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The Anadarko City Council,

Anadarko Public Works Authority
and the Anadarko Economic Development Authority met Tuesday,
Oct. 11 for a regular meeting. Vicemayor Wes Callahan chaired the
meeting in the absence of mayor
Kyle Eastwood. Council members
Rufus Vance, Rodney Pedersen,
Kelley McGlothlin, J.J. Vance and
Stephanie Novotny were present,
along with city manager Kenneth
Corn, city clerk Jo Spanglehour,
city attorney Tom Zynda, city water
superintendent Kim Goodin and
city electric superintendent Rodney
Green.
CITY COUNCIL
The council approved their consent agenda which consisted of the
minutes of the Sept. 12 regular
meeting, the September general
fund check register and the September financial statement.
Insurance
The 2016-2017 OMAG liability
insurance quarterly payment of
$18,275.50 and the 2016-2017
OMAG property quarterly payment
for $14,811.25 were approved. The
cost was down from last year by
$1,917 for the liability and
$2,611.50 for the property quarterly
coverages. Corn said it was unusual
for insurance rates to go down. The
city had budgeted for an increase.
The 2016-2017 employee ancillary employee benefits, which are
dental and vision coverage did not
increase from last year.
Basic life insurance renewals,
however, will increase by 8.44 percent. The council approved the benefits.
Anadarko Airport
Corn said the project is complete.
The council approved Change
Order No. 1 for the runway lights
project, decreasing the amount of
the contract by $5,038.25 to close
the project. Corn said he had never
seen a change order which decreased. An invoice from CEC of
Oklahoma City Invoice for $12,400
for engineering on the runway
lights project and a payment of
$87,337.10 to Williams Electric
Clinton of Clinton for installation
of runway lights were both approved. Corn said the city paid its
match on the grant for the project
up front, and have been reimbursed
for these payments.
Bid Openings
Callahan opened one bid for the
window replacement project at city
hall. Laws Home Improvement of
Anadarko bid $40,621.61 for Option 1 and $48,321.68 for Option 2.
Two bids were received for auditors for the 2016-17 audit.
Rahhal, Henderson & Johnson of
Ardmore bid $25,000 for the 2016
short year audit and $35,000 for the
Fiscal Year 2016-17 audit. Samuel
S. Alexander of Wagoner bid
$9,500 on the 2016 short year and
$13,000 on the FY 2016-17 audits.
Resolutions
The agenda item for the adoption
of Resolution 16-10, rejecting State
Question 777, the Right to Farm
was stricken at the beginning of the
council meeting.
The council approved a resolution adopting the City of Anadarkos city flag.
Corn said the city is getting ready
to put a flag plaza near the buffalo
statue on the Mission side of city
hall.
The plaza will also have the
American flag, the Oklahoma state
flag and the flags of the seven local

tribes.
City Managers Report
Corn said the presentation and
discussion of the rate study and
analysis completed by Shane Woolbright which was set for Oct. 4 will
have to be rescheduled to Oct. 25
since Woolbright misread the date
and missed the meeting.
The new roof on the water plant
is currently being done. Goodin
said she was told it should be finished by the end of the week.
The REAP grant for the Capital
Improve Plan for road improvement has been given, and the resurfacing project on S.E. Fourth and
S.E. Fifth from Central north to
Oklahoma, and the curbing project
on Central are to begin soon.
The city has purchased several
park benches for the downtown
area and for the flag plaza at city
hall. The benches will be purple
with the city seal on the back.
Corn said he has had several people comment to him on how nice
the city is looking. He said the
abatement of run-down and abandoned buildings is continuing.
City crews are still working on
drainage problems. A ditch behind
the former Silver Buffalo Casino on
S.H. 8 is being dug out, and several
other drainage projects are being
done.
One project has been slowed by
have to relocate a hive of honey
bees. Corn said some of the bees
dont want to relocate.
A Community Development
Block Grant has been approved for
repair of the city sewer lagoons.
Corn said the council will need to
approve a lift station project next
week.
A new fiber optic phone and internet for the city is being looked at.
Corn said it would connect all the
city offices and cost the city about
$800 less per month than what is
being paid now.
The system has the capability for
a city worker to take their phone
with them, and no matter where
they are, can receive phone calls as
if they were in their office.
Corn said several other cities and
counties are using the system.
Most of the city right-of-way issues have been resolved, according
to Corn. He said the city has been
able to accommodate home owners
in most cases. There is still some
tree trimming and maintenance
needed on electrical lines before
winter weather comes in.
APWA
The trustees approved their consent agenda, which included the
minutes from the Sept. 12 regular
meeting, the September APWA
check register, the September financial summary, the approval of Millie Vance Inc. contract for CDBG,
the approval of OMAG liability and
property insurance renewal and approval of ancillary employee benefits.
Meter/Light Assessment
Randy Willis from AMERESCO
made a presentation on how their
company would complete a full
preliminary assessment on ways to
reduce operational and maintenance
expenses at the city.
The company would replace all
water and electric meters with new
ultrasonic meters, which have no
moving parts to wear out. Those
new meters come with a 20-year
warranty and are guaranteed to
have 98.5 percent accuracy.

