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Manufacturing JobsTEMTROL -A Nortek Air Solutions Brand has teamed up with Remedy Staffing to fill many open manufacturing positions in the Okarche area. If you have basic skills or you are a skilled craftsman looking for a full time career, apply today.

Cimarron Electric Cooperative is accepting applications to fill the position of a Journeyman Lineman. Ideal applicant must have experience in OH/UG electric distribution work, including all phases of line construction, maintenance and troubleshooting. Must be self-motivated, detailed oriented and willing to work as a team within the assigned job crew. Must be able to communicate effectively with customers and employees. Must live within the Fairview service area or relocate to this area. Normal work hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Overtime and weekend work may be required. Must be available for call outs. Must possess a valid Oklahoma CDL Driver’s license or be able to obtain one. Position is subject to drug and alcohol testing. Cimarron Electric offers a competitive salary based on qualifications. We also offer an excellent benefit package including health insurance and retirement benefits. To be considered for this position, an application may be obtained at our headquarters office, 2 miles north of Kingfisher, Oklahoma, or an application can be submitted online at: www.cimarronelectric.com. Applications will be accepted until June 26, 2017.

Equal Opportunity Employer(6-25-4c)

Journeyman Lineman Position

FAIRVIEW SERVICE AREA

Cimarron Electric Cooperative is accepting applications to fill the position of a Journeyman Lineman. Ideal applicant must have experience in OH/UG electric distribution work, including all phases of line construction, maintenance and troubleshooting. Must be self-motivated, detailed oriented and willing to work as a team within the assigned job crew. Must be able to communicate effectively with customers and employees. Must live within the Watonga service area or relocate to this area. Normal work hours are 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Overtime and weekend work may be required. Must be available for call outs. Must possess a valid Oklahoma CDL Driver’s license or be able to obtain one. Position is subject to drug and alcohol testing. Cimarron Electric offers a competitive salary based on qualifications. We also offer an excellent benefit package including health insurance and retirement benefits. To be considered for this position, an application may be obtained at our headquarters office, 2 miles north of Kingfisher, Oklahoma, or an application can be submitted online at: www.cimarronelectric.com. Applications will be accepted until June 26, 2017.

Equal Opportunity Employer(6-25-4c)

Journeyman Lineman Position

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Patrolman OpeningThe Kingfisher Police Department has an opening for the position of Patrolman. Starting salary is commensurable with experience and certification, plus benefits package and Police Pension retirement plan. Nights and weekend shifts are required as well as Kingfisher residency. CLEET Certification will be preferred but all are encouraged to apply. Applications accepted until position filled.

Applications available at the Kingfisher Police Department.

117 W. MilesM-F 8 a.m. - Noon and 1-5 p.m.

or www.kingfisher.org (7-5

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(Published Sunday, June 18, and 25, 2017, in the Kingfisher Times and Free Press)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF KINGFISHER COUNTY,

STATE OF OKLAHOMAIn the Matter ofthe Estates ofDONALD RAY SCHNELL,Deceased; and,JULIE ANNE SCHNELL,Deceased.

Case No. PB-2017-34NOTICE OF HEARING ON

FINAL ACCOUNT, PETITION FOR DETERMINATION OF

HEIRSHIP, DISTRIBUTION AND SETTLEMENT OF ESTATESNOTICE is hereby given that Mi-

chelle Ann Miano, the duly appointed and qualified Personal Representative of the Estates of Donald Ray Schnell, Deceased, and Julie Anne Schnell, De-ceased, has filed in this Court the Final Account and report of the administration as such Personal Representative and the Petition for Determination of Heirs, Distribution and Final Settlement, and that Wednesday, the 12th day of July, 2017, at 9:00 A.M. in the Courtroom of the District Court in Kingfisher, King-fisher County, Oklahoma has been duly appointed by the said Court for the final settlement of said account, and for hearing of the Petition for Distribution, and determination of heirship, at which time and place any persons interested may appear and file exceptions and show cause, if any they have, why said accounts should not be settled and allowed and the said Estates distrib-uted and the Personal Representative discharged.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of June, 2017.

