Budget breakdown OHP to focus on SEN. ROGER THOMPSON being utilized and to discuss their budget SENATE APPROPRIATIONS CHAIR requests for the coming fiscal year. In the weeks leading up to the legisla- The governor submits his budget rec- tive session, the spotlight is on budget ommendations to the Legislature on the hearings, so this week, I’d like to focus on first day of session which will be Feb. 1 distracted drivers the appropriations process, including the this year. Later in the month, the Board work of the appropriations subcommit- of Equalization meets for certification of tees. revenues. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol plans There are six appropriations subcom- While the Board makes a preliminary to spend the last two weeks of January mittees in the Senate. Those include certification in late December, it is the focusing on distracted driving viola- Education; General Government and February estimate the Legislature is con- tions. This special emphasis is in hon- Transportation; Health and Human Ser- stitutionally required to follow, unless a or of Trooper Nicholas Dees who was vices; Natural Resources and Regulatory bill is approved by both chambers and killed by a distracted driver on Jan. 31, Services; Public Safety and Judiciary; and signed by the governor to increase or de- 2015. the Appropriations Subcommittee on Se- crease revenue. Trooper Dees and Trooper Keith lect Agencies. From February through April supple- Burch had been dispatched to investi- Subcommittee members have the re- mental appropriations are considered for gate a collision involving a tractor-trail- sponsibility of analyzing agency budget the current fiscal year. Subcommittees er on Interstate 40 in Seminole County requests and reviewing agency program hold budget hearings for the upcoming near the Pottawatomie County line. performance measures. They answer fiscal year, and vote on substantive bills While the troopers were standing out- questions about agency programs for with fiscal impacts. This is the best time side their patrol units investigating the constituents and are responsible for ne- during the session to talk to legislators collision, a distracted driver traveled gotiating terms of the appropriation and about budget issues. into the collision scene and struck both budget limit bills. From late April to May the subcom- troopers. Trooper Dees died instantly I communicate with our subcommittee mittees receive their budget allocation and Trooper Burch received serious chairs throughout the interim, but during and convene the General Conference injuries. The driver of the vehicle was the session, I hold weekly meetings with Committee on Appropriations (GCCA). convicted of manslaughter. them to discuss the budget, agency re- At this point, the Senate and House Ap- The “Trooper Nick Dees Law” went COURTESY PHOTO quests, and negotiations between our propriation Subcommittees have decided into effect Nov. 1, 2015. OHP Trooper Nicholas Dees was killed Jan. 31, 2015 chairs and their house counterparts. most of what they want to fund, and it is This law, Title 47-11-901d, states in by a distracted driver on Interstate 40 in Seminole Oct. 1 is the deadline for agencies to time to work out their differences. part, “It shall be unlawful for any per- County. submit their budget request to the gov- By May the Legislature begins filing ap- son to operate a motor vehicle on any ernor and the Legislature, although this propriation bills. During session, the gov- weeks of January focused on distract- street or highway within this state while ed driving violations and issuing tick- year, the deadline was extended to Nov. 1 ernor has five days to sign or veto a bill or using a handheld electronic commu- due to the COVID-19 pandemic. it becomes law without his signature. If ets and warnings for those violations. nication device to manually compose, A primary goal will be educating the In any given year, the requests for fund- the bill is passed during the last week of send or read an electronic text message ing typically exceed the resources avail- session, the governor has 15 days to sign public. while the motor vehicle is in motion.” The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority able to appropriate, but unlike the federal it or it becomes a pocket veto. Under the This includes surfing social media sites. government, Oklahoma’s constitution re- constitution, the legislative session must and Oklahoma Department of Trans- There were more than 8,600 crash- portation will use their message boards quires our Legislature to write and pass a end no later than 5 p.m. on the last Friday es in Oklahoma that involved at least balanced budget. in May. to remind motorists of the dangers of one distracted driver in 2019. Those distracted driving. There will be flyers Additionally, we must prioritize those All our committee and subcommittee crashes killed 41 people and seriously resources to ensure we are funding the meetings, as well as floor sessions, are in welcome centers and rest areas as injured 240 more. well. core services our citizens depend on. live streamed and archived on our official Troopers will spend the last two The work of our subcommittee chairs website at www.oksenate.gov. and their members is essential to those You can also view or download com- efforts. plete texts of bills, agendas and more. In January our appropriations subcom- In addition, each year we publish a Fast mittees begin their analysis of agency Facts reference guide with convenient Wagoner man pleads program performance measures and be- facts, figures and graphs about Oklaho- gin filing related reports. ma’s state budget as well as information No appropriations can be made to an on state government programs, taxes, de- agency until these reports have been mographics and state rankings. It’s avail- guilty to manslaughter filed. Those hearings are currently un- able on our website at https://oksenate. derway in the Senate. gov/sites/. The schedule for upcoming meetings If you have any questions about the The United States Attorney’s Office circumspection and with a wanton and and links to live video can be viewed budget or the appropriations process, I for the Eastern District of Oklahoma reckless disregard for human life, and at https://oksenate.gov/. invite you to contact me at 405-521-5588 announced that Jerry Wayne Dick, age knew and should have known that his These hearings give agencies an op- or email Roger.Thompson@oksenate. 27, of Wagoner entered a guilty plea conduct imperiled the lives of others.” portunity to explain how their appro- gov. to Involuntary Manslaughter in Indi- The charges arose from an investi- priations for the current budget year are Thank you. an Country, a crime punishable by up gation by the Wagoner Police Depart- to 8 years’ imprisonment, a fine up to ment and the Federal Bureau of Inves- $250,000.00, or both. tigation. The Indictment alleged that on or The Honorable John F. Heil, III, U.S. about July 18, 2019, within the Eastern District Judge in the United States Dis- District of Oklahoma, in Indian Coun- trict Court for the Eastern District of I will always support try, the defendant, an Indian, “did un- Oklahoma, in Muskogee, accepted the lawfully kill Zachary O’Connell in the plea and ordered the completion of a commission of an unlawful act not presentence investigation report. amounting to a felony, that is, operat- Special Assistant United States Attor- ing a motor vehicle in violation of law- ney Cory Ortega represented the Unit- our capitol police ful speed limits, in a careless and wan- ed States. ton manner without due caution and ilies made. The U.S. Capitol Police, like all other law enforce- ment officers, deserve not only our thanks, but also our full support. Nominations sought for They sacrifice holidays, Last week’s attack on they found themselves weekends, and other pre- the U.S. Capitol was a in. When I visited the cious time with family Outstanding Achievement horrific, dark day for triage center shortly after and friends to serve the our country. While we the attack began, I saw public. saw the worst in some, many officers who were Congress simply could we also saw the best in badly injured during the not do what we do in Award in Agriculture others. Law enforcement attack and they will be Washington, DC without officers, especially those forever changed. them. I will always sup- with the U.S. Capitol Tragically, we lost port these heroes and I Agriculture Day at the Capitol as part of the an- ments in agriculture and Police and Sergeant at two members of the am proud to call many of Capitol is notorious for nual Oklahoma Ag Day should be a role model Arms, put their lives on U.S. Capitol Police after them dear friends. honoring the Governor’s celebration. for young Oklahoma ag- the line to protect oth- the attack, Officer Bri- Outstanding Achieve- The Outstandingriculturists. ers and I will be forever an Sicknick and Officer Want to stay up-to- ment Award in Agricul- Achievement in Agricul- The deadline for all grateful for their service. Howard Liebengood. I date on what I’m doing in ture. Upon receiving this ture Award is the highest nominations is 5 p.m. on Their actions that day am heartbroken by the Oklahoma and Washing- award, the individual is award given by the Gov- Monday, February 22. were nothing short of loss of these two cou- ton on your behalf? Sign inducted into the Okla- ernor to honor distin- Applications can be heroic. They were great- rageous officers, but we up for my newsletter by homa Agriculture Hall of guished Oklahoma agri- submitted electronically ly outnumbered and did will never forget the sac- visiting Mullin.house.gov. Fame. culture producers. via email to Tandy Kidd the absolutely best they rifice they made as well The Oklahoma De- This prestigious award at [email protected] could, given the situation as the sacrifice their fam- partment of Agriculture, honors leaders in the ag- or can be dropped off in Food and Forestry is now riculture industry who person at the ODAFF accepting nominations exemplify personal val- building. FEDERAL bacco, Firearms and Explosives, and for this award through ues, performance and Any questions regard- the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Monday, Feb. 22 at 5 p.m. achievement. ing the application or ap- CONTINUED FROM A1 The Honorable John F. Heil, III, U.S. The award winner will Nominee’s should have plication process can be and by intimidation, did attempt to District Judge in the United States Dis- be announced at a rec- high standards of con- directed to Tandy Kidd take items of value from the person and trict Court for the Eastern District of ognition ceremony on duct, leadership, inno- at 405.522.4330. presence of D.L. Oklahoma, in Muskogee, accepted the March 23 at the State vation, and accomplish- The charges arose from an investiga- pleas and ordered the completion of tion by the Oklahoma State Bureau of the presentence investigation reports. Investigation, the Haskell Police De- Assistant United States Attorney partment, the Muskogee Police De- Ryan Conway represented the United Subscribe today! partment, the Bureau of Alcohol, To- States. Visit www.cookson.news for more information! Thursday, April 23, 2020 • The McIntosh County Democrat • The Eufaula Indian Journal Thursday, January 21, 2021 • THE MCINTOSH COUNTY DEMOCRAT • THE INDIAN JOURNAL • PAGE B1 SPORTSMCINTOSH COUNTY SPORTS FOR THE WHOLE COMMUNITY.

