Volume 113 No. 19 75 Cents Thursday August 11, 2011P.O. Box 278 •105 W. Main Street • Boise City, Oklahoma 73933-0278 • Cimarron CountyPhone 580-544-2222 • Fax 580-544-3281 • e-mail [email protected]
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CIMARRON COUNTYJAIL BLOTTER
8-5Joe Plowman- Public In-toxication, released on aP.R. bond.
8-9Raymond Jones- Unautho-rized use of a motor ve-hicle.
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By C.F. DavidCimarron Memorial
Hospital’s CEO, Lee Hughessaid the hospital is looking tosecure an operational loan.
“This is to get us from pointA to point B, “Hughes said.
“We have done our cost re-port for Medicare and we areexpecting a check for about$280,000, but we need this loanfor operational expenses, sala-ries and vendors.”
Asked if they were using alocal bank, Hughes replied thatthey had approached the FirstState Bank of Boise City, butwere refused. They then ap-proached the First State Bankof Texhoma and received a fa-vorable answer.
Asked if as in the past theyplanned to move their bankingto Texhoma, Hughes replied thatat this time no.
“If it needs to[happen], it willhappen,” he added.
CMH Looking for Operational Loan“This is basically…unless the
government folds, a guaranteedloan. We filed our cost report inMay, it usually takes about 90days to get a check,” Hughesexplained.
In other matters, Hughes saidthe hospital has contracted theservices of Dr. Sergio DeMier,of Edmond. Dr. DeMier is aDoctor of Osteopathy, and willwork two weekends a month inthe E.R.
Hughes explained that Dr.DeMier will be in the hospitalfrom Friday noon to the follow-ing Monday noon.
Asked if Dr. DeMier wouldwork in the clinic, Hughes saidthere were no plans for that asnow, but added that if the pa-tients liked Dr. DeMier that ar-rangements could probably bemade to see him on Friday af-ternoons and on Mondays whilehe is here.
By C.F. DavidDr. Sergio DeMier has
started working the E.R. atCimarron Memorial Hospital onalternate weekends.
DeMier, 49, was born inEagle Pass, Texas and grew upin Miami, Oklahoma, is a Dr. ofOsteopathy. He graduated fromO.S.U.’s Osteopathic medicalschool in 1993.
Before medical school he hada B.S. in pre-med and a degreein X-ray technology.
He shares custody of a son,age 11.
Asked if he might considerworking full-time at the ruralclinic, he answered, “No, notright now, with my son inEdmond. I am a father first anda doctor second”, DeMiersmiled. “Perhaps maybe whenhe’s older, but for sure not rightnow. But at every other week-end… this was a great week-end. I think I’ll be here forever.”
DeMier said that he gave upclinical work in the OklahomaCity area because he learned hecould work a few days in emer-gency medicine and make asmuch as a week in a clinicalsetting. The time saved is timethat he can spend with his son.
DeMier grinned when askedhow he got into medicine;“When I was little, growing upin Eagle Pass, my grandfatherprophesied that I would becomea doctor. I fought it for a longtime, but at 26 I entered medi-cal school and here I am.”
DeMier explained that hetried several things, and consid-ered others before finally choos-ing medicine.
“I was a weight-lifter andqualified for the 1984 Olympicsin Los Angeles, but with the boy-cott, I didn’t get to compete. Fora while I thought about being aweight coach.”
Edmond Doctor Works CMH E.R.
Sergio DeMier, D.O., is now working in the CMH Emer-gency Room every other weekend. Dr. DeMiero, is fromEdmond, and grew up in Miami.
“Then for a while I was astand-up comedian at the Jok-ers Clubs in Oklahoma City andTulsa, and was ready to go onthe road. I was the opening actat those clubs for people likeJerry Seinfeld, Elayne Booslerand Sam Kinison, when theywere just starting. They won’tremember me, but I knew them.But that is an unstable life, anda strange way to make a living,and I decided it wasn’t for me.”
“I thought for a while aboutbecoming an evangelist and hadapplied to a couple of schools of
religion at the same time I ap-plied to medical school in Tulsa.But I decided that I could usemedicine as a way to bringpeople to Christ. Medicine is mypulpit.” he shrugged.
DeMier has decided afterhaving worked in rural and bigcity E.Rs that he prefers therural setting.
“I worked in E.R.s in Pragueand Stroud, they are larger thanhere but much smaller that Okla-homa City. “This, (Boise City),is nice I prefer this to the cityE.R.s.”
McCloud- The OklahomaHighway Patrol served a war-rant for 2nd Degree Murder ona man from McLoud.
The warrant states twofelony counts:
1.Murder in the second de-gree.
2. Knowingly deliver alco-holic beverage to persons under21 years of age.
In 2010, OHP Troopers in-vestigated a collision nearShawnee in which the driver, 18year old Tory Dunn, was foundto be intoxicated. The crashkilled one passenger and dis-abled another. There were atotal of six people inside the ve-hicle at the time of the collision.Dunn plead guilty to two countsincluding manslaughter and iscurrently serving an 18 year sen-
OHP Delivers 2nd DegreeMurder Warrant
tence with the Oklahoma De-partment of Corrections.
The Pottawatomie CountyDistrict Attorney’s Office re-quested OHP investigators tolook into the case regarding thefurnishing of alcohol to the driver.After a lengthy investigation,Troopers were able to identifythe means by which they believealcohol was provided to thedriver.
OHP investigators served afelony warrant for murder in thesecond degree and knowinglydelivering alcoholic beverage topersons under 21 years of age,to John Halford Jr of McLoud,Oklahoma. Halford Jr. wastaken into custody and bookedinto the Pottawatomie county jailon both felony counts.