The current meters have an 89 to
90 percent accuracy level. By law
the meters must be re-tested within
five years to confirm their accuracy.
AMERESCO would also replace
all the street, park, sporting and city
hall lights with LED technology,
which can save up to 30 percent on
costs.
The new meters can be read at
city hall in about five minutes, and
will eliminate the need for meter
readers. (Corn said those employees will be moved to other departments in the city.) City workers can
also do new service, cut-offs, reconnects and final reads from city
hall. The new meters have the capability to show usage by the minute.
Customers will also have the option
to track their electric and water
usage online.
Since the older meters in use now
dont read below one gallon, some
customers will see an increase in
their water bill, especially if they
use low-flow toilets.
The new low-flow meters will
read every ounce of water, according to Willis
Green said this new system
would allow him to track electrical
outages by phone, instead of having
to wait for customers to call the police department to report an outage.
AMERESCO will bring in engineers to do an exact analysis to find
where leaks are in the system, and
to see exactly whats needed to upgrade the city utility grid.
The contract with AMERESCO
is usually for a 15-year term, but
could be for 20 years, if needed.
Willis said the usual savings for the
entity at the end of 15 years is
around $1 million.
The company will do the analysis
and see if an upgrade will save the
city money.
If it is not a self-funding system, the company will not expect
payment for their analysis. However, if the city does approve the
analysis, they will be charged a fee
if they back out after hearing the results.
The
annual
payment
to
AMERESCO will be based on savings accumulated each year.
Corn said he believed it would
save the city money in employees,
re-reads and equipment. He said
customers would probably save
money in the long run since the new
saving would keep the city from
having to raise rates. The council
approved the contract.
WTP Lagoon Project
The trustees approved, for a second time, Millie Vance Inc.s 2016
CDBG administrators contract for
the WTP residuals lagoon project
grant which had already been received. The contract is for an
amount not to exceed $16,000.
Approval was also given for the
WDB Engineering contract for
services on the 2016 CDBG WTP
Residuals Lagoon Rehabilitation
project. The proposal is for $65,600
for an engineering report ($5,000),
ODEQ residuals management plan
($800), survey and geotechnical
($9,000), engineering design and
construction oversight ($30,800),
and inspection ($20,000).
AEDA
Eastwood chaired the AEDA
meeting. The AEDA loan report for
September showed that Fishes-NLoaves Cafe is currently on their
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Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Vote No on SQ 777
State Question 777 is
on the November ballot
under the title Right
to Farm, It reads The
Legislature shall pass
no law which abridges
the right of citizens
and lawful residents of
Oklahoma to employ
agricultural technology
and livestock production
and ranching practices
without a compelling
state interest. This proposal would amend the
Oklahoma Constitution
and eliminate the state,
counties or cities from
passing laws in this area.
Individuals could
claim that puppy mills

are livestock operations
exempting them from
reasonable regulation.
Smithfield Farms (a
Chinese-owned business) has a number of pig
farms in Oklahoma and
could run their operations like farms in China.
Livestock operators
would be free to treat
animals inhumanely
and to use undisclosed
chemicals in the feedstock which ultimately
is the food we consume.
The smell from large
livestock operations
could pollute our air and
affect our community.
Most Oklahomans
believe we should treat

livestock humanely and
that we protect our soil,
air, water and food.
This legislation would
prevent reasonable
safeguards.
This is just bad legislation and could open
Pandoras box. It does
not define what a compelling state interest
or what are agriculture
technology, livestock
production or ranching
practices.
My father was a
responsible farmer/
rancher who worked
hard to earn a living and I
continue to lease out our
family land. We always
wanted to be responsible
stewards for the land
and to protect it and the
people who consumed
our crops and beef. We
all have concerns about
overly restricted regulations, but this proposed
constitutional change is
poorly worded and opens
the door to businesses
who wish to shield their
operations from reasonable transparency and
regulations.
I urge voters to further
research this proposed
amendment and to vote
No on State Question
777.
Janis Blanton
Bartlesville
Guymon Daily Herald
Loaves and Fishes OSU Extension

to meet Oct. 17
program to talk
Loaves and Fishes food allergies
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will hold their monthly meeting

Monday,
October 17, 2016, at 6
p.m.
At 310 E. First St. in
Guymon, the Loaves and
Fishes Food Cupboard..
anyone interest in this
mission is invited to
attend. Please call if you
have any questions, Gail
Parsley 338-8656.
Food Allergies and

Food Intolerances will
be the topic for a program presented by the
Texas County OSU Extension Service on Tuesday, October 25, 2016
. The program is free
to the public. It will
begin at 1:30 pm in the
conference room of the
Texas County OSU Extension Service, located
at 301 N. Main.
speaker State Representative Casey Murdock

and Oklahoma Farm
Bureau Board Director
Alan Jett. Both men will
be speaking and answering any questions on SQ
777.
The meeting is Thursday, Oct. 27 at noon at
Hunnys, 103 N. Main
St., Guymon, Oklahoma.
Lunch will be available
for $5, including a sandwich, chips and a drink.
2nd Annual Fall