/s/ Robert E. DavisROBERT E. DAVISJudge of the District Court

APPROVED FOR ENTRY:/s/ Andrew E. KarimAndrew E. Karim, OBA #11118Harrison & Mecklenburg, Inc.202 North 6th, P.O. Box 658Kingfisher, Oklahoma 73750Phone: (405) 375-6484Fax: (405) 375-6413andrew@hmlawoffice.comAttorney for Personal RepresentativeLPXLP

(Published Sunday, June 18, and 25, 2017, in the Kingfisher Times and Free Press)

NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL ACCOUNT, PETITION FOR DETERMINATION OF

HEIRSHIP, DISTRIBUTION AND SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE

CAUSE NO. PB-2017-27IN THE DISTRICT COURTOF KINGFISHER COUNTY,STATE OF OKLAHOMA

In the Matter of the Will and Estate of Margaret M. Forsythe, Deceased.

NOTICE is hereby given that Curtis J. Forsythe, the duly appointed and qualified Personal Representative of the Estate of Margaret M. Forsythe, De-ceased, has filed in this Court the Final Account and report of the administration as such Personal Representative and the Petition for Determination of Heirs, Distribution and Final Settlement, and that Monday, the 10th day of July, 2017, at 9:00 A.M. in the Courtroom of the District Court in Kingfisher, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma has been duly ap-pointed by the said Court for the final settlement of said account, and for hearing of the Petition for Distribution, and determination of heirship, at which time and place any persons interested may appear and file exceptions and show cause, if any they have, why said account should not be settled and allowed and the said estate distribut-ed and the Personal Representative discharged.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of June, 2017.

/s/ Robert E. DavisJudge

Ralph Harrison (OBA #3926)Harrison & Mecklenburg, Inc.202 North 6th Street, P.O. Box 658Kingfisher, Oklahoma 73750Attorney for Personal RepresentativeLPXLP

(Published Sunday, June 18, and 25, 2017, in the Kingfisher Times and Free Press)

NOTICE OF HEARING ON FINAL ACCOUNT, PETITION FOR DETERMINATION OF

HEIRSHIP, DISTRIBUTION AND SETTLEMENT OF ESTATE

CAUSE NO. PB-2017-28IN THE DISTRICT COURTOF KINGFISHER COUNTY,

STATE OF OKLAHOMAIn the Matter of the Will and Estate

of Donald R. Forsythe, Deceased.NOTICE is hereby given that Zella

Forsythe, the duly appointed and qualified Personal Representative of the Estate of Donald R. Forsythe, De-ceased, has filed in this Court the Final Account and report of the administration as such Personal Representative and the Petition for Determination of Heirs, Distribution and Final Settlement, and that Monday, the 10th day of July, 2017, at 9:00 A.M. in the Courtroom of the District Court in Kingfisher, Kingfisher County, Oklahoma has been duly ap-pointed by the said Court for the final settlement of said account, and for hearing of the Petition for Distribution, and determination of heirship, at which time and place any persons interested may appear and file exceptions and show cause, if any they have, why said account should not be settled and allowed and the said estate distribut-ed and the Personal Representative discharged.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 13th day of June, 2017.

/s/ Robert E. DavisJudge

Ralph Harrison (OBA #3926)Harrison & Mecklenburg, Inc.202 North 6th Street, P.O. Box 658Kingfisher, Oklahoma 73750Attorney for Personal RepresentativeLPXLP

(Published Sunday, June 18, 25, and July 2, 2017, in the Kingfisher Times and Free Press)

IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF KINGFISHER COUNTY

STATE OF OKLAHOMARICHARD L. HOLTHUS andJOANN HOLTHUS, husband and wife,Plaintiffs,v.THE HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, AS-SIGNS AND PERSONAL REPRE-SENTATIVE(S) OF CALVIN WALK-ER, A/K/A CALVIN H.WALKER, DE-CEASED; THE HEIRS, SUCCES-SORS, ASSIGNS AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE(S) OF LEONA WALKER, A/K/A LEONA M. WALKER, A/K/A LEONA MYRTLE WALKER, DECEASED; AND,THE HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, AS-SIGNS AND PERSONAL REPRE-SENTATIVE(S) OF JUANITA ELLIOTT, DECEASED,Defendants.

