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birthdays
Those celebrating birthdays
today include Jenny Blanton,
Chase Burton, Tracy Claborn,
Betty Coates, Leonard Corbett,
Randy Epperley, L.B. Garfield,
Gavyn Harjo, Casey Hosel-
ton, Lois Kellough, Helen
Lenard, Ayden Livesay, Heath
ODaniel, Lee Oates, Cheryl
Paker, Stewart Ponkilla,
Tanya Richardson, Venita
Shaffer, Brooke Stephens,
Curtis Votaw, Jessica Watters
& Blayden Whitlock.
anniversaries
Those celebrating anniver-
saries today include Rick and
Jean Ann Lawson & John and
Jennifer Lofton.
slants
Rachael Gilliland doing her
spring shopping
today
Seminole Public Library
Story Hour for infants through
pre-school. Begins at 10:30
a.m. at the Library located on
Main Street in Seminole. Story
Hour will be every Wednesday
through the second week in
April.
Strother Public Schools
Title VII meeting, 5:30 p.m.
followed by JOM meeting at 6
p.m. in the cafeteria.
tomorrow
Rosh Hashanah
Oklahoma State Regents
Education Program Training and
Conference will meet at 8 a.m.
for a Social Gathering at the PHF
Conference Center in Oklahoma
City. No Seminole State Col-
lege Board of Regents business
or actions will be conducted or
taken.
Seminole High School vol-
leyball at Noble.
Seminole Junior High foot-
ball vs McLoud.
Board of Directors election
meeting for the Central Oklahoma
Family Medical Center at 6 p.m.
in Konawa at 527 W. Third Street.
For more details, call 580-925-
3286.
Nurcup Harjo band meeting,
6:30 p.m. at the North Community
building. Discussion will cover
the emergency meeting of the
general council on Sept. 27, 2014.
The public is invited to attend.
Seminole Nation Diabetes
Program free public health screen-
ing from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
at OAP Building. For more infor-
mation call (405) 234-5276 or
email ferguson.d@sno-nsn.gov
Seminole Nation Special
Call General Council meeting at
7:00 p.m., Mekusukey Mission
Council House to consider FY
2015 budgets.
Mekusukey band meeting,
6 p.m. at the Mekusukey Mission
council house.
Seminole County Today
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Weekdays until 5pm
In Wewoka 683-0369
Weaver Pleads Guilty
Lou Armour
City Editor
On advice of his counsel,
Jonathan Russell Weaver, 17,
of Seminole pled guilty to the
first-degree murder of Nicho-
las Tilley on Friday, Sept. 19.
At the time of his arrest by
Seminole Police on Nov. 9,
2012, Weaver was alleged to
have stabbed Tilley in the chest
with a knife.
In his guilty plea before
District Judge George Butner,
Weaver wrote, or his attorney
Craig M. Hoehms wrote for
him, On November 9, 2012,
while in Seminole County,
Oklahoma, I stabbed Nicho-
las Tilley in the chest with a
knife causing Nicholas Tilleys
death. I did this willfully and
with intent to cause death.
Also in the Summary of
Facts, Weaver acknowledged
he knowingly and voluntarily
entered the guilty plea before
the court.
Weaver is expected to be
sentenced on Nov. 20th, but
according to Assistant District
Attorney Paul Smith, repre-
senting the State in this case,
he will likely not get the death
penalty or a life sentence with-
out parole.
Smith cited the U.S.
Supreme Court decision of
Miller v. Alabama of 2012 as
the reasons for both sentenc-
Local Asks Legislature
To Boost Nursing Staff
Mike Ray
State House of
Representatives
OKLAHOMA CITY A
Seminole woman pleaded with
state lawmakers recently to
demand changes in the staff-
ing and other requirements
of our states long-term care
facilities.
June Ballou said her 98-
year-old mother who is
legally blind, hard of hearing,
has crippling arthritis, suffered
a stroke, and has short-term
memory that is only a few
minutes long had to be
moved into a Norman nursing
home approximately two years
ago.
Because of these handi-
caps, she requires help with
every aspect of daily living,
Ballou informed members
of the House Committee on
Long-Term Care and Senior
Services in a Sept. 16 email.
However, staffing in the
nursing home is sometimes
insufficient, Ballou asserted.
We have learned that
nursing homes meet state-
mandated staffing require-
ments that sometimes are not
adequate to meet the needs of
the residents of a particular
nursing home.
As a result, sometimes the
residents miss meals, baths and
oral care, and are left out of
daily activities such as shop-
ping trips, because the few
aides on duty do not have time
to attend to all of their daily
tasks.
Salaries and absentee
owners are two primary prob-
lems in the industry, said Rep.
James Lockhart, a member of
the Houses Long-Term Care
Thrills
And
Chills
The free carnival at Semi-
nole Nation Days last week-
end was a big hit, as children
of all ages experienced thrills
and chills on rides high and
fast. A parade, food and
crafts vendors, a pow-wow
and concerts made a memo-
rable weekend for locals and
visitors from all over. For
more photos, see Page B1
and B2.
-Staff Photos by Karen Anson
Raffling
An ATV
For Pad
Lou Armour
City Editor
Great Plains Kubota and
Citizens Improvement League
of Wewoka (CILOW) are pre-
senting a raffle for a Polaris
Sportsman 400 HO AWD four-
wheeler to benefit the construc-
tion of the Lane Azlins World
Splash Pad in Wewoka.
Lane would offer up his par-
ents money to get his friends
in to play at the town pool.
The splash pad as a sum-
mertime water venue for all
Waiting
It Out
Customers anxious to
get their hands on the new
Iphone 6 started lining up at
the Seminole AT&T store at
2:30 a.m. Friday. At left, the
line a couple of hours before
the store opened included,
left to right, Roy McAusland,
Lee Hughes, Lane Harjo,
Alek Cunningham and Brett
Cunningham.
-Staff Photos by Mary Wells
Preparedness Can
Reunite Families
In Case of Disaster
In the blink of an eye, disas-
ters can alter a familys normal
routine.
Neighborhood streets can be
closed because of large debris
or downed power lines.
Suddenly, an area that is a
familiar part of a normal daily
routine is now unrecognizable.
In times like this, it is cru-
cial for a family to have a plan
to reunite and meet at a safe
location.
In observance of National
Preparedness Month this
September, the Oklahoma
State Department of Health
Emergency Preparedness and
Response Service encourages
families to create a plan for
both adults and children to
follow.
A family may not be together
when a disaster strikes so it is
important to plan in advance:
how to get to a safe place; how
to contact one another; how to
get back together; and what to
do in different situations.
During a disaster, roads are
often blocked or closed and
alternate routes must be used.
Knowing multiple routes of
travel in advance can save time
and frustration when trying to
reach loved ones.
Households with children
(See Weaver on Page A12)
(See Legislature on Page A12)
(See Prepare on Page A2)
(See Raffle on Page A12)