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Me-Too Wendy attempted to burnish her border-control credentials by supporting Republican calls for an Eb- ola travel ban from West African countries (after ear- lier attacking Abbott over his “’stop the invasion’ rhetoric” and accusing him of disliking “people who don’t look like him.” And in the ghastliest turn- around since Linda Blair’s head spin in “The Exorcist,” No-Shame Wendy claimed she would support legisla- tion banning abortions after 20 weeks – after vaulting into the national spotlight with her 13-hour back-brace-and- comfy-shoes-aided filibuster on the Texas Senate floor last year against the very bill that would have outlawed late- term abortions and cracked down on filthy, dangerous abortion clinics like the one serial baby-killer Gosnell operated for 15 years thanks to shoddy government over- sight and abortion-rights apathy. Callous evil is as callous evil does. The lady parts-obsessed liberal bet all her feminist marbles on her chromo- somes. After Election Day, all Wendy Davis will have to show for it are well-coifed selfies and the ashes of her Vogue magazine fashion photo spread. Michelle Malkin is the au- thor of “Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks and Cronies” (Regnery 2010). Her e-mail ad- dress is [email protected]. COPYRIGHT 2014 CREATORS.COM Malkin (Continued From Page 4A) slice of the district. If the dictionary had a listing for standup citizen, Jech’s picture might well be the illustration. The other Republican who sought the nomination that Jech won, Dan Gambill, may- or of Elk City, told us person- ally in a visit to Kingfisher that Black holds many of the same positions that afflict the Democratic Party nationally. The entire district would do itself a favor by elect - ing Darcy Jech. Ethical, moral, honest, reliable and hard-working all describe Jech. He would be an asset to the entire district. He is a strong supporter of good schools; his wife, Vickie, is a teacher. There is a District 1 county commission race on the ballot for some county residents. Jeff Moss, Republican, and Nicholas Allen are running for the seat from which in- cumbent Edward Wilczek is retiring from effective the first Monday in January. There are several judicial retention selections on the ballot. So far as we can discover, there are no serious defects in the service of the justices and judges up for election. Three state questions ap- pear on the ballot. We will vote for all three. State Question 769 amends the state constitution to allow holders of many public offic- es – down to the local level – to serve in military positions concurrently. State Question 770 pro- vides a homestead exemption to certain qualified disabled veterans. The measure would allow a veteran or his or her sur- viving spouse to sell a home- stead and buy another in the same calendar year. The ex- emption would apply to the newly acquired homestead property to the same extent as the original exemption for the homestead that was sold. S.Q. 771 would add a new section to the constitution, creating a homestead exemp- tion for the surviving spouse killed in the line of duty. The exemption would begin in the 2015 calendar year. It also would apply to the 2014 year if the surviving spouse meets applicable re- quirements. NOV. 4 th Crossword Puzzle DOWN 1. Collapsed 2. Call 3. Popular condiment 4. Acting (abbr.) 5. Holy person 6. Cooking measurement 7. Knocks (2 wds.) 8. Cain’s brother 9. Madame 15. Pen stuff 19. Poem 21. Sleeper 23. Suppress 24. Jewelry need 25. Coral reef 26. Baby deer 27. Double-reed instrument 28. Expand 30. Religious person 32. Wing ACROSS 1. Hertz 4. Stellar 10. Expression of surprise 11. Yellow melon 12. Volume (abbr.) 13. Leaning 14. National flag 16. Artful 17. College head 18. Toward 20. Miss lang 22. __ vu 26. Driving hazard 29. Egg dish 31. Hug upon greeting 33. The other half of Jima 34. Cloth 35. New Jersey’s neighbor 36. Eastern airport 37. Wing © Feature Exchange Crossword Solution © Feature Exchange WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Ok- la.), senior member of the En- vironment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, sent a let- ter Tuesday to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ad- ministrator Gina McCarthy urging the EPA to withdraw its proposed new control requirements for petroleum refineries. In the letter, In- hofe highlights that the new requirements are not justified by a sound risk assessment; do not provide meaningful benefits to human health or the environment; and fail to comply with EPA’s mandate under Section 321(a) of the Inhofe urges EPA to abandon new refinery requirements Clean Air Act, which requires a continuous evaluation of the regulations’ impact to employment in the United States. Inhofe wrote, “The EPA is proposing new control requirements for flares, stor- age tanks, coking units, and fenceline monitoring at petroleum refineries. These regulations are not justified by risk assessments and will result in an