Case No. CV-2017-67NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

The State of Oklahoma, to: THE HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, AS-SIGNS AND PERSONAL REPRE-SENTATIVE(S) OF CALVIN WALKER, A/K/A CALVIN H. WALKER, DE-CEASED; THE HEIRS, SUCCES-SORS, ASSIGNS AND PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE(S) OF LEONA WALKER, A/K/A LEONA M. WALKER, A/K/A LEONA MYRTLE WALKER, DECEASED; AND, THE HEIRS, SUCCESSORS, ASSIGNS AND PER-SONAL REPRESENTATIVE(S) OF JUANITA ELLIOTT, DECEASED.

YOU and EACH OF YOU ARE NO-TIFIED that a Petition to Quiet Title and for Declaratory Relief has been filed in the District Court of Kingfisher County, State of Oklahoma, in the above-styled and numbered case, to declare a certain Term Mineral Interest, more particularly described in the Petition, to have terminated and to quiet title in and to an undivided one-half (1/2) interest in and to all of the oil, gas and other minerals in and under and that may be produced from the following described lands situated in Kingfisher County, State of Oklahoma, to wit:

The W/2 of the SE/4 of Section 27, Township 18 North, Range 6 West, of the Indian Meridian,

and referred to hereinafter as “Subject Property”.

You are hereby notified that you have been sued and that you must answer the Petition in order to identify and establish any right, title or interest you may claim in and to said Subject Property, and for you to come forth and make claim to said Subject Property or be forever barred from claiming any right, title or interest in or to the said Subject Property.

Unless you answer said Petition on or before the 31st day of July, 2017, judgment will be taken against you declaring the subject Term Mineral In-terest more particularly described in the Petition to have terminated and quieting title to the Subject Property, possibly foreclosing any right you may have to the said Subject Property if you are shown to own no interest therein and determining you have no further right, claim or interest in or to said Subject

Property, and quieting title in and to the Subject Property in Plaintiffs.

Given under my hand and seal this 9th day of June, 2017.

Lisa Markus, Court ClerkKingfisher County, OklahomaBy: /s/ Susan Endres

Deputy Court Clerk [SEAL]

Prepared by:/S/ Bradley E. DavenportBradley E. Davenport, OBA No. 18687Randy C. Smith, OBA No. 21824ANDREWS DAVIS100 N. Broadway, Suite 3300Oklahoma City, OK 73102-8812Telephone: (405) 272-9241/ Fax: (405) 235-8786bedavenport@andrewsdavis.comrcsmith@andrewsdavis.comAttorneys for PlaintiffLPXLP

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Legal notices

Marriage licenseKingfisher County Court

Clerk Lisa Markus issued a marriage license June 21, 2017, to the following couple:

Brock Zachary Pittman, 26, and McKenzie Christen Walta, 25, both of Edmond.

Divorce decreeA divorce decree was

granted June 21 in the fol-lowing cases:

Jami Maggard vs. Shawn Maggard.

Eldon Shawn Pitts vs. Stephani N. Park Pitts.

Kelley Byington vs. Da-vid Byington.

Melissa Rae Parick vs. Christopher W. Parick.

Richard A. Staton vs. Ka-tie D. Staton.

Small claimsSecurity Finance, 204

N. Main St., Kingfisher vs. Mark Henry, 13533 E. 630 Road, $11,416 plus court costs for loan default.

MisdemeanorsState vs. Jayde Andrew

Rodriguez, 21, 1101 S. Crum-ley, Guymon, outraging public decency, public in-toxication.