Annual OktoberClassic 5K Run
fest set for Oct.
Eta Alphas 33rd set for Nov. 5
21
The 2nd Annual
St. Peters Catholic holiday bazaar
Fall Classic 5K Run
Church is hosting its
11th annual Oktoberfest
on Oct. 21 from 6 p.m.
to 9:30 p.m. at Pickle
Creek Center. The event
will have food, drinks,
door prizes, beer garden, gamers for kids and
12 Gauge.
Library celebrating library card

sign up month
Guymon Public Library and Arts Center is

celebrating library card
sign up month for September. Be sure to stop
by!
Medicare Part D
Open Enrollment
Trained Assisters will

be available Free three
Saturdays in October:
Oct 15, 22, 29 9:30am3:00pm at the Guymon
Library. Bring your
Medicare cards and list
of medications.
For
more info or questions
call Bob at 338-0072 or
Dianna at 338-7270.
2016 Northwest
District Fall Trap
Shoot set for Oct.
15
The 2016 Northwest

District Fall Trap
Shoot is scheduled for
Oct. 15
The trap shoot is located six miles north of

Enid on Highway 81 at
the Grand National Gun
Club (formerly Enid
Elks Gun Range).
Pre-registration is required by Oct. 10 to the
Northwest District OfFH
Registration begins at
8 a.m., and trap competition starts at 8:30 a.m.
The awards presentation is at 2:30 p.m. Team
awards will be given to
each shooter who places
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group.
Eta Alphas 33rd Annual Arts & Crafts Bazaar is Sat., Oct. 29 in
Boise City, Oklahoma, at
the Community Building on North Cimarron
Street. A full day, shop
early for Christmas,
so many choices, lunch
available and gifts given
away all day. Two door
prizes given away at 4
p.m. with proceeds going towards Boise City
Recreation Foundation,
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Pad. Call Coleen Allen
at (580) 544-2432.
Sunset Lane hosts

Trunk or Treat
Be safe and come

trunk or treat with us
at Sunset Lane Baptist
Church Oct. 31, Monday
starting at 5:30 p.m.
Trick or Treat at
Heritage Community
A trick or treat will be

at Heritage Community
Oct. 31 from 6 p.m. to 7
p.m. Enter through entrances on 1401 N. Lelia St. or 501 N.E. 15th.
St. They are accepting
candy donations at this
time.
Kinship Series begins Oct. 24
The Oklahoma Family

Network will be hosting
a Kinship Series to help
support, educate and
inform families on topics such as community
resources,
guardianship,
family-to-family
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and wellness and more.
The
series
begins
Monday, Oct. 24th at 6
p.m. at the Main Street
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5th St., Guymon Oklahoma.
Town Hall Meeting discusses

SQ777 Oct. 27
A town hall meeting

for SQ 777, sponsored
by Texas County Farm
Bureau, will have guest
is Saturday, Nov. 5.
Registration is at 7 a.m.,
it starts at 8 a.m. and
awards are given at 9
a.m.
The
run
is
at
Methodist
Student
Center at O.P.S.U., 428
Eagle Blvd in Goodwell,
OK 73939. The cost is
$25 early registration
thru Oct. 10 and $30
until Nov 1, then $35
to register on Race day,
includes t-shirt and
breakfast p/u a registration form at any Anchor
D Bank Location, at the
College Corner, or call
Rev. Mike Enright at
580 423-7231 and leave
a message for more info.
Benefit Craft Bazaar runs Nov. 5

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will be held at Guymon
High School Nov. 5th
from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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will be participating
with crafts, baked goods,
outdoor furniture, jewelry and more.
Loaves and Fishes to host benefit

concert Dec. 4
Loaves and Fishes is

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p.m. and will be located
at First Presbyterian
Church in Guymon,
Oklahoma.
There is no admission fee. There will be
a free-will love offering.
All proceeds will go to
Loaves and Fishes of
Guymon.
To participate in
the benefit and to
receive more information, contact Shawn
Reynolds, music director at the church at
DulcimerShawn@mail.
com or call (505) 4274808.
Open chapel on
Tues. during fall
at St. Stephens
Episcopal
St. Stephens Episco-
pal Church invites you

to our open chapel every
Tuesday this fall, starting Sep. 20 from 7:30
a.m. to 9:30 a.m. in the
morning.
We feel the need,
at this time, for extra
prayers. Prayers for our
nation, our state, our
community, our armed
forces, our families and
our friends. We welcome
all denominations to our
Tuesday morning chapel.
A quiet time of prayer
that we hope will enrich
your day. A smile and a
cup of coffee will be on
the agenda.
Iron Thunder
Motorcycle Club
meetings
I ron
Thunder
Motorcycle Club meets
the 3rd Thursday of
every month at the
Mainstreet
Guymon
office located at 116 NE
6th at 6pm. ITMC isnt
just about motorcycles
but more about charity.
If you are interested in
giving back to the community please join us
at one of our monthly
meetings.
Free family history assistance

search
Members
of
the
Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints
is offering a free family history assistance
search with research on
your family tree. The
history search is 11 a.m.
Saturday at the Guymon
Public Library and Arts
Center in the genealogy
room.
The
free
history
search is offered every
Saturday at the same
time.
Spanish, English
classes offered
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day

