UPCOMING OSU graduate student EVENTS receives scholarship AGRICULTURE 10 A Shelter Transport and Rescue Resources (STARR) Volunteer Meeting is scheduled for Sunday, Dec. 30 at 4 p.m. at Friendship Inn, 1800 The N. Main St. For more information, call (580) 706-1863. A New Year’s Eve Spec- tacular is scheduled for AltusTimes Monday, Dec. 31 from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m. at Altus City Auditorium, 201 E. Commerce. Hosted by Altus Parks and Recreation, the event includes fireworks and live music from eekend Michael Goss, Dani W$ ALTUSTIMES.COM SATURDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2018 Carson, Matt Moran 1.50 and Kyle Brewer. For more information, call (580) 481-2265. Free Adult Basic Chamber honors Smith for volunteer time, talent Education classes are BY RICK CARPENTER children and his grandfather, Through Time and Talent scheduled for Tuesday, [email protected] with two Riley Austin Smiths Award. Jan. 8 and Jan. 15 from already in the family, named Smith started out as a 5 to 8 p.m. at Southwest (Editor’s note: The Altus him after nubby corn, those salesman for Southwestern Technology Center, 711 Times has been featuring miniature corn cobs you find Stationary and Bank Supply, W. Tamarack Road. For each of the Altus Chamber of at salad bars. Inc., covering a territory in more information, call Commerce Award winners. Our Nub graduated high school Southwest Oklahoma up to (580- 477-2250. fifth installment is about Nub in Lawton weighing 85 pounds Interstate 40, south to Electra, The Wigwam Theater Smith who won the Excellence on his five-foot, five-inch Texas and west to Duncan. The is showing 24 Works in Philanthropy Through Time frame, light enough to be business sold everything from on Paper Exhibition and Talent Award.) a jockey on race horses in Law- stationary to carpet, paint and through Friday, Jan. ton, Oklahoma City and parts furniture, mainly to banks and 11 at 123 Commerce St. f you’ve volunteered for vir- of Texas. courthouses. Smith moved his Tours are available by tually anything in Altus, you And while his physical stat- young family to Altus in 1974 appointment Monday Iprobably know Riley Austin ure may be small, his stature as part of the business. Rick Carpenter | Altus Times through Friday, 8 a.m. Smith III, but not by his official in the business community After 26 years working with Nub Smith, right, was surprised to win the to 5 p.m. For more name. is larger than life. The Altus Southwestern, in 1989 Smith Excellence in Philanthropy Through Time information, call (580) “Nub” or “Nubby” Smith Chamber of Commerce recent- completed his insurance and Talent Award. Here he’s accepting 481-3150. got his name as a child when ly honored Nub Smith with the award from Chamber Board Chairman The congregations of he was smaller than most the Excellence in Philanthropy SEE SMITH, PAGE 3 Peter Bauer. the Martha Road Bap- tist Church and Friend- ship Baptist Church are hosting a series Fire burns old structure of Winter Bible Studies Police Jan. 13-16 at Friend- ship Baptist Church, 16010 County RD S. 210, Altus. John Taylor from Frederick will be arrest leading the study of the Churches mentioned in the Book of Revelation. The Bible study will shooting kick off at 5 p.m. on Sunday evening, Jan. 13, with a free meal followed by the Bible suspect study and then Monday through Wednesday the STAFF REPORTS event will start at 7 p.m. For more information Altus police have arrested a please call 580-482-3377 man who they believe is respon- or go to www.mar- sible for a recent shooting that tharoadbaptist.org Rick Carpenter | Altus Times sent one man to Spring Musical “Willy Jackson County Wonka” Auditions will be A structure fire near the south entrance of Altus Air Force Base and just south of a propane storage facility had Memorial Hospi- fire officials worried Thursday morning. But 30 mph north winds fanned the flames away from the base and the held Jan. 14-15 from 4 to tal with a gunshot propane facility. The owner of the property said he had the fire under control as he used a garden hose to keep 6 p.m. at Western Okla- wound to the ab- the fire within the confines of the old dilapidated structure. homa State College, domen, according 2801 N. Main St. For to Police Chief more