increase in the cost of producing gasoline; further, with these regula- tions, EPA has again failed to comply with the employ- ment impact analysis re- quirements of Section 321(a) of the Clean Air Act. In the interest of American consumers and EPA compli- ance with both the law and the President’s Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 concerning the principles of sound regulation, I urge you to withdraw these rules.” The new requirements would come in the form of amendments to a variety of refinery Maximum Achiev- able Control Performance Standards (MACT) and New Source Performance Stan- dards (NSPS), which are col- lectively referred to as the Pe- troleum Refinery Sector Risk and Technology Review and New Source Performance Standards (RTR). “A key principle of sound regulatory policy is that regulations be pursued only when they are targeting sig- nificant, scientifically iden- tified risks that cannot be otherwise addressed. In 2008, when EPA last devel- oped an RTR rulemaking for refineries, EPA elected to take no regulatory action, citing that the public health and environmental risk of refinery operations around the country were within an adequate margin of safety and did not require addi- tional regulation. Under the Obama Administration, EPA conducted a massive data collection effort, assessing the same risk characteristics, and while the Agency es- tablished a nearly identical risk assessment as the 2008 rulemaking, it pursued the opposite course and elect- ed to mandate additional, costly requirements on the industry. As written, the RTR dismisses the instruc- tions within EO 12866 that ‘agencies should promul- gate only such regulations as are required by law, are necessary to interpret the law, or are made necessary by compelling public need.’ The Clean Air Act does not mandate these regulations and EPA has failed to justify why they are ‘necessary by compelling public need.’ “Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, stand- ing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.” — 1 Peter 5:8-9 Thoughts on Today’s Verse... Satan is no play or pretend thing. He and his power are real and intended to harm. But rather than spending our time worrying about him, let’s resist him when we are tempted and focus on Jesus. He’s the one who won the big showdown at Calvary, triumphing over Satan. He took Satan’s greatest tool and disarmed it. Now we can re- sist and Satan will flee. My Prayer... Thank you, Almighty God, for sending Jesus to break Satan’s stranglehold over us. Through the Sav- ior’s death you have assured me that mine won’t be the end of our relationship, but the beginning of life with you. Today, however, I ask that you help me especially resist Satan’s power over my life in the following ways... Through power and in the name of Jesus I pray. Amen. The Thoughts and Prayer on Today’s Verse are written by Phil Ware. You can email questions or comments to [email protected]. Bible verse NOW SHOWING See Us On Facebook or at www.89ertheatre.com 24-HOUR MOVIE INFORMATION 304 North Main Street (405) 699-3489 (Add $ 2 To All Prices For 3D) ADULTS- $ 6.00 / CHILDREN- $ 5 Every Monday Night Is Discount Ticket Night! •Nightly – 7:10 •Matinee Sat. & Sun. – 2:10 89er Theatre GIFT CERTIFICATES Make Great Presents! ALEXANDER AND THE TERRIBLE, HORRIBLE, NO GOOD, VERY BAD DAY (PG) 1 Hr. 21 Min. •Nightly – 7:20 •Matinee Sat. & Sun. –2:20 COMING SOON... April 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a Sherman tank and his five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Out-numbered, out-gunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany. •Nightly – 7:00 •Matinee Sat. & Sun. –2:00 A group of friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they awaken the dark powers of an ancient spirit board. Alexander’s day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities. Though he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother, and sister all find themselves living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day. FURY (R) 2 Hrs. 15 Min. OUIJA (PG-13) 1 Hr. 29 Min.
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View(Continued From Page 4A)
city council).Me-Too Wendy attempted
to burnish her border-control credentials by supporting Republican calls for an Eb-ola travel ban from West African countries (after ear-lier attacking Abbott over his “’stop the invasion’ rhetoric” and accusing him of disliking “people who don’t look like him.”
And in the ghastliest turn-around since Linda Blair’s head spin in “The Exorcist,” No-Shame Wendy claimed she would support legisla-tion banning abortions after 20 weeks – after vaulting into the national spotlight with her 13-hour back-brace-and-comfy-shoes-aided filibuster on the Texas Senate floor last year against the very bill that would have outlawed late-term abortions and cracked down on filthy, dangerous abortion clinics like the one serial baby-killer Gosnell operated for 15 years thanks to shoddy government over-sight and abortion-rights apathy.
