Volume 112 No. 12 75 Cents Thursday June 25th, 2009P.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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DEATHS -PAGETHREE

DANNY MILLER-54

TODAY IN HISTORYJUNE 25

BORN ONJUNE 25

SOMETHING TOTHINK ABOUT

Donated “A”Alice And Claude Adams, of Hooker, present CimarronHeritage Center Curator, Jody Risley with a 1928 ModelA Ford Sport Coupe. The car is valued at about $15,000,(approx. $350-$800 new). This was the first year for theA Models. The Adams said they choose the HeritageCenter for a variety of reasons, Bob Anderson was con-vincing, the Heritage Center is the jewel of the Panhandle,and this is home for Alice, having been born and rearedhere as a Gore. Anderson said the car is on it’s secondrestoration and will need a third in the next few years.The car, has the appearance of a convertible with a softtop without insulation. More than five million Model Acars and trucks were built from 1928 to 1931. The littleCoupe will have a home in the French Building.

Starting June 15th throughAugust 3rd Cimarron Countyfarmers and ranchers cannominate eligible candidates forelection to the Farm ServiceAgency (FSA) County Com-mittee. Nominations will be forLocal Administrative Area #2(LAA #2). LAA #2 is de-scribed as beginning at theNorth East corner of Cimar-ron County, then South alongthe county line a distance of 18miles, then West a distance of18 miles, then North a distanceof 18 miles, then East a dis-tance of 18 mile to the point ofbeginning.

The county committee nomi-nation period is an importanttime for Cimarron County pro-ducers. Elected County Com-mittee members make federalfarm program delivery deci-sions that significantly affectproducers and the area’s agri-cultural section as a whole.County Committee membersmake decisions on applicationsfor disaster assistance and play

FSA County Committee Electionsa vital role in helping local farm-ers and ranchers weather toughfinancial times and natural disas-ters.

To hold office as a CountyCommittee member, a personmust meet basic eligibility re-quirements. For more informa-tion contact the FSA office orvisit http://www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/publications/elections fordetails about candidate eligibil-ity. Nomination forms can beobtained at the county office oronline at the web page listedabove.

Voting for County Commit-tee nominees takes place in thefall. Ballots will be mailed toeligible voters by November 6th

and December 7th will be lastday to return voted ballots to thecounty office. Newly electedcommittee members and alter-nates take office January 1,2010.

If you have any questionsconcerning the upcoming nomi-nation period or election, contactthe FSA office at 580-544-2401

1876: A force of Sioux andNorthern Cheyenne led byCrazy Horse and SittingBull wipes out about 260U.S. cavalry soldiers led byGen. Custer in the Battle ofthe Little Bighorn.1944: The final strip ofGeorge Herriman’s innova-tive “Krazy Kat” comicstrip appears, two monthsafter Herriman’s death.1950: The Korean War be-gins with the crossing of the38th parallel into SouthKorea by North Koreantroops.1973: Former White Housecounsel John Dean beginshis televised testimony be-fore the Senate Watergatecommittee. His account,corroborated by secretWhite House tapes, willlead to President Nixon’sresignation.1975: After 470 years ofrule by Portugal, the formercolony of Portuguese EastAfrica gains its indepen-dence as the nation ofMozambique.1991: Slovenia and Croatiadeclare their independencefrom Yugoslavia. They arerecognized as independentstates by the EuropeanCommunity (now the Euro-pean Union) in 1992.2002: The U.S. telecommu-nications giant WorldComInc. admits that it concealed$3.8 billion in expenses,the largest accounting fraudin U.S. history.

Antoni Gaudí y Cornet, ar-chitect (1852)Lord Mountbatten, navalofficer and viceroy of India(1900)George Orwell, British au-thor (1903)W. V. Quine, philosopher(1908)Aimé Césaire, poet and po-litical leader (1913)Robert Venturi, architect

(1925)Walther Nernst, physicalchemist (1864)

We give a a tip of the hat to:

The inherent vice of capi-talism is the unequal shar-ing of the blessings. Theinherent blessing of social-ism is the equal sharing ofmisery.— Winston Churchill

BOISE CITY WEATHER Hi Lo Prec

Tues. June 16 91 55Wed. June 17 96 51 .03Thur. June 18 91 58Fri. June 19 87 63Sat. June 20 79 62 .70Sun. June 21 92 61Mon. June 22 96 61 MARKETS

Wheat $5.41 bush.Milo $3.05 bush.Corn $3.75 bush.

(spot prices subject to change)

The Farm Service Agency(FSA) is announcing that Man-aged Haying and Grazing ofCRP acres is available for eli-gible producers in CimarronCounty. To participate in theprogram producers must firstcheck with the FSA Office tosee if their CRP contract is eli-gible. If the CRP contract is eli-gible, producers must sign thenecessary application forms inthe FSA Office and get a revisedConservation Plan of Opera-tions (CPO) from NRCS priorto beginning the haying or graz-ing on any CRP contract acres.If these necessary forms are notcompleted before managedhaying and grazing is performedthe producer could be assesseda penalty. The provisions forManaged Haying and Grazingare:

· There will be a 25% pay-ment reduction assessed on eachacre that is hayed or grazed onthe CRP contract.