Delia Nolan, right, presents Pam Carson the golf-themedquilt she won from the Relay for Life. Nolan’s great-auntmade the quilt and she, Delia, donated it for the cause.They raised more than $300 with the quilt.
PTCI was recognized fortheir community service in theJuly 2011 issue of CableFaxThe Magazine. PTCI believesthat being local and supportingthe communities it serves is animportant part of doing business.According to CableFax, PTCIproves that localism matters.Today’s communication servicemarket is fierce with nationalcompanies extending their reachinto more rural areas. Not onlydoes PTCI provide advancedtelecommunication services thatrival larger markets, it pours tensof thousands of dollars into thecommunities it serves everyyear through support of EMS/Police/Fire Departments, Col-lege Scholarships, EconomicDevelopment, Boy and Girl
PTCI Honored with Independent Com-munity Service Award
Scouts, Youth Sports Teams,Town Celebrations and many,many others. CEO RonStrecker was quoted inCableFax as saying “This com-munity has been good to PTCI,and we want to do our part andgive back to it. You hope it issomething a customer will thinkabout before they consider an-other provider who does notparticipate in the community.”Staying connected with thecommunity is important toPTCI, whether it be serving uphamburgers and watermelon orconstantly updating its Facebookpage. PTCI invites you to visitthem at ptci.net or on Facebook,or stop by any office located inBeaver, Boise City, Guymon,Laverne, Perryton or Spearman.
HOOKER– The OklahomaPanhandle and surrounding re-gion has experienced extremetemperatures this year, contrib-uting to record electricity usageby Tri-County ElectricCooperative’s members.
In 2010, the approximate peakelectricity demand reached on anyday of the warm season on Tri-County Electric’s system was150 megawatts. So far this sum-mer, the cooperative has ex-ceeded that peak demand on 14different days. On July 20, thecooperative recorded it highestever peak demand of 158.5megawatts.
A megawatt is equal to onemillion watts and, on an average
Electricity Demand Peaks with Extreme Temperaturesday, one megawatt can powerabout 350 homes at any giventime, according to the AmarilloGlobe-News. However, tempera-tures have hardly been averagelately.
On Aug. 4, the Electric Reli-ability Council of Texas issued a“Conservation Critical” powerwarning for the electricity grid itmanages in Texas. While Tri-County Electric monitors suchactivity in nearby areas closely,this warning does not directlyimpact the cooperative or itsmembers since its system is onan electricity grid managed by theSouthwest Power Pool.
”We work closely with our
wholesale power suppliers tomonitor the electricity demandedby our consumers on a daily ba-sis,” said Zac Perkins, vice presi-dent of Corporate Services atTri-County Electric. “While wehave had extremely high peakdemands this year, we and theSouthwest Power Pool have nothad cause to issue conservationwarnings yet. We don’t see thatchanging unless something hap-pens to one of the power plantsserving us, which is always pos-sible when temperatures reachextreme highs or lows.”
Although the electric coop-erative monitors electricity con-sumption to ensure its availabil-ity, members may wish to con-serve energy on their own to savemoney. As the area breaks heatrecords, cooperative membersare seeing spikes in their bills. Tri-County Electric offers these tipsfor its members to conserve elec-tricity and save money:
·When home, set your ther-mostat to 78 degrees or higher inthe summer and use fans in oc-cupied rooms to feel cooler.When away from home, set yourthermostat to 85 degrees and turnoff all fans. Block the sun by clos-ing drapes or blinds on windowsthat will get direct sun.
·Avoid opening refrigeratorsor freezers more than necessary.
·Use the microwave for cook-ing rather than using an electricrange or oven.
·Turn off all unnecessarylights, appliances and electronicequipment.
· V i s i twww.togetherwesave.com andwww.tri-countyelectric.coop formore ways to save.
Members with questions re-garding ways to save or anyother aspect of their electric ser-vice can contact Tri-CountyElectric at 800-522-3315 orm e m b e r s e r v i c e @ t r i -countyelectric.coop.
Dagan James, a recentBoise City High Schoolgraduate, has been awardedthe Freshman AcademicScholarship to attendNorthwestern OklahomaState University for the2011-2012 academic year.This award requires recipi-
DAGAN JAMES RECEIVES NORTHWESTERNSCHOLARSHIPS
ents to have an ACT scoreof 21-25 and a minimum 3.0cumulative grade point av-erage. She plans to studypre-medicine at North-western.Since she was named salu-tatorian of her high schoolclass, she will receive aNorthwestern scholarshipfor this honor. This schol-arship can be renewable forup to eight semesters.She is the daughter ofMichael and Sherry Jamesof Boise City.Featuring one of the mostcomprehensive financial as-sistance programs in theregion, Northwestern pro-vides more than $1 millionannually in scholarships andother forms of institutionalassistance to students.
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77th Army Band set toperform At Guymon’sWorld War II VictoryDay
GUYMON, Okla. – The77th Army Band will be part ofthe celebration honoring thegreatest generation on Aug. 13on World War II, World War IIVictory Day in Guymon.
More than 40 membersmake up the 77th Army Bandthat will be making the trip toGuymon for two appearances:the Lions Club World War II Vic-tory Day Parade at 9:30 a.m. indowntown Guymon and a 2 p.m.concert at Guymon HighSchool.
The concert is free to thepublic with first come firstseated. Reserved seating will befor the WWII veterans, theirfamilies and guests. Doors to theconcert will open at 1:30 p.m.for the public.
The band has a long, rich his-tory including receiving Cam-paign Participation Credit dur-ing WWII - Central Pacific,Western Pacific.”
The 77th Army Band wasformed in 1907 in the RegularArmy as the 13th Band, CoastArtillery and activated at Fort DuPont, Del. It was re-designatedas the 77th Army Band in 1947.In 1955 the band was activatedat Fort Sill, Okla., where it hasremained.