Saints, located at 5402
Memory Lane is offering English and Spanish
classes. English classes
are offered Tuesdays and
Thursdays and Spanish
classes are offered Tuesdays and Wednesdays.
The classes are free and
start at 8 p.m. at the
church.
Diabetes support
group
A support group
for Type 1 and Type
2 diabetics meets the
third Monday of each
month from 6 7 pm
at the Main Street
Guymon office, 116 NE
5th Street. For more
information
contact
David McGaughy at
580.651.7004.
Health classes for

seniors at select
libraries
The
Oklahoma
Healthy Aging Initiative
(OHAI) will host a
monthly
educational
series for older adults
throughout the state
of Oklahoma. We will
be partnering with
Oklahoma libraries to
extend our outreach
statewide.
On the third Friday
of the month, OHAI will
provide an opportunity
to utilize videoconferencing capabilities to
hear valuable information from experts from
around the state on
various topics relating
to healthy aging. The
videoconference system
provides a unique opportunity for you to participate in this statewide
learning opportunity.
The program will be
from 10a.m. 11a.m.,
Fridays beginning March
18, 2016 and will continue through December
16, 2016 at Guymon
Public Library and Arts
Center, Guymon, OK.
The class on the 18th
will
be
Medication
Safety. These classes are
offered at no cost to participants and are open to
the public.
Instructors are provided by OHAI, a program of the Donald W.
Reynolds Department of
Geriatric Medicine at the
University of Oklahoma
and supported by the
Donald W. Reynolds
Foundation.
To receive additional
information or to register
call OHAIs Northwest
Center of Healthy Aging
at 580-977-4359.
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Okla. voters have a

history of affirming
most state questions
By David Blatt
Oklahoma voters will
decide seven state questions in November on subjects ranging from agriculture to the death penalty
to the use of public funds
for religious purposes. Of
the seven questions, three
were placed on the ballot
through the initiative petition process, while four
were referred to the ballot
by the Legislature.
What does history
suggest about the likely
outcome of this years ballot measures? OK Policy
looked at the results of
all state questions in
Oklahoma since 1989
using data collected by
Ballotpedia. The results
are rather surprising. Of
the 83 state questions
submitted to the voters in
the past 25 years, 78 percent have been approved.
Fewer than one in four
have been rejected.
Two significant patterns stand out. First,
voters have been much
more supportive of ballot measures referred
by the Legislature than
citizen-led initiative petitions. Eighty-four percent
of legislatively-referred
ballot measures have been
approved (60 out of 71),
compared with just 42
percent of measures put
on the ballot through the
petition process (5 out
of 12). Secondly, voters
have become much more
supportive of state questions in recent years. From
1989-2002, 67 percent of
ballot measures (30 out
of 45) passed; since 2004,
only three of 38 measures
have been defeated, for a
success rate of 92 percent.
Of the three measures
defeated since 2002, two
were initiative petitions
SQ 723, which proposed
an increase in the fuel tax,
and SQ 744, which would
have required education to
be funded at the regional
average. The only legislatively-referred state question to be defeated since
2004 was SQ 754 in 2010,
a defensive measure that
was placed on the ballot
as an effort to counteract
SQ 744 by stating that the
Legislature would not be
required to make funding
decisions based on a formula.
One might well imagine that voters instincts
would be to vote no on
ballot measures, especially
in the frequent instances
where the questions are
obscure, confusing, or
controversial. Instead,
the results show the
exact opposite tendency:
Oklahoma voters seem to
trust the Legislature to put
before them measures that
are worth approving. At
the same time, voters have
been more skeptical in
regards to citizen-initiated
petitions, which have been
rejected more than half the
time since 1989.
Several of the defeated
measures called for tax
increases. The only outright tax increase that the
voters have approved since

