VOLUME 67 NUMBER 18 ALLEN, PONTOTOC COUNTY , OKLAHOMA 1 SECTION (USPS 543600) 50¢ THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 2014

February 11th is an im-portant day for the Allen Schools and the local com-munity. This will be election day for the position on the Allen Board of Education and all registered voters are encouraged to get out and vote.

Three locals registered for the position: incumbent Chad Goodson, Barbara McPherson and Joe Bailey.

Chad Goodson has served on the Board since June 2013 when he was appointed to replace a retiring member. Chad has lived his entire live in Allen, graduating from AHS in 2001. He and his wife, Keisha, have two chil-dren and both Brogen, age 7, and Khloe, age 4, are stu-dents in the Allen system.

Chad attended Eastern Oklahoma State College, and has worked as a Wildlife Specialist for the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Con-servation for the past eight years.

He stated his goals as a desire to improve the public education Allen provides by integrating new technologies that will assist students to succeed academically. “If elected, I plan to continue to work with the other board

members to improve and maintain a safe and produc-tive learning environment for our children.”

Barbara McPherson moved to Allen from Tulsa 11 years ago and makes her home in Black Addition. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Northeastern State Col-lege, Tahlequah, and worked for 9 years in the Okmulgee school system, 20 years for the Oklahoma School for the Blind in Muskogee, and 9 years for the CCA Davis prison in Holdenville.

Barbara lists her goals by noting the state grading system in which the local elementary received a “C” and the high school an “A.” “Teacher and parental par-ticipation is needed at all levels of education. Obesity is at an epidemic level in this country and we need to give our young people an opportunity to learn about better food choices to give them an opportunity for a healthier life. And students going to Allen schools have been bullied, starting at the elementary level. This type of activity needs to be elimi-nated.”

Joe Bailey is a graduate of Byng High School, and

received his Bachelor of Sci-ence degree in Mathematics from East Central University in 1987. He and his wife of 34 years, Debra, have a 22-year old daughter, Kristi, of Ada, and their son Jonathan, 14, attends Allen Schools as an 8th grader.

Since 1996, Joe has worked for Legal Shield in Ada, in their Information Technol-ogy Department. During the late 80s and early 90s, he was employed by Hal-liburton, Duncan, within their IT department. From there he went Compuware Corporation in Colorado Springs before returning to

the Allen area. From 2004 to 2009, he was a member of the Pontotoc County Fair Board, serving a portion of that time as secretary.

Joe stated, “I have grown up in this area and had a brother and sister who at-tended Allen schools; my son Jonathan attends there now. I want to see the many great aspects of our school continue but at the same time I want to see us reaching for new accomplishments and improvements. Supporting our administration and fac-ulty to refine and improve our academics, sports and all our programs, would be my

goal. Aiding the improve-ment of our kids’ education is important to me. To im-prove their education means to improve the rest of their lives. It takes people who are involved, who will work with our administration and faculty to improve and add to the educational product of our school. I would ap-preciate the opportunity to help all the students of Allen Schools by serving on our school board.”

All polling places in the Allen District will be open on February 11th so voters will cast ballots at their regu-lar locations.

Allen School Board Election February 11

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Joe Bailey Chad Goodson Barbara McPherson

Allen firefighters were assisted by the Ada Fire Department this past Saturday, Janu-ary 25, 2014, as they fought the fire that totally destroyed a travel trailer at the Allen RV Park. No one was home at the time of the fire and no injuries were reported.

Allen Chamber of Commerce member Larry Skelton (center) presented Tanner Wofford and Grace Laden with their plaques for being selected Mustang Students of the Month for January. See story page 15.

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Today In HistoryToday in the birthday of William McKinley, the

twenty-fifth U.S. president, who was born in 1843 in Niles, Ohio. If you even have the good fortune to see a $500 bill, you’ll find him pictured on it. McKinley was the last veteran of the Civil War to serve as president. He also holds the unfortunate distinction of being one of four presidents to be assassinated. Who were the others? Read On.

Who was the first president born outside the thirteen original states? Abraham Lincoln, in Kentucky

Who was the first president born west of the Missis-sippi? Herbert Hoover, in Iowa

Who was the first president born in the twentieth cen-tury? John F. Kennedy, 1917

Who was the tallest president? Abraham Lincoln, 6’4”

Who was the shortest? James Madison, 5’4”Which presidents were father and son? John Adams

and John Quincy Adams; George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush

Which presidents were grandfather and grandson? William Harrison and Benjamin Harrison

Which president never married? James BuchananWhich president was born on the Fourth of July?

Calvin Coolidge, 1872Which presidents died on the Fourth of July? Thomas

Jefferson, 1826; John Adams, 1826; James Monroe, 1831

Which presidents were assassinated? Abraham Lin-coln, 1865; James Garfield, 1881; William McKinley, 1901; John F. Kennedy, 1963

Which survived assassination attempts? Andrew Jack-son, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan

Other than the four assassinated, which four presidents died in office? William Harrison, 1841; Zachary Taylor, 1850; Warren Harding, 1923; Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1945

American History Parade1843 William McKinley, the twenty-fifth U.S.

president, is born in Niles, Ohio1861 Kansas Becomes the thirty-fourth state1900 The American League is organized in

Philadelphia with eight baseball teams1936 The first five inductees into baseball’s

Hall of Fame, including Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth, are named in Cooperstown, New York.

1944 The USS Missouri, the Navy’s last battle-ship, in launched in New York City.

Thought for the WeekIt is said our great-grandfathers called it the holy Sab-

bath, our grandfathers the Sabbath, our fathers Sunday, and we call it the weekend. We have substituted the holiday for the holy day, recreation for reverence, games for god-liness, and dissipation for devotion. In short, we use the gift of the Lord’s Day to destroy the (its) Giver.

—CC—Let’s take a trip down memory land and see some of the differences between us “old

timers” and our grandchildren . . .“In Our Day”

A little house with two bedrooms and one car on the street, A mower that you had to push to make the grass look neat.

In the kitchen on the wall we only had one phone, And no need for recording things - someone was always home.

We only had a living room where we would congregate, Unless it was at mealtime in the kitchen where we ate.

We had no need for family rooms or extra rooms to dine, When meeting as a family those two rooms would work out fine.

We only had one TV set, and channels - maybe two,

But always there was one of them with something worth the view. For snacks we had potato chips that tasted like a chip, And if you wanted flavor there was Lipton’s onion dip.

Store-bought snacks were rare because my mother liked to cook,

And nothing can compare to snacks in Betty Crocker’s book. The snacks were even healthy with the best ingredients,

There was no label, with a hundred things that make no sense.

Weekends were for family trips or staying home to play, We all did things together -- even go to church to pray.

When we did our weekend trips, depending on the weather, No one stayed at home because we liked to be together.

Sometimes we would separate to do things on our own,

But we knew where the others were without our own cell phone. Then there were the movies with your favorite movie star, And nothing can compare to watching movies in your car.

Then there were the picnics at the peak of summer season, Pack a lunch and find some trees - and never need a reason. Get a baseball game together with all the friends you know,

Have real action playing ball -- and no game video.

Remember when the doctor used to be the family friend, And didn’t need insurance or a lawyer to defend?

The way that he took care of you or what he had to do, Because he took an oath and strived to do the best for you.

Remember when the country was united under God,

And prayer in schools and public places was not deemed as odd.Remember when the church was used for worshipping the Lord,And not used for commercial use, or form some business board.

Remember going to the store and shopping casually,

And when you went to pay for it you used your own money? Nothing that you had to swipe or punch in some amount, Remember when the cashier person had to really count?

Congratulations to Quinn Corum and Colton Cross for reaching the 50-points marks in the Allen School Accelerated Reading Program.

Quinn is a 3rd grade student in Mrs. Kelli Butler’s class and he enjoys reading about animals and sports. His favorite book is “Running Backs” and his favorite running back is Barry Sanders. Quinn’s favorite author is Dr. Seuss.

Quinn is the son of Jennifer Corum and lives in the Gerty community.

Colton is a 2nd grade student in Mrs. Debbie Pitts’ class. He likes to read the chapter books of the “Magic Tree House” se-ries. His favorite author is Mary Pope Osborn and his favorite is always the one he is currently reading!

Colten is the son of Lacie and Craig Cross.

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Remember when we breathed the air; it smelled so fresh and clean, And chemicals were not used on the grass to keep it green.

The milkman used to go from door to door, And it was just a few cents more than going to the store.

There was a time when mailed letters came right to your door,

Without a lot of junk mail ads sent out by every store. The mailman knew each house by name and knew where it was sent;

There were not loads of mail addressed to “Present Occupant.”

Remember when the words “I do” meant that you really did, And not just temporarily ‘til someone blows their lid.

There was no “no one’s fault; we just made a mistake,” There was a time when married life was built on give and take.

There was a time when just one glance was all that it would take,

And you would know the kind of car, the model and the make. They didn’t look like turtles trying to squeeze out every mile;

They were streamlined, white walls, fins - really had some style.

One time the music that you played, whenever you would jive, Was from a vinyl, big-holed record called a forty-five. The record player had a post to keep them all in line,

And then the records would drop down and play one at a time.

