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Three candidates are seeking Allen School Board Seat No. 1, a 5-year term which comes up for election this next month, February 9th. All voters are urged to go to their polling places and cast ballots for their choice of representative on this important board.

Challenging the incum-bent, Jeff Maloy, are Jamie Rinehart and Charlie Bea-vers. Mr. Beavers has not responded to our requests for information but we would like to introduce you to the other candi-dates.

Jami K. Rinehart has lived in Allen for 22-years. She and her husband of 21 years, Willis Rinehart, have three sons, Lesley, Bradley and Shane.

The Allen High and Ju-nior High Power Lifting Team traveled to Prague for their fi rst competition of the season. Congratula-tions to the team for bring-ing home the champion-ship title from the Prague Invitational Tournament.

Competing and their results were:

7th Grade 114 lb Class – Billy

Cradduck, 1st, 400 total 123 lb Class – Gage

Jimboy, 5th, 380 total 148 lb Class – Gage

Husband, 1st, 660 total 148 lb Class – Kylan

Sanders, 300 total8th Grade

105 lb Class – Alex Rie-buck, 1st, 365 total

105 lb Class – Larry Sanders, 2nd, 345 total

123 lb Class – Airyn Knighten, 4th, 500 total

148 lb Class – Rylan Black, 535 total

181 lb Class – Kason Smith, 2nd, 725 total

198 lb Class – Nathaniel Rinehart, 1st, 975 total

198 lb Class – Jacob Reeves, 3rd, 670 total

198 lb Class – Conner Wilson, 5th, 570 total

220 lb Class – Colton Dyer, 2nd, 700 total

HWT Class – Brayden Edwards, 3rd, 750 total

HWT Class – Colton Howard, 5th, 710 total

HWT Class – Mika Walker, 650 total

HWT Class – Alex Wof-ford, 510 total

High School 132 lb Class – Trep

Leonard, 6th, 610 total 145 lb Class – Wyatt

Murphy, 7th, 700 total 157 lb Class – Colton

Browning, 1st, 1140 total 157 lb Class – Garrett

Wallis, l6th, 820 total 157 lb Class – Braylee

Dickerson, 10th, 770 total 168 lb Class – Auston

Hamilton, 1st, 1150 total 168 lb Class – Tyler

Rinehart, 2nd, 990 total 168 lb Class – Rush

Black, 10th, 840 total 181 lb Class – Jackie

Knighten, 5th, 940 total 181 lb Class – Chisum

Lee, 7th, 905 total 181 lb Class – Michael

Ronis, 500 total

198 lb Class – Brett Mann, 1st, 1190 total

198 lb Class – Trapper Simpson, 4th, 1000 total

198 lb Class – Chris Nelson, 8th, 880 total

220 lb Class – Tyler Cooper, 1st, 1265 total

220 lb Class – Joe How-shar, 4th, 1160 total

220 lb Class – Colton Frederick, 9th, 1000 total

242 lb Class – John Bai-ley, 2nd, 1140 total

242 lb Class – Jake Linker, 7th, 1025 total

242 lb Class – Tanner Wofford, 8th, 1005 total

275 lb Class – Jon Janda, 5th, 945 total

275 lb Class – Mark Huitt, 8th, 855 total

HWT Class – Michael Morrison, 615 total

HWT Class – Kordell Sloan, 700 total

Team ResultsAllen, 128 (A)1. Drumright, 792. Chisholm, 63 (A)3. Konawa, 54 (2A)4. Hartshorne, 53 (B)5. Wetumka, 50 (2A)6. Wellston, 43 (2A)7. Okemah, 36 (2A)8. Holdenville, 329. Strothers, 32 (B)10. Caddo, 25 (2A)11. Wewoka, 22 (2A)12. Crooked Oak, 2113. Prague, 19 (2A)14. Pawnee, 18 (2A)15. Luther, 1816.

A native of Broken Ar-row, Oklahoma, Jami

graduated high school there and has attended Wes Watkins Technology and East Central Universi-ty. Currently working for the United States Postal Service as a rural carrier, she has also worked in the medical records depart-ment of Healthback Home Health.

Jami stated, “My goals for the Allen School Dis-trict are to collaborate with the students, teachers and staff to ensure and maintain a high quality of education.”

Jeff Maloy was appoint-ed to the Board in 2011 and currently holds the offi ce of Vice President. A 1993 graduate of Allen High School, Jeff earned a degree from Coastal Caro-lina Community College in 1996.

Jeff served in the US Marine Corps as a Combat Engineer from 1993 to 1997. After leaving the Corps, he worked several years with Steve’s Heat and Air Condition here in Allen before going to CenterPoint Energy. The past six years he has been employed by MarkWest Oklahoma Gas.

He and his wife, Sara, have two children, Alyssa, an 8th grader in the Allen Junior High, and Luke, a 6th grade student.

Jeff told the Advocate he has been honored to be

Powerlifters Bring home fi rst Championship of the Season

Allen School Board election Feb. 9

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Congratulations to the Allen Power Lifting Team for winning the Prague Invitational Tournament. Pictured standing are Coach Zach Sullivan, Brett Man, Auston Ham-ilton, Colten Browning, Colton Frederick, Rush Black, Chris Nelson, Tyler Rinehart, Michael Lindsey, Joe Howshar, Jake Linker, Jonathan Bailey, Braylee Dickerson, Michael Morrison, Tanner Wofford, Trapper Simpson and Tyler Cooper; kneeling are Kordell Sloan, Garrett Wallis, Jackie Knighten, Chisum Lee, Jon Janda, Michael Roniss, Trep Leonard and Wyatt Murphy

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Devotion of the WeekSEEDS OF HOPE

Everyone looks forward to a New Year and the hope it represents. “Well wishers” come at us from every direction wanting us to reap a harvest of joy and happiness, peace and prosperity. A “good new year” is a universal desire that everyone seeks. But how can we assure ourselves of having a Happy New Year? The answer comes from Isaiah 41:10.

First, we must honor the two “nots”—do not be afraid and do not be dismayed. Fear and dismay will disturb our minds, trouble our souls and destroy our health. Only as we place our faith in the goodness and grace of God will our fears evaporate and dismay vanish.

Second, add the two “I ams”—I am with you and I am your God. Our God is always with us and we are never beyond His reach. When problems arise He wants to solve them. When needs arise He will meet them. When foes would destroy us He will conquer them. When storms appear He will calm them.

Third, we need to mix them with the three “I wills.” I will strengthen you. He has all the strength we need with some to spare. I will help you. Here is help that is seeking us and is sufficient for every situation. I will uphold you. With what? The very same hands that hold the universe together!

If we want 2016 to be a Happy New Year we must begin every day of every week of every month of the year reading God’s Word and spending time in prayer.

Smile of the WeekSay, Bill” a man said to his pal, “How do you like your

new job?”“It’s the worst job I ever had.”“How long have you been there?”“About three months.”“Why don’t you quit?”“No way. This is the first time in 20 years that I’ve looked

forward to going home.”

We welcome stories, letters to the editor and photos. Each month we will give $25.00 to the best article or photo submitted.

January is the month that many folks decide to start an exercise program (I am not among those).

Mark Lowry shared his thoughts on exercise . . . “Who invented exercise? Why do our bodies need it?

Mine has done just fine without it for over thirty years. I know our bodies are the temples of the Lord, but show me where Jesus ever jogged. We have no record of the Lord doing sit-ups. None whatsoever. Everywhere in the Bible that it talks about the Lord’s mode of transportation, it says He either walked or rode a donkey.

Jesus didn’t run on the water. He walked on the wa-ter.