Callous evil is as callous evil does.
The lady parts-obsessed liberal bet all her feminist marbles on her chromo-somes. After Election Day, all Wendy Davis will have to show for it are well-coifed selfies and the ashes of her Vogue magazine fashion photo spread.
Michelle Malkin is the au-thor of “Culture of Corruption: Obama and his Team of Tax Cheats, Crooks and Cronies” (Regnery 2010). Her e-mail ad-dress is [email protected].
COPYRIGHT 2014 CREATORS.COM
Malkin(Continued From Page 4A)
slice of the district.If the dictionary had a
listing for standup citizen, Jech’s picture might well be the illustration.
The other Republican who sought the nomination that Jech won, Dan Gambill, may-or of Elk City, told us person-ally in a visit to Kingfisher that Black holds many of the same positions that afflict the Democratic Party nationally.
The entire district would do itself a favor by elect-ing Darcy Jech. Ethical, moral, honest, reliable and hard-working all describe Jech.
He would be an asset to the entire district. He is a strong supporter of good schools; his wife, Vickie, is a teacher.
There is a District 1 county commission race on the ballot for some county residents. Jeff Moss, Republican, and Nicholas Allen are running for the seat from which in-cumbent Edward Wilczek is retiring from effective the first Monday in January.
There are several judicial retention selections on the ballot.
So far as we can discover, there are no serious defects in the service of the justices and judges up for election.
Three state questions ap-pear on the ballot. We will vote for all three.
State Question 769 amends the state constitution to allow holders of many public offic-es – down to the local level – to serve in military positions concurrently.
State Question 770 pro-vides a homestead exemption to certain qualified disabled veterans.
The measure would allow a veteran or his or her sur-viving spouse to sell a home-stead and buy another in the same calendar year. The ex-emption would apply to the newly acquired homestead property to the same extent as the original exemption for the homestead that was sold.
S.Q. 771 would add a new section to the constitution, creating a homestead exemp-tion for the surviving spouse killed in the line of duty. The exemption would begin in the 2015 calendar year.
It also would apply to the 2014 year if the surviving spouse meets applicable re-quirements.
NOV. 4th
Crossword Puzzle
DOWN1. Collapsed2. Call3. Popular condiment4. Acting (abbr.)5. Holy person6. Cooking measurement7. Knocks (2 wds.)8. Cain’s brother9. Madame15. Pen stuff19. Poem21. Sleeper23. Suppress24. Jewelry need25. Coral reef26. Baby deer27. Double-reed instrument28. Expand30. Religious person32. Wing
ACROSS 1. Hertz4. Stellar10. Expression of surprise11. Yellow melon12. Volume (abbr.)13. Leaning14. National flag16. Artful17. College head18. Toward20. Miss lang22. __ vu26. Driving hazard29. Egg dish31. Hug upon greeting33. The other half of Jima34. Cloth35. New Jersey’s neighbor36. Eastern airport37. Wing
© Feature Exchange
Crossword Solution
© Feature Exchange
WASHINGTON, D.C. — U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Ok-la.), senior member of the En-vironment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, sent a let-ter Tuesday to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Ad-ministrator Gina McCarthy urging the EPA to withdraw its proposed new control requirements for petroleum refineries. In the letter, In-hofe highlights that the new requirements are not justified by a sound risk assessment; do not provide meaningful benefits to human health or the environment; and fail to comply with EPA’s mandate under Section 321(a) of the
Inhofe urges EPA to abandon new refinery requirementsClean Air Act, which requires a continuous evaluation of the regulations’ impact to employment in the United States.
Inhofe wrote, “The EPA is proposing new control requirements for flares, stor-age tanks, coking units, and fenceline monitoring at petroleum refineries. These regulations are not justified by risk assessments and will result in an increase in the cost of producing gasoline; further, with these regula-tions, EPA has again failed to comply with the employ-ment impact analysis re-quirements of Section 321(a)
of the Clean Air Act. In the interest of American consumers and EPA compli-ance with both the law and the President’s Executive Orders 12866 and 13563 concerning the principles of sound regulation, I urge you to withdraw these rules.”