Oh sure, we had our problems then - just like we do today, And always we were striving, trying for a better way.

And every year that passed us by brought new and greater things, We now can even program phones with music or with rings.

Oh, the simple life we lived still seems like so much fun, How can you explain a game - just kick the can and run?

And why would boys put baseball cards between bicycle spokes, And for a nickel, red machines had little bottled Cokes?

This life seemed so much easier - and slower in some ways,

I love the new technology but I sure miss those days. So time moves on and so do we, and nothing stays the same,

But I sure love to reminisce and walk down memory lane.

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Voters in Pontotoc County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the February 11, 2014 Allen District’s Annual School Elec-tion should apply now, County Election Board Secretary Marilyn Mc-Daniel said. Although the County Election Board can accept applications for absentee ballots until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, February 5, 2014, Mc-Daniel urged voters who want to vote by absentee ballot to apply early.

Candidates for the Allen position are incumbent Chad Goodson, and chal-lengers Barbara McPher-son and Joe Bailey.

Absentee ballot appli-cation forms are available at the County Election Board office located at 131 W. 13th St. Ada. The absentee ballot applica-tion forms also can be downloaded and printed from the Internet at www.elections.ok.gov.

“At least two mail trans-actions must be made,”

McDaniel said. “The County Election Board must mail the ballots to the voter and the voter must return the voted ballots by mail.” Bal-lots must be in the hands of the County Election Board by 7 p.m. on Elec-tion Day in order to be counted.

McDaniel said that any registered voter may vote by absentee ballot in any election in which he or she is eligible to vote. However, a voter must be registered and reside at an address within the geo-graphical boundaries of a school district or a mu-nicipality to be eligible to vote in school district or municipal elections. It is not necessary to give a reason---or excuse---for voting absentee. “While anyone can vote absen-tee without giving a rea-son, the law still provides several excuses, and it is to the advantage of some voters to use one of them,” McDaniel said.

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I really did like Bill Rob-inson’s column last week. Besides being very inter-esting it got me going on a topic I could not get rid of.

After I read it, I began to think of all that had been printed about the One Dol-lar Bill and not a whole lot of information brought out about the other bills. I could not get it out of my mind, so of course, when that happens, I have to start research. First, I got out all the bills and began to look at them. The back of all of the bills are interesting. There is a lot of detail on each one. The back of the

One Dollar Bill seems to have more detail than any of the others but the face of each of the other bills show several differences.

The words The United States of America are not in the same spot on each bill and are in different type print. The numbers have different positions. The Eagle and the Seal are on the back of the one dol-lar bill and on the front of the fi ve and twenty dollar bills. I did not have a ten dollar bill in the house at the time to compare it with the others.

I did think it was inter-esting that currency was created right after the Civil War. If it took six years to create the design for the one dollar bill, how long did it take for the other bills? Who were assigned to de-sign those?

Did you ever wonder what our paper money is made of or how it can go through the washer and still come out intact? The ink has not faded and it can still be read. That is because our paper money is made

out of cloth. It is actually material. In fact it is a cot-ton and linen blend. Red and blue fi bers run through it and a special blend of ink is used. It is over printed with symbols and then it is starched to make it water resistant. Then it is pressed to give it that crisp look. All they need is a good drying out and they are ready to spend again.

I remember after World War II, so many bills were circulated that had numer-ous signatures, so it was

evident they had been passed and passed around to many different service man to sign and they were still intact and usable to spend. A lot of time went into the production of them and almost all currency in circulation has really seen a lot of wear.

Thank you, Bill, for put-ting me on a road of re-search. I respect that dollar bill a lot more, because I think it gets more use that those 5, 10, 20 and 50 dol-lar bills.

Mr. Donnie Ray Sweat passed into eternity on January 25, 2014 in Ada, Oklahoma at the age of 72 years. Donnie was born March 3, 1941 in Lula, Oklahoma to his parents Knox and Odra Mae Glover Sweat.

On January 17, 1961 Donnie took Miss Betty Canida as his bride in Maysville, Oklahoma. He and Betty have called Allen, Oklahoma their home for over 50 years. Donnie worked for the State of Oklahoma as a meat inspector. He was a longtime and dedicated member of the Church of Christ. Donnie loved working with horses, roping and most of all watching his grandchildren play basketball.

Although he is no longer with us, his memory and legacy will be kept alive through the family and friends he leaves behind which include his wife of 53 years, Betty Sweat of the home; one son, Hugh Don and wife Shelli Sweat of Madill , Oklahoma; one brother,: Ernest Lee Sweat and wife Shirla of Stonewall, Oklahoma; two

sisters, Donna and husband Zack Munday of Lula, Oklahoma and Connie Teel of Houston, Texas; two grandchildren, Kelsie and Kaylen Sweat; and a host of longtime friends, neighbors and church family.

Donnie was preceded in death by his parents and one daughter, Anita Sweat.

Pallbearers for the service included Carl Wofford, Doyne Wofford, Leonard Wofford, Jack Wofford, Kenneth Fortner, and

Dotson Brown. Honorary pallbearers were Clyde Wofford, Mickey Cooper, Jerry Wayne Canida, J.L. McMeans, Charles Canida, Norris Lillard, Cecil Maxey, Larry Johnston, and Sonny Wallace.

Funeral services were held 10:00 AM, Tuesday January 28th, at Smith-Phillips Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Floyd Kaiser and Bobby Johns officiating. Interment followed at Lula Cemetery.

Service held for Donnie Sweat

Wanda Alene Jackson, 78, of Duncan traded her earthly dwelling place for her eternal home on Tuesday, January 28, 2014. She passed in peace and was surrounded by the ones she loved.

Funeral services will be 10:00 AM, Friday, January 31st, at Ray of Hope Church with Pastor Mike McCord and Dow Pannell offi ciating. Burial will be at 3:00 PM in the Allen Cemetery, Allen, Oklahoma under the direction of the Don Grantham Funeral Home. The family will receive friends on Thursday evening, 5:30 to 7:00 PM at the funeral home.

Wanda was born December 31, 1935 at Allen, Oklahoma to Lonnie L. and Cara Jane (Wilkerson) Blankenship. She married Olen E. Jackson on July 10, 1957 at Fresno, California.

She was a cosmetician for many years in Tulsa and en-joyed helping women look and feel their best while using her trade to witness to them about the changing power of Christ’s love. She was a member of Ray of Hope Church and enjoyed spending time with her family.

Wanda is survived by her husband of almost 57 years, Olen, of the home; two children, Jackie Patterson and husband, Mike, of Duncan, and Marty Jackson and wife, Ruth, of Newcastle; one brother, L.C. Blankenship and wife, Wanda, of Allen; three sisters, Evelyn and J.R. Davis of Fresno, California, Doris Scott of Ada, and Carolyn Henderson of Allen; and three grandchildren, Aja Patterson, Seth Patterson and Caleb Patterson, all of Oklahoma City.

Wanda was preceded in death by her parents; two broth-ers, Andrew Blankenship and Bobby Blankenship; and two sisters Florence Boyd and Viola Herring.

Pallbearers will be Seth Patterson, Caleb Patterson, Leon Boyd, Dusty Henderson, Jake Linker and Bob Linker. In lieu of fl owers, memorial contributions may be made to Chisholm Trail Hospice, PO Box 2000, Duncan, OK 73534.

Service Friday forWanda Jackson

January 31 – Landry LewisFebruary 2 — Vanessa Malone, Debbie StrongFebruary 5 — Jensen Peay, Terry HogueFebruary 7 — Keaton Lovin, Atlee KileFebruary 8 — Kierra Howard, Jamie LassiterFebruary 9 — Jearl Knighten, Kaden Mills, Joseph Hopper,

Grant RowseyFebruary 10 — Chris Fuller, Colton Carlton, LeAnn WellsFebruary 13 — Amanda (Davis) Allegeier, Ken Harris, Bill

Spain, February 14 — Don DeatonFebruary 15 — Mr. & Mrs. Jimmy Wilson Jr., Zain TilleryFebruary 17— Harold Akins, Jaden WilsonFebruary 19 — JoeAnn HogueFebruary 24 — Paula Nelson, Pam PriceFebruary 25 — Kenny Deaton, Wayne BullardFebruary 27 — Gehrig Strong, Jared Knighten

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big picture, I suppose they mean whole earth average or as they call it “Anthro-pogenic Global Warming.” Since “we” don’t have this ability to measure the aver-age temperature we just have to take someone else’s word for it.

A recent NASA report said that the earth has ac-tually been cooling down a bit the past few years (since 2006) and they cast

doubts on the whole theory. Other scientists say “hold on a bit.” We have climate warming but it isn’t because of man and his production of carbon dioxide. Like I said, we have to take some-one else’s word on average world temperatures and in these political times who does one believe? The “Warmers” also blame Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity, and the Republican Party in general for putting the earth in danger as they convince people that there is no global warming. As a result, they say, it is diffi cult to take actions against the causes of global warming (power stations, oil industry, pipelines and things of that kind) which means (again thanks to them) corrective actions can’t be taken by the good guys (them) and the earth shall perish.

