June 11, 2026
Cole File Chad Petree Blake Suthers
Dist. 1 Dist. 2 Dist. 3
OFFICE OF
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ELLIS COUNTY
SECRETARY TO THE BOARD
OF ELLIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
LYNN SMITH
RESOLUTION #66-26
ELLIS COUNTY E-911 BOARD SEATS OPEN FOR FILINGS OR
REFILING OF CURRENT MEMBERS
If you are interested in Serving on the Ellis County E-911 Board (Three (3)-year terms) for the Fargo/Gage voting district, please sign-up in the Ellis County Clerk’s Office by June 18th, 2026, terms begin July 1, 2026.
There is also an open seat for one of the Ellis County Commissioners that will be appointed by the Ellis County Board of Commissioners
If you have questions about serving or regarding the services of the E-911 Board please contact your County Commissioner or the County Commissioner’s Office at 580-885-7766.
Dated this 1st day of June, 2026
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(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman two times June 11 & 18, 2026)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF
ELLIS COUNTY
STATE OF OKLAHOMA
In the Matter of the Estate of )
CHARLES M. RECTOR, Deceased; )
and the Will and Estate of )
SUE CAROL RECTOR, Deceased. )
Case No. PB-2026-17
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
All persons having claims against Charles M. Rector, Deceased, and Sue Carol Rector, Deceased, whose estates are being administered in Cause No. PB-2026-17 in the District Court of Ellis County, Oklahoma are required to present the same with a description of all security interests and other collateral (if any) held by each creditor with respect to such claim, to the named Personal Representative, c/o Harrison & Mecklenburg, Inc., P.O. Box 2354, Stillwater, OK 74076, on or before the following presentment date, August 14, 2026, or the same will be forever barred.
Dated this 20th day of May, 2026.
/S/Sami S. Rector
Sami S. Rector,
Personal Representative
By: /S/Michelle Nabors
Michelle Nabors (OBA #31666)
Travis L. Cagle (OBA #22090)
Harrison & Mecklenburg, Inc.
410 S. Lewis St.
P.O. Box 2354
Stillwater, Oklahoma 74076
(405) 533-3045
Attorneys for Personal Representative
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Town of Arnett Job Opening
The Town of Arnett is accepting applications for the following position.
Position:
• Maintenance & Water/Wastewater Operator
• Hourly I Full Time
• Competitive Pay Based On Experience
Requirements:
• Applicant must have at least a Class D Drivers License
• Applicant must have or be able to obtain a Class D Water/Wastewater Operator certification
through ODEQ (at Town expense).
• Applicant must be willing to work additional hours as needed.
• Applicant must be able to perform manual labor in all climates, under various conditions.
• Applicant must be able to operate or learn to operate various equipment including Mowers,
Tractor, Backhoe, Skid Steer, etc.
• Applicant must be self motivated, able to follow instructions, and use good communication
skills when dealing with the public and staff.
This position qualifies for retirement, insurance, and other benefits after completion of an
introductory period.
For questions, please call Arnett Town Hall at (580) 885-7833 ext. 2.
Applications can be obtained at the Arnett Town Hall, 8:30am- 4:30pm, Mon-Fri, at 219 E. Renfrow Ave, Arnett, OK.
Resumes/application may be mailed to Town of Arnett, PO Box 344, Arnett OK 73832.
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(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman one time, June 11, 2026)
BEFORE THE CORPORATION COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA
APPLICANT: ROCKIES RESOURCES HOLDINGS LLC )
)
RELIEF SOUGHT: HORIZONTAL WELL DRILLING AND SPACING UNIT ) Cause CD No.