information, call TABON Tim Murphy. (580) 477-7812. Police respond- Relay for Life’s Freezin’ ed to 1101 Union Circle Apt. 11, for a Reason 1k is sched- What to watch for during Ridgecrest Apartments, Wednes- uled for Saturday, Jan. day at approximately 11:15 p.m. in 19 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. an attempt to arrest the shooting A2 at the Altus Commu- suspect, 31-year-old Daniel Tabon. nity Center, 401 Falcon peak home fire months Police evacuated nearby apart- Road. For more infor- ments and began negotiations mation, contact Nicole BY KATRINA GOFORTH 2013 were caused by portable or Generators, though useful for with the suspect. Krebs at nicole.krebs@ [email protected] stationary space heaters. keeping a home warm during Police eventually deployed tear cancer.org. Most occurred when things a power outage or severe win- gas into the apartment and Tabon According to the National were placed too close to heat- ter storm, can also cause house was taken into custody without Fire Protection Association, or ing equipment or when heating fires if used improperly. Accord- further incident. NFTA, December, January and equipment was placed too close ing to the Occupational Safety Tabon is being held at the Jack- INDEX February are the peak months to things such as furniture, and Health Administration or son County jail on charges of OBITUARIES, 2 for heating-related fires. clothing, mattresses or bedding. OSHA, fires can start from im- shooting with intent to kill and Heating is the second leading The leading factor contribut- properly refueling a generator first-degree robbery. WEATHER, 3 cause of fires in the U.S., specif- ing to home heating fires was or inappropriately storing fuel His bond has been set at $250,000 COMICS, 4 ically space heaters. The NFTA a failure to clean creosote from for a generator. dollars and a court date has been reports that two of every five solid-fueled heating equipment, scheduled for Tabon on Feb. 22 at PUZZLES/TV, 5 house fires between 2009 and namely chimneys. SEE FIRE, PAGE 3 1:15 p.m. RELIGION, 6 REMEMBER WHEN, 7 CLASSIFIEDS, 8-9 SPORTS, 12 Plan ahead for safe New Year’s celebration BY KATRINA GOFORTH or NHTSA, 10,265 people • Always plan ahead to drinking alcohol – even such as mocktails; [email protected] died in drunk driving designate a non-drink- after just one drink. Call • When encounter- crashes in 2015 nation- ing driver before any someone sober instead; ing an impaired driver As you prepare for wide, an average of one party or celebration; • Do not hesitate to on the road, keep a safe your New Year’s cele- alcohol-impaired-driv- • Never get behind take the keys from distance and ask a pas- brations, whether you’re ing fatality every 51 min- the wheel of a car when friends or family mem- senger to call 911 or pull planning to involve alco- utes. These alcohol-re- you’ve been drinking bers who may be im- over to a safe location to ISSUE 26 hol or not, it’s always a lated deaths accounted alcohol – even after just paired; make the call; and VOLUME 113 good idea to be cautious for 29 percent of all high- one drink. Sometimes • Use ride-sharing ser- • Remember that of the roads on New way fatalities in 2015. one drink can be too vices or call a taxi; prescription, over-the- Year’s Eve. 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Emergency Management Mall will remain open at repaid retroactively even continue to work with- Doctors and hospitals will Agency can continue to least through Jan. 1, but if they were ordered to out pay, including about In case you wondered, receive their Medicare respond to disasters. Smithsonian officials said stay home. White House 41,000 law enforcement Altus Air Force Base Air- and Medicaid reimburse- Nearly 90 percent of the they will reevaluate the officials said that would and corrections officers. men and civilian employ- ments. The U.S. Postal Department of Homeland situation if the shutdown be the case again. The Homeland Secu- ees will not be affected by Service, busy delivering Security’s 240,000 employ- continues into the new The Senate already has rity employees who will the partial government packages for the holiday ees will be at work be- year. The Washington passed legislation ensur- keep working include shutdown.