Archive for May, 2009
Marie Worley
Cora Marie Worley, 81, longtime Texhoma resident, passed away Sunday morning, May 31, 2009 at the Baptist St. Anthony’s Hospice in Amarillo, Texas.
The daughter of Hiram and Bertha (Walton) Sutton she was born on May 14, 1928 at Laverne, Oklahoma.
Marie graduated from Texhoma High School with the Class of 1947. She moved to Texhoma in [...]
Livestock Summary
Amarillo, TX — Here is the daily livestock summary for Friday, May 29, 2009, as reported by the USDA.
Direct Trade:
In the direct slaughter cattle trade in the Five Major Marketing Areas,
Texas/Oklahoma; Kansas; Nebraska; Colorado; Iowa/Minnesota; Compared to
Thursday, Trading in the Texas Panhandle was moderate to active on moderate to
good demand. Live sales sold .50 [...]
Livestock Summary
Livestock Amarillo, TX — Here is the daily livestock summary for Thursday, May 28, 2009, as reported by the USDA.
Direct Trade:
In the direct slaughter cattle trade in the Five Major Marketing Areas,
Texas/Oklahoma; Kansas; Nebraska; Colorado; Iowa/Minnesota; Trade in Southern
Plains and Colorado was slow on light demand. Not enough sales for market
test. [...]
Wind Power Transmission Line For Guymon to Woodward Moving Higher as a Priority
The Oklahoma Farm News is reporting state Rep. Gus Blackwell and state Sen. Bryce Marlatt announced that progress has been made to develop wind energy in northwest Oklahoma and the Panhandle.
Southwest Power Pool, a multi-state regulator of electric transmission including Oklahoma, recently met to discuss making a transmission line from Woodward to Guymon a [...]
Grain Prices
Oklahoma City — Here are the closing prices from the cash grain markets for Thursday, May 28, 2009, as reported by the USDA.
U.S. No 1 HARD RED WINTER WHEAT: 5 to 6 cents higher. 5.71-6.34
Davis 5.71, Frederick, Lawton 6.01, Hobart 6.09, Weatherford 6.10, Clinton,
Temple 6.11, Shattuck 6.15, Banner, Eldorado, El Reno, Geary, Okarche, Okeene,
Watonga 6.18, [...]
Victories from the 2009 Oklahoma Legislative Session
The Oklahoma Farm News is reporting farmers and ranchers harvested an overflowing bushel basket of victories from the 2009 Oklahoma legislative session.
Mike Spradling, Oklahoma Farm Bureau president, calls the just completed session a good one for rural Oklahoma.
The biggest highlight was passage of HB 2151, the livestock preemption bill. The bill requires the [...]
Gus Blackwell column
By Gus Blackwell
The House and Senate were technically Sine Die, this week. However, while the House finished all of its bills by Friday, May 22nd. The Senate came back this week to finish several bills it had laid-over. It was one of the most hectic last weeks I can remember, since my [...]
Fun Day
GUYMON – Roselee McCann displays her well earned scrapes and bruises after a long day at the skate park at No Man’s Land Regional Park.
McCann, of Hooker, made it her objective for the day to learn how to “drop off” the ramps. Bound and determined and after hours of practice this young skater [...]
Texas County man dies in crash
By Staff Reports
GOODWELL – A Texas County man died in a traffic accident after striking a semi-tractor from behind, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported Thursday.
Rodney O’Hara, 46, died at the scene with head and internal injuries, the patrol reported.
The crash occurred around 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday on U.S. Highway 64 around 11 miles north [...]
John Daniel “Danny” Fast
John Daniel “Danny” Fast, 67, of Guymon passed away Thursday, May 28, 2009 at the Dunaway Manor in Guymon.
The son of John and Betty Maxine (Martens) Fast, he was born on April 16, 1942 at Hooker, Oklahoma.
Danny was raised in Adams, Oklahoma where he attended school. He graduated from the Hooker High School with [...]
Roberta Cristine Hall
Roberta Cristine Hall, 58, of Guymon; passed away Tuesday afternoon, May 26th, 2009 at the Integris Bass Baptist Health Center in Enid, Oklahoma.
The daughter of James Keith and Dorothy Devon (Gillespie) Hall, she was born on February 27, 1951 in Elkhart, Kansas. The family moved to Guymon from Elkhart in 1954. Roberta has been [...]