1989 was SQ 712, a tobacco tax increase approved
in 2004 that was referred
by the Legislature. That
year, the voters also
approved legislatively-referred questions allowing
a state lottery and gaming
compacts that were similar
to initiative petition measures that were defeated in
the 1990s.
So what, if anything,
does this portend for the
measures on the ballot
in November? If history
is a guide, the four legislative referenda on
the death penalty (SQ
776), the Right to Farm
(SQ 777), allowing public dollars for religious
purposes (SQ 790) and
alcohol law reforms (SQ
792) would all be
strongly favored to pass.
Meanwhile, the three
questions that made it to
the ballot via initiative
petition the sales tax
increase for education (SQ
779) and the two criminal
justice reform measures
(SQ 780 and SQ 781)
face tougher odds. But
perhaps Oklahoma voters
will buck history this year.
A July Sooner Poll showed
the three initiative petition
proposals all faring well,
while a plurality of those
sampled said they opposed
changing the Constitution
public dollars to be used
for religious purposes.
David Blatt is executive director of
Oklahoma Policy Institute (www.
okpolicy.org).
Enid News & Eagle
Enid
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This is an open letter

to the thousands of farm
families in the Enid area
and our wonderful value
added agriculture employers such as AdvancePierre
Foods, Johnston Seed
Company, Koch Industries,
Consolidated Grain and
Barge, ADM and our new
corporate headquarters for
Hanor Family of Companies.
Please dont take our
local newspaper editorial
boards opposition to State
Question 777 as a reflection of the opinions of our
community. Obviously, they
do not speak on behalf of
the majority of Northwest
Oklahomans when they
endorsed Hillary Clinton for
president since her polling
numbers in our region hover
somewhere around 35 percent.
Please know that your
local economic development
organization has endorsed
this important state question
and is supportive of your
efforts to feed and clothe the
world. Enid, Oklahoma, still
believes that government
regulation should only be
used when there is a compelling state interest such as the
protection of private property rights or the health and
wellness of our citizens.
Enid and Northwest
Oklahoma are pro-agriculture despite the opinions of a
very small vocal minority.
Brent Kisling
Enid Regional
Development Alliance
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Joy Hampton / The Transcript
Candidate Shawn Sheehan introduces himself at the League of

Women Voters Candidate Forum Monday at NHS.
Candidates: State
needs more revenue,
better leadership
By Joy Hampton
Senior Staff Writer
State budget woes and

funding for education and
mental health services were
among the key topics under
discussion at the League of
Women Voters Candidate
forum on Monday.
Five candidates running
for state oce on the Nov. 8
ballot were in attendance:
t House District 20 chal-
lenger, Democrat Matt

Failing. Incumbent Bobby
Cleveland, R-Slaughterville,
was not in attendance.
t House District 45
incumbent Claudia Grith,
D-Norman. Republican
challenger Marc Etters was
not in attendance.
t House District 46 Democratic Challenger Jacob
Rosecrants and incumbent
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Scott Martin, R-Norman,

were both in attendance.
t Senate District 15 Independent challenger Shawn
Sheehan. Incumbent Rob
Standridge, R-Norman, was
not in attendance.
Following are a few
highlights from the evening
which was hosted at the
Norman High School
Conference Center with the
help of several female high
school students.
The rst question came
from the League of Women
Voters and addressed the
state budget shortfall.
We have to generate
revenue, Failing said, adding that the automatic tax
cuts need to end and that
constitutional amendments
like 1992s State Question 640 which requires a
two-thirds majority of the
legislature for a tax increase
need to be repealed.
We have ineective tax
policies, Sheehan said.
Everyones ghting over a
slice of the pie and the pie
isnt big enough.
Ive been looking at different tax structures and
we need to improve our
combined tax structures,
Grith said.
Rosecrants said his tax
plan is based on reality,
and the problem will not be
easily remedied.
Martin said there are are
too many sales tax exemptions and those need to
be evaluated. He said the
state needs todiversify
and broaden [its] revenue
steam.
Asked about Borens sales
tax proposal, most said they
grudgingly support it.
I think this is the best of
the worst options that we
have, Martin said.
We owe teachers a decent raise and fully funded
schools, Failing said, but
added that while SQ 779
addresses teacher raises and
gives money to higher ed, it
doesnt fully fund schools.
t On mental health
issues: We need to move
away from criminalizing
insanity and move toward
common sense reform to
help people with medication and science, Failing
said.
Sheehan said its important to nd candidates that
understand the issues and
needs in mental health.My
sister had bipolar disorder
so I understand exactly
what that looks like,he
said.
t On Medicaid expan-
sion: Im opposed to fullblown Medicaid expansion,

