Volume 113 No. 27 75 Cents Thursday October 06, 2011P.O. Box 278 •105 W. Main Street • Boise City, Oklahoma 73933-0278 • Cimarron CountyPhone 580-544-2222 • Fax 580-544-3281 • e-mail bcnews@ptsi.net

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BORN ON OCT. 6

THIS DAY IN HISTORYOCT. 6

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS WOMAN???

OKLA. GOV. MARY FALLIN

Many months ago, TheBoise City News, sent Gov.Fallin an e-mail to her officeinforming her that though we

were sure she and the Fed-eral Government were help-ing our farmers, that thepeople of Cimarron Countyneeded to see her boots on theground to know she cared.She has since visted Wash-ington D.C. and rung the bellto open the New York StockExchange. The Governor, hasyet to visit, (She missed twoopportunities while campaign-ing.) We offered a bounty of$50 for Governor Henry, butsince Ms. Fallin carried thecounty and she still hasn’t vis-ited, The Boise City News willpay $25 to the person thatproves to us she’s been hereas governor.

THIS DAY INMUSIC

A TIP OF THE HAT TO:

DEATHS-PG. 3

CIMARRON COUNTYJAIL BLOTTER

MAE JENKINS- 86MARY CULLOP- 78

MARLENE BOCOCK- 60

1820 Jenny Lind Sweden,s o p r a n o / n i g h t i n g a l e(Agathe-Der Freischultz),dream girl of Judge RoyBean1824 Henry Chadwickbaseball pioneer, devel-oped 1st rule book1846 GeorgeWestinghouse responsiblefor alternating current in US

1683 13 German familiesarrive in present day Phila-delphia1781 Americans & Frenchbegin siege of Cornwallis atYorktown; last battle of theRevolutionary War1863 Dr Charles HSheppard opens the 1stpublic bath, in Brooklyn1866 1st train robbery inUS1889 Thomas Edison showshis 1st motion picture1927 “Jazz Singer,” 1stmovie with a sound track,premieres (NYC)1939 Hitler announces hehas no attention of war withBritain & France1979 Pope John Paul II is1st Pope to visit the WhiteHouse

1970, The US Top 5singles: at 5, ‘All RightNow’ by Free, 4, ‘Ain’t NoMountain High Enough’,Diana Ross, 3, ‘Candida’,Dawn, 2, ‘I’ll Be There’,Jackson Five and No.1,‘Cracklin’ Rose,’ Neil Dia-mond.1973, Cher started a twoweek run at No.1 on the USsingles chart with ‘Half-Breed’, the singers secondUS No.1. The single didn’tchart in the UK.

With her workwith the youngmen and womenin Ag, especially

the FFA. She also helpedCoach Softball.

9-29Jason Rickman- Violationof a protective order,booked in and out.

10-1Frank Reeves- DUI, Trans-portation of an Open Con-tainer, ten days plus timeserved.

10-2Michael Hensley- DUI,(2nd), T.O.C., no D.L.,speeding, (71 in a 25), con-tributing to a minor, held ona bond of $12,000.

ATTENTIONCORRECTIONS

In last week’s fair results,the champion roses weregrown by Bonnie Borth.In the Sept. 8 issue I mis-identified two different indi-viduals in two separate pic-tures from the past, WildaTinsley, and Neva Sizemore.

Snow White - Kymber Murdock - gets help from herfriends to wake-up from her enchanted sleep. The pro-duction was part of the Missoula Childrens’ Theater puton each fall by the Felt School District.

By C.F. DavidGeneration Energy Spokes-

person, Karl Keller, dismissedthe rumors that the wind energycompany had given up on itsCimarron County project andwas pulling out.

Keller said the company wasstill pursuing the CimarronCounty projects and that theKeyes project was still shovelready.

He added that the companywas still working on the largerproject which would stretch

Keller denies Rumors of Generation EnergyInc., Cimarron County Pullout

west from Keyes for about 38miles, running just north of theBoise City airport.

Keller said that they had triedto sell the idea of their windproject to PNMM, a NewMexico power company and hadbeen rebuffed.

When asked about the at-tempts of Clean Line Energy intrying to build a transmission linenear Hitchland, Texas, just southof Guymon, Keller said that is afuture option.

He explained that from about

Willowbar Lake, just west ofKeyes to Hitchland was about90 miles, (according to GoogleEarth).

There is a problem withpower loss on some lines withdistances over about 60 milesbut Keller seems to think thateventually these problems canbe solved.

As for now, Keller insiststhat the project is still on andthinks by January, or just after,a more informative press re-lease might be forthcoming.

Tau Omega is once againplanning activities in the commu-nity to bring awareness to breastcancer, its survivors, and therace to find a cure. Accordingto the American Cancer Soci-ety Revised Medical Review 06/20/2011, breast cancer is themost common cancer amongwomen in the United States,other than skin cancer. Thechance of a woman having in-vasive breast cancer sometimeduring her life is a little less thanone in eight. Did you know aman can get breast cancer? Outof 100 cancer cases, one willoccur in a man.