The new requirements would come in the form of amendments to a variety of refinery Maximum Achiev-able Control Performance Standards (MACT) and New Source Performance Stan-dards (NSPS), which are col-lectively referred to as the Pe-troleum Refinery Sector Risk and Technology Review and New Source Performance Standards (RTR).
“A key principle of sound regulatory policy is that regulations be pursued only when they are targeting sig-nificant, scientifically iden-tified risks that cannot be otherwise addressed. In 2008, when EPA last devel-oped an RTR rulemaking for refineries, EPA elected to take no regulatory action, citing that the public health and environmental risk of refinery operations around the country were within an adequate margin of safety and did not require addi-tional regulation. Under the Obama Administration, EPA conducted a massive data collection effort, assessing the same risk characteristics, and while the Agency es-tablished a nearly identical risk assessment as the 2008 rulemaking, it pursued the opposite course and elect-ed to mandate additional, costly requirements on the industry. As written, the RTR dismisses the instruc-tions within EO 12866 that ‘agencies should promul-
gate only such regulations as are required by law, are necessary to interpret the law, or are made necessary by compelling public need.’ The Clean Air Act does not mandate these regulations and EPA has failed to justify why they are ‘necessary by compelling public need.’
“Be self-controlled and alert. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. Resist him, stand-ing firm in the faith, because you know that your brothers throughout the world are undergoing the same kind of sufferings.”
— 1 Peter 5:8-9Thoughts on Today’s Verse...Satan is no play or pretend
thing. He and his power are real and intended to harm. But rather than spending our time worrying about him, let’s resist him when we are tempted and focus on Jesus. He’s the one who won the big showdown at Calvary, triumphing over Satan. He took Satan’s greatest tool and disarmed it. Now we can re-sist and Satan will flee.
My Prayer...Thank you, Almighty
God, for sending Jesus to break Satan’s stranglehold over us. Through the Sav-ior’s death you have assured me that mine won’t be the end of our relationship, but the beginning of life with you. Today, however, I ask that you help me especially resist Satan’s power over my life in the following ways... Through power and in the name of Jesus I pray. Amen.
The Thoughts and Prayer on Today’s Verse are written by Phil Ware. You can email questions or comments to [email protected].
Bible verse
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April 1945. As the Allies make their final push in the European theatre, a battle-hardened army sergeant named Wardaddy commands a
Sherman tank and his five-man crew on a deadly mission behind enemy lines. Out-numbered, out-gunned, and with a rookie soldier thrust into
their platoon, Wardaddy and his men face overwhelming odds in
their heroic attempts to strike at the heart of Nazi Germany.
•Nightly – 7:00•Matinee Sat. & Sun. –2:00
A group of friends must confront their most terrifying fears when they awaken the dark powers of
an ancient spirit board.
Alexander’s day begins with gum stuck in his hair, followed by more calamities.
Though he finds little sympathy from his family and begins to wonder if bad
things only happen to him, his mom, dad, brother, and sister all find themselves
living through their own terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day.
FURY (R) 2 Hrs. 15 Min.
OUIJA(PG-13) 1 Hr. 29 Min.
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SPORTSKINGFISHER AREA
HENNESSEYLOMEGAKINGFISHER DOVER CRESCENT OKARCHECASHION
This time around, Mason Overstreet brought home two titles.
The Kingfisher High School junior had another strong finsh in the final round last Sunday to win individual honors in the annual Oklaho-ma Junior Golf Tour-Texas Junior Golf Tour Red River Team Challenge.
Overstreet shot a 4-under par 66 in the final round to win the inividual title at Ar-dmore’s Dornick Hills Golf and Country Club.
His efforts also helped Oklahoma beat Texas in the team competition for just the second time in 10 years.
Overstreet shot a 74 on Saturday and trailed leader Garett Reband of Cleburn, Texas, by six strokes. He was five strokes behind Fisher Vol-lendorf of Fayetteville, Ark.
He had been shooting a steady round, but finished with a triple-bogey on 18.
It didn’t look much better Sunday when he started his round with a bogey.
