On Wednesday last week, the Guymon Police Department with assistance from the Texas County Sheriff arrested Randy Brewer of Guymon on multiple charges stemming from a potential drug trafficking operation.
The report states Brewer was arrested for drug trafficking, maintaining a dwelling where drugs are kept or sold, possessing a firearm after a former felony conviction and possession of a firearm while in the commission of a felony, use of a scanner while in commission of a crime, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled dangerous substance without a valid prescription.
According to a GPD release, during a search officers and sheriff’s deputies found several loaded firearms, a police scanner, over 30 grams of methamphetamine, a sale ledger, drug paraphernalia and items for distributing drugs.
Brewer, who resides at the home was at the residence when the search warrant was executed, and he was taken into custody. He refused to answer any questions and requested an attorney.
Brewer’s prior convictions include possession of a controlled dangerous substance, burglary of a building, burglary of a vehicle, evading arrest and possession of a dangerous drug. The residence is located across the street from Dale Park, located on the 900 block of South May St.
Charges have been forwarded to the district attorney’s office.

A woman was arrested Saturday after an attempt to steal over $1,200 worth of merchandise from the Guymon Walmart Supercenter, located at 2600 N. Highway 64.
Summer Shea Lewis, of Guymon, was observed walking around the store, placing items into empty Walmart bags. After completing her task, she attempted to leave the store without paying for the items.
Lewis was detained by Walmart Loss Prevention. She had attempted to steal $1,224.90 worth of merchandise. She was arrested by a Guymon Police Department officer and transported to the Texas County Sheriff’s department.
Lewis has former misdemeanor theft charges from January of this year. She was fined $381 and was placed on supervised probation through the district attorney’s office.

As criminal hearings move for former District 61 Representative Gus Blackwell, a stay on the hearings with the Oklahoma Ethics Commission has been granted.
In a filing from Aug. 8 with the Oklahoma County District Court, an agreement to stay civil case proceedings pending the completion of the related criminal proceedings was granted.
The filing states that Blackwell has invoked his Fifth Amendment rights in the civil proceedings against him by the ethics commission. The document further states, "the Defendant is placed in the untenable position of being forced to choose between the assertion of his constitutional rights or a certain examination of alleged facts giving rise to the criminal Information."
The charges against Blackwell stem from allegations of using campaign funds for personal purposes, a failure to report campaign expenditures, knowingly filing false campaign reports and submitting false documents to the ethics commission. The same allegations are made against him in both the civil and criminal proceedings in Oklahoma County district court.
The filing goes on to state, "Here, there is no strong public interest in proceeding expeditiously with this case."
Blackwell continues to maintain his innocence of any wrongdoing, according to court documents, and has invoked his constitutional rights under the advisement of legal counsel.
On Aug. 16, a document filed shows that the Oklahoma Ethics Commission has agreed to allow Blackwell to be relieved of the 10 day response period, pending the outcome of criminal proceedings.
Blackwell faced an ethics commission investigation in March under allegations that he "double-dipped" on expense reimbursements during his time in office. Charges include 44 criminal counts for the embezzlement of $23,741 in campaign funds, for sales per diem claims against the state for overnight stays that did not take place and committing perjury on eight campaign reports. He is accused of misuse of campaign funds, failing to report all contributions and expenses, knowingly filing false campaign reports and submitting faked documents to cover his wrongdoing during an investigation.
Blackwell did not take a plea deal in May that would have allowed him to fully avoid jail time. If convicted, he could face a prison sentence. The ethics commission is requesting that Blackwell be ordered to pay the state treasury at least $60,000 in civil penalties for violating ethics rules and another $14,398 in restitution for missing campaign funds, as well as returning money to donors for unreported contributions, or pate the state treasury another $8,271.
Blackwell's preliminary hearing conference was scheduled to take place yesterday. A continuance for the preliminary hearing has been granted, and will take place on Dec. 2.

What started off as a city garage sale - to gather a large crowd - quickly turned into today’s Hooker Car Show, an event that fills the sidewalks in downtown Hooker. This year’s show, set for Sep. 10, will mark 10 years, and organizers said much is in store.
“We’re wanting a lot of (the activities) to be a surprise,” said Event Organizer Linda Martin. “One thing is we’re upping the giveaways.”
The car show entry fee is $20 and the day of show entry is $30. The People’s Choice vote is $1 and includes an entry to win $500.
Prizes at the show includes $100 giveaways, three $500 prizes, best in show picks and more. Over $15,000 in cash and prizes will be given away during the show.
Music will be bumping all day long during the car show. The event will have different activities at booths and a food court before wrapping up at 4 p.m. A band will perform live at 7 p.m.
The Authentic Streetwalker 5K starting at 9 p.m. The run will be a family fun glow run and will feature a costume contest, live DJs and more. For more details on the run, go to www.streetwalker5k.com
For more information of the car show, call (580) 652-2333.
Read the weekend edition of the Guymon Daily Herald for the full story.