Pandemic hits home Rodney Haltom ball coach Jeff oliver said, tivities, sacrificing those SPORTS EDITOR “CovId-19 protocols beneficial team build- The argument of masks add time to every task ers so we can lower ex- verses no masks is more daily from temp checks tra chances of exposure. relevant now that this to handling tickets for Same goes for cancelling pandemic has hit home. games to cleaning gym our Jv schedule ... just Several deaths have oc- and balls. It is a drain another thing we did to curred in McIntosh Coun- mentally and physically limit exposure. ty due to CovId-19 and but we are all in the same “We pulled out of the because of this disease, situation as we fight this Warner Tournament for schools have had to sus- virus together.” that same rational. pend sporting events and “We have not had any teams have had to play official team meals or ac- See PandemIC, page B2 without coaches. Recently, the Cleve- land Browns had to play a playoff game without their head coach, Checotah head basketball coach has been in quarantine, the Checotah Lady Wildcats have been in quarantine twice this season and both Eufaula Ironhead basket- ball teams have been in quarantine last week and had to postpone or cancel games from their sched- ule last week. “After waiting patiently and rescheduling games due to our successful football season, this Cov- id deal can truly try your RODNEY HALTOM | SPORTS EDITOR patience and planning RODNEY HALTOM | SPORTS EDITOR eufaula guard Khelil deere uses his speed and season. eufaula had to postpone or cancel their skills. athleticism to split the Checotah Wildcat defense schedule last week due to being quarantined. Checotah head boys basketball coach Jason dowdy had to be and score in the team’s first meeting in the 2019-20 eufaula head basket- quarantined last week after a trace contact. Struggles continue for Wildcats

Rodney Haltom The Lady Wildcats SPORTS EDITOR trailed 13-9 at the half- Struggles continued time break and stayed for both Checotah Wild- close in scoring but foul cat teams on Tuesday as trouble sent Sallisaw to Sallisaw defeated both the free throw line too Rodney Haltom | IJ • Demo teams in convincing many times in the second fashion at the Checotah half. The Lady Black dia- Event Center. Checotah monds took advantage of senior basketball players great perimeter shooting and their parents were and began their offensive honored in a pre-game onslaught in the fourth ceremony. period, scoring 18 points. The Lady Wildcats fell vanessa Henson led the 44-29 (2-4 overall) as the Lady Wildcats with eight Lady Black diamonds points; Chloe Floyd add- outscored Checotah 31- See WIldCatS, page B2 20 in the second half. COURTESY Saban’s teams immortalized on historic MacArthur Bowl for a record seventh time

Passing Paul ‘Bear’ Bryant for most national titles in major college football history, Saban forever links his teams with the iconic trophy and the name of the famous American general

The National Foot- MacArthur, the trophy ball Foundation (NFF) features MacArthur’s fa- & College Hall of Fame mous quote: “There is no recognized the historic substitute for victory.” moment that occurred “It was a major mile- this week, saluting Nick stone for college football,” Saban on winning his said NFF Chairman Ar- seventh national champi- chie Manning. “We just onship, the most in major completed the 151st sea- college football history. son of college football, The names of his teams and it’s hard to imag- now appear on the fabled ine another coach ever NFF MacArthur Bowl eclipsing Nick Saban’s National Championship seven titles with one no- Trophy for a record seven table exception, himself. times. He is clearly still going The NFF has presented strong.” MacArthur Bowl Nation- Following Alabama’s al Championship Tro- 52-24 victory over ohio

phy since 1959. Named State Jan. 11 in the Col- COURTESY RODNEY HALTOM | SPORTS EDITOR in honor of early NFF lege Football Playoff alexis Hamilton of Checotah scores over the hands of a Stilwell General douglas macarthur and nFF Chairman Chester J. laRoche defender. leader General douglas See SaBan, page B2 with the trophy in 1959.

PAGE B2 • THE MCINTOSH COUNTY DEMOCRAT • THE INDIAN JOURNAL • Thursday, January 21, 2021 Sports PANDEMIC WILDCATS from page B1 of students, coaches, from page B1 teachers and fans. With “To be very honest it two vaccines available is exhausting to deal with and more on the way but we have an excellent along with the guidelines school staff to team with set forth by the governor, as we do our best to have the chances of playing a a safe and productive sea- full schedule has become son for the ironhead Na- greater if citizens comply tion.” with the rules set forth by “No decision is made the CdC and dHS. it’s no without our staff and ad- longer the argument that min team trying to con- it’s my right not to wear sider all angles.” a mask but it should be The main goal for ev- ‘when do i wear a mask ery educational facility and what can i do to limit and beyond is the safety spreading the disease?’

WRESTLING SCHEDULE

RODNEY HALTOM | SPORTS EDITOR Checotah senior point guard Madison Proctor sets up a play against Stilwell. RODNEY HALTOM | SPORTS EDITOR ed seven points and Warrior took over coach- Checotah senior Adam Oxtoby prepares to drive past a Roland de- Emma Waller finished ing responsibilities. fender. with four points. Checotah had the lead in boys’ action, the 28-22 but the Black dia- Wildcats fell just short monds’ aggressive play in again as Sallisaw held the paint and perimeter on for a 60-51 victory. it shooting proved to be too was the third game that much for the Wildcats as the Wildcats were with- Sallisaw held on for a 60- out their head coach Ja- 51 victory and gave Che- son dowdy. dowdy has cotah their fifth loss (2-5). been in quarantine after Adam oxtoby led Che- a family member tested cotah with 12 points and positive for Covid-19. Montana Warrior added Assistant coach Malcolm 11 points. SABAN from page B1 Saban now tops a list of (CFP) National Cham- former coaches who are pionship, Saban passed all in the College Foot- another Alabama legend, ball Hall of Fame with College Football Hall of four or more national Checotah High School Fame Coach Paul “Bear” titles to their credit, in- Basketball Schedule Bryant, for the most na- cluding Bear Bryant (6), tional titles in major col- Minnesota’s Bernie Bierman (5), ohio 12-1 at Muldrow JV/V 5:00/6:30 lege football history. Bry- ant amassed six national State’s Woody Hayes (5), 12-8 vs. Roland JV/V 4:00/6:30 titles at Alabama. Notre dame’s Frank Lea- 12-10-12 Haskell Tournament TBA “if you had to pick one hy (4) and USC’s John 12-15 vs. Stilwell JV/V 4:30/6:30 person in our sport who McKay (4). 1-5 at Poteau JV/V 4:00/6:30 has embodied the adage: The MacArthur Bowl 1-7-9 Beggs Tournament TBA ‘There is no substitute for represents the pinnacle of team achievement in 1-11 at Spiro JV/V 4:00/6:30 victory,’ it is without ques- tion Nick Saban,” said college sports, and each 1-12 vs. Sallisaw JV/V 4:00/6:30 Manning. “For all Nick year during its 61-year 1-15 vs. Eufaula JV/V 4:00/6:30 Saban has accomplished history a new name has 1-21-23 Checotah Tournament TBA and more importantly been etched alongside the 1-26 at Roland JV/V 4:00/6:30 for all he represents, we greatest teams of all time. 1-29 vs. Muldrow JV/V 4:00/6:30 salute him. We have been The trophy, a replica of a football stadium, features 2-2 at Stilwell JV/V 4:30/6:30 presenting our cham- pionship trophy for 61 archways with space to 2-5 vs. Spiro JV/V 4:00/6:30 years, and now one coach engrave the names of 100 2-9 at Sallisaw JV/V 4:00/6:30 is responsible for seven teams and miniature goal 2-12 vs. Poteau JV/V 4:00/6:30 posts. The trophy was the teams on the trophy. it’s RODNEY HALTOM | SPORTS EDITOR 2-13 at Eufaula JV/V 4:30/6:30 truly remarkable.” gift of an anonymous do- nor, who commissioned Checotah forward Montana Warrior drives past two Roland de- With the win, Ala- fenders on his way to the basket and scores. Eufaula High School Basketball 2020-21 bama has now claimed Tiffany & Co. to craft it No JV games this season the MacArthur Bowl for from 400 ounces of silver Revised 11/30/20 and subject to change an unprecedented 10th in MacArthur’s honor. time. The Crimson Tide it took eight months to Dec. 15 Tues. Preston* V- 6:30 won the MacArthur Bowl make. in 1961, 1978 and 1979 Twenty-four differ- Dec. 17-19 Wilburton Invitational Tournament TBA Front line of Covid-19 and sports under coach Bryant, in ent schools have claimed the trophy at least once Jan. 5 Tues. Morris* V - 6:30 1992 under College Foot- The Covid-19 pandemic has forever changed ball Hall of Fame head during its 61-year his- Jan. 7-9 Cherokee Classic Tournament @ Warner TBA tory. Notre dame ranks the landscape of sports. Fortunately, oklahoma coach Gene Stallings, and high schools placed quality care and safety pro- in 2009, 2011, 2012, 2015, second, claiming the Jan. 12 Tues. @ Beggs* V - 6:00 trophy five times while tocols in place in order to have football. Now that 2017 and now 2020 un- football season is over, educational facilities now Jan. 15 Fri. @ Checotah V - 6:30 der Saban. The win gives ohio State, Miami (FL), Southern California and face Covid-19 in a new arena: the basketball Saban, who also won the gymnasium. Football stadiums actually made it Jan. 19 Tues. @ Henryetta* V - 6:00 Texas have each etched MacArthur Bowl as the easier for schools to limit the contagious disease head coach of LSU in their names four times Jan. 21-23 Crossroads Classic Tournament @ Checotah TBA on the iconic award. The due to being outside. 2003, his seventh overall Now fans are streaming in sometimes small Jan. 26 Tues. Kiefer* V - 6:30 national title, breaking trophy is on display at the Chick-fil-A College gyms that force fans to sit closer than the mark the tie with coach Bryant of six feet. This alone can increase the chance of Jan. 29 Fri. (HOCO) Henryetta* HC 6:00 V 6:30 (B) Football Hall of Fame in for the most by a major passing the disease to others. one stipulation college coach. Atlanta. Jan.30 Sat. Kellyville* V - 6:00 came from the governor of oklahoma in that no more than 250 people can gather together in one Feb. 2 Tues. @ Preston* V - 6:30 place. This forces schools to limit gate fees, which Jacksonville Jaguars hired means less money for the schools. Hopefully, the Feb. 5 Fri. @ Kellyville* V - 6:00 Urban Meyer as HC new vaccines can gradually put an end to Co- Feb. 9 Tues. @ Morris* V - 6:30 vid-19 and we can once again have some sort of The Jacksonville Jag- Bowling Green and Utah. normality. Feb. 11 Thurs. @ Kiefer* V - 6:00 uars announced Thurs- He last coached in 1-2-3 break. day that the team hired 2018 and has been work- Feb. 13 Sat. Checotah V - 6:30 Urban Meyer as their ing for the ohio State new head coach. Meyer, athletic department as Feb. 16 Tues. Beggs* V - 6:30 Rodney Haltom who turned 56, won na- well as being an analyst Feb. 19 or 20 District TBA 6:30 G & 8:00 B tional titles in 2006 and for Fox college football Sports Editor Feb. 25-27 Regional Tourney TBA 2008 with the Gators and broadcasts. His record Mar. 4-6 Area Tourney TBA 918-689-2191 2014 with the Buckeyes. in 17 seasons as a head [email protected] Mar. 11-13 State Tourney @ OKC He also was head coach at coach is 187–32.