However, Overstreet ral-lied with birdies on 5, 7 and 9 to make the turn at 2-under
Overstreet claims OJGT-TJGT title
MASON OVERSTREET, third from left, with the other placers at the OJGT-TJGT Red River Team Challenge. He’s joined by, from left, William Hocker, Jackson Markham, Fisher Vollendorf and Garett Reband. Overstreet also led Oklahoma to the team title over Texas. [Photo Provided]
for the day.On the back-nine, Vol-
lendorf started to make his charge as he birdied 11, 13 and 14 and was sitting at 1-under for the tournament and was two strokes ahead of Overstreet.
But Vollendorf followed that stretch with bogeys on two of his final four holes, finishing with a 72 for the day and 141 for the tournament.
Overstreet birdied 16, a par-5, then parred his final two holes to finish the tour-nament with a 140.
He was also two strokes ahead of Jackson Markham of Westlake, Texas. First-day leader Reband shot a 75 Sun-day to finish with a 143.
Overstreet had just con-cluded a season on the OJGT in which he led the tour in wins and scoring average. That included a win in the season-ending Tour Cham-pionship.
Since the final high school tournament of his sophomore season, in which he finished runner-up to Hobart’s Brad Dalke in the 2A state touran-
ment, Overstreet has won 11 of the 14 tournaments in which he’s played.
As the football regular season winds down, it means it’s time for basketball season to get started.
November 1 is the first day non-football high schools can start playing basketball games.
Since that falls on a Saturday this year, most schools will start their seasons on Tuesday.
That includes a pair of local teams.
Dover starts its season at home against Calumet while Lomega hosts Cimarron.
Storylines abound for boys and girls teams from both schools.
Dover is break-ing in a pair of new coaches, the Lomega boys are looking to
bounce back from a winless season and the Lady Raiders figure to once again contend for a Class B state championship.
The other county team that can get started is waiting a week to do so.
Okarche opens its season Tuesday, Nov. 11, at home against Lomega.
Okarche makes
the move back to Class A this season after spending last year in Class B.
The Lady War-riors won the Class B state title last year as well as the Class A crown in 2012.
As always, check the Times and Free Press weekly for all local basketball re-sults.
Basketball season starts Tuesday
Hunters hoping to enjoy a wild turkey meal for Thanks-giving or Christmas will have their chance to bag a bird during Oklahoma’s fall turkey gun season from Nov. 1-21.
Generally overshadowed by the more-popular spring turkey season, the fall turkey gun season offers the chance to pursue these elusive birds under different and oftentimes more challenging conditions than those found in springtime.
Archery season for turkey opened Oct. 1 and continues through Jan. 15, 2015. The fall turkey season bag limit is one bird, regardless of the method of take.
The Rio Grande subspecies of turkey is found primarily in the western two-thirds of Oklahoma, while the Eastern subspecies is mainly seen in the eastern one-third of the state.
Turkey hunters in the northwestern parts of the state should get some oppor-tunities this fall, said Steve Conrady, northwest region supervisor with the Oklaho-ma Department of Wildlife Conservation.
“In general, we probably had a better hatch this year than we’ve had the previous three years,” Conrady said. “Our bird numbers ought to be pretty decent.”
Hunters are allowed to harvest one turkey of either sex, or just one tom, depend-ing on the county in which they are hunting. In some eastern counties, hunters are restricted to using shotguns only. Other counties, mainly in the central and southeast-ern sections of Oklahoma, are closed to fall turkey gun season but remain open for archery turkey hunting.
To learn the regulations pertaining to the sex of birds that can be harvested and the method of take, hunters should consult the fall turkey map on page 29 of the current “Oklahoma Hunting” regula-tions guide, available online at wildlifedepartment.com or in print where hunting and fishing licenses are sold.
Also, all turkeys harvest-ed must be field tagged and checked in via the Wildlife Department’s online E-Check system. To watch a video that demonstrates how to tag a turkey, go online to youtube.com/outdooroklahoma and search for “field tagging.”
Rod Smith, southwest region supervisor for the Wildlife Department, said the population of Rio Grande turkeys continues to rebound in all areas after several years of drought.
Smith said turkeys are transitioning this time of year from the nesting and brood-rearing activities of spring and summer to flock-ing up for winter.
Fall turkey gun season begins
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Richard Marlin CoferRichard Marlin Cofer
Richard Marlin “Weed” Cofer, 77, of Kingfisher died Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, in Kingfisher.
Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 3, 2014, at the Church of the Nazarene in Kingfisher. Arrangements are under the direction of Sanders Funeral Service.
Richard was born July 1, 1937, in Ninnekah, Okla., to Tom and Della Cofer and at-tended school in Ninnekah.
He married Mary Earlene Stucks, to whom he was mar-ried for 51 years, on Sept. 30, 1960, in Alex, Okla.
Richard worked years driving a truck cross coun-try for Redwine Supply which brought him and his family to Kingfisher in 1971, and also where the nick-name “Tumbleweed” then “Weed,” for short, came and stuck with him throughout the remainder of his life. After years on the road, he decided it was time to stay at home with his family and he was employed by Henry’s Contracting.
No matter the time of day, where he was at or what he was doing he constantly claimed, “I’m working” when asked what he was doing. We all imagine he was working on a nap, a cup of coffee or watching TV with his eyes closed. He also never hesitated to tell a person, “Get to work,” in his ornery way.
Though not a man of many hobbies, Richard defi-nitely had the gift of gab and love for people. He enjoyed making people smile and laugh and if he couldn’t do
that, he would aggravate you just so you knew your blood was pumping and that it is good to be alive.
Next to that, Richard al-ways had a song in his heart. He loved the old gospel hymns and every day he would be singing or whis-tling and feeling Jesus in his heart. He is a Christian, loves Jesus and looked forward to his days with the Lord and strolling across Heaven with his bride, Earlene, who he has truly missed.
Survivors include one son, Curtis Cofer of Kingfisher; three daughters, Marla Hen-ry and husband Danny and Wanda Gray and husband Travis, all of Kingfisher, and Jo Ann Rother of Texas; 14 grandchildren, Curtis M. Cofer, Mitchell Cofer, Antho-ny Ross, Dustin Henry and wife Melissa, Derek Henry, Dana Boutwell, Heather Henry, Dianna Kubat and husband Drew Walch, Clint Kubat, Creston Rother and wife Teneille, Erica Rother, Izak Gray and wife Cassey, Ben Gray and Abigail Gray; seven great-grandchildren, Kristopher and Natalie McAl-lister, Hannah Jo and Daxon Henry, Jesse and Remington Boutwell and Keith Rother.
Surviving siblings include his twin sister, Juanita Dew-ese and husband Charles of Tennessee and Joy Heltcel of Moore.
Richard was preceded in death by his parents, Tom and Della Cofer, wife, Mary Ear-lene Cofer, and two sisters, Fran Crow and Clara Hinson.
Nancy Char HainesNancy Char “Lynn”
Haines, 76, of Weatherford, formerly of Kingfisher, died Monday, Oct. 27, 2014, at her home.
A memorial service will be held at a later date.
She was born Oct. 15, 1938, to John and Mary Stephens.
S u r v i v o r s i n c l u d e one son, Mike Willson of Weatherford; one daughter, Carol Love and husband Mark of Kingfisher; one brother, Johnny Stephens of Poteau; two grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents, one sister, and one brother.
AREA DEATH
Alice Ann CopeAlice Ann Porter Cope, 67,
of Kingfisher died Monday, Oct. 27, 2014, at Cimarron Nursing Center in King-fisher.
Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Sanders Funeral Chapel in Kingfisher with the Rev. Debbie Burpo officiating. Burial will follow in Kingfisher Cemetery.
She was born Aug. 4, 1947, to Milton and Ina Marie Jack-son Porter.
She graduated from King-fisher High School.
She married William Bruce Cope on Feb. 14, 1970, in Kingfisher.
She was employed at Pio-neer Telephone Cooperative in network surveillance.
She was a member of the First United Methodist Church in Kingfisher.
Survivors include one daughter, Michelle Price and husband Gary; one son, Bri-an Cope of Kingfisher; two sisters, Paula Lambert and husband Worth of Kingfisher and Joan Maass and husband Loren of Okarche.
She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, Bill, sisters, Judi Meeker and San-dy Palmer.
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WEATHER NEWS(As recorded by Local Weather Observer Steve Loftis in Kingfisher)Oct. 25 90 58Oct. 26 87 57Oct. 27 85 60Oct. 28 69 60Oct. 29 72 41Oct. 30 76 36Oct. 31 58 45
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By Kelsey HarknessAn Idaho town is not going
to force a Christian ministry couple who own a wedding chapel to perform same-sex marriages there, the town’s chief attorney told The Daily Signal.