State vs. David Earl Reu-pert, 55, 1027 Chapro Drive, Guthrie, driving a motor vehicle while under the in-fluence of drugs.

State vs. Rena Denise Walter, 29, 205 E. Boundary,

Dover, larceny of merchan-dise from a retailer.

State vs. Manuel Soriano, 25, 1104 Teal Ridge Lane, Kingfisher, larceny of mer-chandise from a retailer.

State vs. Orlando Sebas-tian Johnson, 56, 1106 N. Ellison St., Guymon, obtain-ing cash or merchandise by bogus check.

FeloniesState vs. Miguel Castro,

41, 909 E. Hammond, Fort Worth, driving a motor ve-hicle while under the influ-ence of alcohol, transporting opened container of beer, driving without a driver’s license.

State vs. Boby Dean Pat-

terson, 32, 11731 Sagamore Drive, Yukon, driving a mo-tor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol, posses-sion of controlled dangerous substance.

State vs. Terame Jo Tedder, aliases: Terame J. Soudek, Terame TedderSoudek, Ter-ame J. Rowe, 516 1/2 5th St., Kingfisher, 39, possession of controlled dangerous sub-stance, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.

State vs. Jared Nathaniel McCollum, 28, 208 N. 5th St., Kingfisher, driving a motor vehicle while under the in-fluence of alcohol, transport-ing opened container of beer.

Kingfisher County District Court records

Kingfisher Fire Department officials reported 14 emer-gency ambulance runs, zero non-emergency runs and nine fire runs, according to reports Thursday.

Fire runs• at 7:20 a.m. June 20, med-

ical assist;• at 6:15 p.m. June 20, med-

ical assist;• at 3:42 p.m. June 20, med-

ical assist;• at 11:10 a.m. June 21, med-

ical assist;• at 5:15 p.m. June 21, smoke

investigation, 317 W. Bowman;• at 7:27 p.m. June 21, med-

ical assist;• at 10:25 p.m. June 21,

medical assist;• at 9:23 a.m. June 22, med-

ical assist;• at 2-4 p.m. June 22, public

education at Walmart.

KFD log

eral museum procedures and to train new volunteers on their duties.

“We provide the interest-ing training and location,” Schlepp said. “You provide the volunteer time to help the museum preserve his-tory and educate visitors.”

Schlepp added that at-

Museum[Continued From Page 2A] events and receptions,”

Schlepp said.Volunteers or additional

questions can be directed to Schlepp by calling (918) 440-3914 or e-mail the museum at ctokmuseum@gmail.com.

tention to detail and profi-ciency with computers is a must and access to a vehicle is preferred.

Potential volunteers are responsible for consulting with their academic advi-sors and National Honor Society coordinators to in-sure they meet the require-ments to receive credit for their volunteer work.

Chisholm Trail Muse-um will provide volunteer feedback and evaluations as needed to fulfill credit or volunteer hours require-ments.

“As a Chisholm Trail Museum volunteer, you will have access to the museum’s growing library as well as receive invita-tions to workshops, special

(Published Sunday, June 25, 2017, in the Kingfisher Times and Free Press)ORDINANCE NO. 966

AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FEES AND RATES SETFORTH IN APPENDIX A, DIVISION IV OF THE KINGFISHER CITY CODE FOR UTILITY SERVICES PROVIDED BY THE CITY OF KINGFISHER, INCLUDING ELECTRICAL, WATER AND SEWERAGE AND PROVIDING FOR FEES TO BE CHARGED FOR THE CONNECTION AND DISCONNECTION OF SERVICE. BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Kingfisher, Oklahoma: SECTION 1: Amendatory Language The fees and rates established in Title 9 and setout in Appendix A, Division IV of the Kingfisher City Code in relation to usage, connection and disconnection fees charged by the City of Kingfisher for electrical, water and sewerage services are hereby amended to be as follows: 9-4-3 shall be amended to set the fees as follows:

In Town Out of Town Residential Polycart $ 13.25 $ 14.25Additional Polycart $ 7.50 $ 7.50

Commercial Polycart $ 14.25 $ 15.00

1 time per week $ 30.00 $ 32.00 2 times per week $ 55.00 $ 57.002 Yard 3 times per week $ 80.00 $ 82.00 extra pickup $ 27.00 $ 28.00

1 time per week $ 55.00 $ 57.00 2 times per week $ 105.00 $ 107.004 Yard 3 times per week $ 155.00 $ 157.00 extra pickup $ 47.00 $ 48.00

1 time per week $ 70.00 $ 72.00 2 times per week $ 135.00 $ 137.006 Yard 3 times per week $ 200.00 $ 202.00 extra pickup $ 67.00 $ 68.00

1 time per week $ 85.00 $ 87.00 2 times per week $ 165.00 $ 167.008 Yard 3 times per week $ 245.00 $ 247.00 extra pickup $ 77.00 $ 78.00

Downtown Shared container $ 27.50 City Flat Bed Truck $175.00

PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 12th day of June, 2017. /s/ Mayor Steve RichardsSteve Richards, Mayor

ATTEST: /s/ Britney Hladik, City ClerkBrittney Hladik, City ClerkApproved as to Form: /s/ Jared HarrisonJared Harrison, Municipal Attorney(SEAL)LPXLP

10A Sunday, June 25, 2017 Kingfisher (Okla.) Times & Free Press

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OBITUARY

Richard Oliver of Nich-ols Hills was born on June 4, 1946, to Russell Edwin and

Eleanor Elizabeth (Stadler) Oliver in Guthrie. He passed on June 19, 2017, at the age of 71.

Richard attend-ed Harding High School in Oklahoma City, where many of his friends knew

him as “Dickie.” After graduation, he en-

listed in the United States Army where he was as-signed to the 175 mm How-itzers in Vietnam. Upon leaving the Army, he ob-tained his associate’s degree in engineering and went to work for Carlon Plastics in its drafting and engineering department.

Richard loved to go fast. He loved fast cars, speed boats and motorcycles. He particularly enjoyed driving a Thunderbird Turbo, a Dodge Charger and a Dodge Challenger, and he raced Maico and Husqvarna mo-torcycles.

He owned a speed boat, which he loved piloting out of his property on Lake Eu-faula. When he wanted to slow things down, Richard would go fishing.

Richard was preceded in death by his parents and bother-in-law, Garland Hill.

He is survived by his sister Nancy Hill of Bige-low, Ark., his brother Bill Oliver and wife JoAnn of Norman, and several nieces and nephews in Oklahoma, Arkansas, and Texas.

Richard’s family has entrusted his care to Trib-ute Memorial Care in Nor-man (708 24th Ave NW / 405.292.4787).

Graveside services to celebrate Richard’s life took place Friday, June 23, at Ft. Sill National Cemetery in Elgin.

Please share condolences and memories of Richard at www.tribute.care.

Richard Oliver(As recorded by Local Weather Observer Steve Loftis in Kingfisher.)Date Hi Low Pr.June 18 84 77June 19 93 88June 20 95 58June 21 97 60June 22 97 68June 23 86 68

RainfallJanuary 2017 rainfall .........1.85January 2016 rainfall .........0.55

Feb. 2017 rainfall to date ...3.13February 2016 rainfall........0.88March 2016 rainfall ............1.23March 2017 rainfall ............4.77April 2017 rainfall .............13.94April 2016 rainfall ...............4.51May 2017 rainfall to date ...2.35May 2016 rainfall ...............2.78June 2016 rainfall ..............3.60June 2017 rain to date .......0.46July 2015 rainfall................4.67July 2016 rainfall................4.84August 2015 rainfall ...........2.47August 2016 rainfall ...........2.37September 2015 rainfall ....3.91

September 2016 rainfall ....7.04October 2015 rainfall .........1.51October 2016 rainfall .........0.50November 2015 rainfall .....5.92November 2016 rainfall .....0.67December 2016 rainfall .....0.352015 rainfall total .............48.212016 rainfall total .............29.23Average annual rainfall ....35.232017 rainfall to date .........23.58

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Marion Pratt, 65, of Dover, died Thursday, June 22, 2017.

