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T h e R o t a r y C l u b Wednesday hosted their District Governor Art Bode Wednesday. He spoke to the group about the Rotary International Assembly which took place in January. Bode said Rotarians at the International Assembly discussed the need to increase

membership and funds to the clubs. Bode wants to take it a step further and increase the service in not only the district but the nation and even the world. “To make a change for the better we have to act as Rotarians, we can’t just sit at home and do nothing,”

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I n t he K iwan i s meeting Tuesday, Kiwanians took a trip down memory lane as President Kirk Fast fondly spoke about his achievements for the past year.

The Kiwanis Club continues to support many p rog r ams , such as the Food 4 Kids program in association with the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, and the Builder’s Club, which they started and continue to operate.

H e t u r n e d t h e mee t i ng ove r t o James Ewing, the new president who would be taking over for the next year. Ewing said, “This will no longer be a

Kiwanis looks back on year of service

Bulldozer hits gas line

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Approximately 9:30 p.m. Tuesday, residents in Weatherford heard what some described as a “low-flying plane.” At 9:38 p.m. one Facebook friend posted on the WDN timeline, “What’s that crazy loud sound outside? Sounds like aircraft but we can’t see anything in the sky.” What they heard was the sound of an exploding natural gas pipeline. In i t i a l r epor t s f rom the Weatherford Police Department to the WDN stated the pipeline belonged to Enogex. When Enogex was called, a spokesman revealed it was actually CenterPoint who responded to the ruptured pipeline. WPD later confirmed it was a pipeline from CenterPoint – who is now referred to as Enable Midstream in a partnership with Enogex. Alicia Dixon – who handles media communication for CenterPoint/Enable Midstream of Texas – reported, “The line was hit around 6 p.m. by an individual driving a bulldozer.” She added the sound heard at 9:30 p.m. was from the release of natural gas, which was being closely monitored by a pipe operator to ensure safety, and was being vented so they could begin

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Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s College of Pharmacy (COP) Alumni Foundation received a gift of $2.6 million from a former professor – Dr. Homer F. Timmons, who passed away Feb.11. “This is an unbelievable gift from Dr. Timmons,” said Dr. David Ralph, financial administrator for the SWOSU COP Alumni Foundation. “When you realize that he was not a SWOSU graduate and not a pharmacist, you begin to understand the depth of his feelings for SWOSU, the College of Pharmacy and his mission of the Pharmacy Foundation.” Timmons, originally of Mangum and a graduate of Centralvue High School

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Stephanie Barnes/WDNFrom left, Kiwanis Treasurer David Ralph, Secretary Janice Markum and President Kirk Fast are awarded with honors for their services to the community and the Kiwanis Club.

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DEAR ABBY: I have been married to my best friend, “Blake,” for two years. A year ago he started having panic

attacks, so I made an appointment for him with his doctor. After checking him for everything, including heart failure, the doctor diagnosed him with anxiety. Since his diagnosis, Blake is scared to leave the house. I have been working two jobs to make ends meet because he says he “can’t work.” This has taken a toll on our marriage. We have three kids and a lot of bills. Blake is on medication and has tried many different ones, but they aren’t working. All he talks about is his anxiety and every little ache or pain. He thinks he’s going to have a heart attack. I am fed up with it, while he says I just “don’t understand anxiety.” Sometimes I think he’s making his anxiety worse. I don’t know what to believe or what to do. Any suggestions? -- STRESSED IN VIRGINIA DEAR STRESSED: Yes, I do have one. Your husband should be seen by a licensed mental health professional (psychologist) who works with a psychiatrist. He may need more than medication to help him conquer his anxiety disorder. He might do better with a combination of talk therapy in addition to his meds. Please urge your husband to do this because the aches, pains and anxiety he’s experiencing may seem like they’re all in his head to you, but they’re real to him. It could save your marriage. DEAR ABBY: My husband and daughters and I enjoy a beach trip every year. With our busy lives, it’s the one time in the year we are able to be together and relax. Although we have invited friends and family over the years to join us, I have never invited my sister. She keeps bringing it up and portrays me as the snobby sister. The truth is she has two undisciplined children whom I can’t stand to be around. I suspect she just wants to join us so she can pawn her kids off on me while she and her husband relax. My mother is now telling me I’m selfish and not being a good sister. Must I sacrifice my one week a year at the beach to make my sister feel better? Please

advise. -- IT’S MY VACATION DEAR MY VACATION: Considering you have invited friends and family to join you, but not your sister, I can see how she might feel snubbed. Has no one told her your reason for not inviting her and her family to join you? If not, someone should, because it might motivate her to assert more control over her children. If she takes offense, however, you will be off the hook because SHE will no longer want to socialize with YOU. DEAR ABBY: We have a housecleaner once a month. Last month, I offered her some grapefruit from our tree and she took six. This month, she helped herself to all of the fruit that was left on the tree! She didn’t ask permission, and she didn’t tell me she had done it. I happened to see her put it into her car. I consider this to be stealing, but my husband does not. Because she took the fruit without permission and without telling me, do you consider it stealing? -- “ANITA” IN FLORIDA DEAR “ANITA”: The woman may have assumed you wouldn’t mind if she took the fruit because you had offered it to her the month before. (Did you say she could take only six?) Rather than call this stealing, I would call it a misunderstanding. Clear it up by telling your housecleaner that you want nothing removed from your premises unless you have SPECIFICALLY told her she may have it.

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Fear of man will prove to be a snare, but who-ever trusts in the Lord is kept safe.

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HOLLYWOOD --God bless America, and how’s everybody? President Obama declared ObamaCare the law of the land in a speech Tuesday. Civil disobedience is widespread. Many Americans would rather go to jail than enroll in ObamaCare now that O.J. Simpson has taught us that cookies are free in the prison cafeteria. Yellowstone Park closed due to the government shutdown in Washington. It’s so rich in history. President Clinton visited Yellowstone fifteen years ago and the photo of him standing next to Old Faithful hangs in the lobby of a hundred comedy clubs across America . The White House held a ceremony to encourage Americans to enroll in the Affordable Care Act exchanges. The first day of ObamaCare did not go well for Republicans. Dick Cheney went to the chiropractor, who examined him and referred him to a paleontologist. The U.S. government furloughed 800,000 workers this week for the shutdown. Air traffic control and border guards remain on duty. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms has been consolidated into the Department of Texas Birthday Parties. The Ku Klux Klan had to cancel a scheduled rally at Gettysburg National Park due to the U.S. government shutdown Tuesday. The groups face an identity crisis lately. If the KKK really believes that white people are superior, why do they dress like Muslim women? Breaking Bad’s final episode Sunday set a ratings record for basic cable on AMC with 10 million viewers. The series ended in death, violence and tragedy. At the end of the show, Walter White was fired in the middle of the night by USC athletic director Pat Haden. House Republicans pointed out Tuesday that the government shutdown halted House probes into the Benghazi fiasco and the IRS scandal. It’s just as well. The Democrats don’t have any skeletons inside their closet, that’s just Harry Reid looking for his umbrella. The New York Health Department said Monday 25 percent of New Yorkers are now obese. It’s a new world. Young

people won’t believe it, but there was a time in the late Seventies when two people could get into the hot tub without flooding the patio. The New York Senate passed a bill designating a safe-text area on state expressways where motorists may text and drive. It should be made as difficult as possible. People in Los Angeles honk if they love Jesus, and they text while driving if they want to meet him. Michael Jackson’s family’s wrongful death suit against AEF went to the jury Monday in L.A. The family’s lawyer painted him as a wronged angel. Several days before he died, Michael met with a priest, but not for spiritual advice, they went on a double-date. Rap music mogul Jay Z told Vanity Fair he learned how to be a great businessman by dealing cocaine successfully in Brooklyn 25 years ago. Now he owns part of the New Jersey Nets. It’s the only basketball arena where the nosebleed seats are courtside. Toyota attorneys gave closing arguments in Los Angeles Tuesday in a 20 million dollar wrongful death suit. It’s hurt their image. Last night two asteroids suddenly accelerated and collided and scientists are calling the pattern of debris the Toyota Camry. Hillary Clinton’s mini-series was axed by NBC Monday the same day CNN cancelled its documentary on her. She doesn’t want the scrutiny. Hillary needs to play it close to the vest if she’s ever going to realize the Clinton dream of being a two-impeachment family.