) 2026-001966
LEGAL DESCRIPTION: SECTIONS 14 AND 23, TOWNSHIP 16 NORTH, )
RANGE 23 WEST OF THE IM, )
ELLIS AND ROGER MILLS COUNTIES, OKLAHOMA )
AMENDED NOTICE OF HEARING
STATE OF OKLAHOMA TO: All persons, owners, producers, operators, purchasers and takers of oil and gas, and all other interested persons, particularly in Ellis and Roger Mills Counties, Oklahoma, including the following: 1945 Legacy Ventures, LLC; Anita Joy Connally; Anna Casper; Bailey Minerals, LP; Barbra Sue Pond aka Barbra Sue Bonser Pond fka Barbra Sue Baker; Barney Bonser, a/k/a Barnie Bonser; Belindy Lynn Bonser; Bryan Shane Castor; Bryan Thomas Bonser aka Bryan Thomas Cole; Buena Wiliams; Carolyn Ann Richmond; Carolyn Jacobs; Cathy Diane Canary; Cathy Diane Canary and Lynn Canary; Chad McAlpine; Chaplin B. Williams; Charles Ludwig; Cheryl Benton; Chris McAlpine; Cobblestone Minerals, LP; Dale L. Bonser; Danakil, LP; Danny R. Bonser; David Bryan Coker; David Byers; DeAnna Jan Emory; Doug McAlpine; Duck Creek Resources, LLC; Eckard Cornerstone, LLC; Encino Anadarko; Encino Anadarko Acquisition LLC; Ernest W. Kuehne Jr.; Eujenia Marcela Dooley aka Jenny Martinez Dooley; Faye Ann Peetoom; Glebe Royalty, LLC; Glenda Rae Bonser; Happy Gizzard Minerals, LLC; Hillman Royalties, LP; James E. Benton aka Jim Benton; Jamie Lane; Jean Whiteneck; Jenna J. Duke; JF Energy, LLC; Jim Bill Duke; Jo Baden, Life Estate; John Quinlin Inselman, Jr; Jonaust Holdings, LP; Joyce M. Beals; JP Drilling Fund, LLC; Lenda Diane Nance; Linda Bogges; Mekusukey Oil Company, LLC; Michael Dale Inselman; Nancy Casper; Neomorph Investments, LLC; Nicole Kugizaki; Noble Royalty Acccess Fund VII, LP; OGI Minerals, LLC; OKKI Industries, LLC; Pamela Jean Byers; Petro-Seay, LLC; Presidio WAB, LLC; QEP Energy Company; Rachele M. Reagan; Regina R. Bonser; Regina R. Price; Richard Donald Jones, Jr.; Rock Island Production Co., LLC; Rock Island Production Co., LLC; SandRidge Exploration and Production, LLC; Sandtrap Prospecting Co.; Sandy Creek Minerals, LLC; Shirley Ann Truly GST Exempt Trust; Southbridge Production Co., LLC; Stacey Hartman Kendrick; Stephanie Jean Peery; Steven D. Blair; Teton Range Operating, LLC; The James E. Parrish 2013 Revocable Trust Dated 6/7/2013; The Riverview Mineral Trust of 1984 Co-Trustees: J.R. Inselman aka John Quinlin Inselman, Jr and Michael Dale Inselman; The Vicky D. Langbehn Revocable Living Trust dated 4/4/2001 Vicky D. Langbehn, Trustee; Therisa Teakell; Tommy Smith; Tri-Up, LLC; Unbridled Resources, LLC; United States of America Bureau of Land Management; Upland Exploration Oklahoma, LLC; V. Gail Davis and Kerry Davis, JTROS; Valerie Benton; Valerie Bonser; Ventana Exploration and Production II, LLC; Wanda Joy Looper; William Van Peetoom and Faye Ann Peetoom, as Co-trustees of The Windy Sweep Living Trust, U/A dated 9/18/2025; Winding River Energy Services Corporation; Workman Family Trust, Susan J. Koziolek and/or Michael L. Workman, Co-Trustees; Wright Sprowls, LLC; CURATIVE; Blanco-D Trust; Carole Kelln; Cecyl Erle Inselman ; Clarence L. Matheny and Janet L. Matheny Living Trust; Coastal Management Trust; Danakil, LP; Danny J. Williams; David L. and Marilyn S. Inselman Revocable Living Trust, Dated 8/19/2015; Dewayne Kirchhoff; Donald Kirchhoff; Douglas G. Kirchhoff; Ernest W. Kuuehne, Jr.; Gary and Will Inselman; Gilliland Oil & Gas, Inc.; Harlan D. Kirchhoff; J.R. Inselman aka John Quinlin Inselman, Jr. and Michael Dale Inselman, Successor Co-Trustees of The John Quinlin Inselman Revocable Trust; J.R. Inselman aka John Quinlin Inselman, Jr. and Tena Inselman, Husband and Wife; James E. Snyder or Judith R. Snyder Declaration of Trust est 5/16/2007 James E. Snyder & Judith R. Snyder, Trustees; Joseph Renn; Larry and Esther Inselman; Leonard Taylor and Monte Taylor; Linda Whipple; Loretta Hartman; Mari K.C. Gerdes; Marianna Kirchhoff; Marion David Byer; Marjorie Leisher; Mary Inselman-McHugh, Deceased; Michael A. Cassidy; Michael C. Cross; Michael Dale Inselman and Lezlea Inselman; Paula P. Wohlers aka Paula P. Ludwig- Wohlers; Petro-Seay, LLC; Powerline Energy Corporation; Presidio WAB, LLC; Rhonda Puckett; Richard Leslie Herring and Linda Janette Herring Revocable Trust; Ronald Ray Inselman; Shawn T. Cassidy ; Southwest Petroleum Company, L.P.; The Riverview Mineral Trust of 1984; Tony Warren Wilson; Tradewinds Properties Trust Trustee: David L. Kundysek; Joan Taylor; Lonnie L. Beals; Midland National Bank, Trustee u/w/o Robert Emmett Boyle; Terry Bailey Beals; Anchor Land Group; and, if any of the named individuals be deceased, then the unknown heirs, executors, administrators, devisees, trustees and assigns, both immediate and remote, of such deceased individual; if any of the named entities is dissolved partnership, corporation or other association, then the unknown successors, trustees and assigns, both immediate and remote, of such dissolved entity; if any of the named parties designated as a trustee is not presently acting in such capacity as trustee, then the unknown successor or successors to such trustee; if any of the named parties designated as an attorney-in-fact is not presently acting in such capacity as attorney-in-fact, then the unknown successor or successors to such attorney-in-fact; and if any of the named entities are corporations which do not continue to have legal existence, then unknown trustees or assigns of such parties.
