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Page 2 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Wednesday, January 22, 2020 the Department of Justice. al park. Round Town Commission The Department of Justice conducts a criminal back- Author Deering has visited many of our country’s beautiful Continued from page 1. format that can be trans- ground check, based on your Continued from page 1. national parks with his fam- January 31 fingerprints, and results are give up on their dreams of ily, and he expressed to his tion, these manual ink and mitted to the DOJ / FBI rolled fingerprint cards were and State central repository writing, whatever it is they sent within 24 to 48 hours to audience the importance not providing the matching (OSBI) for quick process- your employer or licensing love to write. of getting out of the house Kiwanis Karnival, Con- and visiting the places they accuracy required for much ing,” Holland’s info stated. agency.” “T got rejected over 100 faster and accurate computer Live Scan technology has times,” he explained to the dream about instead of just Among other develop- looking at them online. assisted analysis identifica- proven itself superior to the crowd of around 20 people vention Center ments at the meeting on Jan. that braved the icy weather “Experiencing something tion and storage.” traditional ink-and-roll fin- gerprinting in many ways, Because of these and other 15, commissioners approved to hear him speak at the li- and watching it on YouTube contemporary problems in including being less messy, a bid from Frontier Bridge brary Thursday evening. is not the same thing,” he federal and state agencies’ quicker, safer and more se- Inc. for material and labor He also reassures writers said. “I wanted to know what ability to gain usable fin- cure and most accurate. for the fabrication and instal- of all ages that it is never too the howling ofthe wolves at February 1 gerprints, the creation of the “The Live Scan process lation of the four proposed late to pursue their dreams. night in Yellowstone sound- Live Scan become an impor- helps in avoiding many of oil derrick monuments for “You're not too old to be ed like. So I went there.” tant breakthrough. the problems associated with a writer,” he said. “I wanted His visits to Yellow- the Interstate 40-State High- Kiwanis Karnival, Con- Live Scan is an electronic ink prints, such as smudging, to publish my first book by stone National Park laid fingerprint capture device smearing, and over or under way 6 bridge. The amount the time I was 30. I was 51 the groundwork for the first (digital computer system) inking,” Holland's info stat- approved was $169,280, and when it finally came out. I’m book in his national park that uses a glass plate (scan- ed. “A major benefit of Live that amount came in for less 56 now.” series, “The Day Old Faith- vention Center ner) to electronically scan Scan is that your fingerprints than what was planned, Lit- Deering’s break came ful Stopped." The book fol- the fingerprints in a digitized are transmitted directly to terell said. when he met with RoadRun- lows biologist Parker Quinn ner Press in 2014, whom he and his family as they try Blood drive required but can be made to solve a mystery involv- spoke of fondly. by calling Oklahoma Blood“It’s important to me to ing the famous geyser Old February 8 Institute at 877-340-8777 or emphasize RoadRunner Faithful. Deering has plans Continued from page 1. est non-profit blood collec- visiting obi.org. Press does a lot for Okla- for multiple books in the donors opt not to take In the release, OBIT states homa libraries and schools. series that will continue to tor, Oklahoma Blood Insti- EC 4H and FFA Local the T-shirt at the Northfork tute’s donors provide every that 16-year-olds must They donate a lot of money, center on the Quinns. He de- weigh at least 125 pounds books, and time,” he said. tives material for his stories drive, Oklahoma Blood In- drop of blood needed for and provide signed parental RoadRunner, based in not only from the national stitute will make a monetary patients in more than 160 Livestock Show 9 a.m., permission, Seventeen-year- Oklahoma City, published parks but his family as well, donation to Global Blood hospitals statewide. olds must weigh at least Deering’s first novel, “Find- stating, “The people in your Fund for blood center as- OBI stated that it takes ers Keepers,” which won the life, the people you know, Convention Center Barn. sistance in developing coun- nearly 1,200 donors a day to 125 pounds, and 18+ year- Oklahoma Book Award for make great stories.” tries. meet those needs. Appoint- olds must weigh at least 110 juvenile fiction in 2015, and Both of Deering’s novels As the nation’s sixth larg- ments to give blood are not pounds. it is publishing his series of are available on amazon. young adult mystery novels, com and barnesandnoble. OSBI’s sex probe asking whether Boren each set in a different nation- com. February 14 traded promotions for cooperation By Nolan Clay, The Okla- The Democrat, who was ly, have been married more Valentine Make and homan, Oklahoma City first. elected governor in than 40 years. OKLAHOMA CITY - 2002, said he told the agents He and his attorney have OSBI agents have begun a "I never saw him do any- repeatedly accused his suc- new round of interviews in a thing inappropriate nor did Take, Carnegie Youth cessor, Jim Gallogly, of major