Furry Friends Adoption Day Is Saturday

This Furry Friend found a forever home. Open the door to other furry friends 

at the Roland Adoption Day Saturday at Tractor Supply in Sallisaw.

The Roland Pound is holding an Adoption Day from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Saturday at Tractor Supply in Sallisaw.

A few furry friends looking for forever homes will be available for adoption and the adoption fees have been waived.

In addition, a bake sale will be held and door prizes given away.

Sally Maxwell, Senior News Director

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Luncheon Planned to Raise Funds for Diabetes Research

A fundraising luncheon, for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation One Walk (JDRF), is planned for Sept. 30.

The luncheon will be held from 11 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. at Immanuel Baptist Church at 1101 N. Wheeler Ave., in Sallisaw.

The luncheon offers a baked potato with a choice of toppings such as butter, sour cream, cheese, bacon and green onions, tea, lemonade or water, and a cookie for $7. Diners may eat in, carry out, or order for delivery. To-go and carry-out orders must be placed by Sept. 28.

To place an order contact Heather Duvall Anderson at 918-774-4415.

Anderson, whose two children have type 1 diabetes (T1D), said the potato luncheon is raising money for the research foundation. She and her family plan to participate in the JDRF One Walk for T1D on Oct. 22 in Fayetteville, Ark.

“Our team is the Seth & Sayde team and is called 2 Too Sweet,” Anderson said. “Anyone who wants to walk with us is invited.”

The basic goal is for each team to raise $2,000, and many teams set their goals higher.

Anderson said the research is developing new tools to combat T1D, and her own children wear continuous glucose monitors that report to her android cell phone. The newest research is working on an artificial pancreas.

Type 1 diabetes is an autoimmune disease that strikes children and adults suddenly. It has nothing to do with diet or lifestyle. With T1D, the pancreas stops producing insulin—a hormone essential to turning food into energy. This means the patient must constantly monitor their blood-sugar level, inject or infuse insulin from a pump and carefully monitor their eating and activity every single day.

There is nothing to be done to prevent T1D, and, currently, there is no cure. But the JDRF One Walk has that one single goal—creating a world without T1D.

Sally Maxwell, Senior News Director

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Roland Couple Face Grand Larceny Charges

A Roland couple has been charged with grand larceny in Sequoyah County District Court, Sallisaw, after allegedly stealing a refrigerator, lock boxes and headphones form the Pilot Travel Center in Roland.

The theft was reported on Aug. 29.

Charged are Johnathan Joseph Gonzalez, 26, and the woman described in the charges as his wife, Brantley Leigh Marthers, 27. They will be arraigned on the charges Sept. 21, and both are free on $3,000 bonds each.

According to the Roland police report filed with the charges, police were dispatched to the travel center at 9:15 p.m. Aug. 29 to investigate the theft of a mini refrigerator. Police were able to identify the suspects from photos and a video supplied by the center. The photos show a man and woman gathering the merchandise, with a value of $540.63, and leaving the store through a back door.

Contacted on Aug. 30, Gonzalez and Mathers denied the theft. Contacted a second time on Sept. 6 at a Muldrow motel, Gonzalez confessed to having the lock boxes. According to the report, he then told the officer that he “could get the refrigerator back if it would get him out of trouble.”

Both suspects were then arrested and booked into the Sequoyah County Jail.

According to the court record grand larceny is punishable by imprisonment for up to five years and a fine of up to $5,000.

Sally Maxwell, Senior News Director

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Power Outage Reported in Muldrow Wednesday

A blown transformer at the OG&E substation in Muldrow shut down power to Muldrow and rural-area customers for about 37 minutes Wednesday evening.

An OG&E spokesman said 2,938 customers were without power. That substation also serves some Cookson Hills Electric Cooperative customers, but a co-op spokesman did not have a report as of Thursday morning on where and how many customers were effected.

The power outage was first reported at 8:28 p.m. and power was reported restored at 9:05 p.m.

Sally Maxwell, Senior News Director

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Murder Suspects Court Dates Continued; Victim’s Body Still Not Found

The court proceedings for three men (above) accused of murder were continued Wednesday in Sequoyah County District Court, Sallisaw.