Paul said that physical exercise profiteth little. I agree with him. Every time I’ve ever exercised, it profited very little.

All right, I’ll admit it. I did try jogging once. I went all out too. I bought some very expensive sweats. I spent ten to fifteen dollars on the tennis shoes alone. I even bought a sweatband for my head. What I needed was a sweatband for my body. I hate to sweat.

That fateful morning, I put on my sweats, tromped out-side, and tried to jog around the block. I did okay for the first forty-five seconds. Then my heart started racing. My heart hadn’t felt like that since I ran the thirty-six-minute mile in high school. (That was probably the Guinness Book of World Records entry for the event. By the time I came in from that race, all the other kids had showered, shaved, and were halfway home.)

Still, I was but there – jogging. Blisters were forming inside those ten-dollar sneakers, and I figured my heart was supposed to feel like it was pumping blood for the whole county. By the time I’d gotten to the third house down from mine, my sweatpants, sweatshirt, and sweat-band were totally soaked with sweat. All I needed was a bar of soap, and I could’ve skipped the shower. Then my side started feeling like someone had snuck up behind me and stuck a hot poker into it.

I doubled over somewhere near house number four.

Through my legs, I saw some little kids waiting on the school bus. There was one little snotty-nosed kid smacking his lips. He was pointing at me, saying, “Hey, maybe that guy’ll drop dead, and we can try out the CPR we learned yesterday at school!”

I gave him the dirtiest look I could muster, the same one I’d been giving everything since I left my house.

When I finally got back home, I put my tennis shoes away. I haven’t seen them since. I threw my sweat-pants in the corner of my closet. They’re still stand-ing there. My sweatband has crystallized and is mak-ing a nice salt block for the neighbor’s cat.

I haven’t totally given up on exercise.

My dad’s always said he was gonna start jogging just as soon as he passes a jogger with a smile on his face.

I’ve seen those beautiful bodies on the talk shows. And I must admit those people look really good. But when they’re asked how any hours a day they spend in the gym, the an-swer is always two to three hours every single day!

Who has two to three hours a day to spend in the gym? I certainly don’t.

Instead, I just tuck that extra fat roll deeper into my pants. It may be getting harder and harder to hold in

my stomach, but it doesn’t take two or three hours a day.

Yet. The last time I was part

of an exercise program was in Ft. Ord, California. I didn’t enjoy it then and have no desire to start one now.

Enough of this about ex-ercise, in fact it has made me hungry. It is time for a Pepsi, cheeseburger and Snickers.

—CC— Speaking of exercise . . . Cliff Young was not your

typical marathon runner. A scrawny, 61-year-old Aus-tralian potato farmer who still lived with his mom, Young didn’t even own a pair of running shoes. So, in 1983 when he signed up to compete in one of the world’s most grueling ultra-marathons – a weeklong 544-mile footrace from Sydney to Melbourne – people just laughed. Young, after all, was a running punchline.

He trained by chasing cows around his farm. He jogged in rubber boots and went without teeth because his dentures rattled too much.

When race day came, he lined up with 10 young, world-class marathoners – many of whom had cor-porate sponsors embla-

zoned across their chest. Sponsorless, Young wore a cheap pair of sneakers – his first – and ratty wind pants with holes cut in them for ventilation.

When the starting gun fired, the pack left the old man in the dust. He shuf-fled at a turtle’s pace and his hands drooped awkwardly by his hips. Onlookers were afraid he would col-lapse. But Young had a secret – he didn’t need to sleep. Decades of herding sheep by foot had not only given him insane running endurance, but it had also conditioned him to stay awake for nights on end. When Young’s competitors caught a few winks that night, the slow and steady farmer napped for a measly two hours before quietly shuffling to the top of the leaderboard – and he never looked back.

In just two days, Young slept three hours and ran 200 miles. When he crossed the finish line, he had beaten the course record by about two days. The closest run-ner lagged 10 hours behind him. The sexagenarian was awarded a $10,000 cash prize, but he was never in it for the money. Instead, he gave every penny to the next five competitors to cross the line.

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on the Board of the local school for the past six years. Many improvements to the campus have been made and several projects are underway that he hopes to see to completion. “This is my hometown and my school, I want only the best for both and look forward to another term serving the people of the area.”

Allen High School grad-uate Tyler Grant Rowsey has always possessed a love for sciences, but de-veloped an appreciation for research while serving as an intern at the Dean McGee Eye Institute in Oklahoma City last sum-mer.

His research experience and findings will be shared at the Fourth Annual Dr. Raniyah C. Ramadan Neuroscience Symposium on Thursday, Jan. 28, at 1 p.m. in ECU’s Foundation Hall of the Chickasaw Business and Conference Center.

The Ramadan Sym-posium, which is free and open to the public, is named in honor of the late Dr. Raniyah Ramadan, who was a research scien-tist in neuro-ophthalmol-ogy. The symposium will feature three other speak-ers from the neuroscience field and the University of Oklahoma Health Sci-ences Center - Dr. Anne Kasus-Jacobi, Dr. Dar-ren Lee and Dr. Phillip Coburn, along with Dr. David Weir, director of the Dr. Raniyah C. Ramadan Center for Undergraduate

Research and Learning on the ECU campus.

An ECU senior and re-cipient of the Raniyah Ra-madan Scholarship gen-erously given by the Ra-madan family, Rowsey is gearing up for graduation this spring and is headed to medical school at the OU health and Sciences Center in the fall. He is part of ECU’s Presidential Leadership Program and McNair Scholars Pro-grams and majors in both biology and chemistry with a minor in mathemat-ics.

Working under Dr. Dim-itrios Karamichos at the Dean McGee Eye Insti-tute, Rowsey’s research centered on corneal dia-betes.

“Our investigation con-sisted of IGF-1 and IGF-2 on healthy corneal fibro-blasts,” said Rowsey. “It’s a relatively new field and there’s not a lot known about it.”

IGF-1 and IGF-2 refer to the insulin growth fac-tors in Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes, according to Rowsey, who will share his findings at the sympo-sium.

“I’m pretty excited. I like to give oral presenta-tions and have presented research at the Oklahoma Academy of Science,” Rowsey said. “I think it is fun to get up and tell about something you like to do. Dr. Karamichos is really smart, young and brilliant. He was great to work under and I learned a ton. He taught me a bunch of research techniques and how to be a successful researcher.”

Rowsey says Karam-ichos took him under his wing to the point of learning everything about the lab as well as having opportunities to shadow other researchers and get exposed to many types of

research. Rowsey has also worked

on a research project for the McNair Scholars Pro-gram with Dr. Charles Biles, professor in ECU’s Biology Department. Their project consists of the altered expression of isozymes on different spe-cies of fungal cells through treatment NSAIDs (non-steroidal anti-inflamma-tory drugs).

He has served as presi-dent of Tri-Beta (National Biological Honor Soci-ety), officer in the Chem-istry Club and held office in the Sigma Tau Gamma for two years at ECU.

Rowsey played basket-ball, football and golf while running track at

Allen High School and was part of FFA as well as being involved in different leadership organizations.

Dr. Tawfik Z. Ramadan, the father of the late Ra-niyah Ramadan, and his family sponsor the event to honor their daughter, who was a research scientist in neuro-ophthalmology.

“Our daughter had a be-lief in promoting science and research, especially in the neuroscience field,” said Tawfik Ramadan. “We do this because we feel that we belong to ECU.”