PAWNEE, Okla. (AP) — One of Oklahoma’s largest earthquakes on record rattled other parts of the Midwest on Saturday from Nebraska to North Texas, and likely will turn new attention to the practice of disposing oil and gas field wastewater deep underground.
The United States Geological Survey said a 5.6 magnitude earthquake happened at 7:02 a.m. Saturday in north-central Oklahoma, a key energy-producing region. That matches a November 2011 quake in the same region.
Geologists say damage is not likely in earthquakes below magnitude 4.0; no major damage was immediately reported Saturday.
People in Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri; Fayetteville, Arkansas; Des Moines, Iowa; and Norman, Oklahoma, all reported feeling the earthquake. Dallas TV station WFAA tweeted that the quake shook their studios, too.
Saturday’s quake was centered about 9 miles northwest of Pawnee, Oklahoma, which has a population of about 2,200. Earlier this week, the same spot, which is about 70 miles northeast of Oklahoma City, saw a magnitude 3.2 temblor.
An increase in magnitude 3.0 or greater earthquakes in Oklahoma has been linked to underground disposal of wastewater from oil and natural gas production. State regulators have asked producers to reduce wastewater disposal volumes in earthquake-prone regions of the state. Some parts of Oklahoma now match northern California for the nation’s most shake-prone, and one Oklahoma region has a 1 in 8 chance of a damaging quake in 2016, with other parts closer to 1 in 20.
A cluster of quakes in northwestern Oklahoma this year included a magnitude 5.1 earthquake, and several 4.7 quakes were felt last fall before regulators stepped in to limit disposal activity.
Sean Weide in Omaha, Nebraska, told The Associated Press that he’d never been in an earthquake before and thought he was getting dizzy. Weide said he and one of his daughters “heard the building start creaking” and said it “was surreal.”

The Guymon Tigers will play against Liberal Friday evening for this year's homecoming, located at Carl & Lou McKinnon Field at Memorial Stadium. Here is a full schedule of events leading up to the game:
5-6 p.m. - Pictures with the Tigers
5-6 p.m. - Free pork burgers and hot dogs
5-6 p.m. - Tattoos and hair paint
5:30 p.m. - Fanatic fan contest
5:45 p.m. - Homecoming candidate presentation
6:30 p.m. - Crowning of homecoming king and queen
7 p.m. - Guymon vs. Liberal homecoming game

An Arizona woman faces an aggravated trafficking of heroin charge after being stopped by District Attorney’s Drug and Major Crime Task Force on Tuesday near Goodwell.
Maria Letisia Duarte-Raya, of Phoenix, Arizona, was placed under arrest after DATF agents seized about 2.5 pounds of heroin.
About 8:40 a.m., agents made an interdiction stop of a Honda vehicle near Goodwell and identified the driver and single occupant as Duarte-Raya. She told an agent that she was delivering the vehicle to a friend in Kansas City and was flying back home later that day.
After further inquiry about her travel plans, the agents became suspicious that Duarte-Raya was transporting controlled dangerous substances. She told agents she had been stopped and that the vehicle had been searched in Arizona the day before. However, agents felt further investigation was needed and obtained consent from Duarte-Raya to search the vehicle.
As they began the search, an agent noticed that it appeared that the front bumper of the Honda had been previously removed. The agent also observed a small amount of foam protruding out of the metal bumper frame work. When agents removed the bumper, they found four small packages that were wrapped numerous times in cellophane and black tape.
Further investigation revealed the packages - weighing 2.9 pounds - contained and estimated about 2.5 pounds of heroin. The estimated street value of the drugs was placed between $400,000 to $500,000 by District Attorney Mike Boring.
The use of heroin is already at epidemic across the nation and has resulted in increased deaths from overdoses. Heroin and methamphetamine are directly related to and have resulted in many violent crimes occurring across the country. The almost free flow of these dangerous drugs across the border from Mexico imposes an ever increasing burden on society in dealing with a host of serious problems associated with drug addiction and drug trafficking.
Duarte-Raya was booked into Texas County jail pending the filing of formal charges in the District Court of Texas County. Her first court appearance is expected next week.