A court official said the disposition docket appearances for Michael Anthony Snelling, 22, Charles Blake Shamblin, 25, and Tyler Paul Leverett, 22, all of Webber Falls, were continued because Associate District Judge Kyle Waters was involved in a trial and unavailable.

Snelling and Shamblin are both charged with first-degree murder and Leverett is charged with second-degree murder.

Shamblin’s disposition docket appearance was reset for Oct. 26. The continuance date for Snelling and Leverett was not on the court records and a court official said the judge was to visit with the defense attorneys to reset the court dates.

The charges relate to the disappearance of another Webbers Falls man whose body has not been found—Matthew Scott Fagan. Fagan was last seen at about 3:30 p.m. on June 21 at the Buzzard Roost Hiking Trail at Lake Tenkiller. Those he was with told investigators Fagan complained that his ankle hurt and he went back to the group’s vehicle. When the others returned, Fagan could not be found, the companions said.

But investigators, suspicious, continued their investigation into Fagan’s disappearance, and their reports filed with arrest affidavit and murder charges, revealed that at least two of three suspects blame the other for killing Fagan and dumping the body in Lake Tenkiller.

Authorities have searched Lake Tenkiller and the area surrounding the lake without finding Fagan’s body.

Sequoyah County Sheriff Ron Lockhart said Thursday the three suspects are still in jail, and will remain there because the three men said Fagan was killed, although Snelling and Shamblin blame each other.

Lockhart said investigators are currently searching cell phone records. He hopes to have more information in about two weeks.

Sally Maxwell, Senior News Director

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Auction, Fish Fry Raises Money for Christmas

Need to clean out a closet or make room for new furniture?

New Beginnings Church may come to your rescue. Church members are planning a live auction and free fish fry beginning at noon on Sept. 24 and continuing until all items are sold.

And they will pick up items to be donated for the auction.

“We’ll take anything,” said Mary Duvall.

To make arrangements for pickup, or for more information, contact Joey Duvall at 918-208-3047.

Mary Duvall said all proceeds from the auction are used to provide food baskets and gifts for families in need during the Christmas season. 

The auction and fish fry will be held at the church, six miles north of Sallisaw on U.S. Highway 59. Duvall said those planning to attend should bring their own lawn chairs.

Sally Maxwell, Senior News Director

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Sallisaw Main Street Gears Up for Blues and Cruizin’ 64

The time nears to hear the blues and to cruise 64.

Sallisaw Main Street’s Cruizin’ 64 and Blues Fest is set for Oct. 7 and 8 in downtown Sallisaw.

This year’s fest features Connie Hawkins and the BluesWreckers, now from Kansas City, but she and husband Steve are originally from Sallisaw. They will be joined by several other groups, including Southern Thunder from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Oct. 7 on Elm Street, followed by the Eric Matthews Band at 8 p.m. On Oct. 8 Whiskey Revolver will play from 6 to 7:30 p.m. on Elm Street, followed by Connie and Steve Hawkins and the BluesWreckers at 8 p.m.

Music critics have reported, “Connie’s on top of her game and singing with sassitude as best as I’ve heard and hubby Steve’s killing it on the guitar.”

“Kansas City veterans Connie Hawkins and the BluesWreckers come out strong with a set of tunes that emphasize their versatility and expertise in singing, talent and songwriting.”

“Steve’s guitar and Connie’s vocals are both ‘Red Hot.’”

The fest includes not only music, and cruizin’. The fest also offers an antique car and bike show, a talent show for all ages, food vendors of all kinds, and miscellaneous vendors who offer arts, crafts, etc., and information on various topics.

Sallisaw Main Street members join in with their own food trailer, where they will be selling Indian tacos beginning at 11 a.m. on Oct.7, a treat that should not be passed up.

For more information about the fest contact Carol Brown at 918-776-7920 or Margaret Perry at 918-441-5626.

Money raised is used by Sallisaw Main Street to improve the city’s downtown area.

Sally Maxwell, Senior News Director

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