Thursday, January 21, 2021 • THE MCINTOSH COUNTY DEMOCRAT • THE INDIAN JOURNAL • PAGE B3 Sports | Outdoors

Upland Update: Want more Quail? Remodel the house, biologist says

Kelly BoStIan fining quail study with areas, and forbs (what tat Improvement Pro- KJB OUTDOORS Oklahoma State Univer- most folks call weeds) are gram and other programs All hunters know the sity at Packsaddle Wildlife the kitchen and pantry. with Quail Forever and the disappointment of a hunt Management Area in the “When we kill the federal Natural Resources gone cold. But quail hunt- 1990s. weeds, we kill a food sup- Conservation Service can ers stand above all in em- Judkins, who moved ply that carries the quail help landowners map out bracing experiences and into this position in Janu- through the winter. And such projects. traditions when futility ary 2019 after almost five when we put down insec- “It’s a lot of little victo- rules the day. years as a Game Warden, ticides, it’s killing the food ries,” Judkins said. “They When the pain in their describes a new picture of they need in spring and don’t make headlines; they toes becomes the pain in research and knowledge summer and into fall,” he aren’t earth-shattering; their knees, when their drawn with newer, more said. and you may not end up dogs are played out with intricate strokes, inside a COURTESY More clues to guide with quail this year or the nothing to show for it but frame etched with basics Jeremy matthew/2018 Readers’ Photo Showcase. smaller, targeted efforts next. But if you continue cockleburs in their fur and learned the past three de- for maximum habitat im- to make sure the habitat is ragged booties on their cades. The common ele- side quail, and eye worms Judkins said. “Every red- pact may come with the good, if you want quail to feet, when even the cold, ment coloring both is the hit them just as they do cedar on our landscape is Wildlife Department’s survive on your property steel barrels of their shot- fact that bobwhites are other insect-eating birds. a spot a raccoon can call latest study with OSU to without having to feed guns seem to ache with a species in decline but The Wildlife Department home. If you took out all track quail using location them every day or treat disappointment, quail there is “a 100 percent in 2018 joined with the the brush piles and cleared transmitters. “Now we’re them like a chicken, then hunters keep going. chance that we can turn University of Georgia and some of that really thick looking at one bird and you have to have the habi- They will comment, that around,” he said. the Southeastern Coop- stuff, the stuff so thick your how it uses the landscape tat.” later, that it sure would Even if some hunters erative Wildlife Disease dog can’t even venture into rather than the more glob- Spot-spraying herbi- be nice to see a few more roll their eyes at an age- Study in what Judkins it, then you’re clearing out al look at a population and cides rather than blan- birds. That’s where the old refrain about weather called the most compre- those areas where the food a place,” he said. ket spraying can lead to state’s lead quail biologist and habitat from this new- hensive disease study ever sources like mice live, and Watching individuals healthier plants and soil, gets pulled into the pic- generation biologist, habi- done on Oklahoma’s quail. then you’re taking away has shown how barren he said. Fire can boost soil ture. tat still is the key, he said. It involved full necropsies the predators’ homes.” fields and roadways alter health and enhance crops Tell Judkins, the Okla- New studies using satellite — including histology and People are the main movements, how a quail and grazing. homa Department of tracking and new tricks DNA work — on up to thing impacting quail might choose good nest- “I’m not asking some- Wildlife Conservation’s applied to years of file- 200 birds a year from 10 populations. “We’re good ing habitat even if it is situ- one to change their liveli- Upland Game Biologist boxed data compiled into Wildlife Management Ar- at killing quail, and I don’t ated near prime predator hood or completely con- and Quail Coordinator, is digitized form confirm eas across the state. mean with a shotgun,” habitat, and how a dead vert their practices. But an Oklahoma-grown quail much of what was found Biologists collected the Judkins said. quail that might have been let’s ask the questions. hunter who knows the ag- in the older studies and last batches of Oklahoma We have whittled away considered predator fod- Why are we farming fence ony of the feet, appreciates point the way to newer quail in October 2020, so at places quail live with der in earlier studies was line to fence line on this the traditions, and spouts techniques. the results are not final- development and modern actually first hit by a car. spot? Ask why we are we quail talk as long-winded “We still can’t do any- ized. But the tabulations agriculture practices, and An old Packsaddle doing it this way, and if the as a big-running pointer thing about the weather,” already made indicate par- we still don’t use fire as WMA finding that 25 answer is ‘because we have on a cool, moist Decem- Judkins said. “What we asites and diseases are not effectively or often as we percent of the population always done it this way,’ ber morning. “ ‘Where the can do is make sure the limiting quail populations. should. Areas of shrubs disperses widely as a sur- maybe that’s not good heck are the quail? What habitat side of things is “The long and short of and grasses of the early vival strategy has proved enough anymore,” he said. happened to them? Where right so when the weather it is our birds are healthy, 1990s are obliterated by true, he said. They’ll do it The few acres here and did they go?’ Those are the is right, we can have years medically speaking,” he thick stands of eastern even if it puts them in the there can spread from first questions that I get like 2016 and birds can said. “There will always be redcedar. Where dirt roads middle of a golf course. neighbor to neighbor as asked, usually,” he said. “It thrive.” some individual birds that crisscrossed the coun- Oklahoma’s task to re- the effectiveness of these almost opens a Pandora’s But changes in popula- have issues (diseases and tryside, blacktops and build the house of quail is practices serve as exam- box. I could spin off on that tions have been so dras- parasites), and we will still groomed roadsides now like a young couple facing ples, he said. subject for three hours.” tic in some places that want to keep an eye on it. are the norm. Weed- and a fixer-upper on a tight By adjoining habitat Actually, with apolo- hunters and landown- But in general terms, it’s insect-free crops flourish budget. It will happen one spreads, the house of quail gies for leaving out a few ers naturally look toward not something to worry fencerow to fencerow in small project at a time, he is slowly remodeled, and subjects, he recently man- something more than just about.” areas previously consid- said. the quail population can aged to squeeze it into a habitat; things like para- Quail occupy a spot ered not worth dulling a Studies are showing that grow. Eventually we will be 90-minute phone conver- sites, diseases and more at the bottom of the food plow, and too many areas farmers can save money, able to take that old popu- sation. predators. chain. But that metaphor are overgrazed. and even make money, lation picture and hang it Quail questions from “A lot of people have about the three-story “We have a lot of areas with targeted practices on the wall of history. hunters haven’t changed heard me say this, but it house for quail can be ap- that are so overgrazed it that might turn five or six (Kelly Bostian has been much in the 30 years stands: Quail need a three- plied where predation is looks like a golf course acres of poorly perform- an outdoor editor and writ- since the Wildlife Depart- bedroom home, and right concerned. The idea is to with a few weeds sticking ing cropland into wildlife er for 35 years at newspa- ment first dedicated a bi- now what they have is a fix up the house for the up,” he said. habitat that attracts quail pers in Fairbanks, Alaska, ologist to upland game coat closet,” he said. quail and make it less ap- People think of a quail and deer — and lease- and Tulsa, Okla. He now management in 1990 and Parasites like cecal pealing for predators. as a grassland bird, but buying hunters. operates KJB Outdoors, completed its first de- worms find their way in- “Give them (predators) shrubs are the foundation The Department’s Quail sharing articles about out- fewer places to live — take of good quail habitat, he Enhancement Pro- door recreation and na- away their homes — and said. Grasslands are the gram or Wildlife Habi- ture.) the population plummets,” living room and bedroom On this day in U.S. military history

Rodney Haltom on arms to the Soviet spectacular trials in U.S. gnam and Wonsan. 1785 – Chippewa, Union. history, former State De- Meanwhile, Air Force Delaware, Ottawa and 1942 – In North Af- partment official Alger F-86 Sabre jets downed Wyandot tribes signed a rica, German Field Mar- Hiss is convicted of per- seven MiGs and dam- treaty of Fort McIntosh, shal Erwin Rommel jury. He was convicted aged three others in a ceding present-day Ohio launches a drive to push of having perjured him- trio of engagements. to the United States. the British eastward. self in regards to testi- 1968 – One of the 1824 – Thomas While the British ben- mony about his alleged most publicized and “Stonewall” Jackson, efited from radio-inter- involvement in a Soviet controversial battles of Confederate General, is cept-derived Ultra in- spy ring before and dur- the war begins at Khe born. Next to Robert E. formation, the Germans ing World War II. Sanh, 14 miles below the Lee himself, Thomas J. enjoyed an even speedi- 1951 – Communist DMZ and six miles from Jackson is the most re- er intelligence source. troops force the UN the Laotian border. 1943 – 1991 – COURTESY vered of all Confederate A Nazi day- army out of Inchon, Ko- Iraq an- commanders. A graduate light air raid kills 34 in rea after a 12-hour attack. nounced it had scattered the ask an angler Virtual Fishing Courses Series is another 1951 – way anglers can stay in the loop on relevant fishing topics. of West Point (1846), he a London school. When Large num- prisoners of war at tar- the courses are held once a month and touch on fishing tips had served in the artil- the anticipated invasion bers of MiG-15s at- geted areas; President that pertain to that particular time of year. those who attend lery in the Mexican War, of Britain failed to ma- tacked USAF jets, shoot- Bush denounced Iraq’s the live event can have their questions answered in real time. earning two brevets, be- terialize in 1940, Lon- ing down one F-80 and treatment of POW’s, and If you are unable to attend a live event, no worries, all of the courses are made available for public viewing after the live fore resigning to accept a doners relaxed, but soon one F-84. Lt. Col. Wil- said Iraqi President Sad- event has concluded. Click the photo above to see a list of up- professorship at the Vir- they faced a frightening liam E. Bertram of the dam Hussein would be coming events. ginia Military Institute. new threat. 27th FEG shot down a held responsible. CBS 1903 – The US and 1943 – The Casablan- MiG-15 to score the first News correspondent Columbia sign the Hay- ca Directive is issued to USAF aerial victory by Bob Simon, CBS News lake eufaula Fishing Report Herran Treaty, giving the US and British stra- an F-84 ThunderJet. London bureau chief Pe- 1953 – Elevation above normal, water 55 and murky. the US a 99 year lease tegic bombing forces Aircraft from ter Bluff, a cameraman For current elevation conditions go to the U.S. and sovereignty over the in Europe by the Com- three carriers contin- and soundman were Panama Canal Zone. bined Chiefs of Staff. ue relentless assaults captured by Iraqi forces; Army Corps of Engineers website at https:// 1941 – 1950 – www.swt-wc.usace.army.mil/EUFA.lakepage. The United In the conclu- against communist sup- they were released al- html. Largemouth, smallmouth, spotted and States lifted the ban sion to one of the most ply buildups near Hun- most six weeks later. striped bass good on crankbaits, hair jigs, jigs, small lures, spinnerbaits and worms below the dam, around brush structure, channels, docks and Congressional Medal of Honor Citations for Actions Taken This Day main lake. Crappie good on grubs, jigs, live bait, TRINIDAD, TELESFORO minnows, small lures and tube jigs below the dam, Rank and organization: Fireman Second Class, second class, whom he saw to be injured, and pro- around brush structure, channels, creek channels, U.S. Navy. Born: 25 November 1890, New Washing- ceeded to bring him out. While coming into No. inlet and weed beds. Blue, channel and flathead ton Capig, Philippine Islands. Accredited to: Philip- 4 fireroom, Trinidad was just in time to catch the catfish good on cut bait, hotdogs, live bait, live pine Islands. G.O. No.: 142, 1 April 1915. Citation: explosion in No. 3 fireroom, but without consider- shad, minnows, shad, stinkbait and worms be- For extraordinary heroism in the line of his profes- ation for his own safety, passed Daly on and then low the dam, along channels, creek channels, dis- sion at the time of the boiler explosion on board assisted in rescuing another injured man from No. charge, inlet, river channel and shallows. the U.S.S. San Diego, 21 January 1915. Trinidad was 3 fireroom. Trinidad was himself burned about the Report submitted by David deMontigny, game driven out of fireroom No. 2 by the explosion, but face by the blast from the explosion in No. 3 fire- warden stationed in McIntosh County. at once returned and picked up R.E. Daly, fireman, room. Thursday, April 23, 2020 • The McIntosh County Democrat • The Eufaula Indian Journal PAGE B4 • THE MCINTOSH COUNTY DEMOCRAT • THE INDIAN JOURNAL • Thursday, January 21, 2021 LEGALS & CLASSIFIEDS