An 18-month-old Guymon boy was listed in critical condition Sunday after being ejected in a two-vehicle wreck that occurred Saturday evening near Guymon.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol said the boy was transported by Apollo Med Flight with head, internal and external, and leg and arm injuries. The others involved in the wreck were treated and released for injuries.
Less than a mile north of Guymon around 7:35 p.m., a 2000 Ford Excursion driven by Max Duane Crocker, 56, of Guymon was traveling north on U.S. 64. About that time, a westbound 2002 Honda Odyssey driven by Pleh Paw, 18, of Guymon was traveling on County Road T, where she failed to stop at a stop sign and struck the Ford.
The boy was not equipped with a child restraint and was ejected from the Honda without a known distance from point of impact, OHP said. The others involved in the wreck were wearing seat belts.
A 3-year-old girl from Guymon, one of the passengers, was transported to Guymon EMS to Texas County Memorial Hospital where she was treated and released. Another passenger, Kyet Po, 42, of Guymon was also transported to TCMH and was later treated and released.
Paw was transported by Life Star Med Flight to Lubbock Medical Center in Lubbock, Texas, where she was treated and released, OHP said. Crocker was treated and released at the scene of the wreck.
OHP investigated the wreck, and Texas County Sheriff’s Department and Guymon Police Department assisted.

With 224 cars on display at the 10th annual Hooker Car Show, it’s true to say the event was a hit. Downtown Hooker was lined up with cars, motorcyles, pickups, tractors, and vintage cars from Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas.
The event was complete with awards, a flyover and nice weather for guests.

A Guymon man was arrested on Monday after a suspicious vehicle report to the Guymon Police Department, according to a report filed with the GPD.
Officers were dispatched to a residence on Sunset Lane to look into a suspicious vehicle report. The driver, identified as 28-year-old Richard Holoka, did not live at the residence. Officers noticed Holoka appeared to be under the influence.
An officer obtained consent to search the vehicle. The search yielded a large plastic bag containing three smaller baggies and one larger baggie of marijuana, coming to a total of 4.2 grams.
Officers also found a black bottle containing 173.2 grams of marijuana and a small electronic scale. Another small baggie of methamphetamine, a glass jar with a small portion of a burnt marijuana cigarette and a silver measuring spoon with a burnt substance on the bottom were found, as well as a Ruger semi-automatic LC9 9mm pistol.
Holoka is a convicted felon. Online records indicate Holoka has been convicted of the use of bogus checks and a con game and fraudulent use of a credit card number. A restitution hearing is set for the case on Oct. 26, with judgment and sentencing set for Feb. 22. Holoka is also listed as having unresolved traffic violations.
Holoka was stopped within 2,000 feet of Thompson Park, according the the police report.
Holoka was placed under arrest and transported to the Texas County Detention Center. He has been charged with Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance within 2,000 feet of a Park, Possession of a Firearm in Commission of a Felony, Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance, Possession of Marijuana, Possession of Drug Paraphernalia, Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance with Intent to Distribute, and Possession of a Firearm after Felony Conviction.

The fourth annual Friends of Pink Heals Benefit Poker Run is scheduled for Saturday, Sep. 17. The run starts and ends at The Pub on the Bricks, with registration starting at 10 a.m. The first bike will go out at noon and the last bike will be in at 4:30 p.m. Poker hands will be read at 5 p.m. There are cash prizes for first, second and low hand.
The cost is $35 per hand (includes meal, one hand, door prize ticket and patch), $10 for an extra hand and $5 for meal ticket only. All proceeds go to individuals battling cancer in the surrounding area. For more information, contact Sandy at (580) 651-1825.

An alcohol-related single-vehicle wreck left a woman with critical injuries Wednesday afternoon west of Goodwell, according to Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
OHP said the driver, Tracy D’Ann Gore, 49, of Texhoma, was flown to an Amarillo hospital, where she was admitted in critical condition with trunk internal and leg injuries.
About 1:40 p.m., Gore was traveling east in a 2012 Ford Mustang on U.S. Highway 54. The Mustang crossed the center median, traveled across the westbound lanes of traffic and then crossed over the railroad tracks. The Mustang then came to a rest approximately 60 feet north of the railroad tracks in a field.
Gore was transported by Guymon EMS to the Guymon airport and then flown to Amarillo for her injuries. Troopers reported that the condition of the driver and the cause of the collision was driving under intoxication.

Guymon Fiesta 2016 is set for Sep. 18 starting at 3 p.m. Fiesta will include a mariachi band, alma folklorica, Flamenco dancing, performances by Zumba dancers, dance team and jiu jitsu, food trucks and more. Fiesta will be located at 5th and Main in Guymon.