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democracy - this is now a dictatorship.” He began quoting the movie “The Godfather” and said he would do Kiwanians a favor if they returned the kindness. “Can you tell I’m being sarcastic yet?” he asked after getting a lot of laughs. “The Kiwanis Club

holds true to the meaning ‘Service before Self.’ When we do something to help our community out, we shouldn’t be expecting anything in return. We don’t have a pancake breakfast for kids and tell them they can only have those pancakes in return for a favor in the future.”

He congratulated the work of the previous president Fast, the treasurer David Ralph and the secretary Janice Markum. They were each presented awards for their services in Kiwanis. The next meeting will be noon Tuesday a t Lucille’s.

said Bode. He is asking those who are in Rotary to take a few moments out of each day to reflect on what is most important to them, what they are most passionate about and then share what they thought of with other Rotarians. In this way, they can collaborate on new project to help the community. Getting involved with the community will help to increase membership numbers and services to the community. If the Rotary Club asks for grants and receive the grants they would be able to do more projects for the community said Bode. The moment Bode knew he was a true Rotarian was when he became a part of Paul Harris Society. To become a member of the society there must be a large contribution made every year. Bode’s wife

who was very frugal agreed they should become members to the Paul Harris Society. The money goes towards grants for PolioPlus, PolioPlus Partners and the Humanitarian Grants Program. Bode was very passionate about this program and knew when his frugal wife was supportive he was a true Rotarian. Bode told the entire room filled with members of the Rotary Club they would all have a Rotarian moment, the moment they knew they were helping others in need. “You will change your life even more so than others when you get involved with the community and Rotary,” said Bode. His closing statement was, “Let’s have fun and get engaged in Rotary.”

Rotary•Continued from Page One repairs on it.

In the report, there were no injuries and no evacuations needed to be made. The repairs were scheduled to be completed Wednesday afternoon into early evening. When the repairs are finished, the company plans to conduct a full investigation to discover exactly why the bulldozer hit the line, causing it to rupture. The Weatherford Fire Department reported they were not notified when the line was ruptured. Chief David Wright said, “The only information we have is what was in the report.” Their report states after making contact with the pipe operator, “He advised us that a pipeline had been hit down the line. So he was venting the gas off so they could repair the line. We advised him that next time something was to happen to please notify us.”

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Kiwanis•Continued from Page One

Marissa Gay/WDNLocal boy scout color guard brings in the American flag during Wednes-day’s Rotary meeting in Weatherford.

in Greer County, was hired by Dr. R. Harold Burton in 1956, the first of four SWOSU presidents he worked under in his career. He taught – beginning with half-time in biology and half-time in chemistry – under Dr. Al Harris, Dr. Leonard Campbell and Dr. Joe Anna Hibler. Before accepting the SWOSU position, he taught at Central High School in Oklahoma City. He retired from SWOSU in 1994 as dean of the School of Health Sciences. He was known for his deep loyalty to SWOSU and his dedication was shown not only with this donation, but also with the many other contributions he had made to SWOSU in the past. According to SWOSU, he gave $200,000 in unrestricted gifts for the College of Pharmacy and he

established a professorship with a $125,000 gift that was matched by the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education’s Endowed Professorship program which provided $250,000 in funds that went toward research, scholarly activity and other efforts of the COP. Before passing away he had also previously given $30,000 to the COP Alumni Foundation. Not only has he given gifts of monetary value but he also served the university by other means as well. He acted twice as dean of the School of Pharmacy and from 1981-94 was the dean of the School of Health Services. SWOSU’s press re lease reported, “He served as president of the Faculty Senate and Faculty Association, sponsor of the student senate for seven years,

faculty sponsor for Rho Chi honorary pharmacy fraternity and sponsor for Tau Kappa Epsilon social fraternity. Before retiring from SWOSU, he served as chairman of the university s egmen t o f t h e SWOSU Foundation’s ‘Building on our Heritage’ capital campaign drive.” The $2.6 million Timmons left for the Alumni Foundation was deemed unrestricted meaning the Foundation Board of Trustees can decide where the money would best be spent and currently several options are being looked at for the use of this donation. “Most donat ions of this magnitude are designated for a very specific use,” Ralph said. “In donating the funds as he did, he was simply saying,

‘do with it what is best for the pharmacy program, students and faculty.’” Patti Harper is the alumni and development director for the Foundation and she said “plans are to enhance the minimum level of all scholarship awards.” Additionally, the college is considering establishing a H. F. Timmons Scholars program in each academic level of the COP. Another option would be to build a garden structure in honor of the 75th anniversary of the College of Pharmacy taking place April of 2014. SWOSU President Randy Beutler stated, “Dr. Timmons was a dedicated professor during his career at SWOSU and an active supporter in retirement. He

worked hard until his passing to build the Pharmacy Foundation. He leaves a tremendous personal and financial legacy that will long benefit SWOSU and the College of Pharmacy.”

Donation•Continued from Page One

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SPORTS

Must win?

Jeff Barron/WDNWeatherford Eagle C.J. Davis narrowly misses pulling in the ball for a catch last week against the Clinton Red Tornadoes. The Eagles will host the Woodward Boomers this week for homecoming.

Eagles return homeJeff BarronNews/Sports Editor The Weatherford Eagles have not played a home game since the home opener Sept. 6, but will return home for homecoming against the Woodward Boomers Friday. Coach Dan Kurtenbach thought his team was not physical enough against Clinton last week and believes they need to improve this week against a stout

Boomers team that has put up the second most points in

the district with 163.

“We needed to become a more physical ball club,” Kurtenbach said. “Clinton is well-known for its play and they out-played us physically last week without question.” That is the goal this week as the Eagles are fighting to stay in one of the top four spots in the district. Kurtenbach says this is not a must-win game in the sense of desperation, but every game is a must-win. “When you’re talking about our district every win is a must-win,” Kurtenbach said. “It’s not different as

far as any other week.” It will be a battle of defenses when they take the field as the Boomers have given up 81 points this season - fourth best in the district. Weatherford has given up 75 - third best. “They are very solid,” Kurtenbach said. “They have a very good middle linebacker - they run to the ball real well and they have a couple of athletes on the back end.” It should be a high energy night for the Eagles as they celebrate homecoming before the game.

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Terriers still unbeatenJeff BarronNews/Sports Editor The Corn Bible Academy Crusaders will look to get back on the winning track this week as they host the Ryan Cowboys in a district C-2 matchup. The Crusaders are 1-3 this season after a 20-0 shutout loss to Destiny Christian last week. The Cowboys are only 1-2 this season and played for the first time in two weeks last week - a 58-36 loss to Temple. Ryan’s only win

came in Week 1 against Class B Waurika who is 0-4 this season. CBA currently sits second in the district behind Tipton, but have only played one district game - a 28-24 win over Grandfield. Ryan is sixth in the district standings. CBA has given up 150 points to opponents this season and Ryan has given up 132 points, so Friday night could see plenty of action.

Jeff BarronNews/Sports Editor It was another week and another win for the Thomas Terriers last week as they nearly got a shut out with a 46-6 win over Burns Flat/Dill City. They hope to extend their win streak to five games this week as they host Boone/Apache. “We’ve gotten a little better each week,” coach Bob Ward said. “We’re not to the top of the mountain yet. We’ve still

got several tough games and we’ve got to continue to get better.” One of those tough games comes this week as the Warriors come to Thomas with the same unblemished record of 4-0. “They’ve put up a lot of points - about 200 points in four games - only allowed 40,” Ward said. The Warriors will give the Terriers a good test in district play.