Services are 2 p.m. Mon-day at Dover Christian Church with Pastor Billy Bowen officiating.

Internment will follow at Dover Cemetery un-der the direction of Cord-ry-Gritz Funeral Home of Hennessey.

Marion was born Jan. 8, 1952, in Pembrook, Ga., to Shorty Powell and Rosalee Brown.

She graduated from Mar-shall High School in 1970 and married Leonard Pratt in August 1974 in Ada.

Marion is survived by her husband of the home; son James Pratt and wife Amy of Oklahoma City; daughter Lisa Huntsberger and husband Scotty of Do-ver; daughter Brenda Harris and husband David of Wau-komis; son Daniel Pratt and wife Nicole of Oklahoma City; 16 grandchildren and one great-grandchild; sis-ters Mary and Michelle and brothers Melvin and Ray.

She was preceded in death by her parents and an infant brother.

AREA DEATH

Marion Pratt

Thank you, Father, for this day.

Fa t h e r, P r e s i d e n t Trump’s lawyer is getting him a lawyer. Someone said President Putin is getting himself a lawyer just in case.

Father, your son Jesus made all the laws simple and easy to remember. First, love God with all your heart, mind and soul.

Second, to love your neighbor as yourself. The key word is love, for “God is love.”

Soon it will be the “Fourth of July,” our Inde-pendence Day. It hurt me to see our great republic go out like Rome. I still believe, “....And to the re-public for which it stands, one nation under God...”

It is not the will of God for man to kill one another.

May the U.S. and Rus-sia calm down and “stand down.” Use those lawyers for peace. Stop the terror-ist money. Stop war.

It’s the will of Satan’s Illuminati reptiles for man to destroy one another. And eat the rest. Eat the elite first; that goes deep down the hole for safety. They taste sweet.

Father, help us save our republic for our children and grandchildren.

I pray that my reptilian friends don’t get too sick eating too fast.

Soon, “Planet X” will arrive. May man look up and fear not. Thank you, Father.

Simon Gracey

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Lawyering up

“For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our

Lord.” — Romans 6:23Thoughts on Today’s

Verse...Our sin earns us death.

God’s grace gives us life. The difference between these two extremes? The Cross of Christ which spans the chasm of our sin and brings us to the mercy, forgiveness, and redemption of God!

My Prayer...Holy Father, thank

you for saving me through Jesus. Lord Jesus, thank you for paying the price for my sins. Blessed Holy Spirit, thank you for cleansing me and making me God’s holy dwelling place. In Jesus’ name I pray. Amen.

The Thoughts and Prayer on Today’s Verse are written by Phil Ware. You can email questions or comments to phil@verseoftheday.com.

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“The house voted for a pay raise three times this session, but we just couldn’t get it all the way through the legislature,” he said. “We did fully fund teacher flex benefits and getting a raise passed is going to be our first priority of the next legislative session.”

While the legislature eliminated some $50 mil-lion in gross production tax incentives, political infighting killed proposals to increase the three-year 2 percent tax on new wells ad-opted in 2015, Sanders said.

“Democrat Minority Leader Scott Inman said in February that he would be in favor of increasing gross production taxes on new wells to 4 percent, but then he kept moving the goalpost,” he said. “We had proposals on the table to increase it to 4 percent, then 4.5 percent, then 5 percent and all of them were rejected by Inman.”