Martin said, adding that
these programs shackle
our children with a lifetime
of debt.
There are responsible
ways to provide health care
to people, he said.
t On whether the state
should allow cities to
regulate oil and gas operations within city limits: I
think it was state overreach
in that issue, Grith said
of a state law that curtailed
what environmental protections Norman could enact
if it limited the ability for oil
and gas operators to drill in
an area.
It aects the environment, Rosecrants said. It
should be up to the municipalities because it aects
the cities.
t On education vouchers: Any time we start
moving toward privatization of our education system, Im hesitant, Failing
said.
Sheehan said he is opposed to school vouchers.
School choice makes for
a great talking point and it
sounds good on paper, but
it doesnt actually work, he
said. Its a complete drain
on public school systems.
Vouchers take money
away from public schools,
Grith said.
t On womens reproductive rights: No state
government has the right
to decide what I do with
my body, period, Grith
said.
On the other side, Martin
said were called on to
protect life.
t On SQ 777, the right
to farm bill: I think inherently, we want to support
agriculture in this state,
Martin said. Whether it
passes or doesnt pass, I
dont think things are going
to change.
I come from a long
history of farming in my
family. Im all about profarming measures. This
isnt a pro-farming measure, Failing said. Its a
strong no for me.
Its de-regulation, Sheehan said. I would be really
really worried about the
way its written.
I voted against it,
Grith said. Theres a
clause in there that says this
law can never be changed.
Its about corporatizing our land at the cost of
everything else, Rosecrants
said.
Joy Hampton
366-3544
jhampton@normantranscript.com
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will meet at 6 p.m. at Vans
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Heartland Hospice Volunteers will have their in-service and pot-luck lunch at
11 a.m. at New Beginnings
Church, located at 1203 E.
42nd, Shawnee.
Gamblers Anonymous
meetings are 6 p.m.
Tuesdays and Thursday
each week at First Baptist
Church, 10th and Union.
Public is welcome.
LEPC meeting at Shawnee
EOC will be at 2 p.m.
October 19
Wesley on Wednesdays begins with the kids choir at 5
p.m. A meal will be served
at 5:45 for $3. There are
classes for all ages from
6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Wesley
United Methodist Church is
located at 302 E. Independence.
The Spinning Spools Quilt
Guild will have a piecing
a quilt day from 9 a.m. to
about 2 p.m. at the Senior
Center, located at 401 N.
Bell just north of 10th and
Bell. At lunch, the group
enjoys eating together at
the many eating places
close to the downtown
area. The event is open
to the public. Everyone is
welcome. Come for the
entire time, or just drop
in for a short time. Quilt
guild members would love
to answer any questions,
give any advice, or just visit
about quilting. For more
information, call 642-7865.
October 20
The Individual Artist of
Oklahoma will sponsor a
poetry reading at Benedict
Street Market at 7 p.m.
The feature reader will be
Jeanetta Calhoun Mish.
Her most recent poetry
book is What I Learned
at the War, published
this year. Work Is Love
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Made Visible won an

Oklahoma Book Award, A
Wrangler Award, and the
WILLA Award from Women
Writing the West. Dr. Mish
serves as the director of
The Red Earth Creative
Writing MFA program
and has published several
poetry books and anthologies. Open mic will follow.
Shawnee Tops (Take off
Pounds Sensibly) Chapter
OK 263 meets from 9 to
11 a.m. at Wesley United
Methodist Church, 301 E.
Independence, Shawnee.
Call 279-2587 for more
information.
Overeaters Anonymous,
a 12-step program, meets
each Monday and Thursday at 11 a.m. at the First
Christian Church, 1625
N. Broadway, Shawnee.
Meetings are held in the
rst oor conference room.
All are welcome. For more
information call 405-2752594.
The Lincoln County Republican Party meeting will be
held at 7 p.m. at Jimmys
Round-Up Cafe on Route
66 in Davenport. Those
who attend should arrive
early if they want to eat
before the meeting begins.
Republican Party meeting
will be at 7 p.m. at the
Pottawatomie Republican
Party Headquarters, 911
E. Ninth Street.
The Lincoln County Republican Party will have
its business meeting at 7
p.m. at Jimmys RoundUp Cafe on Route 66 in
Davenport. The group will
hear updates from GOP
candidates and election
campaign work. Speakers
will be on hand to address
two of the state questions,
one regarding the sales
tax for education and the
other the proposed right
to farm question.
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Shawnee Class of 1956 is
celebrating their 60 year
reunion at 6 p.m. at Holiday Inn Express.
Gamblers Anonymous
meetings are 6 p.m. Monday and Friday each week
at Northridge Church of
Christ, 1001 E. MacArthur.
October 22
Shawnee Class of 1956 is
celebrating their 60 year
reunion at 6 p.m. at Holiday Inn Express.
Shawnee First Christian
Church, 1625 N. Broadway,
will have a pies and cakes
bake sale. The church will
also host Veterans Appreciation Day. All veterans are
invited to come and have
coffee and cookies with
the patch staff.
Seminole Kennel Club AllBreed Dog Show will begin
at 8 a.m. and continue
through 3 p.m. at the
Shawnee Heart of Oklahoma Exposition Center.
Admission and parking
are free. Vendors will be
on site for shopping, and
there will be free public
educational materials for
children and adults. For
more information about
purebred dogs, visit www.
akc.org or call 919-2339767 or nd the group on
Facebook at seminolekennelclub.
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be 11 a.m. at the Bell
Street Main Stage in front
of the Hornbeck Theatre.
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By JOSH NEWTON
jnewton@tahlequahdailypress.com
Members of the Tahlequah City Council Monday