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SPORTSLady Eagles win tuneupJeff BarronNews/Sports Editor The Weatherford Eagles begin postseason play this afternoon and traveled to Sayre for a tune up and 2-0 Tuesday. Sayre, who is hosting a regional of their own found hits hard to come by against Jonna Vanderslice-Malone who struck out 13 batters. Weatherford’s runs came early as they scored both runs in the first inning and then they held off Sayre for the final five innings. Vanderslice-Malone recorded two hits in the game. Coach Garrett Smith says his team is ready to host the Woodward Lady Boomers as they begin the playoffs. “This was a chance for us to tune some things up, we didn’t swing it as well as we would’ve liked to, but at the same time we managed to play some really good defense - hold them to zero - Jonna pitched a heck of a game - just a chance to stay kind of sharp,” Smith said. Smith said pitching is probably the biggest strength of the team as they head into the playoffs. “But at times, we really swing it well to, which has been a real big surprise for us,” Smith said. “We’ve had a lot of girls this year that have really stepped up and really gotten better throughout the course of the year. We feel good about where we’re at. We just got to put it all together.”

The biggest weakness is just lapses during games. “Right now, every once in awhile, we just get a little hesitant to go make a play then we’ll make a mistake,” Smith said. “Sometimes that can steamroll on us, so basically one of our biggest things is we just got to stay focused all for all seven innings. Sometimes Jonna will lull you to sleep because you don’t get a ball hit to you in forever and then they hit you one. We just got to do a better job of staying focused.” After losing seven starters off of last year’s team heading into the season, people didn’t know what to expect from the Lady Eagles this season, but they are now 22-7 overall. “We feel like we are probably the best team in Western Oklahoma,” Smith said. “I feel like we’ve showed that. These young girls , they’ve been a real pleasant surprise. We didn’t know exactly how we were going to be, we just knew it was going to be a rough start... they’ve found a way to come through and fight and do some really good things for us. It’s made this year a lot of fun and gives us a lot of hope for the future.” The two players with the most playing experience are Vanderslice-Malone and Hayle Hawkins. Hawkins played left field last year, but has made the move to catcher this year relatively smoothly. The District Tournament begins 4 p.m. in Weatherford.

Jeff Barron/WDNWeatherford Lady Eagle Jordyn Mackey swings at a pitch against Sayre. The Lady Eagles begin postseason play today in the District Tourna-ment.

GAC to participate in inaugural Live United Texarkana Bowl TEXARKANA, Ark. – At a press conference on Tuesday, the Great American Conference announced an official tie-in newly created Live United Texarkana Bowl. The inaugural game will be played noon Saturday, Dec. 7 at Razorback Stadium in Texarkana, Ark. Profits made above the expenses will benefit the United Way of Texarkana. The Live United Bowl becomes just the third Division II bowl game in the country. This tie-in assures a GAC football team will see postseason play for the first time in the three-year history of the league. Last year, Henderson State and Harding became the first GAC schools to qualify for the Division II Playoffs while Southern Arkansas played in the C.H.A.M.P.S. Heart of Texas Bowl.

“The Great American Conference is excited to be a part of this inaugural event in Texarkana and look forward to building a long-standing relationship with the Texarkana community and football fans in the region,” GAC Commissioner Will Prewitt said. The GAC will send its highest-finishing team that did not advance to the Division II Playoffs to the Live United Bowl. Their opponent will be determined at a later date. Should multiple teams tie in the regular-season standings, the league will use its official tiebreaker policy to determine which school receives the bid “We are excited about the new Live United Bowl game and our host-team relationship with the Great American Conference,” said Allen Brown, Chairman

of the Bowl Committee and CEO of Mil-Way Federal Credit Union.” We are looking forward to welcoming two top notch NCAA Division II collegiate football teams to our area for a chance to take home the first Live United Bowl championship.” Tickets go on sale Nov. 1 and will be $6 for adults and $4 for children. Fans can visit TexarkanaBowl.com for more information.

Police ReportsTuesday

Arrested Angela Rose Kautz, 29, for municipal warrant.

8:12 a.m. – school patrol – West Elementary – walk through – all okay. 8:20 a.m. – school patrol – Head Start – walk through – all okay. 8:28 a.m. – school patrol – Weatherford Middle School – walk through – all okay. 8:37 a.m. – school patrol – East Elementary – walk through – all okay. 8:47 a.m. – school patrol – Burcham Elementary – walk through – all okay.

8:52 a.m. – school patrol – Weatherford High School – walk through – all okay. 9 : 5 2 a .m . – c i v i l disturbance – Mark Motel – a person that would not leave a business had left when an officer arrived. 10:18 a.m. – contact person – reference to a scam caller – 500 block

Nevada – there was someone on the phone trying to get the reporting party to send money to Nicaragua – when the officer got on the phone the caller hung up. 11:09 a.m. – contact person – Eads and Custer – someone that was dressed in orange jail clothes was a worker that was waiting on their boss. 12:55 p.m. – parking problem – 200 block N. 7th St. – vehicle was moved. 2:27 p.m. – school patrol – East Elementary – walk through – all okay. 2:32 p.m. – school patrol – Burcham Elementary – walk through – all okay. 2:37 p.m. – school patrol – WMS – walk through – all okay. 2:40 p.m. – school patrol – WHS – walk through – all okay. 2:47 p.m. – school patrol – West Elementary – walk through – all okay. 4:37 p.m. – 911 call – Wellness Center – stood by for Sinor EMS on a broken ankle. 6:16 p.m. – 911 call – 2100 block Morgandee Ln. – person misdialed the

phone – all okay. 6:28 p.m. – assist other agency – Wellness Center – assist campus police department with a reported fight – fight had broken up prior to officers arrival. 7:14 p.m. – contact person – Wal-Mart – no report. 7:26 p.m. – assault and battery – 1300 block Lark – arrested Kautz. 7:41 p.m. – animal call – 200 block University –no report. 8:43 p.m. – drunk driver – 200 block N. Washington – the person was not drunk – all okay. 10:45 p.m. – fight – Fairfield Inn and Suites – report taken. 11:59 p.m. – noise disturbance – 500 block N. 3rd St. – unable to locate any noise – all okay – no report.

Wednesday

2:28 a.m. – 911 call – Hutch’s C-Store – report taken on vandalism. 2:46 a.m. – contact person – 5th St. and Franklin – spoke to person – all okay – no report. 3:45 a.m. – runaway – 300 block W. Tom Stafford – subject was located at the residence – all okay – no report.

3:46 a.m. – business foot patrol – Custer and Main streets – walk through downtown – all okay – no report. 4:44 a.m. – public assist – Pioneer Center – building check secure – all okay – no report.

Fire Notes Tuesday the Weatherford Fire Department firefighters responded to a possible pipe line rupture. When the firefighters arrived they made contact with a pipe operator. He advised the firefighters a pipe line had been hit down the line. The pipe operator was trying to vent the gas off so he could repair the line. The firefighters advised the pipe operator the next time something was to happen to please notify them. The firefighters of the WFD responded to a person with a possible broken leg Tuesday. Upon the firefighters arrival they found the patient lying down. The firefighters preformed a patient assessment and assisted Sinor EMS with patient care. The patient refused transportation to the Weatherford Regional Hospital.

In Custody to Appear

Cheridy Ann Wells is charged with failure to pay the remaining court costs to the original charge of obtain or attempt to obstruct substance by forgery. The bond is $1,709.50 and she is on a Washita County hold. The court date for Wells was Wednesday. Janson Gene Aleman will be transported to Washita County by Custer County deputies. Aleman is charged with grand larceny with a bond set at $15,000. He appeared in court Wednesday. Dalton Wade Sloan is charged with application to accelerate. The bond is set at $250 and the court date for Sloan was Wednesday.