Ever since the Clintons were in the White House our nation has been increas-ingly run by polls. This is so the powers that be can act accordingly to maximize their political clout. So here are some results of more

recent polls on “Global Warming.” Twenty-three percent of Americans be-lieve that Global Warming is a hoax. That’s up 7%. Sixty-three percent still believe in climate change of which 53% say they are “concerned.” Forty-seven percent think human activ-ity is the cause. Thirty-seven percent believe these variation are just natural. Only 28% believe dealing with it is a priority.

Many scientists think these fi gures are very im-portant and I hate to say they are wrong so I suggest

we look no further for a solution than a fi rst grade class at school that had a rabbit in a cage. Eventu-ally an argument arose over whether the rabbit was a boy or a girl rabbit. Feel-ings ran high on the subject and the teacher felt the mat-ter ought to be decided. So she had them vote on it.

I hope all of you have a good week and thanks to those who wrote about their experiences with speed traps. And whether it warms up or not this next Sunday, be sure and go to church.

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David F. Wells, a well-known contemporary theo-logian stated that Christian-ity today is “market driven, therapeutic and centered on the exaltation of self.” Ac-cording to him, man today, makes himself sovereign, having become his own re-ligious authority. He accus-es us of determining good and evil by our own private and personal standards and values. We seem to believe that truth is personal and determined by what each individual feels, thinks and experiences. Instead of going to the Bible as God’s word, we hear people say things like, “I think this…” or “That’s your opinion.” Wells states, “This spiritu-ality is nothing more than self-idolatry….”

Is man the source of truth? Or, haven’t we humans made a mess of our world as we tried to conduct our lives by our own differ-ing standards and values? Surely the prophet was cor-rect when he said, “The way of man is not in himself; it is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.” (Jeremiah 10:23) And in Proverbs 14:12, “There is a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way of death.”

Jesus said that God’s word is truth (John 17:17) and that if we would con-tinue in His word, we would know the truth and the truth would make us free from sin. (John 8:31-32). It is by obedience to the truth from God that we are saved (1 Peter 1:22) and we will be judged by the truth of God’s word (John 12:48), not by the differing subjec-tive, personal and private truths of each one. Our feeling regarding truth can mislead us; truth is in God’s word and if we really have faith in Jesus Christ, we will obey Him.

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Carol Lynn Ogden passed away at her home in Lamar on Tuesday, January 21, 2014, at the age of 48 years.

Carol was the daughter of Jack N. Clark & Ida B. (Tackett) Clark, born on January 30, 1965, in Oklahoma City. She was brought up and attended schools and one year of college in northwest Arkansas. She worked eight years for NCR as a com-puter technician, two years of that time in Aztec, New Mexico. For the past three years, she had made her home in Lamar.

Carol was a woman of faith, although she had no particular religious affiliation. She enjoyed reading, and loved to play with her grandchildren.

She is preceded in death by her brother, Terry Clark, in 2006.

She is survived by her daughter, Jennifer Smith and husband Jordan, of London, Arkansas; her self-appointed son, Charlie Kyger, of Rogers, Arkansas; three grandchildren, Hunter Smith, Blake Smith, and Jaden Smith, all of London, Arkansas; her mother, Ida Penny, of Lamar; her father and stepmother, Jack and Linda Clark of Hazeldell, Washington; four brothers, Lon-nie Hoelscher and wife Amy of Bartlesville, Thairon Hoelscher of Siloam Springs, Arkansas, Duane Hoelscher of Guthrie, and Michael Clark and wife Tina of Hazeldell, Washington; two sisters, Phyllis Blood and husband Danny of Lamar, and Sherri Smith and husband Steve of Norman; three uncles, Fred Tackett and wife Suzy of Jackfork, Oklahoma, Lee Tackett and wife Beverly of Calvin, and Olen Tackett and wife Sam of La-mar; two aunts, JoAnn McCord and husband Bob of Lamar, and Patti Baker and husband Arnold of Hartshorne; plus numerous other relatives, and many friends.

Funeral services were Friday, January 24th, 1:00 p.m. at First Baptist Church in Holdenville, and Carol was laid to rest in the Lamar Cemetery. Rev. Rob Lindley and Bro. Lonnie Hoelscher were the officiating ministers. Pallbearers were Kane Tackett, Kyle Tackett, Fred Tackett, Lee Tackett, Bryan Blood, and Bob McCord. Honorary pallbearers were Hunter Smith, Blake Smith, Jordan Smith, Thairon Hoelscher, Lonnie Hoelscher, and Bert Johnson.

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

Rites held forCarol Ogden

Nat iona l Mentor ing Month is being held in January as an opportunity to raise public awareness of the importance of mentor-ing, recognize the dedicated individuals who serve as mentors, and encourage more citizens to help build a brighter future for Allen, Oklahoma’s youth through mentoring.

The Allen Chapter of the Family Career and Com-munity Leaders of Amer-ica (FCCLA) has begun a mentoring project between the Allen High School stu-dents and Allen Elemen-tary School students in our community. The high

school students meet with elementary students once a month where they spend time educating them on a variety of important life skills including nutrition, self esteem, teamwork, and succeeding in school. Dur-ing the monthly visits, they also spend one on one time listening and encourag-ing the students they work with. In honor of national mentoring month, we want to recognize the Allen FC-CLA chapter for the their contribution and service to our local community.

As a highlight of National Mentoring Month, “Thank Your Mentor Day” will be celebrated on January 16th.

On that day, all residents are encouraged to reach out and thank or honor those indi-viduals who encouraged and guided them and had a lasting positive impact on their lives.

NOW, THEREFORE, I Dianna Brannan, Mayor of Allen, Oklahoma proclaim January 2014 as Mentoring Makes a Difference Month, and call upon all residents tor recognize the impor-tance of mentoring, to look for opportunities to serve as mentors in their com-munities, and to observe this month with appropriate activities and programs.

January proclaimed Mentoring Makes a Difference Month

Funeral services for Wanda Parks , 90 , o f Atwood, Oklahoma are to be held at 2:00 PM, Saturday, February 1st, at the Free Will Baptist Church in Calvin with Brother Jim Lawrence officiating. Pallbearers will be the men of the Free Will Baptist Church. Interment will follow at Blue Ridge Cemetery, near Calvin, under the direction of Hudson-Phillips Funeral Home of Holdenville.

Wanda Parks was born June 7, 1923, south of Calvin to Andrew Clayton and Rosie Lee (DeShazo) Young. She passed away Wednesday, January 29, 2014 in Coalgate, Oklahoma. She was a lifelong resident of Hughes County and a longtime and faithful member of the Free Will Baptist Church in Calvin.

Wanda attended school at Stoney Point in Gerty.

She married Billy Howell and the couple had three children; Elvis, Colin and Jane. Wanda was a homemaker who loved and supported her family in all their endeavors. She especially enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren. She later married Roy Parks who precedes her in death. She was an avid hunter and fisherman.

Survivors are her sons, Elvis C. Howell and wife Jana of Stillwater, and Colin Howell of Tishomingo; g r a n d c h i l d r e n J o h n Howell and wife Shawn, Lori O’Malley, Marsha Martin and husband Chuck, and Matt Howell; great-

grandchildren Kathryn, Will, and Kayla; great-great-grandson Augustus; sister-in-law Jean Young; as well as a host of other nieces, nephews, and other relatives.

Wanda is preceded in death by her parents; h u s b a n d R o y P a r k s ; daughter Jane and husband Leon Templeton; sisters Velva Allred and Juanita Bolinger; two brothers, AC and Oscar Young; and two half-sisters, Gertrude Nose and Lillie Sesson.

A family visitation has been scheduled from 6:00-8:00PM on Friday, January 31st. at the Hudson-Phillips Funeral Home. Condolences to the family can be made at www.phillipfuneralservice.com.

Service Saturday forWanda Parks

Former Allen resident Dale Burnett passed away Janu-ary 6, 2014 in Folsom, California. Mr. Burnett was born February 2, 1926 in Cushing, Oklahoma.

• NOTICE •

Pre-K Student of the Week from Mrs. Mills’ class is Dil-lon James Maxwell.

Dillon was born October 11, 2008 in Oklahoma City. His family is his parents Will and Story, and sister Makenna.

Dillon’s favorite book is “The Very Hungry Caterpil-lar”; his favorite food is do-nuts. His pet is named Lolly; his friends are Abbey, Gehrig, Cal, Carter and Bryce.

Dillon likes to swim, swing, and drive his Gator. Some-day he wants to go to Disney World. He is excited about school!

Pre-K Student of the Week from Mrs. Laxton’s class is Kayla Renee Nickell.

Kayla was born October 2, 2008 in the Valley View Hospital, Ada. Her family is Roger and Jayne Nickell, sister Cheyenne and brother Dakota.

Her favorite food is mac and cheese; and her pet is a boxer dog named Thor. Her friends are Addison and Aubrey.

Kayla likes to play basket-ball, jump rope, and go run-ning with her sister. Someday she wants to go fishing. She is excited about school starting and going to watch her brother play sports!