Legal Notice words and figures. PUBLISHER’S LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE (96) hours, excluding Saturdays, : County, Oklahoma, and all persons in- be settled and allowed and said STATE OF OKLAHOMA All real estate advertised herein Legal Notice Carol Spindle, Legal Notice terested in said estate are notified then estate distributed. Published in the Indian is subject to the Federal Fair Published in the McIntosh Plaintiff, and there to appear and show cause, if DATED this 28 day of De- Journal, Thursday, January 14 County Democrat and Indian vs Housing Act, which makes it any they have, why the said account cember, 2020. and 21, 2021 Journal, Thursday, January 14 Eagan Law Office The Heirs, Executors, Ad- illegal to advertise “any pref- should not be settled and allowed, the /s/ ORIGINAL SIGNED BY Shell Creek RWD #12 to and 21, 2021 A cashier’s check, a certified check ministrators, Devisees, Trust- heirs of Floyd Andrew Hathcoat, Sr., BRENDON BRIDGES host a regular Meeting January erence, limitation or discrimi- PUBLIC NOTICE to prop- ees and Assigns, both Known deceased, determined, said estate dis- JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT 5, 2021. The Annual Meeting nation because of race, color, erty owners concerning pro- five percent (5%) of the bid shall and Unknown, immediate and tributed and the Personal Representa- COURT of the Shell Creek Rural Water religion, sex, handicap, famil- posed prescribed burns. Notice (918) 689-2528 Remote, of Wesley Richard, tive discharged. For Judge McLaughlin District #12, McIntosh County is hereby given to owners of th Creek Indian Roll No. 6089, ial status or national origin, 15 (fifteen) days from date of this Dated this 6 day of January, 2021. COURTNEY L. EAGAN Oklahoma will be held at the lands adjacent to land oper- deceased, Sam Richard, and or intention to make any such /s/ Brendon Bridges Eagan Law Office office in Hanna, Oklahoma at ated by the Oklahoma Depart- Mary Ellen Richard, if living, full no more than 15 (fifteen) days in, JUDGEbe denied OFthe benefits THE DISTRICT of or be 150 Foley Ave. 7:30 p.m. January 28, 2021. preference, limitation or dis- ment of Wildlife Conservation or if any Defendant be dead COURT Eufaula, Oklahoma 74432 SHELL CREEK RWD #12 crimination.” known as the Eufaula Wildlife the unknown Heirs, Execu- 4. Wayne Bailey Certification (OBA #19746) of Non- 918-689-2528 - phone REGULAR MEETINGS FOR This newspaper will not know- Management Area located in tors, Administrators, Devisees, Attorney for Personal Representa- 918-689-2529- fax THE YEAR 2021. THEY WILL McIntosh County, Oklahoma, Trustees and Assigns, imme- ingly accept any advertising for tive BE HELD BI-MONTHLY THE that between January 25, 2021 diatePetition and filed remote, in said ofCause any on such or real estate which is in violation 205 West Shawnee FIRST TUESDAY OF THE and April 30, 2021, the opera- deceased person, Tahlequah, Oklahoma Legal Notice MONTH AT 6:00 P.M. (7:00 of the law. All persons are here- tors of such Wildlife Manage- thirty (30) days from the date of the Defendants 74464 Published in the Indian Journal, P.M. day light savings time) by informed that all dwellings ment Area the Department of CASE NO. CV-2021-02 Telephone: (918) 456-6113 Thursday, January 14 and 21, 2021 THE MEETINGS WILL BE advertised are available on an Wildlife Conservation intend to FAX: (918) 456-5561 NOTICE OF SHERIFF’S SALE SERVICE OF SUMMONS BY HELD AT THE Office In HANNA. PUBLICATION NOTICE equal opportunity basis. burn 1,100 acres of the above CASE NO. CJ-2020-00052 MEETING DATES, 1-5-2021, titleTHE and confirmingSTATE OF OKLAHOMApossession as mentioned property. This no- Notice is given that on the 16 day 3-2-2021, 5-4-2021, 7-6-2021, TO: tice is pursuant to Title 2, sec- of February, 2021, at 10:00 o’clock a.m., Legal Notice 9-7-2021, 11-2-2021 The Heirs, Executors, Ad- tion 16-28.2. Property owners Published in the McIntosh at 110 N. First Street, Eufaula, OK ministrators,A one-third (1/3) Devisees, interest in Trust-a part may contact J.D. Ridge with County Democrat, Thursday, 74432, the Sheriff of said County will ees and Assigns, both Known the Department of Wildlife January 14, 21 and 28, 2021 offer for sale and sell, with appraise- and Unknown, immediate and Conservation at 918-617-1113. ANYONE HAVING AN IN- ment, for cash, at public auction, to the Legal Notice Published in the Indian Journal, Remote, of Wesley Richard, A prescribed burning plan has TEREST IN A 2006 YAMA- highest bidder, all certain real estate in Thursday, January 14, 21 and 28, 2021 Creek Indian Roll No. 6089, been submitted to the Porum HA YZ450F VIN# JYACJ- McIntosh County, Oklahoma, to-wit: CV-2020-128 deceased, Sam Richard, and Landing and Shady Grove Fire 10C86A010283 CONTACT D’S Lot 16 of Emerald Bay, accord- HOUSING / AMENDED NOTICE BY PUBLI- Mary Ellen Richard, if living, Departments. WRECKER SERVICE, 106474 ing to the recorded Plat thereof, be- CATION or if any Defendant be dead the PROPERTY S. 4170 RD., CHECOTAH, OK ing a subdivision of a part of the West THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA unknown heirs, executors, ad- 74426. 918-473-1593. Half of the Northwest Quarter of the TO: The unknown heirs, executors, ministrators, devisees, trustees Southwest Quarter of Section 34, Legal Notice administrators, devisees, legatees, and assigns, immediate and Published in the McIntosh County Township 12 North, Range 16 East, For Rent Management (SAM) registration trustees, successors, and assigns, im- remote, of any such deceased Democrat, Thursday, January 14 and subject to the restrictions recorded in Legal Notice mediate and remote, of WAYNE SYL- person. 21, 2021 Book 109 at Page 98 of the records of Need a place to hide and re- Published in the McIntosh VESTR STEWART, deceased and the GREETINGS: IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN the County Clerk of McIntosh County, lax? Two-room suites $350/ Countytractors) in Democrat, order to be awarded Thursday, unknown heirs, executors, admin- Take notice that you, and AND FOR MCINTOSH COUNTY January 14, 21 and 28, 2021 and flowage easement to the United week, one-room $220/week. STATE OF OKLAHOMA istrators,tion of said devisees, Plaintiff legatees, on file in trustees, said each of you, have been sued ANYONE HAVING AN IN- States recorded in Book 85 at page successors, and assigns, immedi- In the Matter of the Estate of in the District Court in and Utilities paid, fully furnished, TEREST IN A 2010 APOLLO 293 of the records in the office of the ate and remote, of SCOTT WAYNE FLOYD ANDREW HATHCOAT, SR., for McIntosh County, State of fridge, microwave, monthly MOTORCYCLE VIN# L08YC- County Clerk of McIntosh County, STEWART, deceased, Defendants, Deceased. Oklahoma, in the above en- NFC2A1000225 CONTACT D’S and less one-half (1/2) of the oil, gas GREETINGS: rates available. Lake Eu- No. PB-2017-5 titled and numbered cause, by WRECKER SERVICE, 106474 and other minerals and mineral rights You are hereby notified that the faula Inn, I40 and Hwy 150. THIRD ALIAS NOTICE OF cordance with specifications on the Plaintiff, Carol Spindle, and S. 4170 RD., CHECOTAH, OK theretofore reserved by former own- Plaintiff, JIMMY STEWART, has filed 918-473-2376. HEARING FINAL ACCOUNT AND file in the Engineer’s Office. Plans, that you must answer the Peti- 74426. 918-473-1593. ers, including boat dock Petition(property) in situatedthe District in McIntoshCourt of Mc- PETITION FOR ORDER ALLOW- specifications and other bidding tion filed by the Plaintiff in the Property Address: RR 4 Box 995, Intosh County, Oklahoma, to quiet ING office of the undersigned Dis- Checotah, OK 74426 title as to the following described real Three bedroom, two bath FINAL ACCOUNT, DETERMI- trict Court Clerk on or before Legal Notice Subject to unpaid taxes, tax ad- estate in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, central H/A mobile home two NATION OF HEIRSHIP, DISTRIBU- the 26th day of February, 2021 Published in the Indian vancement by Plaintiff for taxes, in- to-wit: TION AND DISCHARGE or judgment against you and miles north of Stidham Hill. Journal, Thursday, January 14 surance premiums, and expenses Lot 15 in Block 2 of Sheppard TO: The heirs at law, next of kin the official Plat thereof. a Decree quieting Plaintiff’s $600/month, $700 deposit, and 21, 2021 necessary for the preservation of the Estates, a subdivision located in the and any and all persons interested in title in and to the following de- IN THE DISTRICT COURT SW/4 of the SE/4 of the NW/4 of Sec- no pets. Available February the Estate of Floyd Andrew Hathcoat, subject real property, if any, said real scribed real property situated IN AND FOR MCINTOSH tion 4, Township 11 North, Range 16 1, 2021. 918-689-0886; 918- Sr., Deceased. property having been duly appraised in McIntosh County, State of COUNTY East of the I.B.M., McIntosh County, Notice is hereby given that Sandra at $10,000.00. Sale will be made pur- Oklahoma, to-wit: 618-2621. STATE OF OKLAHOMA Oklahoma, according to the official Hathcoat, Personal Representative suant to a Special Execution and Or- The Northwest Quarter of IN THE MATTER OF THE plat thereof, along with a 1969 Homett of the estate of Floyd Andrew Hath- the Southeast Quarter (NW/4 ESTATE OF GERALD D. der of Sale issued in accordance with Mobile Home, VIN#MK760C, Title Pick yours early - camping coat, Sr., deceased, having filed in this SE/4) of Section Fourteen (14), WEBB judgment entered in the District #J195265A, and lake lots for rent: month- Court her final account of the admin- Township Eleven (11) North, Telephone: (918) 689-253 Deceased. CourtPetition of filed McIntosh in said County, Cause Oklaho-on or and all Defendants must answer istration of said estates and petition for Range Sixteen (16) East of the ly, weekly, daily. RVs for Case No.: PB-20-45 ma, in Case No. CJ-2020-00052, en- said Petition on or before the 28th day order allowing same, determination of I.B.M., McIntosh County, Okla- rent. Nice waterfront park, NOTICE OF HEARING FI- titled U.S. BANK TRUST NATIONAL of February, 2021 or judgment and heirs, distribution and final discharge homa NAL ACCOUNT AND PETITION decree will be granted as prayed for in no setup and tear down, all of said Personal Representative, the ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR All set forth in the Petition FOR FINAL ORDER ALLOWING said Petition. utilities, cellars, Lake Eu- hearing of the same has been fixed by GIFM HOLDINGS TRUST, Plaintiff on file herein, will be rendered FINALHardcopy ACCOUNT, plans and specifications DETERMI- Dated and signed the 29 day of the Judge of said Court for the 17h day vs.title DIANA and confirming F. HALL; possession UNKNOWN as accordingly. faula. 405-273-3326. NATION OF HEIRS, DISTRIBU- December, 2020. th of February, 2021, at 9:00 o’clock a.m. SPOUSE, IF ANY, OF DIANA F. DATED this 6 day of Janu- TION OF ESTATE AND FINAL (SEAL) ary, 2021. at the Probate Courtroom of said Dis- HALL; STATE OF OKLAHOMA DISCHARGE Lots Two (2) and Three (3) in Block LISA RODEBUSH, COURT trictMay, Court2020, inand the then McIntosh at said Countyoffice Lisa Rodebush, McIntosh Real Estate for Sale NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN EXOne REL(1) Bridgeport OKLAHOMA Beach TAX Second COM- CLERK Courthouse at Eufaula, McIntosh County Court Clerk that CHRISTOPHER L. WEBB, MISSION; FAUST CORPORATION; /s/ Lisa Rodebush By: /s/ Bailey Burns One bedroom one bath Administrator of the Estate of AUTO ADVANTAGE FINANCE OF Deputy Deputy ment 15 (fifteen) days from date of GERALD D. WEBB, deceased, TULSA,Northeast LLC; Quarter and OCCUPANTS,(SW/4 NE/4) IF McIntosh County, Oklahoma 32x32 dwelling, well house, of Section Eleven (11), Township MISC. having filed in this Court a Fi- ANY, AT RR 5 BOX 995, CHECO- GREGORY R. STIDHAM, OBA large storage building, septic Ten (10) North, Range Sixteen (16) in full no more than 15 (fifteen) nal Report And Final Account TAH, OK 74426, Defendants, being all #8632 Legal Notice system, two lots, lakeview, And Petition For Final Decree of the Defendants and persons holding P. O. Box 265 Published in the Indian Journal, $26,500. 918-473-0090. Wanted Of Distribution And Discharge, Checotah, Oklahoma 74426 or claiming interest or lien in the sub- Thursday, January 14, 21 and 28, 2021 the hearing of the same, which 918-473-5700 (918)IN THE689-2528 DISTRICT COURT OF Looking for 1965 Oldsmobile will include a hearing upon var- ject real property. envelope addressed as specified WITNESSATTORNEY my hand FOR and PLAINTIFF official seal MCINTOSH COUNTY, Cutlass F-85, two door post ious matters requested therein KEVIN LEDBETTER PETS & SUPPLIES Sheriff of McIntosh County, Okla- OKLAHOMA that was bought from David to be taken into consideration IN THE MATTER OF by the Court, has been fixed homa or Sharon Dossey approx. By: /s/ Angela Reasor Legal Notice S. J. C. For Sale by the Judge of said Court for Published in the Indian 10-15 years ago. Call or text Daniel C. Nunley, OBA # 15912 DEPRIVED CHILD the 26 day of January, 2021, Journal, Thursday, January John Seidenberger, OBA # 30715 Case No. JD-2019-0002 Chuck Tade (405) 615-9135. at 9:00 o’clock A.M., in the 14, 21 and 28, 2021 For sale:COMMISSIONERS two fainting does, MINUTES Brian G. Sayer, OBA # 32966 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION Courtroom of the undersigned IN THE DISTRICT COURT THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA one fainting/nd mix doe, THE SAYER LAW GROUP, P.C. (918) 689-2528 MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING Judge,E. A Motion MCINTOSH was made by Pendley County and seconded by Phillips to approve deposits. IN AND FOR McINTOSH Looking for a Ruth-Berry 925 E. 4th St. (918) 471-4002 facsimile $300 for all OBO.McINTOSH 918-617- COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS Courthouse,The Motion Eufaula, was approved Okla-with the following votes: All aye. COUNTY (CONTINUED ON PAGE B5) 1656. April 6th50-gallon, 2020 tank, pump and homa,F. andA Motion all was persons made by Phillips inter- and secondedWaterloo, by Pendley IA to 50703 approve Donation No. R-20-27. The Motion was approved withTel: the (319) following 234-2530 votes: All aye. The McIntosh County Board of Commissionersparts. met on Monday, 918-689-4089. April 6th, 2020, in a regu- estedG. in A said Motion estate was made are by notifiedPendley and seconded by Phillips to approve Expense larly scheduled Meeting, at 8:00 a.m. in the Commissioners’ meeting room on the first then andReport there for FY to 2019/2020 appear dated and April 6th, 2020.Fax: The (319) Motion 232-6341 was approved with floor. Chairman, Michael Burns; Vice Chairman, Bill Phillips; Member, Tim Pendley; and show cause,the following if any votes: they All aye. have, [email protected] BUSINESS | EMPLOYMENT County Clerk,SERVICES Ronda Prince, were all present. Advance notice of the Meeting was posted on H. BOCC acknowledged receipt of McIntosh CountyAttorneys Treasurer for Statutory Plaintiff Report as of the bulletin board next to the Commissioners’ room, and also at both the south and east why saidJanuary account 31st, 2020 should (prepared by not State Auditor and Inspector). entrances of the Courthouse, on the 2nd day of April, 2020.OKLAHOMA I. A Motion was made by Phillips and seconded by Pendley to approve Cash Fund Help Wanted I. The Meeting was called to order by Chairman, Michael Burns, at 8:00 am. Estimate of Needs and Request for Appropriations. The Motion was approved II. RollMaintenance was called with the following responses: Burns, present; Phillips, present; and with the following votes: All aye. Pendley, present. CLASSIFIED J. A Motion was made by Pendley and seconded by Phillips to approve Monthly III. A Motion was made by Pendley and seconded by Phillips to approve Minutes of the Reports of County Officials.AUCTIONS The Motion was approved with the following votes: Work from home and earn Experienced hammer hoe General Commissioners’ maintenance. Meeting held on Call March 30th, 2020.AD The MotionNETWORK was approved with the All aye. operator needed for Young- 918-521-6219. following votes: All aye. K. A Motion was made by Pendley and seconded by Phillips to approve Certificate good pay per week.. IV. Purchase Orders: A Motion was made by Phillips and seconded by Pendley to approve of County Treasurer,Personal Request for Approval Property of Allocation of Alcoholic Beverage man Rock Quarry. Apply FOR MOREth INFO CALL No stress! signing of purchase orders to be processed for payment on April 6 , 2020. The Motion was Tax. The Motion was approved with the following votes: All aye. in person: 112126 S. 4190 approved with the following votes: All aye: 2019-20201-888-815-2672 911 Phone 386, AT&T (SBC), 317.53, L. A Motion was made by Phillips and seconded by Pendley to approve Treasurer Send your resume or contact UTILITIES387, CANADIAN VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, CVEC, 27.82, UTILITIES388, Quarterly Fee Report (quarter ended 3/31/20). The Motion was approved with Road, Checotah, OK 74426. AT&T,Housekeeping 317.53, UTILITIES389, AT&T (SBC), 317.53, UTILITIES390, AT&T (SBC), 317.53, UTILI- the following votes: All aye. [email protected] TIES 391, AT&T, 234.34, UTILITIES; CDBG 4, SHADY GROVEWANT RWD#5, TO38043.78, BUY REIMBURSE- M. Guardian’s A Motion was made by Pendley andReal seconded byEstate Phillips to approve &Election 918/689-3361. MENT; General 3080, SOUTER LIMESTONE & MINERALS, LLC, 1023.09, Road Material3081, Board Payroll Reimbursement. The Motion was approved with the following for more details. ResidentialBANK OF EUFAULA, housekeeping. 