Following are brief biog-raphies for the scheduled speakers for the sympo-sium:

Grant Rowsey to Present at Symposium

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I do not own a cat, how-ever, cats come into my back yard on a regular basis. I think they come into my yard to watch the birds. I have never seen them catch one but occa-sionally I have seen feath-ers in the yard that would indicate that a bird has been killed. One day this week I started to open my back door and saw a cat stretched out on the deck, seemingly enjoying the sun but I think that it was also watching the birds.

There is a gray one that I see sleeping on my deck on a regular basis. Some

mornings I also see a black cat asleep on top of the bird feeder box. Other days there is a brindle one that sleeps on one of the rails of the deck. Some of these cats that come into my yard may be strays but there are three that come into my yard on a regular basis that have collars on. I think they come into my yard because of the birds that come in to feed.

This week the brindle one was there. As I watched

it, I began to think about cats.

Why is it that a cat never catches a cold? They go outside, walk in the rain; perhaps get their feet wet. They wander around in the wet grass and even stay outside on a damp night and never sneeze or seem to have the sniffles. In the winter they may wander around in the snow with-out a warm scarf, a hat or mittens and they wear no galoshes on their feet. I never see a sick cat. It may be because I have

never owned cats or had one around on a regular basis.

On my last visit to Wash-ington D. C. to visit my daughter, Phylece, a cat that belonged to one of her neighbors, would come to her door every morning and Phylece would let it in. It would go immediate-ly go to the feed box that Phylece kept out for it, eat and then crawl up onto a chair where a cushion also had been made ready for her, and sleep until her owner would come for

her about dark each day and take her home. This happened on a daily basis all during my visit there.

At that time Phylece did not have a cat of her own but that cat surely knew that she had found a place to eat and sleep. Phylece now has a cat that she found sleeping on the en-gine of her car one morn-ing. She named the cat Piston. I have not heard her mention the neighbors cat lately. I may check that out.

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Betty Jean Walker of Norman died early Thurs-day, a few days after her 89th birthday. She was born January 9, 1927 in Allen, Oklahoma to Arthur and Zeral Kidwell.

She graduated from Al-len High School and then

attended East Central Col-lege in Ada. In 1946, she married Aaron Walker, a Lieutenant in the Army Air Corps, and between 1947

and 1955 they had five sons.

Over the course of a 36 year career as a military officer’s wife, she lived in various locations around the world, including two tours in Germany, sev-eral years in Hawaii, plus Bangkok, Thailand and Ri-yadh, Saudi Arabia. Their last military post was at the Presidio in San Fran-cisco, where they retired in 1979. They lived in

Norman 1974-1976 where Aaron served as Professor of Military Science at the University of Oklahoma.

In the mid 1980’s she be-gan her second career when they bought a house on the central Florida coast in Sat-ellite Beach and invested in their son Bruce’s on-going skateboard manu-facturing and distribu-tion business. Produc-ing skateboards under the Walker Skateboards label, Betty served as Of-fice Manager and Book-keeper for over 18 years. She also served as a Nurse volunteer at various times over the years.

Betty was preceded in death by her son David in 1979 and by her husband Aaron in 2003.

She is survived by four sons, Philip, and his wife, Sue of Fort Collins, Col-orado, Bruce of Cocoa Beach, Florida, Stanley and his wife Waynette of Flower Mound, Texas, and Steven and his wife Jill of Norman, Oklaho-ma; twelve grandchildren, Angela, Jason, Eric, Ge-neva, Courtney, Chelsey, Charlie, Chynna, Bailey, Joe, Graham, Nathan; sev-en great-grandchildren, Aryana, Emily, Gray-son, Elijah, Aaron, Ethan, and Alek; plus nieces, nephews and cousins in Oklahoma, Arizona, Kan-sas, Florida, Massachu-setts and Colorado.

She will be buried at Fort Sill National Cemetery in Elgin, Oklahoma [date to be determined].

In lieu of flowers, con-tributions may be sent to Oklahoma Medical Re-search Foundation.

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Seems like the last few weeks have been marked by a lot of crime in Okla-homa. When the crime rates go up for certain crimes, the citizens will turn to lawmakers for relief. Thus the clamor for new laws is frequent and loud. Never mind it’s often already illegal to commit those crimes. For instance, jillions of wrecks caused by drivers texting and using their cell phones caused the legislature to pass a law against cell phones. But wait! It’s already against the law to do anything that distracts the driver from his driving. Distracted driving would for sure include texting, and using the phone to talk. Tuning your radio is already un-lawful (while driving) as is reading a book or eating your hamburger. But we go ahead and pass more laws anyway.

Stealing has always been unlawful but when the automobile became com-mon fare on our roads thieves also found them attractive. In fact, stealing cars became so common it replaced “horse theft” as a most hated crime. It wasn’t long after automo-biles suddenly became a common sight that legisla-tures had not only fi gured out ways to tax the auto-mobile by making drivers buy a tag, larceny of an automobile soon became the subject of new and sometimes redundant laws on the books. Stealing my car is now worse than stealing my horse--except they don’t hang you for it--not to mention the fact I don’t own a horse

Crimes against livestock stealing would be a hang-ing offense now if live-stock farmers had their

way. Cows and calves are pretty pricey these days and there is a handy sale barn in just about every town. Stockmen like to move calving cows closer to the house these days. Leave a new calf out in the fi eld and it may just vanish. A rustler can stop his vehicle, cross over the fence and carry a calf back, go by the sale barn and get cash. An even safer way is to just take it home and let it grow up like it’s a member of your own herd. Anyway, these losses often spell some serious loss for the honest stockman. Since it’s al-ready unlawful to rustle a calf, maybe they can pass a law against lifting them over a fence.

If you think you need to go steal something, how about a trailer? These things are untagged, usu-ally without a title and are really hard to trace. Most of us don’t really want to tag our trailers since it would just be another expense but until trail-ers are tagged it’s going to be very hard to track down those that are stolen. Makes me wish I had one. Guess I could just go steal one.

Funny thing about steal-ing, we often think we know who did it in the fi rst place. We just need proof. For example, when I was in the 3rd grade, Garvin Moore (who had the lucrative Ada News paper route) brought some quarters to school. He was showing off and repeat-edly counted and stacked his quarters in front of the impoverished kids in his Centrahoma class. Mrs. Downard asked Garvin to put away the quarters. But he kept on getting them out. Finally there was an anguished scream: Garvin

was short one quarter. We all knew who took the quarter but the teacher was a sensitive lady. She told all the girls to go stand by the blackboard. Everyone knows girls don’t steal.

She had each boy stand by his desk with his pock-ets turned out. One boy, the main and immediate suspect, didn’t turn his out. When asked why, he answered his teacher with this: “Aw, Ms. Pearl, you

know I don’t steal.” But Ms Downard urged him to go ahead since she had all the other boys do it. He did. The quarter hit the floor like a bomb. The thief quickly erupted: “It’s a plant!” Guess he had watched too many of those Friday night movies over at the school auditorium.

Hope all of you have a good weekend and go to church Sunday, but don’t steal any quarters. Or do we need a law?

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Do you have faith in God? Do you really trust God and demonstrate your faith in Him by doing as He commands? Before you answer, consider this imaginary story.

A man fell off a cliff, but managed to grab a tree limb on the way down. So he prayed, “Is anyone up there?” A voice replied, “I am here. I am the Lord. Do you believe me?” The man replied, “Yes, Lord, I believe. I really believe, but I can’t hang on much longer. The Lord said, “That’s all right, if you really have faith in me, you have nothing to worry about. I will save you. Just let go of the branch.” There was a pause and fi nally the man said, “Is anyone else up there?”