THE ALLEN ADVOCATE, JANUARY 30, 2014--PAGE 7

Allen FCCLA Members recognized the 2014 National Human Trafficking Aware-ness Day by passing out blue ribbons to Allen High School students. The blue ribbons represent the more than 27 million people who are victims on Human Trafficking throughout the world. Hannah Heck and Taryn Wofford served as coordinators for this project and have been educating their peers throughout the year on the danger of Human Trafficking as part of their Illustrated Talk STAR Event.

Second Nine Weeks

The following students at Allen Elementary earned the academic distinction of being named to the following honor rolls for the second nine week period of school:

Superintendent’s Honor Roll

(All A’s for the 2nd Nine Weeks)

1st Grade — Kellianne

Finney, Alex Hill, Robert Moorehead, Cayser Nickell, Madison Prentice, Tyler Raney, Colt Carlton, Stoney Cully, Caidence Cross, Tiler Stidmon, Brailee Beck, Seeley Clay, Bodrey Goodson, Ty O’Daniel, Ben Dill, Matthew Goodnight 2nd Grade — Dillon Blessing, Jagger Caldwell, Colton Cross, Kamlyn Cundiff, Hannah Donaldson, Savannah

Geyer, Brogen Goodson, Keithon Howard, Malloree Howard, Kelsey Hurt, Emmett Koonce, Ava Laden, Kason Linker, Garrett Nix, Tessa Rowsey, Aubrey Scott, Conner Smith, Lori Stidmon, Austin Stowe, Trevor Stradford, Abbey Strong, Jack Todd, Riley Tomb, Jerek Wainscott, Chandler Wallace 3rd Grade — Coyt Bell, Hunter Boyd, Raney Clay, Quinn Corum,

Kaylee Ford, Montana Griffith, Bradi Harman, Julius Higdon, Kassidy Keeney, Gary Raney, Mason Riley, Brooklyn Sanders, Zain Tillery, Ansley Tollett, Keenan Walker, Maebrey Wallace, Beckett Wells 4th Grade — Jacob Beavert, Braxton Castillo, Brandon Riddle, Ethan Roniss, Milani Rowsey, Brody Wallis, Maddox Wofford 5th Grade — Rodey Arnold, Brayden Griffith, Cassidy Harman, Emma Peay, Emily Sells, Jaden Wilson 6th Grade — Rylan Black, Kinlee Cundiff, Kasen Deaton, Jacelyn Goodnight, Nathan Hammonds, Chris Holcomb, Alyssa Maloy, Kinsey Nix, Kaylyn Rowsey, Taylor Tollett, Mika Walker

Principal’s Honor Roll(All A’s & B’s second

nine weeks) 1st Grade — Kaden Ashby, Isaiah Files. Cobin Smith, Patricia Sanford, Addysen Vincent, Brady Crabtree, Logan Johnson, Brendan Jasna, Tylynn Taylor, Catrina Higdon, Kaylee Davis, Michael Love. David Gragert, Sedrick Lindsey, Eli Neal

2nd Grade — Luke Chapman, Seth Donaldson, Levi Mann, Felipe Martinez, Lilly Matthews, Isaiah Merritt, Makenzie Smart, Brayden Tatum, Joni Thompson, Olivia Wallace 3rd Grade — Braylee Chambers, Maycee Davis, Rosa Gabriel, Xander Holt, Tagus Howard, Hannha Isaac, Kaisen Manuel, Payton McWethy, Elainea Smith, Hailee Spears 4th Grade — Carmen Alcaida, Cheyenne Alexander, Rhyan Berquist, Taylor Harrison, Bradley HowardWilliam Kaminski, Luke Maloy, Paige Mayfield, Cheyene McCarn, Saree Pegg, Mandala Sanchez 5th Grade — Madison Dohlman, A.J. Hill, Gage Jimboy, Corey Knighten, Chad Milne, Kylan Sanders, Gehrig Strong 6th Grade — Colton Dyer, Brayden Edwards, Payton James, Airyn Knighten, Riley Koonce, Hunter McWethy, Makena Pegg, Jaren Porter, Alex Roebuck, Dillon Royalty, Nathan Smith, Abby Thompson, Alex Wofford

Allen Elementary Honor Roll

The Lord’s Day at Har-mony Missionary Baptist Church of Gerty began service with singing He is Able to Deliver Thee, Safe in the Arms of Jesus, and The Rock that is Higher than I.

We were blessed to have Tommy and Myron Lock-wood in service. She sang The Love of God for us.

Devotional reading was “God’s Excellent Name” Psalm 8:9.

Adult lesson was “Why Do Christians Suffer? II Corinthians 1:3-11

Salvation does not relieve us from suffering, but it does give it a purpose. Take comfort in knowing that God can use your suffering to benefit you and to help others. “Blessed be the God of all comfort; who com-forteth us in all our tribula-tion, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.” II Corinthians 1:3-4

Youth lesson “The Shep-herds and the Angels,” Luke 2:8-20. Part of worship is experiencing the presence of God.

Bro. Myron sang bass with us on He Touched Me. Tommy sang “It is Well.”

Bro. David’s message was taken from Mark 5:21-42 on two of Jesus’ many miracles, the healing of a certain woman with an is-sue of blood and bringing Jairus’ daughter back to life.

We pray you have a good week and may God Bless You.

Harmony Missionary Church News

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By HERMAN BROWNAllen correspondent

The Allen Mustangs will be busy this week playing a total of four games in a

five-day span. Coach Greg Mills will be looking for a simple goal from his players as they navigate through three road games during the week.

“We’ll just go play them and try to get better for the playoffs,” the veteran AHS coach said. “With three of them on the road this week we’d better keep that bus gassed up and ready to go.”

The basketball agenda for this week included a trip to Asher on Tuesday, a home game on Thursday with Sasakwa, a road trip to Vanoss on Friday and a visit to Wanette on Saturday.

“We’ll be ready to go,” said Coach Mills. Last week, Allen played three games in the annual Tri-County Basketball Tournament at Shawnee. The Mustangs lost the opener, won the consolation semi-final game and then fell in the consolation finals. All three games were staged at the Noble Center on the campus of Oklahoma State University.

Allen entered the 8-team field with the No. 4 ranking. However, the No. 5 ranked Davenport Bulldogs pulled the upset with a 59-43 victory.

The Mustangs took a 14-8 lead at the end of the first quarter. From then on, Davenport outscored AHS in each of the final three quarters. The Bulldogs outhit Allen 12-9 in the second quarter, 20-11 in the third period and 19-9

in the fourth. Davenport scored 51 points over the span while allowed the Mustangs 29 points during the last three frames. The end result was a 59-43 win for DHS.

Allen’s scoring leader was Joseph Hopper with 21 points. He was the only Mustangs to finish in double figures in scoring. The other scorers for AHS included Little Sky Frazier with 7 points, Tommy Peay with 5 and Dakota Nickell with 4. Three others added 2 points each, including Zayne Erickson, Shawn Rolen and Ty Brown.

The loss by Allen sent the squad into Wednesday’s consolation semi-finals against Macomb. The Mustangs outscored their foes in all four quarters. AHS led 11-6 after one quarter and 23-13 at the half. The Mustangs then outscored MHS 13-6 in the third quarter and 16-10 in the fourth. Allen was sitting on a 23-point cushion (52-29) when the final buzzer sounded.

Joseph Hopper terrorized Macomb with a rock-solid 20 point scoring performance. Tommy Peay was second on the list with 8 points and Ty Brown was third with 6 points. Colby Eaker and Little Sky Frazier scored 5 each while Drew Back scored 4. Shawn Rolen and Dakota Nickell rounded out the scoring with 2 points.

The win over Macomb carried Allen into the consolation finals on Friday. The Mustangs faced Earlsboro for the 5th place plaque.

Allen led 9-8 after a quarter and then trailed 26-20 at halftime. The Mustangs outscored EHS 17-15 in the third quarter to close the AHS deficit to 41-37. Earlsboro then outscored the Mustangs 19-13 down the stretch to pull away to a 60-50 victory.

Allen’s scoring was once again led by Joseph Hopper with 19 points. The additional scoring was more balanced with 6 players adding to the total. Little Sky Frazier led the

others with 8 points. Drew Back followed with 7 while Colby Eaker and Ty Brown chipped in 6 points each. Dakota Nickell dropped in 3 points and Tommy Peay finished with 1 point.

Allen finished in sixth place in the tournament. However, the Mustangs did some good things and drew some credit from their coach.

“I think they played hard,” Coach Mills said. “We are still not where we are going to be … but we need to get healthy first and go from there.”

---AT A GLANCE

Tri-County TournamentJan. 21Davenport 59, Allen 43Allen - 14 - 9 - 11 - 9 - (43)Daven - 8 - 12 - 20 - 19 - (59) Allen scoring: Joseph Hopper 21, Little Sky Frazier 7, Tommy Peay 5, Dakota Nickell 4, Zayne Erickson 2, Shawn Rolen 2 and Ty Brown 2.

---Jan. 22Allen 52, Macomb 29Allen - 11 - 12 - 13 - 16 - (52)Mac - 6 - 7 - 6 - 10 - (29) Allen scoring: Joseph Hopper 20, Tommy Peay 8, Ty Brown 6, Colby Eaker 5, Little Sky Frazier 5, Drew Back 4, Shawn Rolen 2 and Dakota Nickell 2.