Out on Bond to Appear

Bruce Cantu is charged with failure to appear in court for the original charge of failure to wear a seatbelt. The bond is set at $95 cash only. The court date for Cantu was Wednesday. Travis Dale Tull is charged with failure to appear for the original charge of speeding 1-10 miles over the limit. The bond is set at $263.50

cash only. Tull appeared in court Wednesday. Timothy C. Wassana is charged with obstructing an officer. The bond for Wassana is $300. Wassana posted bail with Jason Smith bonds. He appeared in court Wednesday. Payton L. Berrong is charged with possession of a controlled substance. The bond is set at $500 and he posted bail with Jason Smith bonds. Berrong appeared in court Wednesday. Scot ty Carpenter is charged with DUI under the age of 21. The bond for Carpenter is set at $500. He is out on a cash bond. The court date for Carpenter was Wednesday. Octavio A. Guzman is charged with public intoxication with a bond set at $206. He is out on cash bond. Guzman appeared in court Wednesday. Kar i ssa A. Har l i s charged with possession of a controlled substance. The bond is set at $500 and she is out on cash bond. Harl appeared in court Wednesday. Timarie Dawn Harrall is charged of burglary in the second degree with a bond

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ProvidedJade Cruzan (left) of Guymon and Kaycee Lookingbill of Altus were recent recipients of Southwestern Oklahoma State University College of Profes-sional and Graduate Studies scholarships within the Department of Ki-nesiology. Both students received $422 scholarships. Cruzan is majoring in health and physical education and Lookingbill is an exercise science major on the Weatherford campus.

ProvidedSouthwestern Oklahoma State University recently hosted a high school counselor program and luncheon on the Weatherford campus. Counsel-ors from western Oklahoma were in attendance. As part of the luncheon, four $500 scholarships were awarded to schools. Counselors from those schools will award the scholarship to a high school senior who chooses to attend SWOSU. Winners are (second from left): Tonna Flanagan, Arnett High School; LaDonna Jones, Eldorado High School; Ronni Ogletree, Kingfisher High School; and Karen Williams, Granite High School. Pictured with the counselors are (far left) SWOSU Admissions & Recruitment As-sistant Director Shamus Moore and (far right) Admissions & Recruitment Director Todd Boyd.

OKLAHOMA CITY - Governor Mary Fallin’s Fourth Annual Feeding Oklahoma Food Drive kicked off Tuesday with the goal of raising 1.4 million meals to help feed hungry families, children, seniors and those affected by the May tornadoes. The month-long food drive will benefit the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma, the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma, and their partner agencies across the state. “ T i m e a n d a g a i n , Oklahomans have proven themselves to be the most caring and giving individuals in the nation,” Fallin said. “Last year, Oklahomans from all 77 counties came together and donated over 2 million meals in time for the holiday season. This year, we can do even more for the hungry in our state.” Oklahoma consistently ranks among the top 10 hungriest states in the nation, with more than 675,000 Oklahomans struggling with hunger every day. That number has been on the rise due to the tornado devastation across the state. The Oklahoma food banks provide enough food to feed more than 150,000 people each week. Demand increases during the holiday season. “Governor Fallin’s Food Drive means so much in

the fight against hunger in our state,” said Rodney Bivens, executive director of the Regional Food Bank. “Every dollar donated provides five meals for Oklahomans who are struggling to keep food on their table during the difficult winter months. We are grateful for the past generosity of Oklahomans and hopeful for another season of giving.” Non-perishable food items can be donated at all BancFirst locations, Bob Moore dealerships, metro area Love’s Travel Stops, select AT&T locations, the Community Food Bank of Eastern Oklahoma and the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma and their partner agencies. Monetary gifts can be made online at www.feedingoklahoma.org. UPS will pick up donations from BancFirs t and Love’s Travel Stop locat ions in the Tulsa and Oklahoma City metro areas and deliver those to the Oklahoma food banks. Bivens stressed that the most-n e e d e d i t em s include canned mea t , c anned v e g e t a b l e s , canned frui ts , c a n n e d t u n a , peanut butter and

rice and beans. Once again chairing the statewide food drive for Governor Fallin is businesswoman Laure Majors with co-chairs, Laura Watts and Brenda Jones Barwick. The food drive runs through Oct. 31 and Governor Fallin is encouraging businesses, organizations and individuals to make donations to her Feeding Oklahoma Food Drive in order to meet the needs of our hungry neighbors this winter. For a complete list of participating businesses, or to make a monetary donation online, visit www.feedingoklahoma.org. All donations are tax deductible and will benefit hungry Oklahomans. For more information, email [email protected].

Governor Kicks Off 4th Annual Food Drive

Gov. Mary Fallin

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of $5,000. Harrall posted bail with Jason Smith bonds. The court date for Harrall was Wednesday. Trevin Loken is charged with DUI and failure to wear a seatbelt. His total bond is set at $520. Loken posted bail with Jason Smith bonds. Loken appeared in court Wednesday. Kendra Deann Newcomb is charged with failure to appear in court for the original charge of failure to display tag light and failure to appear in court for the original charge of obstructing an officer. The total bond for Newcomb is $1,750. She was able to post bail with Joe Bob bonds. Her court date was Wednesday. Rebecca Sue Power is charged with a

DUI with a bond set at $500. She posted bail with Jason Smith bonds. Power’s court date was Wednesday. Donald Ray Taplin Jr. is charged with failure to appear in court. The bond is set at $95 cash only. Taplin appeared in court Wednesday. Alfredo Venegas Galvan is charged with DUI with a bond set at $500. He posted bail with Jason Smith bonds. Galvan’s court date was Wednesday. David Anderson Williams is charged with public drunk with a bond set at $206. He is out on a cash bond. Williams’s court date was Wednesday.

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Funeral Notice

Ima Jean Hicks

Funeral services for Ima Jean Hicks, 86, of Taloga will be 10:30 a.m. Saturday at the Assembly of God Church in Taloga. Internment will follow at the Mound Cemetery in Taloga.

Bobby was born Jan. 10, 1956 in Monrovia, Calif. and died on Sept. 28 in Greeley, Colo. Bobby was raised in Los Angeles, Chicago, and Geary, Oklahoma before moving to Watonga. Bobby and Rochelle Compton were married on March 17, 1977 and made their home in Watonga, where they raised their three children, Nichol, Brian, and Greg. In 2004, the family moved to Weatherford. Bobby enjoyed spending time with his wife, children, close friends, coworkers, and his three precious grandbabies - his grandson Taylor and granddaughters

Hayly and Callie. He was devoted to his family, friends, and work. Bobby was preceded in death by his parents and is survived by his wife, three children, three grandchildren, and seven siblings. Memorial services for Bobby Ray Fanning Jr. will be held on Saturday, Oct. 5th at 2 p.m. at The Southwest Christian Church in Weatherford with Rev. Doyle Warren officiating. Services under the direction of Wilkinson Mortuary of Watonga. Memorials may be made to the after school backpack program to feed the students to all local schools

ObituaryBobby Ray Fanning

1956 - 2013

Marissa GayStaff Reporter

As the season changes into fall lawns sometimes appear brown or dead. There are seven simple steps to take to keep a lawn green and luscious.

The one-third rule When mowing the lawn don’t mow more than a third of the grass blades. If the grass blades are cut too short, it can cause stress on the lawn. The lawn can’t thrive if the grass blades are too short and will look burnt out according to Weed Man located in Edmond.

Mow the lawn at the deck height According to Better Homes and Gardens it is best if the lawn mower is set at the normal height, the deck height. When the lawn is mowed at an acceptable height, it will help with the lawn to avoid being matted up under leaves and snow. It will also help the roots of the grass to grow deeper. When the grass roots are deeper the grass is more likely to withstand droughts and oppose insects and diseases.

Use sharp mower blades By using sharp lawn mower blades, this can enhance the way the lawn looks. It will also give the grass cleaner cuts which will help the grass blades to recover faster from mowing according to Weed Man.

Apply fertilizer According to Weed Man if fertilizer is sown on the lawn at the right time the lawn will be a healthy green lawn during the fall. Also if the lawn is fertilized it will help control weeds and improve the appearance of the yard according to Better Homes. If the lawn goes through the process of over seeding of ryegrass it can provide a lush green carpet of grass for the cooler months. When over seeding the grass make sure the seeded areas stay moist so they are able to produce strong roots.

Deal with weeds, insects and diseasesDuring the fall it is recommended to look for brown or dry spots. These spots could mean there is a problem with fungal diseases or insects. The cooler weather can promote fungal diseases if a lawn is being watered at night, so water during the day, preferably in the morning.