NOTICE OF FURTHER GIVEN that the Applicants, Rockies Resources Holdings LLC, have filed an application in this cause requesting the Corporation Commission to enter an order, to be effective as of the date of the execution thereof or as of a date prior thereto, as follows: (i) amending Order No. 483925 to delete said Section 14, Township 16 North, Range 23 West of the IM, Ellis and Roger Mills Counties, Oklahoma, from the purview of the Skinner common source of supply and to vacate the 640-acre drilling and spacing unit previously formed by such order for common source of supply in such lands; (ii) amending Order No. 122779 to delete said Section 14, Township 16 North, Range 23 West of the IM, Ellis and Roger Mills Counties, Oklahoma, from the purview of the Red Fork Sand common source of supply and to vacate the 640-acre drilling and spacing unit previously formed by such order for common source of supply in such lands; (iii) amending Order No. 238078 to delete said Section 23, Township 16 North, Range 23 West of the IM, Ellis and Roger Mills Counties, Oklahoma, from the purview of the Des Moines common source of supply and to vacate the 640-acre drilling and spacing unit previously formed by such order for common source of supply in such lands; (iv) establishing a 1,280-acre horizontal well drilling and spacing unit for the Cherokee, Big Lime and Oswego separate common sources of supply underlying Sections 14 and 23, Township 16 North, Range 23 West of the IM, Ellis and Roger Mills Counties, Oklahoma. Sections 14 and 23 shall comprise one 1280-acre horizontal well drilling and spacing unit and the perforated interval of the horizontal wellbore shall be located no closer than 660 feet from the horizontal well unit boundary for the Cherokee common source of supply; and (v) granting such other further relief as may be proper based upon the evidence presented at the hearing herein.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be referred to an Administrative Law Judge for hearing, taking of evidence and reporting to the Corporation Commission.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that this cause will be heard before an Administrative Law Judge on the Merits Docket at 8:30 a.m., on the 30th day of June 2026 at the Will Rogers Memorial Office Building, 2401 N. Lincoln Blvd., in the Capitol Complex, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105., and that this notice will be published as required by law and the rules of the Commission.
Due to renovation work at the Jim Thorpe Office Building, the Commission’s Oklahoma City Office is relocating to the Will Rogers Memorial Office Building at 2401 N. Lincoln Blvd., in the Capitol Complex, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73105. All hearings, docket calls, and public meetings will be conducted in the Concourse Theater or additional courtrooms located in the tunnel between the Will Rogers Memorial Office Building and the Sequoyah Memorial Office Building. The specific room location, including updates, of each scheduled hearing or public meeting will be available on or before the day of the event at the information desk in the first floor lobby of the Will Rogers Memorial Office Building and on the Commission’s website at: https://oklahoma.gov/occ/court-dockets.html
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that the Applicant(s) and interested parties may present testimony by telephone. The cost of telephonic communication shall be paid by the person or persons requesting its use. An interested party who wishes to participate by telephone shall contact the Applicants’ attorney, prior to the hearing date, and provide his or her name and phone number.
NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that all interested persons may appear and be heard. For information concerning this action contact Greg Hambric, (918) 510-1101, or Emily P. Pittman, attorney, OBA No. 20805, (405) 553-2873, 100 North Broadway, Suite 2900, Oklahoma City, OK 73102. Please refer to Cause CD Number.
DONE AND PERFORMED THIS 2nd day of June 2026.
CORPORATION COMMISSION OF OKLAHOMA
KIM DAVID, Chairman
J. TODD HIETT, Commissioner
BRIAN BINGMAN, Commissioner
s/ Emily P. Pittman
Emily P. Pittman
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(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman two times, June 4 & 11, 2026)
Cole File Chad Petree Blake Suthers
Dist. 1 Dist. 2 Dist. 3
OFFICE OF
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF ELLIS COUNTY
SECRETARY TO THE BOARD
OF ELLIS COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
LYNN SMITH
Resolution #67-26
ELLIS COUNTY EMS SEATS OPEN FOR FILINGS OR
REFILINGS OF CURRENT MEMBERS
There are two (2) Open Seats to serve on the EMS Board, one for the Arnett voting District, and one (1) for the Fargo/Gage voting District, the term will begin July 1st, 2026 for a five (5) year term.