A lawsuit filed against the town by the ordained ministers to protect themselves from prosecution was based on “a misperception,” City Attorney Michael C. Gridley said, and he had no intentions of “threaten-ing” and “imprisoning” them.
With these conciliato-ry words, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, backed off enforcing its nondiscrimination ordi-nance against the ministers, Donald and Evelyn Knapp. The move would have sub-jected the couple to thousands of dollars in fines and up to six months behind bars for declining to perform gay and lesbian wedding ceremonies at their Hitching Post Lakeside Wedding Chapel.
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho is located near the border of Washington state.
In a letter to the Knapps’ lawyer dated Oct. 23, Gridley sought to “clarify” the town’s earlier stand in response to the couple’s lawsuit and motion for a temporary restraining order. He wrote:
“[I]t is my opinion and the city’s position that as currently represented, the conduct by Hitching Post Weddings LLC is exempt from the requirements of the ordinance and would not be subject to prosecution under the ordinance if a complaint was received by the city.”
Don and Lynn Knapp, who are Pentecostal ministers, have been married for 47 years. The couple, who have owned the Hitching Post chapel in Coeur d’Alene since 1989, say their wedding ceremonies follow the teachings of the Bible, “which makes clear that marriage is
Idaho city says ministers don’t have to wed same-sex couples; here’s why it’s not over yet
between a man and a woman.”Hitching Post Lakeside
Wedding Chapel has been part of the regional experience since 1919.
The Knapps sued the city on Oct. 17, 10 days after the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declared gay marriage legal in Idaho.
Already, one same-sex cou-ple had inquired about holding a wedding at their Hitching Post chapel.
Critics called the lawsuit “totally false” and “ridic-ulous,” saying the Knapps were already exempt from the nondiscrimination law, which states that places of “public ac-commodation” such as restau-rants and hotels must offer services equally regardless of a person’s sexual orientation.
Gridley, the city attor-ney, now concedes that of-ficials may have sent mixed messages to the Knapps.
In multiple interviews last spring, another attorney for Coeur d’Alene said the Knapps would be subject to the non-discrimination law pending an appeal of a federal judge’s ruling against the Idaho law affirming marriage as between a man and a woman.
“I would think that the Hitching Post would probably be considered a place of public accommodation that would be subject to the ordinance,” Deputy City Attorney War-ren Wilson told The Spokes-man-Review newspaper.
In an interview with KXLY, a local ABC television affiliate, Wilson also said:
For-profit wedding chapels are in a position now where last week the ban would have pre-vented them from performing gay marriages, this week gay marriages are legal, pending an appeal to the 9th Circuit.
He added:“If you turn away a gay cou-
ple, refuse to provide services for them, then in theory you
violated our code and you’re looking at a potential misde-meanor citation.
“If you turn away a gay couple, then in theory you violated our code.”–attorney for Coeur d’Alene”
So on Oct. 17, when a same-sex couple asked the Knapps about holding their wedding at Hitching Post, the ministers went on the offense.
Of that decision, Don Knapp told The Daily Signal in an interview via email last week:
“If someone was told by the government that he or she would be prosecuted and face up to six months in jail and up to $1,000 in fines for exercising their First Amendment rights, they would not wait around to see if the government made good on that threat. They would file a lawsuit to protect their freedom and avoid jail and fines. And that’s what we did here.”
Represented by a lawyer associated with Alliance De-fending Freedom, the Knapps filed suit to prevent officials of Coeur d’Alene from pros-ecuting them for declining to violate their religious beliefs about marriage.
The lawsuit follows several cases that have drawn national attention because a govern-ment agency moved against a private business owner for acting on their religious beliefs that marriage is the union of a man and woman. ...
Farmers to LesHours after filing suit, the Knapps received another request to hold a same-sex ceremony, this time from a couple in Boston.
This put them at risk of being prosecuted over saying no to a second couple, mean-ing more fines and more jail time, said Jeremy Tedesco, the Knapps’ lawyer with Alliance Defending Freedom.
Lake Coeur d’Alene is a popular summer destination in the Pacific Northwest.