Deep Watering Watering a lawn deeply every three days is better for the lawn than watering the lawn every day for only a couple of minutes. A lawn should be watered long enough to get the first several inches of soil moist. Early in the morning is the best time to water a lawn because in the morning wind is usually lighter and the lawn won’t lose as much water to evaporation according to Better Homes. Check Irrigation Make sure the irrigation system is covering the lawn evenly. If the irrigation system is not evenly distributing water there will be some spots that are dead from over-watering and some spots will be dry. After the irrigation system is evenly covering the lawn, the lawn should be ready for fall.

FALL IS HERELAWN CARE TIPS

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 75-year-old woman. For the past three years, I have been experiencing pain in the very center of my right buttock. It comes on after three to four minutes of walking. I have tried walking through it - stopping, then starting walking again. It hurts so very much that I cannot continue walking, and I have a high pain threshold. My cardiologist thought it might be a blocked blood vessel, but it was not. The pain stays in that one spot and does not radiate to other locations. I love to walk and would like to get back to it. --N.N. ANSWER: Back pain that comes on while walking should raise, as it did to your cardiologist, the suspicion of peripheral artery disease (PAD). The symptom is called claudication, and is caused by blocked blood vessels in or to your leg. The hallmark is leg pain while walking, which gets better after a few minutes of rest. This condition often is not diagnosed. It causes not only symptoms of pain on walking, but it also is associated with a high risk for heart disease. I am glad you were checked out for it, even though classically the pain is more common in the back of one or both calves. The other condition I immediately think of can look so much like claudication that it is sometimes called pseudoclaudication. That is spinal stenosis, pressure on the spinal column caused by misalignment or arthritis in the vertebrae. The symptoms of spinal stenosis are a bit different. People with PAD usually just stand and rest, allowing the muscles to get more oxygen from the blood while they aren’t using it up. In spinal stenosis, people will sit down or even lie down to take pressure off the spinal column. Another clue is that people with spinal stenosis often can walk indefinitely while pushing a stroller or shopping cart, because being bent over slightly reduces the bony pressure on the spine. You can tell someone with spinal stenosis because it looks like they are walking into a stiff wind. A CT scan or MRI makes

the diagnosis of spinal stenosis, and if the symptoms are severe enough, it is appropriate to consider surgery. DEAR DR. ROACH: I wonder why, when people write to you with concerns about taking statins, you never suggest they try niacin. I quit taking statins a couple of years ago after a friend had a major heart attack and was prescribed niacin by his cardiologist. My cholesterol is just fine, and I have no concerns about muscle damage. --C.D. ANSWER: I’ve written about niacin a few times. In addition to causing flushing - a sensation of warmth or redness in the face and neck --it has possible side effects of liver damage, increased blood pressure and higher blood sugar. However, what really concerns me is that the past few studies have shown that although niacin improves cholesterol, it doesn’t seem to protect against heart disease well or at all. There still isn’t consensus about this, and the data remain conflicting. I think niacin is a second-line treatment, to be used only if someone really can’t take statins at all. DEAR DR. ROACH: For several years, my husband has been drinking at least four cans, if not more, of Diet Pepsi a day. He is 68 years old. What are the long-term effects? What is this doing to his well-being now? --B.A. ANSWER: On the good side, four cans of Diet Pepsi have only about the same amount of caffeine as a cup of coffee, and there’s no sugar. On the downside, the sweeteners occasionally cause some stomach trouble. The acid in the soda may hurt teeth. And, people who drink diet soda still are more likely to gain weight. Dr. Roach regrets that he is unable to answer individual letters, but will incorporate them in the column whenever possible. Readers may email questions to [email protected] or request an order form of available health newsletters at P.O. Box 536475, Orlando, FL 32853-6475. Health newsletters may be ordered from www.rbmamall.com.

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Dr. Roach

To Your Good Health

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Red Carpet Community Theatre will be holding auditions for its final show of the season with The Rented Christmas, based on the short story by J. Lillian Vandervere Monday, Oct. 14 and Tuesday, Oct. 15 7 p.m. located at the Red Carpet Community Theatre, 422 N. Jefferson, Elk City. Guest director, Meagan Mathews-Oakley, Sayre, is excited to present the story of how John Dale’s rented Christmas turns into a new life for all concerned makes this a warm story

for the holiday season. John Dale hasn’t enjoyed a “real Christmas” for years. So, on the spur of the moment, he decides to “rent” a Christmas from Anne Weston, who owns the local rent shop. Anne is at first flustered with the requirements: a tree with presents, Christmas carols and also a wife and five children. Anne feels she has solved the problem of a Christmas family by calling the actors’ guild. But the young actors come down with the measles so she turns to the local

orphanage. When the guild can’t locate a “mother,” Anne steps in to play the role herself. D i r e c t o r , M e a g a n Mathew-Oakley, is looking for all ages. Production dates are Dec. 1-7, 2013. Each auditioning will do a cold reading. This project is done with the grant assistance of the Oklahoma Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts.For more information about the auditions call 225-5461.

RED CARPET COMMUNITY THEATRE ANNOUNCES FINAL SHOW OF SEASON

I would like to personally thank all of those that helped me last week during my unscheduled landing at Dawson Field. The first individuals on site, first responders, police, fire, rescue, emergency personnel and numerous others. They all showed great concern and compassion for my well-being and safety. I would especially like to thank Mark Schoonmaker Airport Manager and his staff, Trent Perkins, Eric Ratteree and their excellent crew, Dennis Falasco from Omega Aviation Services and Tony. It was a very long day, which they had not planned on, but they never complained and did a great job removing the aircraft. Numerous citizens asked if they could help, from providing transportation to bringing food. A fine gentleman that lived across from the Baseball Field brought me food and water in the evening concerned that I had not eaten all day. For this and many other acts of kindness I am very thankful. It was an unfortunate experience for me personally, but I was truly fortunate to have landed in your fine community. You have a community of caring, compassionate and professional citizens that came to my aid. I will always be grateful. Thank You! Sincerely /s/ Danny McClendon

Pilot extends his thanks

John Erling

Every football fan knows Char l e s Burnham “Bud” Wilkinson. He coached the Sooners for 16 years and compiled a record of 145-29-4. OU won 14 conference and 3 national championships (1950, 55 and 56) and had a 47 game winning streak. There is however, more to Coach Wilkinson – perhaps best represented by one of his sons Jay; who shares family memories at the oral history web site, www.voicesofoklahoma.com, and a glimpse as to why each of the Wilkinson’s are and were so successful. Jay was born in Grinnell Iowa in 1942. His mother

was born there and met Bud during his military service at Iowa Preflight Training. Jay’s brother Pat is 16 months older. High school football injuries ended his sports career and Pat eventually attended Stanford and John Hopkins. Today, he is a renowned ophthalmologist (listen to Chapter 1 of Jay’s VOk interview). Playing football in Norman, as the sons of Coach Wilkinson, was not what many expected. His father “… never did push my brother and me to be engaged in sports, so we did not feel any pressure to measure up to OU football players,” says Jay (chapter 3). “When we had dinner together, we talked

about … religion or politics, so it was much beyond just recounting what was happening with the football program.” Jay also remembers his father saying that his kids should not be given special privileges so the Wilkinson boys were generally banned from the OU game bench. Jay talks about his father as a disciplinarian at home and at OU. “He generally laid out certain themes and principles that he expected them to follow. It was not harsh and no profanity, no loud words at all. You knew what was expected … and you just didn’t want to disappoint him,” he says. Jay played his own role in Oklahoma and college football.As a Norman High School senior in 1960, he played in perhaps the most controversial game in Oklahoma high school history. He tells that story in chapter 4. Voted the Outstanding Player in the Oklahoma All State Game, after graduation, “I wanted to play for him and be part of the OU tradition,” says Jay. He remembers however, that his parents knew “… his father had iconic status, not only here but nationally, and that it would be difficult for us to establish our own image if were not separated somewhat” so Jay enrolled at Duke – where he had remarkable success of his own (chapter 5). At Duke, Jay was converted to flanker from quarterback. Despite the change, he was named first team All American and Atlantic Coast Conference Player of the Year. Duke won

three conference championships during his playing days and Jay, much like his father, always respectedhis opponents and had quick praise for everyone who contributed to team success, Sounding much like his Dad, “ ….because there are a lot of people helping and I had some great teammates helping me,” said Jay. In chapter 8, Jay shares family stories that do not show up in won-loss records. Bud became OU coach at age 31 and as the father of two young sons. He talks about a weekly coaching ritual called “Old Fashioned Night,” and how his coaches relaxed together at the Wilkinson home and planned for their next game in a “very low-key atmosphere.” In chapter 9, you can hear Bud give a 1957 interview about the Sooner’s then 40 game winning streak. You can also hear Jay talk about a host of famous coaches that visited his home in hopes of learning more about how to be successful. Bear Bryant, Woody Hayes, Duffy Daugherty, Darrell Royal are just some of the famous names drawn to OU’s best known coach. You can also hear stories about Bud’s work for President Kennedy and in chapter 13, his unsuccessful 1964 Senate campaign against Fred Harris. (You can hear the VOk interview with Mr. Harris and listen to the same story from a very different perspective.) You will also hear about Bud’s ABC broadcast career working with Chris Schenkel., Jim Simpson,