---Jan. 24 - Consolation finalsEarlsboro 60, Allen 50Earls - 8 - 18 - 15 - 19 - (60)Allen - 9 - 11 - 17 - 13 - (50) Allen scoring: Joseph Hopper 19, Little Sky Frazier 8, Drew Back 7, Colby Eaker 6, Ty Brown 6, Dakota Nickell 3 and Tommy Peay 1.

---Upcoming games

01/28/14 @ ASHER01/30/14 vs SASAKWA01/31/14 @ VANOSS 02/01/14 @ WANETTE 02/04/14 @ WETUMKA02/07/14 vs STONEWALL02/11/14 @ BOWLEGS

Mustangs to log miles on bus with 3 road gamesAllen boys coming off sixth place finish in tournament at Shawnee

Senior Little Sky Frazier scored seven points in the Allen/Davenport game.

Ty Brown and the Mustang have two home games remaining this season.

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Allen correspondent The Allen Lady Mustangs

battled their way to the runner-up title in the Tri-County Basketball Tourna-ment at Shawnee.

Allen took down Wellston in a close game on Tues-day. The Lady Mustangs

then knocked off Asher on Thursday in a semi-final showdown. Then, in the championship fi nals, Allen suffered a narrow loss to Davenport.

Coach Jeremy Strong’s AHS girls walked away from the Noble Center at OBU with the runner-up trophy.

Allen built a 19-10 lead in the fi rst quarter of the opener. The cushion would prove to be critical as the Wellston Lady Tigers began a comeback bid over the next three periods. Well-ston cut the defi cit to 28-23 in the second quarter. The Lady Mustangs then surged again to build a 41-30 ad-vantage after three quarters. Wellston then countered with a strong fourth quar-ter rally. The Lady Tigers outscored Allen 21-12 over the fi nal eight minutes. In the end, however, the Lady Mustangs escaped with a 53-51 victory.

“We got down by 2 points in the fourth quarter after having been ahead by 12 earlier in the game,” said Coach Strong.

Wellston slipped ahead 51-49 with less that a min-ute to go in the game. Allen responded with Hannah Heck’s drive into the paint for a close shot. She was fouled on the play. Heck calmly swishes two clutch free throws to tie the game at 51-51 with 45 seconds remaining.

Wellston’s next offensive possession was derailed by the Lady Mustangs de-fense.

“We forced a turnover and got the ball back,” said Coach Strong.

Allen used the possession to stage another success-ful scoring play. He drew up a play to send Charlea Leonard down the lane for a layup. She responded with the scoring drive with 8 seconds to go to lift her team to a 53-51 lead.

Wellston had one more chance to steal back the victory. However, the Allen defense played a full-court press and blanketed the ball all the way down the court.

Tri-County Basketball Tournament01/21/14 @ ShawneeAllen 53, Wellston 51Well -10 - 13 - 7 - 21 - (51)Allen - 19 - 9 - 13 - 12 - (53)Allen scoring: Sondra Rowsey 15, Charlea Leonard

12, Alison Sells 9, Hannah Heck 7, Miranda Raney 6 and Alycia Evans 4.

---01/23/14 Allen 43, Asher 34Asher - 12 - 8 - 8 - 6 - (34)Allen - 7 - 15 - 11 - 10 - (43) Allen scoring: Charlea Leonard 10, Alison Sells 8, Han-

nah Heck 7, Miranda Raney 7, Sondra Rowsey 5, Faith Caldwell 4 and Kennedy Prentice 2.

---01/25/14 Davenport 44, Allen 39Allen - 10 - 10 - 11 - 8 - (39)Dav - 10 - 7 - 16 - 11 - (44) Allen scoring: Miranda Raney 10, Sondra Rowsey 9,

Charlea Leonard 8, Hannah Heck 6, Kennedy Prentice 3, Faith Caldwell 2 and Alycia Evans 1.

Lady Mustangs earn runner-up in Shawnee

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Breakfast – Cinnamon Rolls, Fruit, Milk, Water Lunch — Spaghetti & Meat Sauce, Green Beans, Salad Bar,

Fresh Fruit, Milk, WaterThursday

Breakfast – Yogurt Parfaits, Fruit, Milk, Juice Lunch — Chicken Fried Rice, Sesame Broccoli, Salad Bar,

Fresh Fruit, Milk, WaterFriday

Breakfast – Biscuits, Gravy, Fruit, Milk, Juice Lunch – Roasted Turkey, Cornbread Stuffing & Gravy,

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“They never got a chance to get a good shot,” Coach Strong said. “It was an ex-citing win for our girls.”

Allen scoring list was very balanced with six girls adding to the total. Sondra Rowsey tallied 15 points to lead the way. Charlea Leonard added 12 points, including the game-win-ning basket. Alison Sells just missed double digits with 9 points. Hannah Heck added 7 points and Miranda Raney chipped in 6. Alycia Evans rounded out the scor-ing with 4 points.

By knocking off Well-ston, Allen advanced to the semi-fi nals to face the Asher Lady Indians. Coach Strong’s girls used the op-portunity to defeat Asher 43-34.

The Lady Indians led 12-7 in the fi rst quarter. How-ever, Allen then outscored Asher in each of the fi nal three periods.

Asher had led 12-7 after the initial stanza. Allen then outscored the Lady Indians 15-8 in the second quarter,

11-8 in the third and 10-6 in the fourth. The Lady Mustangs were riding a nine-point lead (43-34) at the buzzer.

Allen’s leading scor-ers were Charlea Leon-ard with 10 points, Alison Sells with 8, and Hannah Heck and Miranda Raney with 7 points each. Other scoring included Sondra Rowsey with 5 points, Faith Caldwell with 4 and Ken-nedy Prentice with 2.

Coach Strong’s Lady Mustangs were now in the tournament championship game with the Davenport Lady Bulldogs.

Hopes of the title were erased for Allen on a 44-39 loss to the Lady Bulldogs.

Davenport broke a 10-10 fi rst quarter tie to lead 20-17 at the half. The Lady Bulldogs pushed the lead to 33-31 in the third period. DHS also outscored Allen 11-8 in the last period to clinch a 44-39 win and the championship trophy.

Miranda Raney led an-other balanced scoring ef-

fort with 10 points. Sondra Rowsey followed with 9 points and Charlea Leon-ard added 8. Hannah Heck generated 6 point. The other points came from Ken-nedy Prentice with 3, Faith Caldwell with 2 and Alycia Evans with 1.

Despite the loss in the fi nals, the Allen girls im-pressed their coach for their showing at the tour-nament.

“I am proud of them,” said Coach Strong. “It was a good week and just for one game or another. The only thing we needed to do better in the fi nals was to cut down on our turnovers. But free throw shooting killed us. They hit 16 of 33 free throws and we hit 4 of 7. That’s a 12-point difference in free throw points in a game we lost by 5 points.”

Coach Strong noted that Charlea Leonard and Miran-da Raney were both elected to the all-tournament team at Shawnee.

Looking ahead, this week’s scheduled features

Allen girls drop Wellston and Asher before falling to Davenportfour games. The Lady Mus-tangs were to visit Asher on Tuesday, host Sasakwa on Thursday, visit Vanoss on Friday and play at Wanette on Saturday.

“We’ll have a busy week,” the coach said. “We want to

fi ne-tune our game - but we want to just relax and go play basketball. We’ll try to improve a few things as we get the chance.”

---

This week the author of our Sunday School lesson posed the question, “How can we be sure God exists?” Actually, all we had to do was look out the window to view many of the same wonders of nature that we read of in Psalms. Being right in the midst of the natural wonders of God’s creation is one of the good things about attending a country church.

Some of the daffodils are sending their leaves up for a look-see already. With these new rounds of cold weather they’re sure to be sending the message back to the fl owers to hold off awhile before they start decorating for spring. It’s somewhere between hope-ful and amusing that spring always gets so impatient to get things in gear again.

Next Sunday morning, February 2nd, the men will be serving breakfast at 9:00. Then, if you like breakfast for supper, you may be in luck again on Sunday evening at the Super Bowl Party.

The Sunday evening wor-ship service is scheduled for 4:50 P.M., ten minutes earlier than usual. After the services anyone inter-ested in either a party or watching the Super Bowl will meet in the Fellowship Hall. There will be the usual Super Bowl snacks, and supper will be served besides. You’re sure to fi nd spiritual refreshment, plenty to eat, lots of good company, and a good foot-ball game all in one place, and all on Ground Hog’s Day to boot.

This Sunday Joyce Searcy sang “If It Wasn’t for the Lighthouse” as the special music selection. This is one of the fi rst songs I ever heard Joyce sing, and it was good to hear it again. Now, if we can just get Tom Spill-

man back playing guitar alongside Wyatt Deaton next week, we will have our musicians back together again.

Rev. Karch’s message was from Joshua 5:13-15 and 6:10-25, and he titled it “Following Instructions.”