If you are interested in Serving your Community by serving on the EMS Board, please come to the Ellis County Clerk’s Office and fill out required forms by June 181h, 2026
Dated this 1st day of June, 2026
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(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman two times June 11 & 18, 2026)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ELLIS COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF )
JEROME W. BERRYMAN, A/K/A ) Case No. PB-2025-22
JEROME W. BERRYMAN, II )
NOTICE OF HEARING FINAL ACCOUNT, PETITION FOR ORDER
ALLOWING FINAL ACCOUNT, DISTRIBUTION
AND FINAL DISCHARGE
Notice is hereby given that Tricia Lawson, AVP and Trust Officer, on behalf of Alpine Bank Wealth Management, a Division of Alpine Bank, Personal Representative of the Estate Jerome W. Berryman, a/k/a Jerome W. Berryman, II, deceased, has rendered, filed, and presented for final settlement her Final Account of the administration of said estate, and her Petition for for Distribution of said Estate and for Final Discharge of said Personal Representative and that the hearing on the same has been fixed by the Judge of said Court for the 20th day of July, 2026 at 1:30 o’clock p.m in the Courtroom of said Court in the Courthouse at Arnett, Ellis County, Oklahoma, and all persons interested in said Estate are notified then and there to appear and show cause, if any they have, why said accounting should not be settled and allowed said Estate distributed and your Personal Representative discharged.
Dated this 5th day of June, 2026.
/s/Laurie E. Hays
Associate District Judge
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
s/ Robyn G. Price
Robyn G. Price, OBA # 18711
Sims, Price & Price, PLLC
1517 Main St. / P.O. Box 1086
Woodward, Oklahoma 73802-1086
Telephone: (580) 256-3155
Facsimile: (580) 256-9902
Attorney for the Estate of Jerome W.
Berryman, a/k/a Jerome W. Berryman, II
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(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman two times June 4 & 11, 2026)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ELLIS COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ) Case No. PB-2026-16
SHIRLEY ANN RABE, DECEASED )
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
TO THE CREDITORS OF SHIRLEY ANN RABE, DECEASED:
All creditors having claims against the above-named Decedent are required to present the same, with a description of all security interest and other collateral (if any) held by each creditor with respect to such claim, to the named Personal Representative, Kevin Kelly, at the offices of Ewbank & Hennigh, PLLC, attorneys for said Personal Representative, at the address shown below on or before the following presentment date, to-wit: the 31st day of July, 2026, or the same will be forever barred.
Dated this 26th day of May, 2026.
(s) Kaleb K Hennigh
Ewbank & Hennigh, PLLC
Kaleb K. Hennigh, OBA No. 20070
1010 W. Maple
Enid, Oklahoma 73703
Telephone: (580) 234-4334
Facsimile: (580) 823-8756
Email: [email protected]
Attorney for Personal Representative
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(Published in the Northwest Oklahoman two times June 11 & 18, 2026)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF ELLIS COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ) Case No. PB-2026-2
JOSEPH LEE SCHROEDER, DECEASED. )
NOTICE OF HEARING FINAL ACCOUNT, PETITION FOR ORDER
ALLOWING FINAL ACCOUNT, DISTRIBUTION
AND FINAL DISCHARGE
Notice is hereby given that Rex Schroeder, Personal Representative of the Estate Joseph Lee Schroeder, deceased, has rendered, filed, and presented for final settlement his Final Account of the administration of said Estate, and his Petition for Distribution of said Estate and for Final Discharge of said Personal Representative and that the hearing on the same has been fixed by the Judge of said Court for the 20th day of July, 2026 at 1:30 o’clock p.m. in the Courtroom of said Court in the Courthouse at Arnett, Ellis County, Oklahoma, and all persons interested in said Estate are notified then and there to appear and show cause, if any they have, why said accounting should not be settled and allowed said Estate distributed and your Personal Representative discharged.
Dated this 5th day of June, 2026.
/s/Laurie E. Hays
Associate District Judge
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
s/ Robyn G. Price
Robyn G. Price, OBA # 18711
Ryan E. Price, OBA # 19547
Sims, Price & Price, PLLC
1517 Main St. / P.O. Box 1086
Woodward, Oklahoma 73802-1086
Telephone: (580) 256-3155
Facsimile: (580) 256-9902
Attorneys for Personal Representative