5.00, Payroll3082, JIFFY MART,OLD 397.03, GUITAR$ FUEL3083, WANTED! PHILLIPS, BILLY LARRY votes: All aye. BOB, 30.19, TRAVEL3084, BURNS, MICHAEL GENE, 88.38, TRAVEL3085, E.O.D.L.S., 9412.72, N. Personal A Motion was made by PendleyProperty and seconded by Phillips Auction to approve CallSALARY3086, Debbie MCINTOSH 405-414-3893. CO FAIR BOARD, 600.00,BRING$ RENT3087, CA$H SHATSWELL, for vintage GINNA USA gui- Requisitioning and Receiving Officers (County Jail). The Motion was approved CAMILLE, 150.00, JANITORIAL SERVICE3088, CANONtars, tubeFINANCIAL amps, SERVICES, banjos, 145.51, mandolins, COPIER 114857with the S following 4277 votes: Rd All (Tanglewoodaye. Bluff), Porum LEASE3089, EMBROIDERY PLUS, 264.00, FIREMENetc. GEAR3090, Fender, SAF-T-GLOVE, Gibson, Martin, INC, 174.04, Gretsch, O. A Motion was made by Phillips and seconded by Pendley to approve Blanket for FIREMEN GEAR3091, OSU COOPERATIVE EXTENSION SER., 4983.00, CONTRACTUAL SER- Oak Grove Senior Citizens Center (Bailey Breedlove) for $200.00. The Motion was VICESBrushhogging 3092, COOKSON HILLS PUBLISHERS INC,others. 128.16, PUBLICATION3093, Call or text 918-288-2222. INDIAN NATION approved with the following votes: All aye. Access Home Care II WHOLESALE, 667.86, FOOD3094, HENSON CONSTRUCTION,www.stringswest.com 1400.94, REPAIRS3095, MCI, P. A Motion was Janmade by Pendley30th and seconded@ 10am by Phillips to approve Transfer Brushhogging,30.70, UTILITIES3096, EASTsmall CENTRAL acre- ELECTRIC, ECE, 120.01, UTILITIES3097, CANADIAN of Appropriations (County Jail) in the amount of $7,000.00. The Motion was VALLEY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, CVEC, 77.52, UTILITIES3098,AUCTION PIED PIPER, 60.00, PEST approved with the following votes: All aye. ageSPRAYING3099, mowing, EAST tilling, CENTRAL OKLAHOMAbarn APPRAISAL, LLC, 6200.00, PARCELS3100, Q.3BD/3BA A Motion was made Mobile by Pendley and on seconded 2 Lots by Phillips near to approve Lake Electronic in Checotah AT&T, 166.03, UTILITIES3101, OG&E, 99.28, UTILITIES 3102, CVEC, 164.29, UTILITIES3103, payment for Bank of America P-Card statement (March 2020) for $337.53. The andOG&E, garage 857.22, UTILITIES3104, cleanup, EUFAULA $55/ TRUE ONLINEVALUE, 41.94, ONLY BATTERIES AUCTION. 3105, Jan.AT&T, 26th, MotionEufaula, was approved ’10 with the& following ’05 Dodgevotes: All aye. Trucks, 188.27, UTILITIES3106, MILLER OFFICE EQUIPMENT,starts 374.90, ending COPIER/OVERAGES @ 6p: Huge 3107, Personal R. A Motion was made by Phillips and seconded by Pendley to approve 324A Claim is seeking to hire hr,AT&T, minimum 157.97, UTILITIES3108, two hours. AT&T, 918- 108.88, UTILITIES; Health 301, OKLAHOMA STATE Bassfor payment Boat, to Porum Household Public Works Authority Items in the amount & of More!$24,817.50 843-0902.DEPT OF HEALTH, 10939.38, SALARY302, ELITECollection. SPRAY SERVICES, Antique/Vintage LLC, 90.00, PEST Furniture, SPRAY- (District #2). The Motion was approved with the following votes: All aye. ING303, ELITE SPRAY SERVICES, LLC, 80.00, PESTPottery, SPRAYING304, Glassware FIVE STAR & OFFICE Figurines, SUPPLY, S. MrEdsAuction.com A Motion was made by Pendley and seconded 918-266-4218 by Phillips to approve Transfer of 129.40, OFFICE SUPPLIES305, STATEWIDE COMMERICALCollectibles, CLEANING Clocks, COMPANY, 1250.00, Costume Appropriations (General Government) in the amount of $ 29.22. The Motion was Personal Care Aides JANITORIAL SERVICE306, BLIZZARD, APRIL, 22.66, TRAVEL307, LYNN, AMANDA, 15.12, approved with the following votes: All aye. TRAVEL308,Construction EUBANKS, SUSAN DIANE, 105.86, Jewelry,TRAVEL309, Household PITNEY BOWES Items RESERVE & over ACCT, 350 T. A Motion was made by Pendley and seconded by Phillips to approve Transfer of 182.46, POSTAGE METER/EQP LEASE310, PITNEYLots! BOWES Fairview, RESERVE ACCT, OK. 182.46, 580-233-3066. POST- Funds (RWD#5 CDBG) inWeekly the amount ofMisc. $38,043.78. The Motion was approved AGE METER/EQP LEASE311, WAL MART, 209.52,wigginsauctioneers.com MEDICAL SUPPLIES312, AT&T MOBILITY, with the following votes: All aye. $9.00 an hour in the Checotah, Warner, Jarr41.85, Construction UTILITIES313, AT&T - MOBILITY, general 309.62, UTILITIES314, OG&E, 248.85, UTILITIES315, U. A Motion was made by Pendley and seconded by Phillips to approve Transfer of WINDSTREAM TELEPHONE, 257.85, UTILITIES316, SUES RECYCLING & SANITATION, 43.00, Funds (RWD#5 CDBG) in the amount of $156,609.94. The Motion was approved Muskogee and Okmulgee areas. contractor.UTILITIES317, AT&T Interior/exterior. (SBC), 658.27, UTILITIES; HighwayADVERTISE 1913, ALPHA STATEWIDEDRUG TESTING CO., with the following votes: All aye. 918-618-2459.50.00, DRUG TESTING1914, CINTAS, 56.68, UNIFORM CLEANING1915, ENGELMAN’S TRUCK V. A Motion was made by Pendley and seconded by Phillips to approve Transfer of SERVICE, INC, 480.00, REPAIRS1916, MHC KENWORTH TULSA, 257.57, PARTS1917, DIRECT Funds (RWD#5 CDBG) in the amount of $50,146.28. The Motion was approved Put your message where it matters most AUCTION No certificationPetition needed. filed in said Cause on or DISCOUNT TIRE OF STILLWATER, 1409.94, TIRES1918, CINTAS, 56.68, UNIFORM CLEAN- with the following votes: All aye. ING1919, HOPKINS FUEL & PROPANE, 2006.00,– FUEL1920, IN OKLAHOMA SUES RECYCLING NEWSPAPERS. & SANITATION, We W. A Motion was made by Phillips and seconded by Pendley to approve Transfer of 75.00,Gravel, TRASH SERVICE1921, Sand, MHCEtc KENWORTH canTULSA, place 118.74, your PARTS1922, ad in 148 CINTAS, newspapers. 56.68, EveryAppropriations (Pierce FridayRd. Project, District #3) in theNight amount of $85,000.00. The UNIFORM CLEANING1923, CANADIAN VALLEYFor ELECTRIC more COOPERATIVE, information CVEC, or 105.62, to place Motion was approved with the following votes: All aye. Call 918-473-1851 to schedule UTILITIES1924, AT&T, 266.50, UTILITIES1925, SOUTER LIMESTONE & MINERALS, LLC, StartingX. A Motion Thiswas made Friday, by Pendley January and seconded 22, by Phillips 7pm, to approve 2021 Transfer All8333.20, your Road gravel, Material1926, sand, P&K EQUIPMENT,rock anJOHN ad, DEERE, contact 331.00, LandonBLADES1927, Cobb CINTAS, at of Appropriations (Paradise Point Rd. Project, District #3) in the amount of an appointment for an interview. 130.02, UNIFORM CLEANING1928, HOPKINS FUEL(405) & PROPANE, 499-0022 218.53, or toll-free FUEL1929, in RINKER OK at $127,000.00.605 S. The Cherokee Motion was approved St., with Muskogee, the following votes: OK All aye. andAUTOMOTIVE other PRODUCTS,materials 271.64, deliv- SUPPLIES1930, BANK OF AMERICA, 88.86, PARTS1931, Y. A Motion was made by Pendley and seconded by Phillips to approve Transfer title and confirming possession as YELLOWHOUSE MACHINERY CO., 716.10, HYDRAULIC1-888-815-2672. FLUID1932, HOPKINS OIL CO., Sellingof Appropriations furniture, appliances, (Lotawatah Village tools, Project, antiques, District #3) glassware, in the amount guns, of ered.RENT ONFull HANNA loads YARD, (ten 200.00, wheel- RENT1933, NAPA AUTO PARTS, 2089.05, PARTS1934, $135,000.00. The Motioncoins, was approved collectibles. with the following votes: All aye. er)DIRECT or half DISCOUNT loads. TIRE Tractor OF STILLWATER, and 511.24, TIRES1935, CVEC, 161.51, UTILITIES1936, Z. A Motion was made by Phillips and seconded by Pendley to approve payroll PUBLIC SERVICE CO. OF OK., 35.90, UTILITIES1937, EAST CENTRAL ELECTRIC, ECE, 35.00, datedCushioned April 8th, 2020. seating, The Motion heated was approved building, with thesnack following bar. votes: All aye. Lots NINE (9) and TEN (10), in skidUTILITIES1938, steer available. SUES RECYCLING Terry’s & SANITATION, 65.00, UTILITIES1939, HOPKINS FUEL & AA. A Motion was made by Pendley and seconded by Phillips to accept all 3 bids Block THREE (3), of Bridgeport PROPANE, 2366.63, FUEL1940, AT&T (SBC), 202.20,WANTED UTILITIES1941, AT&T, 52.58, UTILITIES; For receivedpictures for asphalting. and listings The Motion visit was baileydavisauctions.com approved with the following votes: TrucksJail-ST 1236, 918-707-0732. MR. PRINTER, 247.00, SIGN1237, MR. PRINTER, 247.00, SIGN1238, G&C ELEC- All aye. A Motion was made by Phillips and seconded by Pendley to approve TRIC, BILL E. GRISSOM, 244.43, ELECTRIC1239, HomesTURN KEY HEALTH CLINICS, LLC, 12345.03, awarding bid to McGuire918-840-3997 Brothers. The Motion was approved with the following MEDICAL1240, MR. PRINTER, 96.00, SUPPLIES1241, OFFICE DEPOT, 218.25, OFFICE SUP- votes: All aye. PLIES1242, OFFICE DEPOT, 349.99, OFFICE SUPPLIES1243,in your SIMPLISTIL WELLNESS, 459.00, AB. (9:30 a.m.) Quarterly Meeting of County Officials. Nothing new to report. CLEANINGTractor SUPPLIES1244, Work ICS WACO SALES, 209.00, SUPPLIES1245, O REILLY AUTOMO- Attended by County Clerk, Treasurer, Assessor, and all three Commissioners. TIVE INC., 20.98, TINT1246, PRODIGY SOLUTIONS,County INC, 1677.00, phone cards; Mtg Cert VII. BOCC Comments or Concerns: None. 44, AT&T, 54.33, UTILITIES; SH Svc Fee 347, YOUNGBLOOD, MATTHEW FALLON, 10.00, VIII. A Motion was made by Phillips and seconded by Pendley to adjourn Meeting. The TractorREIMBURSEMENT348, work OFFICEand DEPOT,build: 852.37, OFFICEneeding SUPPLIES349, US BANK EQUIPMENT Motion was approved with the following votes: All aye. pads,FINANCE, driveways, 529.98, COPIER LEASE350, roads, DOUGS AUTO REPAIR, 71.00, REPAIRS351, BRANS- Signed PUBLICthis 13 thRoll-in day of April, 2020.Showers Roll-in NOTICE Showers CUM, KEVIN JOSEPH, 65.00, REPAIR AUTO/SHERIFF Roll-in Showers Roll-in Showers tinV. horn Reports installation, brush METAL ROOFS BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS hogging,A. 911 under- Coordinator, brush Matt Hackler, cut gave his report to the BOCC. How much do public noticesfor cost? qualified The Oklahoma Legislature sets B. Emergency Manager, Susan Whittle, gave$2,990* her report to theor BOCC. $79/mo* Michael Burns, Chairmanfor qualified for qualified andVI. Actionstacked. Items Call Bob Green Bill aPhillips, rate, whichVice Chairman is typically much lower than other newspaper ad rates,for qualified A. 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TO: THE PETITION OR MOTION. the said account should not be settled Journal, Thursday, January for the issuance of Letters of when and where all persons in- ASHLEY PAIGE COTTON ADDITIONALLY YOU ARE AD- and allowed, the heirs of Rodney C. 21, 2021 Administration in the estate of terested in said estate may ap- You are hereby notified that a Peti- VISED THAT YOUR DUTY TO Williams, deceased, determined, said IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN Christopher James Cirigliano, pear and contest the same. tion has been filed in the above styled SUPPORT THIS CHILD SHALL estate distributed, and the Personal AND FOR MCINTOSH COUNTY deceased, and for her appoint- WITNESS my hand this and numbered case, alleging that the NOT TERMINATE UNTIL SUCH Representative discharged. STATE OF OKLAHOMA ment as Personal Representa- 13th day of January, 2021. above named child is deprived and TIME THAT A FINAL DECREE WITNESS my hand this 6th day of In the Matter of the Estate of tive of said estate, and has fur- /s/Judge Brendon Bridges seeking to terminate your parental OF ADOPTION IS ENTERED. January, 2021. CHRISTOPHER JAMES CI- ther requested that the identity for Judge Brian McLaughlin rights to said minor child, and the Dated this 8th day of Janu- /s/ ORIGINAL SIGNED RIGLIANO, of the heirs of said decedent be JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT same has been set for hearing on the ary, 2021. BY BRENDON BRIDGES Deceased. judicially determined pursu- COURT 20th day of April, 2021 at 2:00PM in the /s/ Brendon Bridges Brendon Bridges, Case No. PB-2021-1 ant to the provisions of 58 O.S. Prepared by: McIntosh County Courthouse, Eu- BRENDON BRIDGES Associate Judge of the District ALIAS NOTICE OF HEAR- §240, as amended. David E. Johnson, OBA No. faula, Oklahoma. The Petitioner prays ASSOCIATE DISTRICT Court ING PETITION FOR ISSUANCE Pursuant to an order of this 33100 that the above named child be adjudi- JUDGE Gregory R. Stidham, OBA #8632 OF LETTERS OF ADMINIS- Court, said Petition and appli- Attorney at Law cated deprived and that your parental Attorney for Estate TRATION, APPOINTMENT OF cation will be heard before this 1605 South Muskogee Av- rights to said child be terminated and P. O. Box 265 PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Court in the Probate Court- enue dealt with according to law, and for all Legal Notice Checotah, Ok 74426 AND DETERMINATION OF room in the McIntosh County Tahlequah, OK 74464 proper orders and relief. Published in the Indian 918-473-5700 IDENTITY OF HEIRS Courthouse at Eufala, Oklaho- (918) 973-3123 That this matter is set for Adju- Journal, Thursday, January You are hereby notified that ma, on the 16th day of Febru- [email protected] dication and Termination on the 20th 14, 21 and 28, 2021 Ashley D. Collett has applied ary, 2021, at 9:00 o’clock a.m. Attorney for Petitioner day of April, 2021 at 2:00PM, in the LIEN SALE Legal Notice District Court, McIntosh County 1974 FORD MAVERICK Published in the Indian Courthouse, Eufaula, Oklahoma, be- VIN# 4K93F119160 Journal, Thursday, January 21 fore Judge Brendon Bridges at which CONTACT DANNY HALE and 28, 2021 time and place you may appear and 918-843-0158 The City of Eufaula is re- show cause, if any you have, why or- questing independent contrac- der and judgment in the proceedings tor bids for the following ser- should not be entered as in the Peti- Legal Notice vice: tion prayed, and you are hereby sum- Published in the Indian Journal, Cleaning of private proper- moned and notified to be present at Thursday, January 21 and 28, 2021 ties for the purpose of nuisance said time and place, under penalty of IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN abatement throughout the law. Failure to appear without reason- AND FOR MCINTOSH COUNTY community to include: mow- able cause may result in you being held STATE OF OKLAHOMA ing, weed-eating, clearing of in contempt of Court and a warrant IN THE MATTER OF THE ES- small debris, clearing of large being issued for your arrest pursuant TATE OF, RODNEY C. WILLIAMS, debris, clearing of heavy brush. to Title 10A O.S. § 2-2-107(G). DECEASED. Bid must include the hourly You are advised that the respon- CASE NO. PB-2017-63 rate for each of the above list- dent parents, guardian or custodian, NOTICE OF HEARING FINAL ed services. Completed work and respondent child is entitled to be ACCOUNT AND PETITION FOR will be rounded to the near- represented by an attorney at each and DETERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP, est quarter-hour of work per- every stage of the proceedings and if DISTRIBUTION AND DISCHARGE formed. Work orders must be the parties are unable because of lack Notice is hereby given that Janna completed within 7 calendar of present financial resources to obtain Minorchio, a/k/a Janna C. Minorchio days of submission to the con- an attorney, they entitled, upon dem- Personal Representative of the Estate tractor. Work will be sporadic onstrating this fact to the Court’s satis- of Rodney C. Williams, deceased, hav- and based and demand. faction, to a Court-appointed attorney ing filed in this Court her Final Ac- Bids are required to be re- at no expense to such parties. count of the Administration of said es- ceived no later than Febru- FAILURE TO PERSON- tate, and her Petition for Distribution ary 19, 2021 by 2:00PM. Bid ALLY APPEAR AT THE HEAR- of said estate and for final discharge Packets available at City Hall. ING CONSTITUTES CONSENT of said Personal Representative, the Sealed bids are to be mailed or TO THE ADJUDICATION OF hearing of the same has been fixed by turned in to: City of Eufaula, THE MINOR CHILD AS DE- the Judge of said Court for 9:00 o’clock “Nuisance Abatement Bid” PRIVED AND TERMINATION a.m., on the 18th day of February, 2021, Attn: City Manager – Mowing OF YOUR PARENTAL RIGHTS at the Courtroom of said Court in Bid, P.O. Box 684 Eufaula, OK TO THIS CHILD. IF YOU FAIL the District Courthouse in Eufaula, 74432. TO PERSONALLY APPEAR ON McIntosh County, Oklahoma, and THE DATE AND TIME SPECI- all persons interested in said estate FIED, YOU SHALL LOSE ALL are notified then and there to appear Legal Notice LEGAL RIGHTS AS A PARENT and show cause, if any they have, why Published in the Indian TO THE CHILD NAMED IN Court Report