God sent the commander of His army to tell Joshua that the victory over Jer-icho was his if he followed instructions exactly. For six days his men were to march around the city one time each day. Seven priests bearing rams’ horns trum-pets were to walk before the ark that contained the Ten Commandments. However, they were not to sound the trumpets on any of those days. Essentially, those marches were to be made in silence.

The seventh day, how-ever, would be different. They were to march around the city seven times, and on this day the priests were to blow the trumpets. When all the people heard the long blast made by the priests’ trumpets they were to shout with a great shout.

They followed God’s in-structions to the letter and the walls of Jericho fell fl at, giving the Children of Israel the complete victory God had promised. So if it’s as simple as just follow-ing God’s instructions, why don’t we do that?

In Matthew 28:16-20 Je-sus gives his disciples spe-cifi c instructions. First, He tells them that he has been given all power on heaven and on earth and is pass-ing that power on to them. Therefore, they are to go make disciples all over the earth, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

If we are Jesus’ disciples, he says we are to go tell others about him. Southern

Baptists have developed the Cooperative Program as a way for every church mem-ber to have a part in sharing the gospel message around the world by fi nancing mis-sionaries and praying for them. That does not at all prevent us from personally telling people about Jesus, though.

Satan, on the other hand, says not to do anything except go to church on Sunday. If he can keep us from doing anything the rest of the week, his goal for us at this point will be accomplished.

Second, Jesus said to teach new believers to ob-serve all things that he has commanded them. Believ-ers should learn how to live so that the rest of the world clearly recognizes them them as followers of Jesus.

Third, Jesus assures his disciples that he is with them always. He will help them know what to say and how to say it.

We can follow instruc-tions and go with God, assured of a life of victory. Or we can opt out and sit it out with Satan.

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Surface and Surface Rights Only The Southwest Quarter of the

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and determining the death of John A. Haney, deceased; and further determining who were the particular persons who took or were entitled to take the above described real estate under the Laws of Succession of the State of Oklahoma upon the death of said decedent, and forever barring and enjoining the Defendants from asserting any right, title, lien, estate, encumbrance, claim, assessment, or interest, either in law or in equity, in and to the real property involved herein.

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PLLC114 S. BroadwayP. O. Box 1488Ada, Oklahoma 74820(580) 436-6500Attorneys for Plaintiffs (Published in The Allen Advocate

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NOTICE is hereby given that Shirley F. Whitaker, Personal Representative of the estate of Mildred Whitaker, deceased, having fi led in this Court her Final Account and Petition for Distribution and Discharge, the hearing of the same has been set by the Judge of said Court for the 14th day of February, 2014, at 9:45 o’clock A.M., in Courtroom #315 of said Court in the County Courthouse in Ada, Oklahoma, and all persons interested in said estate are notifi ed then and there to appear and show cause, if any they have, why the said account should not be settled and allowed, the heirs, legatees, and devisees of Mildred Whitaker, deceased, determined, said estate distributed and the Personal Representative discharged.

WITNESS my hand this 21st day of January, 2014.Thomas S. Landrith

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Carl and June are pictured with their eight children. Standing, left to right, are Rhonda, Anita, Glenda, Pam, Phillip, Lynn and Randy; front, front are Carl, Londa and June.

It’s defi nitely worth cel-ebrating – 60 years of mar-riage. And that was the case for Carl & June (Royer) Vinson on Saturday, De-cember 28, 2013, when family and friends gathered at the Allen School Cafete-ria to honor the couple on this milestone.

Those attending included Phillip, Charlotte, Quentin, Ireland and Qwin Vinson, Natalie and Baylie Sommer, and Will Esau, all of Cush-ing. Mike, Angela, Ca-

leb, Colton, and Cameron Muncy of Council Grove, Kansas;

Chris, Kaitlyn, Kari, and Ethan Vinson, Brad, Pam, Heidi and Jason Bennett, Stephanie, Jason, Caleb, Gentry, Phoebe, Rev. Paul and Mrs. Sharp, Jay, Rhon-da, Travis, Brian Pachucki, Margie, Braxton and Josh, and friend Melissa Moore, Junior Largent and friend, Julie, Marion, Matt Harger, Marvin and Angela Har-rod, Loyd and Sue Peavey,

Pat Priest, James Nickell, Cayna and Brian Lowe, Cliff and Linda Better-ton, and Thad and Jeana Vinson, all of Oklahoma City area.

Ron and Londa Litke of Duncan; Brooke Litke of Ft Worth, Texas; Ray and Lois Cox from Little Rock, Arkansas; Brenda and Kristan Hill, and Tru-man and Sharon Rankins, all of Shawnee; Mike Nick-ell, Piedmont; Glenda, Guy

and Orin Hargrave, Justin, Ambria, Remington, Seth, Clara, and Maverick Dagle, Trinity, Texas; Leon and Nancy Wade of Pauls Val-ley;

Anita, Jana, Kayla and Jon Ellingsworth, from Dy-ersburg, Tennessee; Kathy and Kevin Fisher, Holden-ville; Kellye Fisher, Stock-ton, California; Bob and Janie Royer of Rio Linda, California; and Sue In-gram, Tom and Chris Sell-ers, and Don and Gwen Al-

exander, all from Ada; Ran-dy, Brenda, Logan Vinson, Larry, Jenny, Shelby and Peyton Causey, Erin, Wes-ley, and D.J. Harleigh from Francis; and Xzalia White of Tupelo, Mississippi;

And from Allen were Lynn and Debbie Vinson, Charles and Betty Speir, Faye Rinehart, Myrtle Py-burn, Dave and Joyce Re-ich, Steve Dobbins, Robert Vinson, Josh, Michelle, Chelsea and Mason Riley, and the McNeely family.

Carl and June Celebrate 60 Years of Marriage

Our weather is so change-able that it is hard to know what to wear to church. But God knows and loves

for us to come, no matter what we wear. We welcome everyone and enjoy seeing our friends each Sunday. This Sunday was a beautiful

day but the bad weather was soon to come. Our children sang “Jesus Loves Me” for the opening to Sunday School. Following Sunday School we had our congre-gational singing. Our group sang “There’s Still Power in the Old Rugged Cross,” for our special.

Bro. Larry’s message was taken from Romans 5:6-11 and entitled “The Atone-ment: At One With God.” Without Christ all are lost. The Bible makes it very clear that all those who are without Christ are “sinners.” A sinner is simply someone who has failed to meet the requirements of the Law. We have not all failed at the same things, but we have all come up short. Our fail-ures have caused us to be

separated form God. When we had nothing to offer to God, God offered His Son for us. He offers to us a gift that we do not deserve and cannot earn.

Christ came to save all who are lost. Christian-ity is a revelation of God’s determination to redeem humanity. He came to save the Lost. Jesus Christ is the “rescue party” that came looking for all of us.

Those who have come to Christ are now “at one” with God.” We are “saved” through the incarnation, life, death and resurrec-tion of Jesus Christ. To Him alone do we owe our gratitude and allegiance. Without Him we would still be lost. Because of Him we now have confidence that we are accepted by

God. The Scripture tells us that His Spirit will bear witness with our spirit that we are saved. It will give us the peace we need when it is time for us to bid this world farewell. Because He has accepted us we can rejoice now and forever. The redeemed, reconciled people of God have reason to rejoice.

February 9th at 6:00 we will be having a Work and Witness Team from Friend-ship and Arpelar churches.

They will be showing fi lms of the trip they took to Dominica in 2013. While there, they worked with the children in Bible School programs and built a church building for the local con-gregation. We invite ev-eryone who is interested in missions to attend.

Atwood Church of the Nazarene

MISDEMEANORSEugene David (Darild) Aloisi—

driving while impairedBrandon James Boyd—obtain-

ing money/merchandise by bogus check/false pretense

Anthony Dewayne Bradshaw—disrupt/prevent/interrupt/ emer-gency telephone call

Clyde Austin Collard—driving under the infl uence by a person under 21

Jeffery Leon Constable—public drunk

Arianne Monique Delafosse—public drunk

Christopher Paul Gaches—obtaining money, property or valuable thing by false/bogus check under $500

Darrell Ray Kizer Jr.—driving under restricted license

Christian Laudell Minyen—actual physical control of vehicle under the infl uence

Joshua Alan Nemecek—do-mestic assault & battery in the presence of a minor

Juan Ortiz—driving a motor vehicle while under the infl uence of alcohol

Michael Prock—driving under suspension

Justin Lee Rebik—driving a motor vehicle while under the infl uence of alcohol aggravated

Nina Rodriguez—driving a motor vehicle while under the infl uence of alcohol

Joseph L. Scott—obtaining money/merchandise by bogus check/false pretense

Chance Avery Shmidl—domes-tic abuse-assault & battery

Douglas L. Spicer—possession of controlled substance-mari-juana

Thomas Bond Stout—assault & Battery

Michael Shane Thomas—driving while driver’s license denied

Rachel Darlene Wainscott—actual physical control of vehicle under the infl uence

MARRIAGESMichael Alan Crow, Shawnee &

Jessica Lee Hisaw, AdaKelvin Dewain Perkins, OKC

& Cashun Jance Dennis, Santa Barbara, CA

Geoffrey Scott Irvin & Sarah Danielle Garrett, both of Ada

John Luke Spurlock, Shawnee & Sean Leah Dian Ools, Ada

DIVORCEJessica Mikel Elizarde vs Ro-

man J. ElizardeMichael Eugene Freeman vs

Sabrina Kay FreemanWarren Lee Newell vs Sadie

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LEGAL NOTICEIN THE DISTRICT COURT

WITHIN AND FORPONTOTOC COUNTYSTATE OF OKLAHOMA

Case No. FA-13-21In the Matter of the Adoption of BABY BOY PAYNE, A Minor Child.

AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING TO ADOPT WITHOUT CONSENTTHE STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO:

ROBERT G. GEHRKE3500 S. Douglas #32

Oklahoma City, OK 73110 You are notified that CASEY LYNN McCASKILL and TODD DEVIER Mc-

CASKILL have filed a Petition and Application for Adoption, and an Applica-tion for Order Determining That Alleged Father Never Had Parental Rights, To Terminate Parental Rights Of Alleged Father and For Order to Determine Child Eligible For Adoption Without Consent Of Alleged Father before the above named Court, praying that he be allowed to adopt the minor named in the caption hereof without your consent, and for adoption.

A hearing to determine whether your consent to the adoption is necessary is set for 9:30 o’clock a.m., on the 27th day of February, 2014, in the County Courthouse of Pontotoc County, in the City of Ada, State of Oklahoma, in Courtroom 305 before the Honorable Martha K. Kilgore.

Take notice that the Petition is on file with the Clerk of this Court; that a copy of the aforementioned Petition and Application are attached hereto, and that, among other things, it is alleged that:

1. Pursuant to 10 O.S.§7505-4.2(B)(1), you have wholly failed to provide any support for the minor for more than one year next preceding the filing of this Petition or at any time in the minor child’s life; and

2. Pursuant to 10 O.S.§7505-4.2(I), you have willfully failed to maintain a significant relationship with the minor for a period of twelve (12) out of the last fourteen (14) months immediately preceding the filing of this petition or at any time in the minor child’s life, and

3. You have been convicted in a criminal action of rape as defined by 21 0.S.§1111 and have been convicted in a criminal action of lewd or indecent proposals or acts as to a child under 16, as defined by 21 O.S.§1123;

and, therefore, your consent to the adoption is not necessary, and that petitioners are proper parties to adopt.

WITNESS MY HAND this 9 day of January, 2014.Martha K. Kilgore

Judge of the District CourtApproved:

s) Leslie TaylorLeslie D. Taylor, OBA#19469Green Law Firm, P.C.301 East Main StreetAda, Oklahoma 74820(580) 436-1946(580) 332-5180 FacsimileAttorney for Petitioner (Published in The Allen Advocate on January 16, 23 and 30, 2014)

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LEGAL NOTICEIN THE DISTRICT COURT

IN AND FORPONTOTOC COUNTYSTATE OF OKLAHOMA

CV-2014-20In the Matter of the Petition of Whitney Elizabeth Spears to Change Her

Name. NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR CHANGE OF NAME

TAKE NOTICE that Whitney Elizabeth Spears has filed in the District Court of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, her Petition to have her name changed from Whitney Elizabeth Spears to Whitney Elizabeth Morris and that said matter has been scheduled for hearing before the Judge of said court on February 24, 2014, at 9:00 o’clock A.M. in the Courthouse in Pontotoc County, Ada, Oklahoma.

Any person may file a written protest in this case at any time prior to the date set for hearing as provided by 12 O.S. §1633.

DATED this January 24, 2014.Thomas S. LandrithDISTRICT JUDGE

Whitney Elizabeth SpearsPro Se224 W. 18thAda, Oklahoma 74820580-332-0181 (Published in The Allen Advocate on January 30, 2013)

LEGAL NOTICE Jennings Stone Co. Inc., PO Box

279, Fittstown, OK 74842 has submit-ted a permit transfer application to the Oklahoma Department of Mines (OMD) to transfer permit number LE 1995A issued to Jennings Rock for mining & blasting limestone, silica sand, Dimensional Stone through the surface mining method on portions of the following parcel of land:

Section 25, Township: 1N, Range: 6 East of the Indian Meridian, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma.

The total permit area, contain-ing 200.63 acres, is located in the Fittstown U.S.G.S. Quadrangle map. The permit site is located approxi-mately 5 miles South of Fittstown and ½ mile East of State Highway 99 on County Road 1720, Pontotoc Co.

A copy of the transfer documents and the issued permit referenced above are available for public inspec-tion and copying at the Oklahoma Department of Mines in Oklahoma City, during normal business hours of 8:00 am to 4:30 pm, Monday through Friday.

Upon written request to the Oklaho-ma Department of Mines, information contained in the permit application may be inspected or copied at the Department of Mines. Any Landowner or resident of any occupied dwelling or any public entity or public agency, or any part that may be adversely affect-ed has the right to submit comments or object to the issuance of the permit in writing. An informal conference will be provided for qualified protestors if a conference is specifically requested in writing. Any written objections or requests for an informal conference on this application must be received no later than fourteen (14) days after the final publication of this notice to the:

Oklahoma Department of Mines2914 N. Classen Blvd., Suite 213

Oklahoma City, OK 73106 (Published in The Allen Advocate

on January 30 and February 6, 2014)

LEGAL NOTICEIN THE DISTRICT COURT

WITHIN AND FORPONTOTOC COUNTYSTATE OF OKLAHOMA

Case No. P-2014-05In the Matter of the Estate of BET-

TYE McLEOD, Deceased.NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION

LETTERS OF ADMINISTRATION, APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL

REPRESENTATIVE, DETERMINA-TION OF HEIRS

Brenda Hawkins has filed in the District Court of Pontotoc County a Petition for Letters of Administration, Appointment of Personal Represen-tative and Determination of Heirs of Bettye McLeod, deceased and also praying for the probate of said estate, that Brenda Hawkins be appointed as personal representative, that the heirs, devisees and legatees of said decedent be determined by the Court, and asking that Letters of Administra-tion be issued to Brenda Hawkins.

Pursuant to an Order of this Court made on this date notice is hereby given that on February 24, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. the petition will be heard at the District Courtroom in the Pontotoc County Courthouse, Ada, Oklahoma when and where all persons inter-ested may appear and contest the same.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this 23 day of January, 2014.

s) Thomas S. LandrithJudge of the District Court

s) Deresa Gray, OBA#19110Attorney for PetitionerP.O. Box 1463Ada, OK 74821580/272-9300580/272-9301 (Published in The Allen Advocate

on January 30 and February 6, 2014)

LEGAL NOTICEIN THE DISTRICT COURT

IN AND FORPONTOTOC COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA

PB-2014-01In the Matter of the Estate of Eva Crow, Deceased.

NOTICE TO CREDI-TORS

All creditors having claims against Eva Crow, Deceased, are required to present the same, with a description of all security interests and other collateral (if any) held by each creditor with respect to such claim, to Shannon Crow, Personal Representative at the law offices of Robert W. Gray , P.O. Box 2487, Ada, OK 74821-2482, on or before the following presentment date:

March 31, 2014 or the same will be forever barred.

Robert W. GrayRobert W. Gray, O.B.A. #13690

P.O. Box 2487Ada, Oklahoma 74821-2487

580-310-4698 (Published in The Allen Advocate on January 30 and February 6, 2014)

LEGAL NOTICEIN THE DISTRICT COURTOF PONTOTOC COUNTY

STATE OF OKLAHOMANo. PB-2014-7

In the Matter of the Estate of Ethel Bernice Moore, Deceased.NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION FOR PROBATE OF WILL

Notice is hereby given to all persons interested in the estate of Ethel Bernice Moore, deceased, that on the 28th day of January, 2014, Joseph R. Moore produced and filed in the District Court of Pontotoc County, Oklahoma, an instrument in writing purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Ethel Bernice Moore, deceased, and also filed in said Court a Petition for Probate of Will and Determination of Heirs, Devisees and Legatees, praying for the probate of said Will, asking that Letters Testamentary issue to Joseph R. Moore, the personal representative named in the deceased’s Will, and asking that the heirs, devisees and legatees of the deceased be determined.

Notice is hereby given that on the 14th day of February, 2014, at 10:00 o’clock a.m. in the District Courtroom of the Pontotoc County Courthouse situated in Ada, Oklahoma, the Petition for Probate of Will and Determination of Heirs, Devisees and Legatees will be heard, and at that time all persons interested in said estate may appear and show cause, if any they have, why said Petition for Probate of Will and Determination of Heirs, Devisees and Legatees should not be granted.