Sanders highlighted oth-er accomplishments, in-cluding maintaining the Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s eight-year roads and bridges plan, financing the Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper academy through $5 million voluntarily relinquished from the Oklahoma Turn-pike Authority’s budget, authorizing the state tax commission to send field agents out of state to collect taxes due to Oklahoma and appropriating $2 million di-rectly to the OSU Extension Service to preserve 4-H and other local programs.

Jech said he just com-pleted his third session at the state capitol and faced a budget shortfall every year.

“The first year it was $400 million, then $1.3

billion and then $865 mil-lion,” he said. “Hopefully, we’re trending in the other direction and maybe we can do something structurally to the budget process to make things better.”

He said balancing the budget required a combi-nation of utilizing one-time funds, creating new revenue and making cuts.

“I really want to see us get away from utilizing one-time funds like the rainy day fund and the unclaimed property fund to help fill budget holes,” he said. “We took less from those funds this year than last year and they replenish fairly quick-ly, but that’s not what those funds are intended for.”

Jech said the legislature avoided a special session by adopting a budget in the final hours, but noted that a special session may still be necessary if court challeng-es to some of the new reve-nue sources are successful.

In particular, he noted the $1.50-per-pack cigarette fee may be at risk.

“We called it a fee for a reason, because if we called it a tax then it would have had to originate in the house and would have required a 75-percent vote to be approved, which we didn’t have,” he said. “If the court challenge is successful, then we’ll have to have a special session to make up the $250 million that’s expected to generate.”

Other new revenue sources include a 1.25% sales tax that applies to the purchase of both new and used vehicles, in addition to the existing excise tax, and fees added to profes-sional sporting tickets ($1 to tickets costing less than $50 and $2 on tickets over that amount.)

“We’re still less than sur-rounding states on vehicle taxes,” Jech said.

Another highlight of the session that Jech pointed out was the protection of REAP (Rural Economic Action Plan) funding for infrastructure construction and improvements.

“Our urban counterparts don’t always recognize the value of programs that bene-fit rural areas, so I’m glad we kept that program funded,” he said, noting that federal matching funds also would have been at risk if the pro-gram had been cut.

Jech said he was disap-pointed that a fuel tax pro-posal did not pass, noting that Oklahoma’s fuel taxes are the third lowest in the country and 40 percent of the state’s fuel taxes are paid by out-of-state drivers who are passing through.

“That would have gen-erated $125 million that would go directly to our roads, so I’m disappointed we didn’t get that,” Jech said. “I expect it will come back up again next session, maybe with a provision to refund fuel taxes paid by in-state drivers on your state tax return.”

Jech said the legislature also passed criminal justice reform bills in accordance with the state question ap-proved by voters in 2016.

“I’m anxious to see how that plays out,” he said. “There are certainly scary people who need to be locked up but there are so many nonviolent offenders who would better serve soci-ety if they were holding jobs, paying taxes and taking care of their families.”

Speaking for Inhofe, Panas said the health care bill (not yet released at the time of the meeting) was

the biggest item currently on the U.S. Senate agenda.

He also noted that Inhofe was proud of new legislation called the Flight Act, which will incentivize construc-tion of general aviation in-frastructure and could help the Kingfisher Municipal Airport.

Speaking on behalf of Lucas, Beard discussed the Choice Act, which would repeal regulations restrict-ing smaller lenders and the extension of emergency grazing in the Oklahoma panhandle, Texas and Kan-sas to counties affected by the wildfires earlier this year.

Patterson reported that all of the Kingfisher County projects already in ODOT’s eight-year plan will remain in the plan, it just may take a little longer to get them done.

“I’m disappointed that we find ourselves in the situ-ation that ODOT did not get to all the problem roads and bridges before the energy resurgence came,” he said.

Patterson said his agency was committed to keep-ing holes filled on S.H. 33 through Kingfisher, which is taking a beating from heavy truck traffic, and in response to a question about whether a resurfacing of that stretch of highway was imminent, he said:

“We will try our best to increase funding to our asset protection program, which is the money that will take care of that,” he said.