Keith Jackson and Bill Fleming. You will also get to relive Bud’s pro coaching career with the NFL’s St. Louis Cardinals – a team not nearly as successful as OU. Coach Wilkinson died at age 77 in 1994. Ever the family man, Jay remembers numerous letters that Bud wrote to his kids throughout his career. Jay talks about his book Bud’s Wilkinson’s Letters to His Sons and its endorsement by Bill Cosby as “… a timeless guide for us all.” We have included only a few highlights supplied by Jay Wilkinson and his memories of his father - a timely gift for us all. You do not have to be a college football fan to enjoy this oral history – but that might help. We are appreciative of Jay’s willingness to share his famous family’s stories – some of his own and some of his Dad’s.We hope you enjoy these print features but remind you that the first-person accounts in the VOk library make these histories special. You are welcome to download the Wilkinson interview transcript, contribute to our work and listen to Jay’s personal and family history at www.voicesofoklahoma.com. Interviewerand VOk director, John Er l ing was a rad io broadcaster for 45 years; 30 of which were in Tulsa where he hosted the popular daily radio show “Erling in the Morning”. John is an inductee into the Oklahoma Broadcasters Hall of Fame and can be heard again, along with Jay Wilkinsonat Voices of Oklahoma.

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Bud Wilkinson

A guide for us all

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Adopt: Birthmother, we’ l l care about you...creative, funny, energetic, married couple, hoping for open adoption. Expenses paid. Please call or text Lucy & Jochen, 347-453-2981. www.lucyandjochen.info.

Goldmann’s Electric. No job too small. 580-772-2172.

Weatherford Daily News is accepting applications for full time news room posit ions. I f you l ike writing and have computer experience, then you would love this job. Mail resumes to PO Box 191, Weatherford, OK 73096 or drop off at 118 S. Broadway.

Construction/Labor position. Full/Part Time. Guaranteed hours. Apply 609 Tom Stafford.

Sonic Drive-In has immediate openings for all shifts, all positions. Must be able to work weekends and holidays. Apply within.

A Home Maid Clean is seeking dependable and hardworking i n d i v i d u a l s t o c l e a n residential and commercial properties. Flexible schedule. Must have a valid drivers license, be detail orientated, great customer service skills and able to problem solve. Full and part-time positions avai lable. Compet i t ive wages. Apply onl ine at weatherfordmaidclean.com or call 580-772-6243.

Berrong Insurance is now accept ing app l i ca t ions for a full time data entry/customer service position; precise communication and data entry skills required. Apply in person with your resume at 520 East Main St. Weatherford.

Weatherford Daily News is taking applications for Part-Time Distribution Position. Will train. Late A f t e r n o o n - E v e n i n g s , Monday-Friday. Must have reliable transportation. Send resume to PO Box 191, Weatherford, OK 73096 or fill out application at 118 S. Broadway.

Full-time Receptionist. Phones/Filing/Computer Data Entry. Exce l /Word requ i red . Apply-609 Tom Stafford.

Phys i ca l The rapy Tech p o s i t i o n a v a i l a b l e . Full-time with benefits. Call 580-323-1682.

REGISTERED NURSES: Need some extra money? M a k e a d i f f e r e n c e i n someone’s emotional well being, by providing and c o o r d i n a t i n g m e d i c a l /psychiatric care for short term stabilization in 24 hour adult crisis unit. Competitive compensation. PRN shifts available. Email resumes to [email protected] or mail to Stephanie Perkins, 94 N. 31st, Clinton, OK 73601. EOE/AA M/F/H/V.

Positions opening soon! RN’s, LPN’s and CNA’s... If you are energetic and dedicated, please apply for a position with us! Ask about our incentives and benefits. Call or come by The United Methodist Health Care at 2316 W Modelle, Clinton, OK or apply online at www.umhcc-clinton.com.

*2,000 Sign On Bonus*! CDL drivers needed with Hazmat & Tanker. Local delivery in Clinton area. Pneumatic experience a plus. Benefits/Health Insurance available. $18-25 p/hr. depending on expe r i ence . O f f i ce 405-224-2208 or Dee at 405-323-5976.

Emmanuel Baptist Church is currently taking applications for two part-time positions. The f i rst is Wednesday evening cook and the second is the cook’s assistant. The positions call for the persons to plan, purchase, prepare, and serve food for 120 adults and 70 children every Wednesday. If interested please contact the church at 580-772-3413.

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Red Rock BHS is seeking quali f ied candidates for a St ra teg ic Prevent ion Framework State Incentive Grant Coordinator. Under general supervision this individual will plan, organize and direct the activities of the complex program elements including supervision of staff, program development and administration, determine c o m p o n e n t g o a l s a n d coordinate efforts with state funding sources. This position requires a Bachelor’s degree. Prefer two years experience in the mental health or prevention related field. Please send resume to Red Rock BHS, 4400 N. Lincoln, OKC, 73105 or fax to 405-425-0445 or email to [email protected]. EOE.

First Step Daycare is enrolling 2 & 3 yr. olds. Call Shalie at 580-772-1110.

2 bedroom, 2 bath, utility room, fenced yard. 580-302-4495.

4 bedroom, 4 bath, 3 car garage. $1,200/month $1,200/deposit. 646-243-9186.

Quality office space 1401 Lera Dr. 1,060 sq.ft. Ed Berrong 580-772-3329.

Office Space for Lease. Contact John 580-772-5574.

For rent office space. Street, f rontage, windows. 509 E. Franklin 1950 sq. ft. 580-772-2351.

New mini storage facility. 5x10, 10x10, 10x15, 10x20, 13x25, and 13x30. Carport 12x42 . 580 -774 -1844 , 580-302-0799.

Various sizes. Security lock included. 580-772-8620, 580-772-7821.

GARAGE SALE 1715 Ridgeway

Fri: 6pm-? Sat: 7am-?

Oct 4-5 Baby furniture, men, women’s & children’s clothing, toys, golf clubs, TV’s, sewing machine with wood cabinet, lots of scrubs, & knick knacks.

GARAGE SALE 525 W Huber Ave

Fri: 8am-5pm Sat: 8am-4pm

Oct 4-5 Men & women’s clothes, glassware, tools, jewelry, water heater, exercise equipment, TV & cabinet, Organ desk, suitcases, dollhouse, & many misc.

M o v i n g o r p a c k i n g ? Newspaper Bundles of 100 available for $2. Come by Weatherford Dai ly News, 118 S. Broadway in Weatherford or call 580-772-3301.

Johnson Seahorse 5.5 hp outboard motor. Great condi t ion. Runs l ike a scalded dog. $400 OBO. Call 580-305-1201.

I buy mineral rights. Call 580-772-5581.

Newspaper endrolls for sale. White, no print. $.50 per pound. Weatherford Daily News 118 S. Broadway in Weatherford or call 580-772-3301.

FREE Wooden Pallets! W e a t h e r f o r d D a i l y News, 118 S. Broadway. 580-772-3301.