McIntosh County District Court Report Felony Cases than $10,000 belt Wade Hampton Hib- Citibank vs. Heather Manolo Garcia Perez: bler: endangering others M. Blackburn, et al speeding while eluding/attempting Citibank vs. Eddie Rosealie F. Welker: to elude police officer; Haworth, et al failure to properly re- driving a motor vehicle Discover Bank vs. Tad strain child under the influence of al- Lewis, et al Harold David Wil- cohol; leaving scene of an Foursight Capital vs. liams: driver not wearing accident involving dam- Justin Stretch, et al seatbelt age; driving with license Pea Ridge Buildings vs. Rangler Williams: cancelled/suspended/re- Daniel Speir, et al speeding voked Small Claims Protective Misdemeanor Peoples National Bank Orders Cases vs. Chuck Ledbetter, et al Hailey M. Holand vs. Kyle Lee Arterberry: Traffic Cases Jeremy Doyle York public intoxication Shandie Rene Bridges: Brianna Rashall Douil- driver not wearing seat- Marriage lard: trespassing after be- belt licenses filed ing forbidden Tori Lynn Cooper: Michael Simmons and Tyler Martin Helge- speeding Teresa Marie Craig son: driving a motor ve- Bobby Lee Dover: Landon Leroy Kyle and hicle under the influence driver not wearing seat- Dana marie Moss of alcohol belt Colton Michael John Michael Loper: Sarah Diane Feight: Mooney and Kari Leann assault & battery driver not wearing seat- Stites Brenton James Reyn- belt olds: assault & battery Charity Renee Garner: Divorces filed Angelique Weitekamp: driver not wearing seat- Lisa Billie vs. John Da- driving a motor vehicle belt vid Billie Jr. under the influence of al- Tristan James Mullins: Constance B. Dimick cohol; transporting open driver not wearing seat- vs. Charles J. Dimick container of alcohol belt Christy Dawn Johnson Steven Don Nickell: vs. Charles Darin John- Civil Cases less driver not wearing seat- son