Right now there are morethan 2 ½ million breast cancersurvivors in the United States.We would like to take Friday,October 7th to honor breast can-cer survivors at the Wildcats’home game against Buffalo.Any breast cancer survivor willbe admitted to the game free ofcharge and will receive a pinkribbon pin from Tau Omgea. Athalf time of the game survivorswill be asked to stand as theirnames are read. (Please seethe Tau Omega representativeat the entrance to the stadiumto receive your pin and give themyour name.) Names of thosewho have fought but lost theirfight with breast cancer may

ACTIVITIES PLANNEDTO BRING ATTENTIONTO BREAST CANCER

also be left with the Tau Omegarepresentative. Pink ribbon foot-balls and flyer disks sponsoredby Tau Omega will be thrownat the game.

There will also be the oppor-tunity for community membersto “Fill the Bra” at the ball gameon Friday and also from 10-2 atthe Boise City Square. One halfof the proceeds will be given tothe Susan G Komen Foundation.The mission of Susan G. Komenis to save lives, empowerpeople, ensure quality care forall and energize science to findcures. The other half of the pro-ceeds will be given to the Circleof Friends, which keeps moneylocally for those fighting the can-cer battle.

We hope to see you at theWildcat vs. Buffalo footballgame on Friday, October 7 withthe game beginning at 7:30 p.m.Please remember to do monthlyself-exams and keep your yearlyappointments for breast exams.Early detection is the key to apositive outcome in the battleagainst breast cancer.

Those who would like areencouraged to “Paint the townPINK” on Friday to show yoursupport of a cure for breast can-cer and for those who havefought the battle and WON!

By C.F. DavidSome information for thisarticle was derived fromFake Weed, Real Drug: K2Causing Hallucinations inTeens By Jeanna Bryner

Yet another drug concoctionis rearing its head, and accord-ing to Sheriff Keith Borth it isalready in Cimarron County.Though Borth admits the drughas been found here, he is closedmouth about its exact location.

The drug is called K 2 or“spice”, and is often sold in con-venience stores and head shops,(stores that sell paraphernaliaunder the guise of other items,bongs as flower vases, etc.), asincense.

Cimarron County SheriffNathan Cobb said the drug canbe detected by drug dogs.

Borth said he isn’t sure if it’sillegal yet in Oklahoma, one ofhis deputies said it is illegal inKansas. It is believed to be ille-gal in Texas. Principal MarkHays of Boise City High, thinksthe legislature signed an emer-gency law in April, and Cobbthinks it becomes illegal on Nov.1. ( Researcher in the DA’sOffice didn’t get back in timewith a definitive answer.)

However, in a call to Clayton,N.M. Police Chief Scott Julian,he said that the drug in your per-sonal possession is illegal inNew Mexico. However, it is stilllegal to be sold as incense, aglaring loophole left by the NewMexico Legislature. He addedthat it was the same with drugparaphernalia, i.e. rolling papers,pipes, and bongs, they aren’t il-legal to sell, just to possess.

K 2 is usually smoked andcan have affects such as hallu-cinations, vomiting, agitation, arise in blood pressure and an el-evated heart rate.

Trips and calls to localschools and their administratorsmet with either bewilderment ora limited knowledge that thedrug is out there.

Dr. Ira Harris, of Boise City,hadn’t heard of it, and referred

K 2 Isn’t Just a Mountain in the Himalayas,and You Can Get High on it, and Sick

me to his Principal Mark Hays,who was familiar with the drug.

Supt. Kinkaid, of Keyes saidhe’d heard of it but wasn’t famil-iar with it and referred me toKeyes Police Chief KevinMcIntire.

A call to McIntire resulted inhim saying that while he wouldn’tbe surprised that it might be in thecounty, he wasn’t aware of its usein Keyes.

Boise City Police Chief DaleHarper said he’d heard of it butas of yet, hadn’t come across anyof it.

Supt. Hefley of Felt, said sheknew of the existence of the drug.

None of the administratorswould say if the drug had beenfound in their respectiveschool(s).

While walking the halls withDr. Harris he said, “You probablyshould talk to the students. Let’sask in here”, and opened a ran-dom classroom.

The teacher hadn’t ever heardof the drug, the three students inthe classroom immediately an-swered, “fake marijuana”.

Under further questioning byHarris, the students who all saidthey had never smoked or boughtthe drug, were quite familiar withit, one said they’d seen a reporton the national news, another saidthey’d seen information on-line.

The drug, or rather the sub-stance sprayed on the “incense”, according to an online article,(written in March of 2010, byJeanna Bryner), was developedin the 1990s by a researcher, JohnW. Huffman, of Clemson Uni-versity while studying “cannab-inoid” receptors.

Apparently the chemical com-pound is being used in China andKorea as a plant growth stimu-lant.

Huffman has no idea when itwas first smoked, but thinks it wassomewhere in Europe.