A 21-year-old Texas woman was killed Sunday evening after colliding with oncoming traffic in Optima on U.S. Highway 54.
Ashley Wolf, of Seminole, Texas was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, according to Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
About 7:52 p.m., Wolf was traveling east in a 2007 Ford Mustang on U.S. 54 at County Road Q. About that time, Riyadh Majeed, 57, of Ontario, Canada, was traveling west on the highway in a tractor-trailer. Wolf swerved to avoid striking a dog in the roadway, crossed the center median and struck the tractor-trailer.
Wolf received internal and external trunk injuries, and was transported to Henson Novak Funeral Home in Guymon by the funeral home. Majeed was not injured.
Both drivers were wearing their seat belts.

Texas County Sheriff's Department said a man died after crossing U.S. Highway 54 while driving a lawn mower Friday night in Texhoma.
Billy Roy Huddleston, 72, of Texhoma passed way Sunday morning at Northwest Texas Hospital in Amarillo, Texas, said Texas County Sheriff Matt Boley.
On Friday after 8 p.m., Huddleston was at LeAnn's Cafe and then went to CEFCO. Huddleston was driving a lawn mower and went to cross the highway to go home. As Huddleston was traveling north on the highway, an eastbound vehicle on the highway struck Huddleston.
Boley said he was transported to an Amarillo hospital by Guymon EMS. No other injuries were reported.
TCSD assisted Texhoma Police Department

Panhandle State Foundation agreed Tuesday to match up to $250,000 for renovating the president's house at Oklahoma Panhandle State University. Be sure to pick up tomorrow's edition of the Guymon Daily Herald!

Officials said there were no injuries after a tractor-trailer caught fire Wednesday night near Hooker.
Oklahoma Highway Patrol said a tractor-trailer was traveling west on U.S. Highway 54 when the driver noticed sparks coming from the trailer. The driver pulled over onto a shoulder and saw the trailer on fire. He attempted to put out the fire with an extinguisher and then called 911, OHP said.
Hooker Fire Department and Texas County Sheriff’s Department responded to the call, and Oklahoma Highway Patrol responded around 10:30 p.m.
Firefighters had the fire under control before it was able to spread to nearby rail road tracks. After fighting the blaze inside the trailer for a few hours, the firefighters extinguished the fire.
The cause of the fire is unknown at this time. The tractor was hauling a refrigerated unit that was fully loaded, OHP said. The trailer was completely damaged due to the fire spreading throughout the trailer.
The driver was able to disconnect the tractor from the trailer, OHP said.

Evlyn Schmidt is among one of the 40 retired educators who was honored at Oklahoma Retired Educators Association's premier annual event.
Schmidt is a member of the Texas-Cimarron Counties Retired Educators Association (TCCREA), a member of the Texas County Democrats and is the Texas County's service unit director for Girl Scouts.
The awards took place in Norman at the Embassy Suites Hotel and Conference Center as part of the statewide organization’s annual state convention and business meeting.
Read the full article in tomorrow's paper!

Last week, the Guymon Police Department went on a brief morning search for two men who allegedly ran from officers during a traffic stop. After reaching out to the public on social media, the men were detained. Details were released Monday morning on the arrest.
At about 3:40 a.m. on Sept. 20, officers with the Guymon Police Department conducted a traffic stop at U.S. Highway 54 and 12th Street on a tan Ford Explorer, identifying it as a defective vehicle.
During the stop, an officer was preparing to deploy his K-9, when both of the vehicle’s occupants fled on foot. Officers attempted to make an arrest during the stuff, but the suspects were able to escape. Assistance was requested to locate the suspects. A search ensued in the area, and both men were arrested that morning.
The suspects are identified as 22-year-old Bernard Latham Jr. and 23-year-old Joe Louis Washington both of Wichita, Kansas.
Officers searched the vehicle, locating a brown bag containing contraband. Six foil-wrapped packages were inside the bag. Three of the foil packages contained approximately 4.5 pounds of heroin, and another three packages contained approximately 4.5 pounds of methamphetamine. Officers also found one white plastic grocery bag with another half pound of methamphetamine.
Latham and Washington are being charged with Aggravated Trafficking and Conspiracy to Commit Trafficking. The case as been forwarded to the district attorney’s office for prosecution.

It is that time of year to remind everyone that LIFE CHAIN Sunday is this Sunday, October 2 from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the location of 12th & Main. This will be a time of prayer for the unborn.
Due to the upcoming election, our country is needing prayer more than ever. The current presidential nominee on the Democrat side stated during the debate that “ one murder is too many in our country."
Again, let’s get together this Sunday and pray for our future. Our children are our future!