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PAGE B6 • THE MCINTOSH COUNTY DEMOCRAT • THE INDIAN JOURNAL • Thursday, January 21, 2021 COVID-19 numbers update Jan. 11-18 The State Health Department released the following According to the Department’s figures today, Jan. McIntosh County’s total number of positive cases is numbers Jan. 11-19 13, the total number of positive cases cross the state is 1,602 (an increase of 13 since Jan. 14); recovered, 1,334 Monday, Jan. 11 341,364 (an increase of 3,907 from Jan. 12). The number (an increase of 13); deaths, 21. The State Health Department released the following of recovered cases is 299,375 (an increase of 4,746). The Checotah has a total number of positive cases of 794 COVID-19 numbers on Monday, January 11. number of deaths statewide is 2,848 (an increase of 44). (an increase of 3 since Jan. 13); recovered, 670 (an in- The last figures reported by the local newspaper were McIntosh County’s total number of positive cases is crease of 8); deaths remain at 8, according to the Health published on Friday, Jan. 8. 1,566 (an increase of 19 since Jan. 12); recovered, 1,295 Department. According to the Department’s figures today, Jan. (an increase of 18); deaths, 20 (an increase of 2). Eufaula’s total positive cases is 729 (an increase 9); re- 11, the total number of positive cases cross the state is Checotah has a total number of positive cases of 778 covered, 596 (an increase of 4); deaths, 13. 335,247 (an increase of 3,885 from Jan. 8). The number (an increase of 6 since Jan. 12); recovered, 649 (an in- Saturday, Jan. 16 of recovered cases is 289,309 (an increase of 3,664). The crease of 8); deaths remain at 8, according to the Health Numbers not submitted by Health Department number of deaths statewide is 2,775 (an increase of 14). Department. Coronavirus watch – Sunday, Jan. 17 McIntosh County’s total number of positive cases is Coronavirus watch – Thursday, Jan. 14 The State Health Department released the following 1,542 (an increase of 86 since Jan. 8); recovered, 1,253 Another female in the 65 or older age group has died COVID-19 numbers on Sunday, January 17. (an increase of 31); deaths, 18. from COVID-19 in McIntosh County, according to a re- According to the Department’s figures the total num- Checotah has a total number of positive cases of 769 port by the State Health Department on Thursday, Jan. ber of positive cases cross the state is 354,979 (an increase (an increase of 50 since Jan. 8); recovered, 627 (an in- 14. of 3,324 from the last report of Jan. 15). The number of crease of 31); deaths, 8, according to the Health Depart- The victim, a Eufaula resident, is the third McIntosh recovered cases is 311,883 (an increase of 2,826). The ment. County person to die from the virus in two days. number of deaths statewide is 2,987 (an increase of 35). Eufaula’s total positive cases is 699 (an increase 35); re- According to the Department’s figures today, Jan. McIntosh County’s total number of positive cases is covered, 559 (an increase of 12); deaths, 11. 14, the total number of positive cases cross the state is 1,634 (an increase of 32 since Jan. 15); recovered, 1,367 Coronavirus watch – Tuesday, Jan. 12 344.506 (an increase of 3,142 from Jan. 13). The number (an increase of 33); deaths, 22 (an increase of 1 since Jan. The State Health Department released the following of recovered cases is 303,476 (an increase of 4,101). The 15. COVID-19 numbers on Tuesday, January 12. number of deaths statewide is 2,882 (an increase of 34). Checotah has a total number of positive cases of 802 The last figures reported by the local newspaper were McIntosh County’s total number of positive cases is (an increase of 8 since Jan. 15); recovered, 689 (an in- published on Monday, Jan. 11. 1,589 (an increase of 28 since Jan. 13); recovered, 1,321 crease of 19); deaths 9 (an increase of 1), according to the According to the Department’s figures today, Jan. (an increase of 26); deaths, 21 (an increase of 1 since Jan. Health Department. 12, the total number of positive cases cross the state is 13). Eufaula’s total positive cases is 729 (an increase 9); re- 337,457 (an increase of 2,210 from Jan. 11). The number Checotah has a total number of positive cases of 791 covered, 596 (an increase of 4); deaths, 13. of recovered cases is 294,629 (an increase of 5,320). The (an increase of 13 since Jan. 13); recovered, 649 (an in- Monday, Jan. 18 number of deaths statewide is 2,804 (an increase of 29). crease of 8); deaths remain at 8, according to the Health The State Health Department released the following McIntosh County’s total number of positive cases is Department. COVID-19 numbers on Monday, January 18. 1,547 (an increase of 5 since Jan. 11); recovered, 1,277 Eufaula’s total positive cases is 720 (an increase 8); re- According to the Department’s figures the total num- (an increase of 24); deaths, 18. covered, 592 (an increase of 9); deaths, 13 (an increase ber of positive cases cross the state is 356,816 (an increase Checotah has a total number of positive cases of 772 of 1). of 1,837 from the last report of Jan. 17). The number of (an increase of 3 since Jan. 11); recovered, 641 (an in- For more information, visit coronavirus.health.ok.gov. recovered cases is 314,236 (an increase of 2,353). The crease of 14); deaths, 8, according to the Health Depart- Eufaula’s total positive cases is 712 (an increase 10); re- number of deaths statewide is 2,994 (an increase of 7). ment. covered, 583 (an increase of 13); deaths, 12 (an increase McIntosh County’s total number of positive cases is Eufaula’s total positive cases is 702 (an increase 3); re- of 1). 1,639 (an increase of 5 since Jan. 17); recovered, 1,388 covered, 570 (an increase of 11); deaths, 11. Coronavirus watch – Friday, Jan. 15 (an increase of 21); deaths, 22 (an increase of 1 since Jan. Coronavirus watch – Wednesday, Jan. 13 The State Health Department released the following 17). Two females in the 65 or older age group have died COVID-19 numbers on Friday, January 15. The last fig- Checotah has a total number of positive cases of 804 from COVID-19 in McIntosh, according to the State ures reported by the local newspaper were published on (an increase of 2 since Jan. 17); recovered, 699 (an in- Health Department’s latest report which was released on Thursday, Jan. 14. crease of 10); deaths 9 (an increase of 1), according to the Wednesday, Jan. 13. According to the Department’s figures today, Jan. Health Department. One of the victims was a Eufaula resident, bringing the 15, the total number of positive cases cross the state is Eufaula’s total positive cases is 752 (an increase 3); re- number of COVID-19 related deaths in that town to 12. 348,044 (an increase of 3,538 from Jan. 14). The number covered, 619 (an increase of 11); deaths, 13. The last figures reported by the local newspaper were of recovered cases is 306,874 (an increase of 3,398). The For more information, visit coronavirus.health. published on Tuesday, Jan. 12. number of deaths statewide is 2,925 (an increase of 43). ok.gov. Pheasant season remains open thru Jan. 31 KASIE HARRIET ants present. But four years pect that pheasant hunting otal to introducing you to The ring-necked ago, the Oklahoma Land has to offer. And as an avid hunting. You don’t have to pheasant is a beautifully Access Program was cre- foodie, there’s definitely the be Fred Bear to introduce/ colored game bird hunt- ated. One of OLAP’s goals appeal of adding a new spe- reintroduce someone to ed here in Oklahoma. If was to increase pheasant cies of game bird to my rep- hunting. Sometimes just you’ve ever thought these hunting access, and boy, ertoire. And also, you can being passionate about the birds have an exotic look, did the program deliv- dress like an old English sport can help fire up or re- well you are right. These er! OLAP opened up thou- gentleman — or woman kindle someone else’s inter- exotic birds are native to sands of new acres, located — and it’s totally accept- est. I challenge you to take China and East Asia, but in some of the best coun- able. Plus, license require- someone hunting with you were introduced to North ties for pheasant hunting; ments for pheasant hunting in 2021. You could end up America in the 1800s. Al- Cimmaron,Texas, Kay, are simple. You just need a being that someone as well. though Oklahoma is at Woods, Harper to name a valid hunting license, un- Just be sure to follow guide- the southernmost fringe few. And it appears hunt- less you’re exempt. lines from the Oklahoma of their range, they occur ers have taken notice. As Beacause of the social Department of Health to in healthy numbers in the the graph above shows, nature of pheasant hunt- minimize the spread of BRANDON TRENTHAM/2017 RPS | COURTESY North Central and North pheasant hunting looks to ing, it might be the perfect COVID-19. To help you West part of the state. be on the slow incline. opportunity to go hunt- stay healthy, we urge you ers to look for OLAP CRP through Jan. 31, meaning If you’re like many There’s many reasons ing with someone in your to follow the same social lands, crop circle corners, now is a better time than Oklahoma hunters, in- why pheasant hunting is household who hasn’t been distancing practices in the or strip farming. As far as ever to give it a try. Open ar- cluding myself, deer and alluring, the social factor outdoors in a while. For woods and on the water as tactics, pheasants will flush eas include Alfalfa, Beaver, turkey are your pursuits being one of them. After many of us who grew up you would in other settings. when they get to open Cimarron, Garfield, Grant, of choice. At least for me, sitting still in my deer stand around it, taking up hunt- Pheasants prefer cul- ground, so try stationing a Harper, Kay, Major, Noble, this is in part because I had for three months, I’m lik- ing was second nature; tivated farmland habitat shooter near open ground, Osage, Texas, Woods and little to no access to pheas- ing the sound of getting out almost expected of us by mixed with weedy fencer- and drive birds toward Woodward counties; and ant country growing up. and walking a field with a those who taught and in- ows, ditches and corners. them — a tactic that works the portions of Blaine, There was only one WMA few buddies, putting my troduced us. But typically Tell Judkins, upland game well when you don’t have a Dewey, Ellis, Kingfisher within 100 miles of me focus on something new. I there’s something — usu- biologist for the Wildlife bird dog. and Logan counties north that might have had pheas- like the group activity as- ally someone — who is piv- Department, advises hunt- Pheasant season runs of State Highway 51.