It is so easy for us to claim to have faith in God, but it is most diffi cult to prove that our claim is genuine by doing what He commands. Like the man in this imaginary story, we want to be saved on our terms rather than by doing as God commands.

God ask Abraham to prove his faith by offering his son, Isaac as a sacrifi ce. Abraham made all the

preparations to offer Isaac. He bound Isaac and was ready to plunge the knife into Isaac when God’s angel stopped Abraham. The angel said, “Do not do anything to him. Now I know that you fear God, because you have not withheld from me your son, your only son.” (Gen 22:12) Abraham proved his faith and reverence for God by doing as God commanded. We must examine our lives. Do your actions of obedience to God demonstrate that you have faith in God? Or, are you like the man in the story, wanting to be saved but not willing to trust God enough to obey him?

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This is local preacher Keith Warren’s fi rst book. Keith gives numerous biblical examples of God’s grace and the faith of his people. This is a plainspoken and heartfelt examination of God’s Word that gives the readers a straightforward insight into how our Salvation and very existence is evidence of God’s grace and reminds us that faith is the proper response to his greatest gift to us, Jesus Christ.

Keith is currently an elder and preacher at the Atwood church of Christ.

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—O&A— Kaylien Johnson came for a visit with her Poppy and

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—O&A— J.B. and Paula Nelson and Pam Price joined Heather

Nelson of Pawhuska and her friend Ellen Kilgore of Oklahoma City in Tulsa where they attended a perfor-mance of the Broadway show “A Chorus Line” at the Performing Arts Center.

—O&A— Terry Hogue of Longview, Texas was out & about

a few days this past week visiting his mother, JoeAnn Hogue. He also enjoyed visiting with other family and friends.

—O&A— Happy Birthday to Thurman Rinehart who turned 80

on January 23rd. He was joined for a birthday dinner by his children at an Ada restaurant.

Meeting for the meal were Sherry Whitaker, Denise and Kevin Barber and Ben, and Rickey and Beverly Rinehart, all of Oklahoma City.

—O&A— Diane Miller of Tulsa was out & about this week

visiting with Fay Rinehart and Joy Nickell. She also visited with Jearl and Linda Knighten.

—O&A— Billy Lee Thompson was home on leave from Ft.

Carson, Colorado. The base is located near Colorado Springs.

Staying with his parents, Rick and Trina Thompson, Ricky and Brandi, he also visited his grandparents Bill and Deonna Griffin, Jearl and Linda Knighten, Mike Snyder, and other friends and family members.

—O&A— Lewis Johnson has returned home from a business

trip to the Seminole Nation’s Big Cypress Reservation near Hollywood, Florida. The journey home included a detour thru Washington DC.

Chief Johnson said the weather was 70+ in Florida but only 19º in the nation capitol, however he was pleased to report he missed the huge snow storm that struck the east coast.

—O&A— Darlene Davis of Pottsboro was out & about this week

visiting with her aunt Pat Shires. During her visit the ladies made a trip to Midwest City.

—O&A— Alden and Kelly Kidwell and Becca, along with

Alyssa Luttrell of Oklahoma City, traveled to Pampa, Texas this past weekend, Friday to Sunday, to help sister Davine Vernon celebrate her 47th birthday. They were guests in the home of Davine and Dave Vernon.

Joining them for the birthday dinner were Della and Ed Trimble, Dicky McCarn and sons Cory and Tyler, and Shane White and Toni.

Kierra Frederick was the guest of honor at an “Inside-Out” birthday party Saturday, January 16th. Kierra turned 7 on January 6, 2016. She was joined by a host of family and friends including Jessica, Tristen and Kye Melton, Brittanie, Brooklyn and Bayley Gordon, Ben Lewis, Kailee, Heath, and Gracie Trump, Carolyn and Grace Ross, Geraldine Frederick, Josh, Caleb and Michelle Jones, LaWayne Frederick, and her parents Jerry and Amanda Frederick.

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By HERMAN BROWNAllen correspondent

The Allen Lady Mus-tangs continue to check of important items on their ‘To Do’ list for the 2015-21016 basketball season.

Last week, Coach Jer-emy Strong’s AHS girls attempted to do the fol-lowing:

(1) remain unbeatenCheck! (2) win another tourna-

ment Check! (3) climb in the Class 2A

high school rankingsCheck! The Allen squad took

the court three times last week. The Lady Pirates

knocked off Earlsboro 47-21, Wellston 36-29 and Davenport 42-30. By doing so, AHS protected the unbeaten record and extended it to 15-0.

All three games came in the Pott County Invita-tional basketball tourna-ment near Shawnee. By sweeping the field, the Lady Mustangs added that title to crowns from the Pontotoc Conference tournament and the Moss Invitational tournament.

Allen also moved up from No. 9 to No. 8 in the latest Class 2A state rankings.

Life is GOOD right now for the fans of the Lady Mustang program. How-ever, there are still impor-tant goals on the ‘To Do’

list this season. It’s just too soon to be focused on those lofty notions.

Here is a review of the most recent success by the Allen girls:

The Lady Mustangs dominated the Earls-boro Lady Wildcats in the opening round of the Pott County tournament. Coach Strong’s squad notched a 26-point win at 47-21.

Allen led 12-3 after a quarter and 25-5 at the half. The margin was extended to 35-13 after three periods. The Lady Mustangs then outscored Earlsboro 12-8 down the stretch to secure the one-sided win at 47-21.

Sunzie Harrison led the scoring attack with 15 points. Faith Caldwell fol-lowed with 7 points while Charlea Leonard and Ken-nedy Prentice chipped in 6 points each.

Other scoring came from Alison Sells with 5 points and Hannah Heck and Al-ycia Evans with 4 points each.

The victory sent Al-len on to the tournament semifinals on Thursday. The second-round oppo-nent was Wellston. Coach Strong predicted - cor-rectly - the Lady Tigers of Wellston would be a dangerous opponent.

Wellston raced away to a 13-2 lead in the first quarter. That was not the kind of start the Lady Mustangs were hoping to have - trailing by 11 points so early in the contest. Luckily, they turned the tables on Wellston with a 12-1 scoring edge in the second quarter. The effort tied the teams at 14-14 going into halftime.

Wellston came out in the third stanza and outscored AHS, 9-7, to grab a 23-21 edge.

The Lady Mustangs re-sponded with a strong fourth-quarter rally. They outscored Wellston 15-6 down the stretch to pull out the semifinal win at 36-29.

Faith Caldwell led the scoring for the Lady Mus-tangs with 12 points. Char-lea Leonard was just under the double-digit scoring plateau with 9 points. Other scoring included

Sunzie Harrison with 5 points, Kennedy Prentice with 4, and Hannah Heck and Alycia Evans with 3 points each.

By taking down the Lady Tigers, Allen advanced to the championship finals to play the Davenport Lady Bulldogs on Saturday eve-ning.

The Lady Mustangs led 20-12 at the half to gain a

solid 8-point advantage. After the break, Dav-

enport rallied to cut the deficit to only three points at 26-23.

The game was very much on the line when the fourth quarter began. However, Allen went to work and outscored the Lady Bulldogs 16-7 over the final eight minutes. The effort extended the final margin to a dozen points at 42-30.

The Lady Mustangs launched into a champi-onship celebration when the clock melted away the final seconds.

Coach Strong got bal-anced scoring from his unbeaten squad. Faith Caldwell was tops with 12 points. Hannah Heck was next with an even 10 points. Charlea Leonard and Alison Sells chipped in 8 points each and Ken-nedy Prentice rounded out the total with 4 points.