night formally opposed State
Question 777, the so-called
Right to Farm issue set to
appear before Oklahoma
voters next month.
Representatives of Save
the Illinois River Inc. asked
the body to oppose the state
question, citing in large part
the threat they believe passage would present to the
scenic rivers health and to
local government.
STIR President Denise
Deason-Toyne called the
state question a water quality
and quantity issue, and said
passage would ham-string
the citys ability to govern at
the local level.
Under the compelling
state interest level [of the proposed state question], it will
be virtually impossible for
the municipality to regulate
agricultural practices and
agricultural
technologies
that might have a local impact, she said. Compelling
state interest is the highest
burden set by the courts. It is
the highest legal standard; its
almost impossible for a municipality to overcome that.
According to DeasonToyne, passage of SQ 777 by
Oklahomans will make it
virtually impossible for the
citys elected ofcials to pass
ordinances protecting the Illinois River watershed.
We believe that this will
be very harmful to our community; it can be very harmful to our tourism if were not
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allowed to protect our water, DeasonToyne argued.
But Dr. Kyle Rozell, a Tahlequah veterinarian, questioned the citys desire
to sign off on a resolution that might
sway voters.
I dont think its the city of Tahlequahs place to get in the middle of it,
Rozell said. I dont know that [the resolution opposing SQ 777] represents
everyone in the city of Tahlequah.
Rozell suggested voters should research the question and do their own
homework rather than to rely on persuasion from a city vote.
According to Rozell, the state question was initially introduced to provide
another hoop to jump through for
groups like the Humane Society of the
United States and People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. Rozell said
those groups are constantly trying
to come at [the agriculture industry]
through legislation and lobbyists.
The gentleman that brought this
[state question] forward had no problem with having good water, Rozell
said.
He also cited false information
being shared among the SQ 777 debate, including rumors about foreign
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governments being allowed to move
into the state without regulation if the
law passes.
Mayor Jason Nichols said the citys
resolution is a result of municipal governments getting beat down by state
legislators who have no issues removing our abilities to legislate at the local
level.
The state is really working over
local governments and this is tting
right in with that trend, Nichols said.
Ward 3 Councilor Stephen Highers doesnt believe the state question
is fair to Tahlequah residents or local municipalities. Ward 4 Councilor
Joshua Bliss also spoke up on the matter, saying the trail of money tied to
proponents of SQ 777 suggests corporate interests are the focus, rather than
small farming operations.
Councilors unanimously approved
the resolution which is essentially an
expression of will rather than a binding document. The resolution says SQ
777 threatens the ability of municipalities to fulll their statutory obligations to preserve the health, safety, and
welfare of its citizens.
The resolution also urges Tahlequah citizens to reject the question.
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Correction
A correction from the letter to the editor on State
Question 777 in Saturdays edition. Here is how the
paragraph should have read.
A little at a time, the EPA rules have been rewritten
and weakened. I believe State Question 777 will
weaken EPA rules some more, thus benefiting a few
and creating problems for the rest.
Owasso Reporter
2016
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Agriculture
Was designed to establish a

constitutional guarantee for
farmers and ranchers to engage
in farming and ranching practices
OKLAHOMA
SQ 779
Taxes
Was designed to increase the state sales tax

by one percent to generate revenue for education funding.
OKLAHOMA
SQ 780
Law Enforcement
Was designed to
reclassify certain
property offenses
and simple drug
possession
misdemeanor
crimes
OKLAHOMA
OKLAHOMA
SQ 781
Law Enforcement
Was designed to use money saved

by reclassifying certain property
and drug crimes as misdemeanors
outlined in State Question 780 to
fund rehabilitative programs
OKLAHOMA
SQ 790 SQ 792
Religion
Was designed to repeal

Section 5 of
Article 2 of the
Oklahoma
Constitution,
which prohibits
public money from being
spent for religious
purposes
Alcohol
Was designed to allow

grocery stores and
convenience stores to
sell full-strength beer
and wine
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SQ776 discusses death penalty in OK

BY STAFF REPORTS
Every week until November 2, the

Owasso Reporter will cover each of
the seven state question in detail and
present both sides of the issue to give
citizens a chance to decide for themselves whether to vote for or against
it on the November 8 ballot. We will
start with SQ777. All information is
courtesy of the Oklahoma Policy Institute and the Oklahoma State Election Board.
The rst question on the November
8 ballot State Question 776 deals
with the death penalty in Oklahoma
and establishes state constitutional
mandates relating to the issue and
addresses methods of execution for
inmates on or to be on death row.
If approved, SQ776 will add a new
section to Section 9A of Article 2
of the Oklahoma Constitution, authorizing the Legislature to impose
any form of execution, even if a specic means of capital punishment is
deemed invalid. It also states the ballot item will allow death sentences
to remain in effect until they can be
carried out by any method not prohibited by the U.S. Constitution.
The Oklahoma death penalty law,
enacted in 1976, has been consistently applied by Oklahoma elected
officials, with the state executing 191
men and three women between 1915
and 2014 at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary (one by hanging, 82 by electrocution and 111 by lethal injection).
Statutes specically allow gas inhalation, electrocution, and ring squad
as backups to the primary form of execution by lethal injection. The death
penalty is legal in 31 states and illegal
in 19.
In October 2015, Oklahoma suspended executions for a review of
lethal injection protocols. One of the
drugs most commonly used for lethal
injection is sodium thiopental, which
is no longer manufactured in the
United States. In 2011, the European
Commission imposed restrictions on
the export of certain drugs used for
lethal injections in the United States.
As a result, many states no longer
The execution chamber is located in Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.