· CRP acres may be eitherhayed or grazed once every 3years or every 5 years under theprogram provisions.

· To be eligible for the 3 yearrotation a producer must haveparticipated in the managedhaying or grazing program priorto September 26th, 2006.

· Any producers that did notparticipate in managed hayingand grazing prior to September26th, 2006 will be required to fol-low the 5 year rotation for hayingand grazing.

· Managed grazing may beconducted between July 2nd andSeptember 30th.

· A minimum residual heightof the grass must remain on theacreage according to the speci-fied grass species of the CRPcontract, which may shorten theallowed grazing period.

· Managed haying may beconducted between July 2nd andAugust 10th.

· All hay must be removedfrom the CRP acreage hayed byAugust 20th.

· Only one cutting of hay maybe taken from the acreage.

· Hay may not be stored onany CRP acres.

Producers can get completedetails concerning the ManagedHaying and Grazing provisionsof CRP by contacting the Cima-rron County FSA Office at (580)544-2401 Ext. 2. The FSA Of-fice is located at 210 S Cimar-ron in Boise City and is openfrom 8:00 to 5:00 Mondaythrough Friday.

Managed Hayingand Grazing of

CRP is Available

FOOD PANTRYDATES, MAY-DECEMBER

The distribution datesfor the food pantry for2009 the times are 9am

to 12 noonJuly 4thJuly 18th

August 8thAugust 22nd

September 5thSeptember 19th

October10thOctober 24thNovember 7thNovember 21stDecember 5thDecember19th

Ivy Elizabeth Dye of Denton,Texas, graduated from MurrayState College Department ofnursing in May, 2009. Ivy haspassed the Boards and is a li-censed R.N. Ivy is the wife ofRusty Dye formerly of Keyes,and has two children Emma andEthan with the third due to ar-rive in September. Ivy is thedaughter of Robert and TeresaPayne of Durant, Oklahoma, anddaughter-in-law of Presley andConnie Dye of Keyes. She isemployed at the Baylor HeartHospital.

IVY ELIZABETH DYEKendra Miller, daughter ofKenneth and Norma Rose ofKeyes, graduated fromthe University of OklahomaHealth Sciences Center on May16, 2009, with herMasters in Physical Therapy . She and her husband, John, livein Yukon, OK and welcomedtheir first baby boy, Chase JohnMiller, into the world on May 14,2009. He weighed 8 lbs 9 oz andwas 21 inches long. This is thefirst grandbaby for Kenneth andNorma. There was lots of ex-citement that weekend!

KENDRA MILLER

CIMARRONCOUNTY JAIL

BLOTTER6-18

Paullena Christina Townsley-Driving under suspension,bonded out.

6-19Martin Gonzalez Quintana-

no driver’s license, hold for ICE,bond of $500.

Uriel Martinez- No driver’slicense, false impersonation, holdfor ICE, bond of $1,500.

6-20David Melvin Dunn, (Ariz.),

Driving Under Suspension,Speeding, Transportation of aloaded firearm, bond of $1,500.

Jesus A. Ramirez- Nodriver’s license, passing in a nopassing zone, hold for ICE, bondof $750.

This September CimarronCounty will have several Conser-vation Reserve Program (CRP)contracts expiring. On the con-tracts that are expiring, produc-ers may want to start early landpreparation for the planting of falland spring seeded crops. Beforeproducers begin preparing theexpiring CRP acres for planting,there are requirements that mustbe completed.

For fall seeded cropsplanted in 2009:

· Starting July 1st, 2009 of thefinal year of the CRP contract,producers may destroy the coveron eligible CRP acres to preparethe seed bed for fall seeded crops.

· Producers must file a CRP-

EARLY LAND PREPARATION ON EXPIRING CRP ACRES1G Addendum form with theFSA Office before beginningground preparation.

· Producers must get an ap-proved conservation plan fordestroying the cover.

· Producers cannot hay,graze, or otherwise make com-mercial use of the expiringacres.

· Producers will be allowedto plant a fall seeded crop Sep-tember 1st, 2009.

· Producers will not be as-sessed a payment reduction.

Producers in the Oklahomapanhandle do have the optionto begin destroying CRP coverearlier than July 1st. Produc-ers that start ground prepara-

tion earlier that July 1st will beassessed a prorated payment re-duction.

For spring seeded cropsto be planted in 2010:

· Producers may begin apply-ing chemicals beginning July 2nd,2009.

· Preparation of the cover byany other means is not permit-ted.

· Seed bed preparation is notpermitted before the CRP con-tract expires.

· Producers may mow theCRP acres after July 2nd, 2009and before applying chemical inpreparation of planting a springseeded crop.

· Producers must file a CRP-1G Addendum form with theFSA Office before beginningthis activity.

· Producers must get an ap-proved conservation plan forapplying the chemicals.

· Producers cannot hay,graze, or otherwise make com-mercial use of the expiringacres.

·Producers will not be as-sessed a payment reduction.

For more information, contactthe FSA office at 580-544-2401ext.2.

Rolling up the sidewalks...Workers for Lewis Construction, Dumas, Texas, are rip-ping up the sidewalks in front of Boise City High Schoolas they prepare to replace the badly worn concrete.

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