push to wrap up their he ever do anything inappro- sexual misconduct investi- priate toward me." instigating the personnel gation of retired University Virgin, D-Norman, said investigation to destroy his Library. legacy. Gallogly, who re- of Oklahoma President Da- one agent interviewed her vid Boren. in person Jan. 6 for 30 to 40 tired as president in May, Among those questioned minutes. She said she told alled that a "false narra- were former Gov. Brad Hen- the agent "I don't have any tive" and said "the university ry, House Minority Leader firsthand knowledge of any- was required by law to com- February 15 Emily Virgin and OU Ath- thing." mence an investigation." letic Director Joe Casti- Castiglione, who was About the new round of Lynn Bates of Lookeba-Sickles looks over glione, The Oklahoman has hired by Boren in 1998, de- interviews, Boren's _attor- the crowd at the G&S Promotions Gun Show confirmed. Also questioned clined comment. Rustic Market, Conven- were former aides from both Boren, a Democrat, is a ney, Clark Brewster, said Sunday afternoon at the Elk City Convention his final days at OU and former governor and U.S. last week "we certainly un- Center. Bates, a vendor, was with his grand- tion Center from years before. senator who became presi- derstand ... that sometimes son, Zachary Jones, who was out of frame. The Oklahoma State Bu- dent at OU in 1994, He re- the authorities go to great The gun show ran Saturday and Sunday. Staff reau of Investigation has tired in 2018 after nearly lengths to make sure that photo by Don Munsch. been looking into accusa- 24 years in charge there. In there is no truth to any kind tions made against Boren, now 78, and a former OU June, he gave up his title of president emeritus and end- of accusation." "We know -- because we Workshop their beads, they have to buy those beads themselves or February 16 vice president, Tripp Hall, ed any further official affilia- live with the truth -- when Continued from page 1. they also may extra beads, since March. The OSBI re- tion with the university. ported in a search warrant Cutting all ties with OU all is said and done, David Plains,” he said. “So it's Mohr said. Reservations are will be vindicated and there a way for people to connect first come first serve, with a Rustic Market, Conven- request in October that "it brought to a close a person- with this culture through art max of 30 participants per was alleged that Boren and nel matter against him that will be no issues. And we're Hall inappropriately kissed arose because of the sexual very anxious for that day to craft and they'll walk away location. Reservations are wearing moccasins and necessary for participation. tion Center. and touched former and cur- misconduct allegations. A come," Brewster said. maybe [receive] an appre- rent students and employees law firm hired by the univer- The flurry of OSBI ac- ciation of the differences of Sessions will be taught by of the University of Okla- sity investigated for months, tivity comes as state pros- the people in their world, be- Southern Cheyenne Artists homa." identifying six men who ecutors prepare to empanel a cause the Cheyenne are still Creg Lee Hart and Carrie Both have denied wrong- gave accounts of encounters new multicounty grand jury Lehi. Fifteen spots are still here and the culture is still doing. with Boren. available at the park and In some interviews this to assist in investigations of here.” February 21 "I was tempted to pursue they are filling up fast, Mohr month, agents specifically a continued battle to protect corruption, murder and other Walking in moccasins asked whether Boren ever my reputation and demon- wrongdoing. can help people think about said. Elk Creek Strutters Ban- promoted anyone who was strate that I was innocent ‘The new grand jury could that old adage, the one in To RSVP for any of the not qualified for a position of any wrongdoing," Boren begin hearing testimony, which people should think workshops, contact Park about their differences by Ranger Katherine Roesch, in exchange for cooperation said in a statement in June. possibly about Boren, in walking in another person’s [email protected] quet, Convention Center, in what he wanted to do or Boren and his wife, Mol- February or March. demoted anyone for refusing shoes before they determine or 580-497-2742, ext. 3010. to cooperate, The Oklaho- Fully insured what’s good or bad or right faelcam Classes at the Washita man was told. or wrong, Mohr said. Battlefield National Historic Agents also asked in some Making moccasins will interviews about Boren's take place in three locations: Site in Cheyenne are: Washita Battlefield National Feb. 2 February 22 drinking, a party years ago at his official OU residence OVERHEAD DOOR Historic Site in Cheyenne; 1:30-4:30 p.m. and fishing trips. Carl Ramsey Reydon Winslow the Southern Plains Indian Making a Moccasin Pat- 10th Annual Father/ Henry said two agents in- Owner 580-821-1653 Museum in Anadarko; and tern 580-515-1688 tentatively at the Cheyenne terviewed him in person Jan. LiftMaster Products March 15 13 for about 90 minutes. & Arapaho Community 1:30-4:30 p.m. Hall in Concho, the news Daughter Dance, Hearts Design and Beadwork Send obituaries to release stated. Each loca- Aug. 2 tion will have four sessions and participants must attend 1:30 - 4:30 p.m. for Hearing Fundraiser, all four. 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