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have the drugs used to carry out lethal injection. Oklahoma has turned
to other drugs as a substitute for
sodium thiopental. However, recent
instances of executions around the
country in which alternative drugs
were used may have produced adverse outcomes, and recent problems with the administration of the
death penalty in Oklahoma even led
to a lawsuit that reached the U.S. Supreme Court.
For example, during Oklahomas
attempted execution of Clayton
Lockett in April 2014, his vein apparently ruptured, causing him to
writhe for about 45 minutes before
the execution was halted. He died of
a heart attack minutes later. Another
man on death row, Charles Warner,
challenged the use of the drug midazolam in the execution protocol.
In January 2015, he was executed. It
was later discovered that the Department of Corrections had used the
wrong drug.
A grand jury investigation of Oklahomas botched executions did not
return any indictments but did nd
numerous aws in the states execution protocol and in state officials
conduct related to executions. The
courts put all executions in the state
on hold during the investigation, and
they remain on hold until Oklahoma
approves a new execution protocol.
Arguing that Oklahomas right to
carry out the death penalty was under threat, lawmakers proposed Senate Joint Resolution 31 in 2015. The
Legislature overwhelmingly passed

the measure, sending SQ 776 to the
ballot. In June 2015, the U.S. Supreme
Court upheld the states execution
protocol on a 5-4 vote in the case of
Glossip v. Gross. However, a 2016 ruling in a death penalty case in Arkansas could lead the U.S. Supreme Court
to re-examine its Glossip decision.
Supporters of SQ776 say that
since the death penalty is legal in
Oklahoma, it has a history of support
from officials and the general public,
and the states ability to carry it out
must be protected at a higher, constitutional level. Additionally, there
is a chance that certain drugs used
in lethal injections, or even the use
of lethal injection itself, will be ruled
unconstitutional. They say Oklahoma
needs options so that the death penalty can continue to be used, and it
should have more exibility to designate and use any available, legal
method of execution.
Opponents of the ballot item cite
inconsistent application of it as a
punishment, a preference for life sentences, and the increasing frequency
of exonerations. They say this measure could make it much more difficult to rule Oklahomas death penalty
unconstitutional and could make use
of barbaric practices such as the ring squad more likely. They also claim
the amendments only purpose is to
undermine the current moratorium
resulting from the recent mistakes in
the administration of the lethal drug
method of execution.
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State Questions
Your guide on Oklahoma State Questions | November 8, 2016
OKLAHOMA
SQ 776 SQ 777
OKLAHOMA
Death Penalty

that all methods of
execution shall be
United States
Constitution, and
by the legislature

constitutional guarantee for farmers and
ranchers to engage in farming and ranching practices
OKLAHOMA
SQ 790
OKLAHOMA
SQ 780
Law Enforcement
Was designed to reclassify
certain property offenses
and simple drug
possession
misdemeanor
crimes
OKLAHOMA
Agriculture
Religion
OKLAHOMA
SQ 781
Law Enforcement
Was designed to use money

saved by reclassifying certain
property and drug crimes as
misdemeanors outlined in
State Question 780 to
Was designed to
repeal Section 5
of Article 2 of the
Oklahoma
Constitution,
which
prohibits
public money
from being spent
for religious
purposes
SQ 779
Taxes
Was designed to increase the state sales

tax by one percent to generate revenue
for education funding.
OKLAHOMA
SQ 792
Alcohol

grocery stores and
convenience stores to sell
full-strength beer and wine
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OKLAHOMA
SQ 776 SQ 777
OKLAHOMA
Death Penalty

that all methods of
execution shall be
United States
Constitution, and
by the legislature
Agriculture

constitutional guarantee for farmers and
ranchers to engage in farming and ranching practices
OKLAHOMA
SQ 780
Law Enforcement
Was designed to
reclassify certain
property offenses
and simple drug
possession
misdemeanor
OKLAHOMA
SQ 779
Taxes
Was designed to increase the state

sales tax by one percent to generate
revenue for education funding.
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2016
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OKLAHOMA
SQ 781
Law Enforcement
OKLAHOMA
SQ 790
Was designed to use money

saved by reclassifying certain
property and drug crimes as
misdemeanors outlined in
State Question 780 to
Religion
Was designed to repeal

Section 5 of Article 2 of the
Oklahoma Constitution,
which prohibits
public money
from being
spent for
religious
purposes
OKLAHOMA
SQ 792
Alcohol

grocery stores and
convenience stores to
sell full-strength beer
and wine
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