Looking ahead, the schedule this week was to included a Jan. 26 trip to Asher to play the Lady Indians and then on Jan. 28 the Lady Mustangs will play at Sasakwa.

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AT A GLANCETri County TournamentPott County TournamentAllen 47, Earlsboro 21All - 12 - 13 - 10 - 12 - (47)Ear - 3 - 2 - 8 - 8 - (21) Allen scoring: Sunzie Harrison 15, Faith Caldwell 7,

Charlea Leonard 6, Kennedy Prentice 6, Alison Sells 5, Hannah Heck 4 and Alycia Evans 4.

---Jan. 21 - Semi-finalsAllen 36, Wellston 29All - 2 - 12 - 7 - 15 - (36)Wel - 13 - 1 - 9 - 6 - (29) Allen scoring: Faith Caldwell 12, Charlea Leonard 9,

Sunzie Harrison 5, Kennedy Prentice 4, Hannah Heck 3 and Alycia Evans 3.

---Championship finalsAllen 42, Davenport 30All - 8 - 12 - 6 - 16 - (42)Dav - 6 - 6 - 11 - 7 - (30) Allen scoring: Faith Caldwell 12, Hannah Heck 10,

Charlea Leonard 8, Alison Sells 8 and Kennedy Pren-tice 4.

Lady Mustangs check off ‘to do’ items

Game Rescheduled

The Mustangs’ home game against Hartshorne, originally scheduled for January 14th and cancelled due to conflicts, has been rescheduled to be played this Monday, February 1st. The girls’ game will begin at 6:30, followed by the boys taking the court.

That night will also have the junior high teams on the road, traveling to Tu-pelo.

Eleven seniors will be honored next Friday eve-ning, February 5th, just prior to the last home bas-ketball game. Seven mem-bers of the Lady Mustang team and four from the boys’ team, along with their parents, will be on the court at 6:00 p.m. be-fore the locals take on the Stonewall Longhorns.

Members of the girls’ team to be honored are Charlea Leonard, Alycia Evans, Alison Sells, Ken-nedy Prentice, Hannah Heck, Brooke Holcomb and stat keeper Kelly Os-borne.

Mustangs to be honored are Drew Back, Christian Henry, Fernando Medina and Tommy Lee Peay.

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(Acquired at Resale) Notice is hereby given, pursuant to the receipt of bid, that I, Glenda Gonderman, County Treasurer of Pontotoc County,

Oklahoma, will on the 22nddayofFebruary,2016,beginningat9:00a.m.atmyofficeinAdaOklahomasellseparatelythehereinafter described tracts, parcels, or lots of land, all situated in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma and heretofore acquired by said county at the resale authorized by 68 O.S. Sec3125. Following the description of each property offered for sale is the name of the bidder and the amount bid as follows:

Description: Lots 8 & 9 Block 2 North Hammond Heights #2Bidder: Alonzo AlbertAmount Bid: $100.00

Description: Lot 10 Block 2 North Hammond Heights #2Bidder: Alonzo AlbertAmount Bid: $100.00

Description: Lot 3 Block 3 North Hammond Heights #2Bidder: Alonzo AlbertAmount Bid: $100.00

Description: Lot 7 Block 3 North Hammond Heights #2Bidder: Alonzo AlbertAmount Bid: $100.00

Description: Lot 2 Block 6 North Hammond Heights #2Bidder: Alonzo AlbertAmount Bid: $100.00

Description: Lots 1-3 Block 10 North Hammond HtsBidder: Alonzo AlbertAmount Bid: $100.00

The said properties will be separately sold to the highest competitive bidder, for cash in hand, or to the original bid-der at the amount bid if there be no higher bid offered, subject to the approval of the Pontotoc County Board of County Commissioners. The apportioned cost of advertisement and other expense incident to the said sale shall be paid by the purchaser, in addition to the amount bid upon said properties.

Witness my hand this 28th day of January, 2016.signed: Glenda GondermanPontotoc County Treasurer

(Published in The Allen Advocate on January 28, February 4 and 11, 2016)

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LEGAL NOTICEIN THE DISTRICT COURTOF PONTOTOC COUNTY

STATE OF OKLAHOMANo. CV-2015-143

James L. Preston; Laurie Preston; Corrie Cascades; Brian Riesberg, Mark A. Waggoner and Lisa G. Waggoner, Plaintiffs,vs.

The Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Trustees, and Assigns and Unknown Successors of Lizzie Parnacher, Full-Blood Chickasaw, Roll No. 954, deceased, and Nonles Parnacher; Julia Parnacher, now Tyson; Louina Parnacher, now Alexander; Nancy Parnacher; Elsie Parnacher, now Johnson; Lloyd Parnacher; Floyd Parnacher; Edward Parnacher; and Francis Parnacher, if living, or if deceased, their unknown successors, Defendants.

ALIAS NOTICE BY PUBLICATIONTHE STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: The heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, assigns, and unknown

successors of Lizzie Parnacher, Full-Blood Chickasaw, Roll No. 954, deceased, and Nonles Parnacher; Julia Parnacher, now Tyson; Louina Parnacher, now Alexander; Nancy Parnacher; Elsie Parnacher, now Johnson; Lloyd Parnacher; Floyd Parnacher; Edward Parnacher; and Francis Parnacher, if living, or if de-ceased, their unknown successors;YouandeachofyouareherebynotifiedthatJamesL.Preston,LauriePreston,

Corrie Cascades, Brian Riesberg, Mark A Waggoner, and Lisa G. Waggoner, asplaintiffs,havefiledanAmendedPetition in theDistrictCourtofPontotocCounty, Oklahoma, in the above numbered and styled cause of action, suing you, the heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, assigns, and unknown successors of Lizzie Parnacher, Full-Blood Chickasaw, Roll No. 954, deceased, and Nonles Parnacher, Julia Parnacher, now Tyson, Louina Parnacher, now Alexander, Nancy Parnacher, Elsie Parnacher, now Johnson, Lloyd Parnacher, Floyd Parnacher, Edward Parnacher, and Francis Parnacher, if living, or if de-ceased, their unknown successors, alleging that the said Lizzie Parnacher died possessed of the following described real property located in Pontotoc County, Oklahoma:

A tract of land located in the W/2 of Section 26, Township 3 North, Range 4 East, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the Northeast Corner of the NW/4 of said Section 26; thence S 00̊36’17”EalongtheEastlineofsaidNW/4adistanceof1985.18feet;thenceS89̊14’25”Wadistanceof660.60feet;thenceS00̊37’20”Eadistanceof661.83feet;thenceN89̊13’51”Eadistanceof660.40feettoapointontheEastlineoftheSW/4ofsaidSection26;thenceS00̊36’17”EalongtheEastlineofsaidSW/4adistanceof1000.00feet;thenceS891̊1’09”Wadistanceof1961.83feet;thenceN00̊40’29”Wadistanceof1001.53feet;thenceN89̊13’51”Eadistanceof897.83feet;thenceN00̊36’17”Wadistanceof2647.61feettoapointontheNorthlineofsaidSection26;thenceN89̊16’08”Eadistanceof1065.22feettothe point of beginning, containing 99.787 acres, more or less; and,

A tract of land located in the W/2 of Section 26, Township 3 North, Range 4 East, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, more particularly described as follows: Commenc-ingattheNorthwestCornerofsaidSection26;thenceN89̊16’08”EalongtheNorth line of said Section 26 a distance of 514.38 feet to the point of beginning; thencecontinuingN89̊16’08”Eadistanceof1065.22feet;thenceS00̊36’17”Eadistanceof2647.61feet;thenceS89̊13’51”Wadistanceof897.83feet;thenceS00̊40’29”Eadistanceof1001.53feet;thenceS89̊11’09”Wadistanceof678.54feettoapointontheWestlineofSection26;thenceN00̊40’29”WalongtheWestlineofSection26adistanceof2539.73feet;thenceN89̊16’08”Eadistanceof514.38feet;thenceN00̊40’29”Wadistanceof1111.00feettothe point of beginning, containing 98.415 acres, more or less.