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Kevin G. HallMcClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - The partial shutdown of the government threatens self-inflicted harm to an anemic U.S. economy. How much harm depends on how long the shutdown lasts and whether the bruising political battle extends to the government’s debt ceiling, which needs to be lifted to avoid a default on paying creditors. Government hiring, procurement and spending have always played important roles in the measurement of U.S. economic growth, so it follows that a halt to government operations will have a measurable effect. If the shutdown lasts a week, it could amount to about $1.6 billion in lost economic activity, according to a report Tuesday from economic forecaster IHS Global Insight. That’s based on lessons from the 1995 government shutdown, where 36 percent of the 2.20 million federal civilian non-postal workers were furloughed. Using that gauge for the current 2.15 million federal non-postal workers, about 774,000 workers would be furloughed and lose their wages, at least temporarily. “It is difficult to assess the overall impact of either a government shutdown or the failure to increase the debt ceiling, although we fear the impact of the latter far more,” cautioned the report from the company’s top U.S. economists. President Barack Obama didn’t miss a chance to hit this theme, citing threats to the economy during a White House speech celebrating the start of key provisions in the Affordable Care Act, dubbed Obamacare. “We know that the last time Republicans shut down the government in 1996, it hurt our economy. And unlike 1996, our economy is still recovering from the worst recession in generations,” Obama said. As long as the shutdown is brief, the economic consequences on production and financial markets will be “modest,” said forecaster Macroeconomic Advisers. In a Sept. 25 report, the respected group projected a hit to economic growth in the period between October and December of three-tenths of a percentage point. But a longer shutdown, the report warned, “would cause larger, escalating disruptions” that hurt growth and spark volatility in financial markets. Back in 1995, furloughed government employees were paid for time off when they returned to work. But given the budget-cutting mood in some parts of Congress, it’s not guaranteed this time. That worried Robert Wright, a U.S. Census Bureau employee since 1989, who was in a crowd of noisy protesters in front of the agency in Suitland, Md., demanding Congress fund the government and get federal employees back on the job. “People aren’t going to have the money to spend, so it’s going to be detrimental on the economy,” said Wright, who lived through the shutdowns of 1995 and 1996 when a Republican-led House of Representatives lost a high-stakes game of political chicken with President Bill Clinton. “I just called my creditors (back then) and told them that I was furloughed, you can’t get it out of me, can’t get blood out of a rock.” Many federal workers live and work in the Maryland and Virginia suburbs, where many agencies are located. These states will be among the hardest hit by the government shutdown. Maryland Democratic Gov. Martin O’Malley estimated Tuesday that his state will lose $5 million a day in lost income-tax and sales-tax revenue during the shutdown, $15 million a day in lost economic activity if the shutdown lasts two weeks. One hit could come Saturday. The Defense Department postponed, for the period of the government shutdown, all scheduled collegiate athletic events involving military academies. It meant that if government is closed this weekend, the annual Army-Navy football game, scheduled to be played at the Naval Academy’s stadium in the Maryland capital of Annapolis, would be postponed. The popular rivalry was scheduled to be broadcast on national television. Virginia is the state with the most revenue from defense contracting. Republican Gov. Bob McDonnell offered no

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Democrats reject GOP offer to reopen part of governmentLesley Clark, William Douglas and Anita KumarMcClatchy Washington Bureau

WASHINGTON - National parks and monuments closed and hundreds of thousands of federal employees began an unpaid furlough Tuesday, with no end in site of the first government shutdown in 17 years. President Barack Obama accused Republicans in the House of Representatives of forcing the partial government shutdown because of their “ideological crusade” to stop the new Affordable Care Act from

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taking full effect as scheduled Tuesday. Republicans countered they have been trying to keep the government open but the Democrats refuse to negotiate at all over any change to the health care law. Obama said he was willing to negotiate on a range of issues, but not under threat of repeal of a law enacted in 2010, upheld by the Supreme Court, and debated in a 2012 election that he won over a Republican who wanted to repeal the law. He warned the shutdown, which has furloughed an estimated 800,000 federal workers, could hurt a still fragile economy. “That’s not how adults operate,” he said. “Certainly that’s not how our government should operate. ... We’re better than this. Certainly the American people are a lot better than this.” Looking to ease the pain of the shutdown - or the political fallout - the Republican House offered its newest proposal, this one a series of three votes to restore spending for three popular areas: the Department of Veterans Affairs, the District of Columbia with its landmark monuments, and the National Park Service. “That’s a reasonable, productive way to move forward,” Sen. David Vitter, (R-La.), said during an outdoor news conference with House and Senate Republicans. But all three bills failed late Tuesday to secure the required two-thirds votes and died in the House. Senate Democrats insisted on an

all-or-nothing approach to reopening the government. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, (D-Nev.), dismissed the House proposals as “just another wacky idea from the tea party-driven Republicans” and an effort to “cherry pick some of the few parts of government that they like.” The White House said it would veto any partial restoration of government funding. “The president and the Senate have been clear that they won’t accept this kind of game-playing, and if these bills were to come to the president’s desk he would veto them,” White House spokeswoman Amy Brundage said. White House press secretary Jay Carney said a “piecemeal approach to funding the government is not a serious approach.” At the Capitol, congressional Democrats and Republicans worked to blame each other for the standoff. The Democratic National Committee created a website and the hashtag GOPShutdown; House Speaker John Boehner, (R-Ohio), penned an editorial in USA Today arguing that Obama has refused to negotiate. The Senate returned to business at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday and promptly killed the House Republicans’ previous proposal - a midnight call for a conference committee of representatives and senators to negotiate their way out of the shutdown. The chamber rejected the idea on a party-line 54-46 vote, putting the ball back in the House’s

court. Boehner accused Senate Democrats of prolonging the shutdown, saying they had “slammed the door on reopening the federal government by refusing to talk.” House Republican conferees appointed to the nonexistent conference committee held a news event with a conference table and empty chairs to symbolize the absence of Senate Democrats. “Clearly the Senate has demonstrated that it is not willing to engage in the legislative process, and that is why I think the House and the speaker took the position of appointing conferees, so that we can actually get down to business and talk through our differences,” said House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, (R-Va.) The shutdown failed to achieve the Republican aim of delaying the start of Obama’s health care law, though various online marketplace exchanges that went live Tuesday reported glitches. Republicans pointed to the array of problems to bolster their case that the health care law should be stopped. But Obama, who appeared in the Rose Garden with Americans he says have already benefited from the health care law, attributed some of the problems to demand. He said more than 1 million people visited the online site before 7 a.m. - five times more users than ever have been on Medicare.gov at one time - and caused it to be sluggish.

Craig Kohlruss/Fresno Bee/MCTPark ranger Jeff Gardner informs visitors of the closure of Yosemite National Park due to the govern-ment shutdown Tuesday. Day visitors were allowed to pass through Yosemite but were instructed not to stop or use any facilities.

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Colin CovertStar Tribune (Minneapolis)

TORONTO - The summer of 2013 was good for science fiction. Major studios backed such blockbuster entries as “Oblivion,” “Elysium” and “Pacific Rim,” and audiences flocked to see them. But the most ambitious sci-fi entry of the year is a different beast. It’s not futuristic, politically charged, nor concerned with alien invaders. The 3-D space adventure “Gravity,” opening Friday, is a story about spacewalking astronauts stranded in Earth orbit after a barrage of satellite debris destroys their shuttle. It is a technically rigorous, “hard-science” rendering of powerful emotional themes - hope, survival and transcendence. Sandra Bullock and George Clooney play the shipwrecked astronauts, cast away with few options and dwindling air supplies. Director Alfonso Cuaron (“Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban,” “Children of Men”) filmed in gliding, fluid takes that evoke universal feelings of anxiety and isolation. After the film’s debut at the Toronto International Film Festival, Bullock and Cuaron discussed the film’s

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Warner Bros/MCTSandra Bullock stars in “Gravity.”