According to the on-line site,K 2 has been sold in the U.S.since about 2006 for about $30 to$40 for a three ounce bag, a pricecomparable at the time, to the

price of marijuana.According to the article the

chemical compound hits thebrain about 10 times the strengthof marijuana, and works in thesame way on the central ner-vous system; however it alsoattaches to peripheral brain(CB2) receptors, which are in-volved in the body’s immunesystem.

Unlike marijuana, however,which often lowers blood pres-sure and heart rates, K2 in-creases heart rates, raises theblood pressure and causes moreagitation.

Dr. Anthony Scalzo, a doc-tor examining K2 in his state ofMissouri, thinks the differenceis that either the compound ismuch stronger than originallydesigned, or more likely, yetanother chemical compoundhas been added. His efforts totest urine samples to learn morehas been stymied by users be-ing unwilling to surrender theurine.

Scalzo is concerned that thedrug, still legal in many states,is being self-administered with-out any quality control havingbeen done, and of course,among users there are no vol-unteers.

He points out that the drug,when created was used onmice, but not on humans, andat the end of the experiment, themice were euthanized, so thereis no information on long termeffects, on the mice. Much lesshumans.

According to the article,Scalzo considers K2 to be adangerous drug, due to the vom-iting elevated heat rates andblood pressure and pale skin. Heis sure that the drug is affectingany user’s cardiovascular sys-tem.

He said users of the drug arepotentially candidates for the“Darwin Awards” a tongue incheek award given each yearto those who die in ridiculousways, thereby removing them-selves from the human genepool.

October is Breast CancerAwareness month, an importantreminder of one of the leadingcause of death in women. Ifcaught early enough, breast can-cer can be treated, but there isstill no cure for this disease thatwill affect 1 in 8 women everyyear. Join the breast cancer fightand use these resources fromUSA.gov to help spread theword:

· Breast cancer is the sec-ond leading cause of cancerdeaths among women in theUnited States, preceded only bylung cancer. Breast self-examsand mammograms are very im-portant to help find breast can-cer early, when it is most treat-able. Mammograms are x-raysthat help find tumors and tell thedifference between healthy andcancerous tissue.

· It is important to be checkedfor breast and cervical cancer

no matter what else is going onin your life. If you are busy, orhaving financial problems, theNational Breast and CervicalCancer Early Detection Pro-gram (NBCCEDP), providedby the Centers for Disease Con-trol and Prevention (CDC), pro-vides free or low-cost breast andcervical cancer screening ser-vices to women in all 50 states,as well as some U.S. territoriesand Native American tribes. Youcan also find a NBCCEDPscreening provider near you.

· Breast and Cervical Can-cer Prevention and TreatmentPrograms (BCCPT) throughMedicaid are available to eligiblewomen diagnosed with breast orcervical cancer through the stateNBCCEDP screening program.You may be eligible even if youhave a higher income. For moreinformation or to apply, contactyour state medicaid office.

BREAST CANCER AWARENESSMONTH

Kyle Conner Journals Australian TripJUNE 22, 2011

DAY 1The flight from Dallas to

Brisbane took roughly 15 hours.So you may be wondering whaton earth a person could do forthat long. Well each seat has itsown screen and remote. Youcan watch movies, TV shows,play games like Tetris, listen toradio, and even track the flightprocess. The seats lean backso you canrelax...some....Personally I sleptnine hours and spent the restplaying my GameBoy Color.Jake Cochran, who reminds meof a non Hairy Hagrid, sat nextto me along with Lindsey Craft,a delegation leader. Jake and Iswitched seats because his TVthingy didn’t work and I wasn’tusing mine. We arrived inBrisbane at about five in themorning. We had to stop therebefore we flew to Sydney, don’t

know why. We were delayed inBrisbane for seven hours. So wespent our time playing cards,shopping, eating and so forth.EVERYTHING was super ex-pensive. Footlong Subway, justthe sandwich cost 11 dollars...OHand we got a 20 dollar voucherfor Quantas delaying our flight solong. You could only use it on foodand one shop. I had already eatenso I used mine for souvenirs. Seasalt 4 dad, coffee for my grandma,and tea for Joyce. When we gotto Sydney we went to BendiBeach and some splashedaround. I didn’t. I was too busyshivering. It was COLD. Eventhe Sand! Dinner was outside andour choices were fish, kangaroo& lamb. I chose fish, but the otherdishes were good as well.

JUNE 23, 2011 DAY 2:SYDNEY

Today was Awesome. We vis-ited the Majestic Blue Mountains.

Seeing to how it’s winter time,the weather was very cool. Alsoit was humid and there wasabout a twenty mph wind. Wemade our stop at a small resortwhich consisted of a hotel/caféfor repelling guests, and smallbuildings for staff, meetings, etc.We entered a room which wasmore of just a building really,and were informed that we’dbe repelling down a 185 ft cliff.After that they spent about anhour or so trying to boost ourself confidence and change ourperspective. Which I’ll give itto them they did very well. Iwas impressed. Then they gaveus some snacks and we hit thebus and drove to the repel site.We got there, were given ourequipment, safety briefing,yada yada...Then we hiked upto the actual site. It was abouta twenty minute hike and it was(Continued on page 3)