that the Plaintiffs are the owners of said real property and in actual possession thereof; that more than one year has elapsed since the death of and that there has been no judicial determination of the death and heirship of said Lizzie Par-nacher, Full-Blood Chickasaw, Roll No. 954, deceased; and that you, the heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees, assigns, and unknown successors of Lizzie Parnacher, Full-Blood Chickasaw, Roll No. 954, deceased, are claiming some right, title, or interest in said real property adverse to the right, title, and interest of the Plaintiffs. Further, that Nonles Parnacher, Julia Parnacher, now Tyson, Louina Parnacher, now Alexander, Nancy Parnacher, Elsie Parnacher, now Johnson, Lloyd Parnacher, Floyd Parnacher, Edward Parnacher, and Francis Parnacher, if living, or if deceased, their unknown successors, are claiming some right, title, or interest in said real property adverse to Plaintiffs. In said Amended Petition Plaintiffs pray for judgment against you, and each of you, determining that you have no right, title, or interest in said real property, and pray that you be required to show what right, title, or interest in said real property you now have, if any, adverse to the right, title, and interest of the Plaintiffs therein. Plaintiffs further pray that the death and heirship of Lizzie Parnacher, Full-Blood Chickasaw, Roll No. 954, deceased, be determined specifying who those persons were or are who were entitled to take title to said real property upon the death of Lizzie Parnacher, Full-Blood Chickasaw, Roll No. 954, deceased, and determining the undivided proportion thereof which each took or was entitled to take under the succession laws of Oklahoma. Plaintiffs further pray that you, and each of you, be perpetually barred and enjoined from asserting any right, title, or interest in saidrealproperty,andforjudgmentquietingPlaintiffs’titlethereinagainstyou.YoumustanswertheAmendedPetitionfiledbythePlaintiffsonorbeforethe

25th day of February, 2016, or it will be accepted as true and judgment will be rendered against you, and each of you, decreeing the Plaintiffs to be the owners of said real property and entitled to exclusive possession thereof, and decreeing that you have no, and are enjoined from asserting any, right, title, or interest in said real property, and quieting title thereto in the Plaintiffs.

Given under my hand and seal this 13th day of January, 2016.KAREN DUNNIGAN, Court Clerk

Pontotoc County, OklahomaBy: /s/ S. Brady

DeputyJAMES R. SCRIVNER, P.C.120East14thStreetPostOfficeBox1373Ada,Oklahoma74820Attorney for the Plaintiffs (Published in The Allen Advocate on January 14, 21 and 28, 2016)

LEGAL NOTICEIN THE DISTRICT COURT

FOR PONTOTOC COUNTYSTATE OF OKLAHOMACase No. CV-2011-244

Joyce Jeannine Steele, Norma Jean Coplin and Paul A. Coplin, Plaintiffs,vs.

The Unknown Successors, Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Trust-ees and Assigns, Immediate and Remote, of George Underwood, Full-blood Chickasaw Indian Roll No.42; et al., Defendants.

THIRD ALIAS NOTICE BY PUBLICATIONSTATE OF OKLAHOMA, TO: Suzanne Summers Ducom, formerly Moser: Mary Frances Long, nee Wil-

liamson; Dana Ellis Deatherage; Tyrell Deaver; Andre Lamont Deaver; Joe Freeman; James Bryon Tompkins; David Tompkins; Angel Palmer; Suzan Lee Douglas Shown Harjo; Francine Nicole Douglas Ramirez; Cate Star Douglas; Denise-Jean Douglas; Freeland Douglas Wilson; Gregory Wilson Ahmadian; Julie Ann Wilson Bullard; Kenneth Thomas Wilson, II; Matthew Todd Wilson; Derrick Douglas; Donna Douglas; Stanley E. Douglas; Douglas Stanton Little; Kathryn Douglas Wilson; Debra Douglas Marlow; Richard Douglas; Amber Rae Buckley; Sara Von Buckley; LaKeta Thompson; Rodney Factor; Terry Factor; Mark Factor; Eren Kendall Moore; Vickie Thurston; Darlene Nicole Tatum; Ardell Brown; James Carson Clark; Tim Clark; Jo Ann Deaville; Bill Gray; Tamara Kay Blackmon; Robert D. Kennedy; Patti Gonzales; Preston Smith; Andrew Deaver; Richard Brown; James L. George; and Raymond Douglas, Jr., If living, and if Dead, their Unknown Successors, Heirs, Executors, Administrators, Devisees, Trustees and Assigns; YouareherebynotifiedthatPlaintiffsJoyceJeannineSteele,NormaJean

CoplinandPaulA.CoplinhavefiledtheirSecondAmendedPetitionagainstyouin the District Court of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, being Suit No. CV-2011-244 to judicially determine the deaths and heirships of certain predecessors in title to the real property, to determine the current owners of said real property and theirownershipshares,toquiettitleintheownersidentifiedinthePetitionandto partition the following described property located in Pontotoc County, State of Oklahoma, to-wit:

SURFACE AND SURFACE RIGHTS ONLYThe South 200 feet of the SW/4 of NE/4 and all of the SE/4 of NE/4 and all of

that part of the South 200 feet of SE/4 of NW/4 lying East of the Oklahoma City, Ada, and Atoka Railroad;

andAll of the NE/4 of SE/4 and all that part of the NW/4 of SE/4 lying East of the

Oklahoma City, Ada, and Atoka Railroad;andAll that part of the NE/4 of NE/4 of SW/4 lying East of the Oklahoma City, Ada,

and Atoka Railroad; All in Section 11, Township 3 North, Range 6 East, containing 116 acres,

more or less. and to obtain judgment establishing that Plaintiffs are fractional owners of said

property,allasmoreparticularlysetoutinPlaintiffs’SecondAmendedPetitionand to determine the deaths of:

George Underwood, Full-blood Chickasaw Indian Roll No.42; Simon Perry, Full Blood Chickasaw Indian Roll No.720; Casey Perry, Half-blood Chickasaw Indian; Eddie Williamson, nee Perry,¾-blood Chickasaw Indian; Rena George, formerly Sweezy, nee Perry, ¾-blood Chickasaw Indian; Amanda Deatherage, nee Perry, ¾-blood Chickasaw Indian; Kevin Floyd Deatherage; Lily Bigsnake, nee Perry, ¾-blood Chickasaw Indian; Josie Oliver, nee Perry, ¾-blood Chickasaw Indian; Hiawatha Eugene Perry, ¾-blood Chickasaw Indian; Gary J. Long; Mary Curtis Eaves; Frances Perry Johnson; William Howard Douglas, Jr.; Yvonne Gail Deaver; Albert Perry, Jr., ½ -blood Chickasaw Indian; Paul Hayden; Billy Lloyd Phillips; Alma Holmes, formerly Perry; Eren Kendall Nance; Samuel James Clark; Samuel Joe Clark; Donald Ray Clark; Darla Kay Brown; Guy C. Perry; Eva Perry Clark; Dennis Gene Douglas; Dan Edward Palmer, Jr.; Gene A. Clark; Billy Joe Perry; Jennie Ruth Seymour; Bonnie Ruth Gray; Lucy Perry Nelson; Albert Perry, Sr.; Bob Kennedy aka Robert Joe Kennedy; Jeri Maw aka Geraldine Maw; Bonnie Clark Brown; All Deceased,

And determining who were the particular persons who took or were entitled to take the above described real property of the said Decedents, and forever barring and enjoining the Defendants from asserting any right, title lien, estate, encumbrance, claim assessment or interest, in law or in equity, in and to the real property involved herein, except as set forth in the Second Amended petition.NOW,THEREFORE,youandeachofyouarefurthernotifiedthatyoumust

answerthePetitionfiledhereinonorbeforethe8thdayofMarch,2016,orsaidPetition will be taken as true and judgment rendered accordingly in favor of Plaintiffs and against you, and establishing that Plaintiffs are the fractional own-ers of the property, and all other relief requested all as more particularly set out in their Petition.