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monumental - and potentially dangerous - technical challenges, the casting process, and her fear of flying. “I appreciate not being in my comfort zone because that means I’ve gotten as far away as possible,” Bullock said. “It unlocks things that scare you, frustrate you, but it also forces you to dig very deep. This scared me on every single level, primarily because originally it was supposed to be shot in the ‘Vomit Comet,’” NASA’s Reduced Gravity Aircraft, a Boeing 727 designed to make plummeting dives that send everyone aboard floating. That was not a happy prospect for Bullock. “I’m deathly afraid of flying. It’s one of my greatest fears. I thought it was just time to get over that fear. The whole film is an experiment in what you have that you don’t know you have.” Up until a week before shooting, she was led to believe the production would be airborne, but Cuaron and company found other means to achieve the appearance of weightlessness. “Gravity” begins with a spectacular uninterrupted 17-minute shot that puts the viewer alongside the astronauts in orbit 375 miles above Earth. It was a major challenge of choreography that involved stringing up two of the world’s biggest movie stars like puppets dangling from strings. “The biggest obstacle was the lack of gravity. When you are staging stuff, you are used to working with horizons and weight,” Cuaron said. “And here you didn’t have either. There is no up and there is no down. Everything is in constant motion.”

Designing intricate sequences of movements involving two actors and countless items of space debris was a major factor in the $100 million production’s 4 1/2-year production. When the film was in the planning stage, Cuaron learned there was no technology to film the scenes he envisioned with the feel of a NASA space documentary. “We had to invent a new set of tools,” he said, from robotic rigs that would control cameras moving through 3-D space, to unproven digital technologies, to marionette-like cable systems for the stars. The actors’ challenge was “not only knowing it was going to mean long, long, long, takes,” Cuaron said, “but it was going to be in really uncomfortable positions. Full credit goes to Sandra and George because they gave reality to the shots.” “It was certainly something completely new” to shoot in such unorthodox conditions, Bullock said. “More like being part of Cirque du Soleil than what we’d been used to as actors.” To match the ever-changing light sources from the Earth and sun, cinematographer Emmanuel Lubezki designed a 9-by-14-foot box whose interior was lined with LED bulbs. The box was big enough to hold one actor at a time while projecting shifting light. “It was the most bizarre series of contraptions,” Bullock said. “Beyond the box, there were the arms that make the cars in Detroit, with the camera on it, which would rush toward you while you’re clamped from the waist down. Then there was the 12-wire system where

you’re basically floating, while being manipulated by puppeteers.” She performed on a bicycle seat welded to a pole, balancing with one leg strapped down so her body could be free to simulate weightlessness, and sitting in an office chair on a hydraulic lift. “It was genius what they came up with.” Because the process of setting up the film was so protracted, potential stars came together and fell apart. Angelina Jolie, Natalie Portman and Robert Downey Jr. all were attached to the project before Bullock and Clooney. Cuaron met the actress after her Oscar win for “The Blind Side” and her painful split from then-husband Jesse James. What impressed him most, he said, was “how in tune Sandra was with the theme of the film, which is adversity and the possibility of rebirth as an outcome of adversity. I thought, ‘Wow, I have a collaborator.’” Bullock spent six months in physical training to prepare for shooting. She

underwent a transformation to suggest that her character, who is plagued by memories of a private tragedy, had consciously stripped away her femininity, becoming “a shell of a woman.” “You’re getting your story not just from what the humans are saying but visually what’s happening,” Bullock said. “What is her background physically, emotionally, how is she in that environment?” Working for much of the shoot in high-tech solitude actually helped her identify with the character, she said. “The technology was helpful because you would feel so frustrated, so lonely, so panicked about the long time you’re attached to something and you can’t use your body the way you’re used to.” It wasn’t all hardship. Bullock’s star perk on the film set outside London was a play area for her 3-year-old son, Louis. Clooney’s was a tiki bar. “Both my children knew exactly what they wanted,” she said with a laugh.

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relevant information during working hours Tuesday on his web site about economic harm to his state from the shutdown. It said the governor had no public events planned, but featured a news release and tweet touting the record number of good air quality days over the summer. “We don’t have numbers on the economic impact of the shutdown like Maryland does,” said Taylor Keeney, a spokeswoman for Gov. McDonnell. The stock market didn’t seem overly concerned about the government shutdown, with all three major indices closing up Tuesday, lifted partly by an unexpectedly strong reading of the ISM Manufacturing Survey.

“Going into the latest self-inflicted U.S. fiscal crisis, manufacturing activity appeared to be recovering from the early-2013 double-barreled fiscal tightening,” Alan Levenson, chief economist for investment giant T. Rowe Price Associates, wrote in a note to investors, referencing this year’s payroll tax hikes and steep budget cuts. “The impact of a prolonged shutdown (potentially bleeding into a face-off over the debt limit with a 10/17 due date) remains to be seen.” The Dow Jones industrial average closed up 62.03 points to 15,191.70, the S&P 500 gained 13.45 points to 1,600.00 and the NASDAQ finished 46.50 points up to 3817.98.

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Noam N. LeveyTribune Washington Bureau

W A S H I N G T O N - New online insurance marketplaces created by President Barack Obama’s health care law got off to a bumpy start Tuesday as a rush of consumers and a host of technical glitches slowed enrollment on the first day uninsured Americans could sign up for coverage. Several states running their own marketplaces, i n c l u d i n g H a w a i i , Maryland, Minnesota and Washington, were forced to delay the rollout of their websites, even as other states reported that shoppers were signing up. The federal government website that consumers in 36 states will use to get health coverage - www.healthcare.gov - repeatedly froze when consumers tried to create accounts, the first step in selecting a health plan. Obama administration officials attributed some of the problems to high vo lume; 2 .8 mi l l ion people visited the federal website between midnight Tuesday morning and 3 p.m. EDT. Additionally, 81,000

people called the help line, 1-800-318-2596, and 60,000 requested live online chats to get questions answered, according to the administration. “We’re off to a good start,” said Marilyn Tavenner, the head of the federal Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, which is overseeing the marketplaces. “People are signing up, and we’re pleased.” Obama administration officials insisted they were addressing technical issues. But they refused to provide any data on the number of Americans who successfully enrolled in health coverage Tuesday. Reports also persisted around the country of long waits on help lines run by state and federal officials. Maryland’s call center had to interrupt service Tuesday morning because of technical problems. Critics of the law seized on the glitches. In a tweet to her followers, Rep. Cathy McMorris Rogers, R-Wash., called problems w i t h t h e i n s u r a n c e marketplace in her state a “precur sor to the complications to come.” Experts said the opening-day setbacks wouldn’t seriously affect enrollment

i f they are reso lved quickly. Consumers have until March 31 of next year to select a health plan. Coverage starts in January. “ I t i s a mara thon, not a sprint,” said Jon Kingsdale, who ran the state insurance marketplace in Massachusetts that was the model for the national law. “This is just the time when people are suiting up and tying the laces on their sneakers.” The Affordable Care Act allows Americans who don’t get coverage through an employer to shop for health plans on new state-based insurance marketplaces. Health plans for the first time must offer a basic set of benefits and are prohibited from turning away people with pre-existing medical conditions. Millions of low- and moderate-income Americans who make less than four times the federal poverty level - or about $46,000 for an individual - will qualify for government subsidies to help with their premiums.

O b a m a h a s m a d e t h i s n ew sy s t em o f guaranteeing coverage a central selling point of the law. Administration officials hoped to minimize problems at a time when the law is under increasing s c ru t i ny and f a c i ng heightened attacks from critics in Congress. Despite the reported problems, state officials a r o und t h e c oun t r y reported that thousands of people were coming to their websites to seek coverage. More than 34,500 unique visitors came to Colorado’s insurance marketplace in

the first three hours it was open, and more than 1,300 set up accounts, according to the state’s market, Connect for Health Colorado. Kentucky reported that 24,000 people had visited the state marketplace by midmorning and that enrollment officials had processed a thousand applications for coverage. In Nevada, more than 1,200 people had set up accounts before noon, according to that state’s marketplace. Like the federal website, there was some evidence that intense interest among

consumers may have contributed to problems with state enrollment sites. New York’s insurance ma rk e t p l a c e , wh i c h froze for hours Tuesday, reported that it had received 2 million visits in the two hours after its website opened. And in Ca l i fo rn ia , officials said 1.8 million online hits and 6,500 calls came in early Tuesday - quickly overwhelming its enrollment system and call center. The state’s insurance exchange said it was improving the website and hiring more staff.

HEALTH CARE LAUNCH SEES MORE THAN A FEW ERRORS