Patterson also noted that the U.S. 81 expansion proj-ect from Will Rogers Drive to south of the hospital is still in a “reconstruction phase,” with no indication of when work may begin.

Larry Talbott, a mem-ber of the audience, asked whether shale cuttings from

said. “So we are taking our latest team to Kenya, leaving June 29.”

In addition to the Grays, the seven-person team also includes two local pastors, Wendell Prim of God’s Cov-enant Church in Kingfisher and Bill Terrell of Church on the Hill in Okeene, as well as Dr. Delcie Perez and son from San Marcos, Calif., and Joyce Tasker, a member of the Mt. Olive congregation.

The team is planning two crusades during the 14-day visit, one in Mbale and the other in Quarry Slums, Nai-robi, and one revival.

A work day also is planned at Care Compas-sion, the home Touching the Heart Ministry supports in Mbale, where the team will finish and paint the kitchen.

The team also will visit local schools and hand out school supplies.

“We are praying that

hundreds of lives will be changed in this short amount of time,” Pastor Gray said.“We are asking for prayer, first for our safety, second for good health and traveling mercy, third that we’ll see God’s will done in all areas, and fourth that souls will be saved.”

“The focus of Touching the Heart of God is to change the lives of children and their families. We believe this trip has been ordained

by God to do just that,” Pastor Gray added.“I am especially asking for prayer for this trip because I believe God will do a great work but the enemy is always present.”

Anyone interested in supporting the ministry monetarily can do so by sending checks made out to Mt. Olive/Touching the Heart of God at 9133 Or-chard Blvd., Midwest City, Okla., 73130.

•Water deeply two to three times per week, rather than daily.

•Water as early in the morning as you can, when possible.

•If you can’t push a six-inch screwdriver into your lawn, you’re not watering enough.

•You will need to water more in the heat, especially if you have a fescue lawn.

•Don’t water so long that it runs down the street.

•If you have automat-ic sprinklers, check them regularly to be sure you’re getting complete coverage.

•If a brown area doesn’t respond to watering, look for another problem.

Oklahoma State Univer-sity extension also makes these recommendations:

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•Water your lawn before 10 a.m.. This will reduce

oil wells couldn’t be used on county roads.

“That’s certainly some-thing worth looking into,” Sanders said.

Nellie Sanders, develop-ment director at the Center of Family Love, also posed a question.

“Each year we find our-selves in such fear of what cuts we might receive. What are you guys doing to ensure that things get better in the future so we don’t go into ev-ery session worrying about what cuts may be coming?”

“All agencies share that concern. In addition to los-ing revenue, things just get more expensive, so the ques-tion always is, do we make agencies more efficient or do we raise revenue?” Jech said. “I’m not a fan of across the board cuts because some agencies are operating less efficiently than others and

we need to identify which those are.

“Our job is to find out what people want of gov-ernment and govern accord-ingly. All states have those same concerns and a lot of states are worse off than us, but that doesn’t mean we can’t do better.”

“I think two things would made a difference,” Sanders said.

“First, by structurally changing the budget pro-cess. About $13 billion in funds are automatically des-ignated and the legislature only appropriates $7 billion.

“We need the ability to line-item so that we can decide what programs are specifically cut, not the state agencies.

“Second, we need to structurally change the bud-get process to diversify our revenue sources.”

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decreases risk of disease from allowing water to sit on leaves overnight.

•Check your local weath-er forecast. You may not need to water if there is a high chance of rain.

•Do not water during high wind, which causes needless water loss by mov-ing water away from the lawn and onto hardscapes like driveways and curbs.

Current high school sophomores have until June 30 to enroll in Oklahoma’s Promise, a state scholarship program that allows high school students the op-portunity to earn a college tuition scholarship.

Students from families whose annual income is $50,000 or less are eligible.

Special income provi-sions apply to children ad-opted from certain court-or-dered custody and children in the custody of court-ap-pointed legal guardians.

The Oklahoma’s Prom-

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Scholarship deadline June 30

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