DATED this 15th day of January, 2016KAREN DUNNIGAN, Court Clerk

Pontotoc County, State of OklahomaBY:

DeputyKURT B. SWEENEY, OBA #17455Sweeney, Draper & Christopher PLLCP.O. Box 190 1320 Stone Bridge, Suite A, Ada, Oklahoma 74820(580) 332-7200 FAX (580) 332-7201Attorney for Plaintiffs (Published in The Allen Advocate on January 21, 28 and February 4, 2016)

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Case No. P-2016-06In the Matter of the Estate of JOSE E. ANCHONDO, Deceased. NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION

The State of Oklahoma to: The heirs, next of kin and creditors of the said Jose E. Anchondo, Deceased:YouareherebynotifiedthatJoeAnthonyJohnsonhasappliedforLettersof

Administration on said estate to be granted to him, and requested the Court to determine the identity of all heirs of the deceased, and that said Petition will be heard by said Court at the courtroom in the County Courthouse in the City of Ada,insaidCounty,onthe10thdayofFebruary,2016,at9:00o’clocka.m.,when and where all persons interested may appear and contest the same.WITNESSmyhandandsealofsaidCourtaffixedthis25th day of January,

2016.s/ S. Kessinger

JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURTDale Rex, OBA #31199Sweeney, Draper & Christopher, PLLCP. O. Box 190 Ada, OK 74821-0190580-332-7200Attorney for Petitioner (Published in The Allen Advocate on January 28, 2016)

LEGAL NOTICEIN THE DISTRICT COURT

IN AND FORPONTOTOC COUNTYSTATE OF OKLAHOMA

PB-2016-04In the Matter of the Estate of Charles Raymond McCutcheon, Deceased.

COMBINED NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND NOTICE OF HEARING TO: All persons interested in the Estate of Charles Raymond McCutcheon:YouareherebynotifiedthatonJanuary21,2016,thePetitioner,BettyJ.Mc-

Cutcheon,(1100S.Johnston,Ada,Oklahoma74820),filedintheDistrictCourtof County, a Petition for Summary Administration. The Petitioner has alleged that Charles Raymond McCutcheon, age 78, died on February 2, 2015, domiciled and residing in Ada, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma and that the total value of the decedent’spropertyinOklahomaislessthan$200,000.00.

On January 26, 2016, the Court appointed Betty J. McCutcheon as Special PersonalRepresentativeofdecedent’sestate.

In an Order for Combined Notice entered on January 26, 2016, the Court found that it should dispense with the regular estate proceedings prescribed by law, appoint a Special Personal Representative instanter, order notice to creditors and issue an order for hearing upon the Petition for Summary Administration, the finalaccountingandpetitionfordeterminationofheirs,legateesanddeviseesand distribution.

Pursuant to the Order for Combined Notice, all creditors having claims against Charles Raymond McCutcheon, deceased, are required to present the same, with a description of all security interest and other collateral, if any, held by each creditor with respect to such claim, to the Petitioner, Betty J. McCutcheon, 1100 S. Johnston, Ada, Oklahoma 74820,on or before the presentment date of Febru-ary 25, 2016, or the same will be forever barred. The claim of any creditor not shown in the petition will be barred unless the claim is presented to the Special Personal Representative on or before the presentment date.

Notice is hereby given that a hearing will be held on April 1, 2016, at 9:30 o’clockA.M.at thePontotocCountyCourthouse,Ada,Oklahoma,before theJudge of the District Court. At the hearing, the Court will decide whether to ap-provethePetitionforSummaryAdministrationandthefinalaccountandpetitionfor determination of heirs, legatees and devisees and distribution of the estate by thePetitioner.Thefinalaccountandpetitionfordeterminationofheirs,legateesanddeviseesanddistributionwillbefiledhereinonorbeforeMarch11,2016.YouareherebyadvisedthatyoumustfileobjectionstothePetitionforSum-

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determine at the hearing whether the will attached to the petition shall be admitted to probate, whether summary proceedings are appropriate and, if so, whether the estate will be distributed and to whom the estate will be distributed.

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Pre-K Student of the Week from Mrs. Harris’ class is Jessi Kay’Lynn Mann. Jessi was born September 11, 2010 in Ada, Oklahoma. Her family is Mom, Dad, Ty-ler, Levi, Brett and Papa.

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Pre-K Student of the Week from Mrs. Lax-ton’s class is Kingston Jett Prentice. Kingston was born January 18, 2011 in the Chickasaw Na-tion Medical Center, Ada, Oklahoma. His family is his sister Addison, mom Heather, and dad Derek.

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THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, JANUARY 28, 2016 - PAGE 11

By HERMAN BROWN

Allen correspondent The Allen Mustangs

earned the consolation championship last week at the Pott County Tourna-ment.

The six-day event was staged at North Rock Creek High School near Shawnee.

Coach Greg Mills’ Al-len team lost to the Well-ston Tigers in the open-ing round on Tuesday. However, the Mustangs bounced back to defeat the Macomb Hornets on Friday and took down the Wetumka Chieftain on Saturday.

In the opener, Allen led 18-12 in the first quarter and 26-25 at the half. But the Wellston Tigers rallied in the second half, includ-ing a 25-14 advantage in the fourth quarter. The result was a 69-59 loss by Allen.

Three players scored in double digits, including Logan George with 18 points and Josiah Jones and Christian Henry with 10 points each.

The balanced attack also featured Tommy Peay with 8 points, Ty Brown with 7, Hunter Simpson with 4 and Drew Back with 2.

The loss by the Mus-tangs dropped AHS into Friday’s consolation fi-nals. The opponent in the must-win game was the

Macomb Hornets. Allen fought to a 28-

23 advantage going into halftime. Then, in the third quarter, the Mus-tangs erupted for 29 points while limiting the Hornets to only three points. The surge carried Allen into the fourth quarter with a 57-26 lead. They were narrowly outscored (11-9) down the stretch but still won by 29 points at 66-37.

Once again, three play-ers soared into the dou-ble-digit scoring plateau. Logan George was tops again with a 19-point showing. Josiah Jones and Ty Brown added 13 points.

Tommy Peay just missed double digits with 9 points. Brendan McClure was next with 6 points. Tadyn Walker and Drew Back added 2 points and Tucker Elliott and Hunter Simp-son added 1 point each.

Friday’s victory sent Allen into the consolation finals. The Mustangs were joined by the Wetumka Chieftain.

The drama of the show-down evaporated quickly with a strong start by the Mustangs. Allen led 22-11 in the first quarter and 40-14 halftime cushion.

AHS went on to out-score the Chieftains 12-7 in the third quarter and 14-13 in the fourth. When the clock wound down at the

end, Wetumka was sitting on a 66-34 lead.