Witness my hand this 28th day of January, 2014./s/ Thomas S. Landrith

JUDGE OF THE DISTRICT COURTJAMES R. SCRIVNER, P.C.120 East 14th StreetPost Office Box 1373Ada, Oklahoma 74821-1373Attorney for the Estate (Published in The Allen Advocate on January 30, 2014)

LEGAL NOTICEIN THE DISTRICT COURT

WITHIN AND FORPONTOTOC COUNTYSTATE OF OKLAHOMA

PB-2009-58In the Matter of the Estate of DAVID

WAYNE GRAY, Deceased.NOTICE OF HEARING FINAL

ACCOUNT, PETITION FOR DE-TERMINATION OF HEIRSHIP AND

DISTRIBUTION OF ESTATE Notice is hereby given that the duly

appointed and qualified representa-tive of the above captioned Estate has filed in this Court a Final Account and Report of the Administration of said estate and a Petition for Determina-tion of Heirship, Distribution of said Estate, and Discharge; said Hearing of the same has been fixed by the Judge of the Court for the 14th day of February 2014, at 9:30 o’clock a.m., at the Courtroom of said Court in the Pontotoc County Courthouse at Ada, Oklahoma, and all persons interested in said estate are notified then and there to appear and show cause, if any they have, why said account should not be settled and allowed, and said estate distributed and the personal representative discharged.

Dated this 21st day of January, 2014.

s) Thomas S. LandrithJudge of the District Court

s) Deresa Gray, OBA#19110Attorney for Personal Representa-

tiveP.O. Box 1463Ada, OK 74821580/272-9300580/272-9301 FAX (Published in The Allen Advocate

on January 23 and 30, 2014)

LEGAL NOTICEIN THE DISTRICT COURT

WITHIN AND FORPONTOTOC COUNTYSTATE OF OKLAHOMACase No. PG-2007-30

In the Matter of Guardianship of ROSE LEE JENKINS, an Incapacitated Person.

FINAL ACCOUNT AND PETITION FOR ORDER ALLOWING FINAL ACCOUNT AND DISCHARGE OF GUARDIAN

COMES NOW Marie Jenkins, Special Guardian of the person and estate of Rose Lee Jenkins, an incapacitated person, and herewith submits her final account and report of her accounts as such Special Guardian by virtue of Letters of Special Guardianship issued to her herein on the 2nd day of November, 2007, as follows: That all cash receipts and disbursements were made from the checking account of guardian and ward and those transactions are shown as follows: Balance of checking account through date of previous account on 12/31/12: $91,392.60 Income Expenses1/02/13 Emeritus of Quail Springs $4,775.001/03/13 Northern Trust $ 397.501/03/13 SSA $1,170.001/08/13 Charge Back (Northern Trust) $ 132.50 Bank Processing Fee $ 2.001/27/13 Canadian Valley Electric $ 67.421/28/13 Emeritus of Quail Springs $4,775.001/31/13 Interest $ 7.472/01/13 SSA $1,170.002/04/13 Morey Clinic $ 11.542/05/13 Sequoia Health Services $ 27.012/07/13 SSDC (Attorney Fees) $1,462.142/25/13 Emeritus at Quail Springs $4,775.002/26/13 Sooner Stop (Gasoline for hospital trip) $ 118.012/26/13 Northern Trust: $ 132.502/26/13 Marie Jenkins (Advancement) $40,000.002/27/13 Northern Trust: $ 132.502/27/13 BancFirst (Safety Box) $ 25.002/27/13 Swearingen Funeral Home $6,500.002/27/13 Mitch Williams, Pastor $ 75.002/28/13 Interest $ 6.193/01/13 SSA $1,170.003/01/13 McClure’s (Gasoline) $ 85.003/01/13 AFMNF (Funeral flowers) $ 351.163/29/13 Interest $ 2.794/30/13 Interest $ 2.705/13/13 Interest $ 1.085/13/13 Repayment of funds advanced to Marie Jenkins (Less mis- cellaneous funeral expenses, $586.45) $39,413.55 _____TOTALS $43,606.28 $62,673.78

Summary Beginning Balance $ 91,392.60 Plus Income $ 43,606.28 $134,998.88 Less Expenses $ 62,673.10 Transferred to estate account on 5/13/13 $ 72,325.10 That the above mentioned moneys are the only properties of ward coming into the hands of the Special Guardian. That this guardianship terminated on March 4, 2013, upon the death of ward, Rose Lee Jenkins. That a Petition for Letters of Administration on the estate of Rose Lee Jenkins was filed in this Court on the 27th day of March, 2013, in case number P-2013-28. That probate proceeding is still ongoing at this time. WHEREFORE, said Special Guardian, Marie Jenkins, prays that her Final Account as above set forth be allowed and confirmed and that she be finally discharged from further duties herein.

Kurt B. Sweeney, OBA#17544Sweeney, Draper & Christopher, PLLC

P.O. Box 190Ada, Oklahoma 74821-0190

Attorney for Special Guardian (Published in The Allen Advocate on January 30, February 6 and 13, 2014)

A very Merry Christmas was celebrated Thursday, December 12th, at the home of hostess Becky Boyd by members of Beta Sigma Phi. Jill Kaminski, Jennifer Smith, Brenda Johnson, Sue Boyd, Terry Riddle, Tammy Frederick, Cindy Davis and Cindi Sanders enjoyed visiting and sharing holiday plans during dinner. That Dirty Pie was delicious!

Numbers were drawn for an ornament exchange and Secret Sister gifts were opened then it was time to sack candy for the annual Santa visit. An assembly line was set up and in no time, amid much laughter, the job was completed, and everyone headed home.

Beta Sigma Phi Enjoy Christmas Party

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Al len Chamber of C o m m e r c e m e m b e r Larry Skelton, owner of Skelton’s Dive-In, was pleased to present Grace Laden and Tanner Wof-ford with January 2014 Mustang Student of the Month awards.

The two each received a plaque and a cash award from the local Chamber.

Grace is the daughter of Richard and Stacy Laden. She is a freshman at AHS and her favorite subject is Family & Consumer Sci-ence. When asked why

she chose FACS, Grace said, “I get to work on STAR events and we get to do a lot of hands-on cooking.”

Grace’s interests are playing basketball and competing in FCCLA STAR events. Her future plans are to graduate high school and attend a good college. Her choice for a future career is nursing.

Grace’s teachers con-sider her an overall great student and say she ex-emplifies outstanding character. She is a very helpful and hard worker who is consistently polite. Grace treats all of her classmates with respect and works well in varied environments.

Tanner is the son of Shawn and Shannon Wof-ford. He is a member of Allen’s 8th grade class and has named FCCLA as his

favorite subject because they get to cook and learn about America’s future.

Tanner has been on the Superintendent’s honor roll and is a starter in the sports he plays. His hobbies are feeding cows, riding four-wheelers and playing sports. Someday

he plans to be a profes-sional athlete.

Recommended by his teachers, Tanner was rec-ognized as a very hard worker. He is always well prepared and is a good representative for our school.

Grace & Tanner Allen Students of the Month

Allen High School Honor Roll

First Semester 2013-14Superintendent’s Roll

Chance Allred, Meagan Beavert, Kellyn Black, Tessa Black, Thomas Boyd, Cole Bryen, Faith Caldwell, Emi-lee Costner, Laney Deaton, Taelor Diener, Colby Eaker, Audrey Fawcett, Isabel Finney, Auston Hamilton, Fancy Holder, Taylor Johnson, Josiah Jones, rio Jones, Grace Laden, Laura Lafave, Charlea Leonard, Meagan Lively, Mikaela Madron, Salvador Martinez, Rachel Reid, Jordan Remis, Caitlen Riddle, Alison Sells, Emily Smith, Britten Wallace, Taryn Wofford

Principal’s RollJaime Allred, Drew Back, Avery Barker, Rush Black,

Savannah Brown, Colten Browning, Ashley Cross, Layne Cross, Tosha Deatherage, Justin Deaton, Wyatt Deaton, Amery Dickerson, Corey Epperson, Zayne Erickson, Alycia Evans, Leonard Finney, Stormi Harden, Hannah Heck, Joseph Harper, Sandra Howshar, Ashton Huffstut-lar, Dalton James, Tanner Jarrett, Tyler Jarrett, Tiffany Johnson, Kayla Lawler, Patrick Leonard, Tyler Mann, Kaley McNeely, Cierra Melton, Jessi Merriman, Dakota Nickell, Kennedy Prentice, Miranda Raney, Tyler Rine-hart, Patrick Ritter, Oke-Tw’Sha Roberts, Shawn Rolen, Morgan Sudekum, Brandi Thompson, Emily Wade, Nick Wallen, Thirkiel Wedlow

Allen Junior High Honor RollFirst Semester 2013-14Superintendent’s Roll

Austin Bailey, Jonathan Bailey, Samuel Brown, Stevi Caldwell, Meegan Costner, Coleten Griffi th, Samantha Hammonds, Shaylee Hopkins, Chisum Lee, Trep Leon-ard, Kaden Mills, Jensen Peay, Chelsea Riley, Brandon Roniss, Tadyn Walker, Garrett Wallis, Cole Ward, Tanner Wofford

Principal’s RollJames Barlow, Braylee Dickerson, Aaron Dockrey,

Meysa Dohlman, Riley Flanagan, Sunzie Harrison, Kaylee Huffstutlar, William Loehr, Katie Manuel, Mikael Mor-rison, Tara Osborne, Payton Prentice, Hannah Reeves, Kaitlynn Roby, Michael Roniss, Laramie Sanders, Hunter Simpson

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FridaySeasoned Mixed Beans, Mixed Greens or Spinach, Oven

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