The NFF salutes the college football leadership on the 2020 season The National Football markable, and every- ence USA), Jon A. athletes launched a “We Dame and Alabama. The like to salute NFF Board Foundation (NFF) & body has had to make Steinbrecher (Mid- Want to Play” move- television networks al- Member Tom Garfinkel, College Hall of Fame sa- sacrifices. The players, American), Craig ment, including lead- lowed millions of fans to who serves as vice chair- lutes all those who played the coaches, administra- Thompson (Moun- ership from quarter- enjoy the games at home man, president and CEO a critical role in 2020 tors, parents, fans, bowl tain West), Larry backs Justin Fields (Ohio with extraordinary ef- of the Miami Dolphins during the pandemic to organizers, medical staff, Scott (Pac-12), Greg San- State) and Trevor Law- forts and flexibility from and Hard Rock Stadium, ensure that the players, all top a truly endless key (SEC), Keith Gill (Sun rence (Clemson) who ESPN, FOX and CBS to for all of his efforts to suc- coaches and fans had the list of people who made Belt), and the leaders at both earned appearances televise the games each cessfully host the game in opportunity to experi- the season happen. We the four independents in the College Football and every weekend. South Florida. ence the game in safe en- especially want to salute (Army, BYU, Liberty, Playoff. Notre Dame The Crimson Tide Earlier in the day vironments. the 10 commissioners in and Massachusetts) who joined the ACC for one concluded its season on ESPN, the NFF an- “The college football the FBS and the leader- played this season, as season, ensuring the team with a 52-24 victory over nounced the 2021 Col- community just conclud- ship of the College Foot- well as College Football could play a full schedule Ohio State Jan. 11 in the lege Football Hall of ed the most challenging ball Playoff and the bowl Playoff (CFP) Executive in 2020. CFP National Cham- Fame Class, which football season in our games for all they did to Director Bill Hancock, Despite some games pionship before a pan- includes Harris Bar- lifetimes as the global create experiences for whose staff just staged its moving dates, the SEC demic-restricted crowd ton (North Carolina), Da- pandemic has impacted the student-athletes who seventh successful CFP and Big 12 each only had of 14,926 fans at Hard vid Fulcher (Arizona every aspect of life,” said play our game, many for National Championship, two games canceled. The Rock Stadium in Miami State), Dan Morgan (Mi- NFF Chairman Archie their coveted final senior and the leaders of the 25 Rose Bowl, the City of Gardens, Florida, giv- ami [FL]), Carson Palm- Manning. “This summer, seasons, while realizing postseason bowl games Pasadena and the Pasa- ing coach Nick Saban an er (Southern Califor- the college football sea- there were countless oth- that concluded the 2020 dena Tournament of unprecedented seventh nia), Tony Romo (Eastern son appeared uncertain, ers who had to sit on the season. The CFP has been Roses made the difficult national title, the most Illinois), Kenneth but as the fall approached sidelines because of the an important addition decision to move the CFP in major college football Sims (Texas), C.J. Spill- the leaders of our sport pandemic.” to the college football Semifinal at the Rose history. During the CFP er (Clemson), Dar- rallied. They found ways Specifically, the NFF landscape the past seven Bowl Game Presented title game, Brady White, ren Sproles (Kansas to address health and would like to salute years, and Bill Hancock by Capital One to AT&T the Memphis quarterback State), Aaron Tay- safety concerns, and conference commis- and his staff have done an Stadium in Arlington and the winner of the lor (Notre Dame), An- thanks to their herculean sioners Mike Ares- amazing job, especially Texas, and the Cotton 2020 William V. Camp- dre Tippett (Iowa), Al efforts and many sleep- co (American), John this year with all the ad- Bowl Athletic Associa- bell Trophy® Presented by Wilson (Tennessee) less nights, the season Swofford (ACC), Bob ditional challenges they tion helped facilitate the Mazda, was honored on and coaches Rudy Hub- happened, albeit with a Bowlsby (Big 12), Kevin faced. move by providing lo- the Jumbotron between bard (Florida A&M) few twists and turns. Warren (Big Ten), Judy During the sum- cal resources to stage the first and second quar- and Bob Stoops (Okla- “It’s been truly re- MacLeod (Confer- mer months, student- the game between Notre ters. The NFF would also homa).

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PAGE B8 • THE MCINTOSH COUNTY DEMOCRAT • THE INDIAN JOURNAL • Thursday, January 21, 2021 Checotah Wildcats Senior Night

RODNEY HALTOM | SPORTS EDITOR Checotah senior basketball players pictured left to right: Alexis Hamilton, Gracey Lewis, Treyton Hurt, Madison Proctor, Daylen Warrior, Adam Oxtoby, Vanessa Henson and Zane Cummings.

Checotah senior Zane Cummings is the son of Shannon and Penny Checotah senior Alexis Hamilton is the daughter of Danny and Ali- Checotah senior Vanessa Henson is the daughter of Dan and Rhon- Cummings. sha Hamilton. da Henson.

Checotah senior Treyton Hurt is the son of Michael and Tiffany Hurt. Checotah senior Gracey Lewis is the daughter of Heather and Checotah senior Adam Oxtoby is the son of John and Stephanie Lance Lewis. Oxtoby.

Checotah senior Madison Proctor is the daughter of Brian and Shannon Proctor.

Checotah senior Daylen Warrior is the son of Galen and Candice Warrior.