Tommy Peay was the leading scorer for the Mustangs with 14 points. Josiah Jones was sec-ond on the squad with 10 points. Brendan McClure was one point off the double-figure level with his 9-point game.

The other scoring fea-tured Christian Henry and Ty Brown with 6 points, Logan George and Drew Back with 5 points each.

Tadyn Walker and Jor-dan Stick scored 3 points each and Shane Rinehart and Hunter Simpson add-ed 2 points each to round out the scoring.

The consolation cham-pionship squad will return to action twice this week. The early game was at Asher on Jan. 26 and will be at Sasakwa on Jan. 28.

AT A GLANCEPott. County TournamentJan. 19 @ Northern Rock CreekWellston 69, Allen 59All - 18 - 8 - 17 - 14 - (59)Wel - 12 - 13 - 19 - 25 - (69) Allen scoring: Logan George 18, Josiah Jones 10,

Christian Henry 10, Tommy Peay 8, Ty Brown 7, Hunter Simpson 4 and Drew Back 2.

---Pott. County TournamentJan. 22 @ Northern Rock CreekAllen 66, Macomb 37All - 14 - 14 - 29 - 9 - (66) Mac - 9 - 14 - 3 - 11 - (37) Allen Scoring: Logan George 19, Josiah Jones 13,

Ty Brown 13, Tommy Peay 9, Brendan McClure 6, Tadyn Walker 2, Drew Back 2, Tucker Elliott 1 and Hunter Simpson 1.

---Pott. County TournamentJan. 23 @ Northern Rock CreekAllen 66, Wetumka 34Wet - 11 - 3 - 7 - 13 - (34) All - 22 - 18 - 12 - 14 - (66) Allen Scoring: Tommy Peay 14, Josiah Jones 10,

Brendan McClure 9, Christian Henry 6, Ty Brown 6, Logan George 5, Drew Back 5, Tadyn Walker 3, Jordan Stick 3, Shane Rinehart 2 and Hunter Simpson 2..

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Mustangs earn consolation title in tournamentAllen comes back to down Macomb and Wetumka

This was one of those Sundays when attendance is down, and those who are here feel a bit like the prover-bial “remnant.” ‘Tis the after Christmas season when colds, flu, and the feelin’ poorly “blahs” set in.

David McMahan’s father passed away January 21st. For many years after he retired from his job, Mr. Mc-Mahan did volunteer work with a Southern Baptist group who worked on church building and repair proj-ect. He was well into his 90s and in ill health before he retired from this volunteer work. Mr. McMahan was a remarkable gentleman, and we extend our sympathy to his family.

It doesn’t tie in with anything else in the church news, but a conversation about getting a tractor out of the mud bog brought question to mind. According to the ancient Sabbath laws, would the Pharisees think a stuck-in-the-mud tractor is equivalent to an ox stuck in the ditch? Even if they did, though, the rest of us couldn’t drag chairs out to watch them get that tractor out of the bog because that would be committing the sin of plowing on the Sabbath.

Tom Spillman sang “Peace in the Valley” this Sun-day. Trusting that Jesus has your back brings peace. However, your awareness of His presence in the midst of trying times brings a distinctive kind of peace, the kind that passes all understanding.

Bro. Derek Miller was our guest speaker this week, and his text was Ephesians 6:10-20. He pointed out that the entire Bible is about the gospel. As we read it or hear sermons from it, the Holy Spirit convicts us of sin and the need to return to a right relationship with God.

Jesus came to earth to go to the cross to make that full restoration possible. Along the way He was the greatest of teachers, and one of the things He said was that “No man comes to the Father except through Me.” We get back to God through Jesus (our High Priest).

The Bible covers any and all aspects of living. Brother Derek read scriptures on temptation, comfort, and evangelism as examples. We should read the Word, study it, and memorize verses. We’re having this knowledge at hand so that we can successfully meet the challenges of each day.

Atwood Baptist Church

Sunday was cold, but not nearly as cold as in the northern states. We thank God that we didn’t get the snow that they did. As we hear the news, there are many that need to be prayed for. Killings are all around us and we pray for the families.

Our special this morn-ing , “Amazing Grace,” was sung by Sharon and Wayne. We want to re-mind everyone about our Fifth Sunday singing this Sunday night beginning at 6:00. Several church will be with us and there should be some great mu-sic. Following the sing-ing, we will have refresh-ments in the fellowship hall.

Bro Larry’s sermon was taken from 1 Corinthians 12: 12-31 and entitled “We are the Body of Christ.” Each member is different from every other member. There is a place of service for each member. Our gifts, talents and abilities will affect our calling. We must each perform our function within the church. There is a place of service that only you can fulfill.

Each member of the church is to be devoted to the best interests of every other member. In the spiritual world the good of others must come first. Christ came to teach us the lessons of self-sacri-fice and self-giving love. In self-giving and self-sacrifice we receive our greatest rewards.

We need each other for mutual encouragement and mutual service. Christ created us and organized us so that we have con-tinual need of one another. There is work to do within and without the body.

AtwoodNazarene

Rev. Arty Hearod passed away at his home in Holdenville on Saturday, January 23, 2016, at the age of 75 years.

Arty was the son of Joe Arty Hearod and Stella (Miller) Hearod, born on June 18, 1940, in Gerty, Oklahoma. He was brought up and attended schools in Gerty, and was a 1958 graduate of Gerty High School. He moved with his family to Cali-fornia, where they lived a few years and worked on various farms. He returned to Holdenville and worked several years on the Ramsey Ranch, moved to Choctaw for a few years and in 1969 moved back to Holdenville, his home for the past forty-six years.

Arty married Marguerite Hicks on December 17, 1971, in Sand Springs, Oklahoma. They lived in Holdenville, where Arty drove a school bus, and worked for the R. H. Ramsey Lumber Company from 1971 until the store closed in the 1980s.

One week following their wedding, Arty became pastor of Lone Grove Free Will Baptist Church in Scipio, their shared calling until Marguerite’s pass-ing on January 13, 2016, ten days before Arty.

Arty was a leader in establishing the Kiamichi Free Will Baptist Association. He loved visiting with church family. His favorite things were farm-ing and gardening, and he loved cows. His greatest love was his grandchildren.

He is preceded in death by his beloved wife of 44 years, Marguerite; his parents, Joe and Stella Hearod; one son, Paul Hearod; granddaughter Koby Fiero and grandson Cliff Rogers; parents-in-law Oscar and Opal Hicks; nephew Wayne Hearod.

He is survived by four daughters, Dionna Haeff-ner (Randall) of West Plains, Missouri, Desay Dane (Jeff) of Sherman, Texas, Tisha Reeve (Ray Harp) of Fort Worth, Texas, and Tammy Fiero (Charles) of Blanco, Texas; one son, Shannon Hearod (Tina) of McAlester; one brother and sister-in-law, Doug and Sue Hearod of Holdenville; one nephew, Mi-chael Hearod of Albuquerque New Mexico; one brother-in-law, David Hicks (Janet) of Bixby; twelve grandchildren and nine great grandchildren, and one on the way; numerous other relatives, and many friends.

Funeral services were held on Wednesday, Janu-ary 27th, 10:00 a.m. at Lone Grove Free Will Baptist Church in Scipio, and Arty was laid to rest in the Hearod Family Cemetery in Holdenville. Rev. Jim Lawrence was the officiating minister. Pallbearers were Randall Haeffner, Chuck Fiero, Ray Harp, Jeff Hicks, Shannon Hearod, and Jeff Dane.

Services were under direction of Fisher Funeral Home of Holdenville. www.fisherfh.net

Rites held forRev. Arty Hearod

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