Scott Matejec

Schedule of Events - Wed, Jan. 14, 2009

9 a.m. Building opens

11 a.m. Pit Pass Booth opens

11-7 p.m. Trade Show

2:00 p.m. Clear building

2:30 p.m. Open grandstands and pits for entry with ticket or pit pass

3:00 p.m. Drivers draw for heat starting positions at chalkboard

4:15 p.m. Driver's Meeting

5:00 p.m. Hot Laps (by heat race group)

6:00 p.m. Heat Races start (est. 8 races - 8 Laps each)

7:30 p.m. Qualifying Races (4 races, top 16 in combined passing points to A, Balance to Twin B's)

8:00 p.m. Twin C Features (Top 4 from each to B)

8:45 p.m. Track Maintenance

9:00 p.m. Twin B Features (Top 4 from each to A - 15 laps each)

10:00 p.m. A Feature start (24 cars - 25 laps)

Midnight Building closes

Schedule of Events - Tue, Jan. 13, 2009

9 a.m. Building opens

11 a.m. Pit Pass Booth opens

11-7 p.m. Trade Show

2:00 p.m. Clear building

2:30 p.m. Open grandstands and pits for entry with ticket or pit pass

3:00 p.m. Drivers draw for heat starting positions at chalkboard

4:15 p.m. Driver's Meeting

5:00 p.m. Hot Laps (by heat race group)

6:00 p.m. Heat Races start (est. 8 races - 8 Laps each)

7:20 p.m. Qualifying Races (4 races, top 16 in combined passing points to A, Balance to Twin B's)

7:50 p.m. Twin C Features (Top 4 from each to B)

8:30 p.m. Track Maintenance

8:45 p.m. Twin B Features (Top 4 from each to A - 15 laps each)

9:30 p.m. Chili Bowl Race of Champions

10:00 p.m. A Feature start (24 cars - 25 laps)

Midnight Building closes

Electric bills going down
AEP-PSO plans to lower bills immediately

AEP-PSO is reducing the average Oklahoman's monthly electric bill by more than $18 due to falling natural gas prices, the company announced Monday.

By ROD WALTON World Staff Writer
Published: Tuesday, December 02, 2008
Last Modified: 12/2/2008 4:41:51 AM

AEP-PSO is reducing the average Oklahoman's monthly electric bill by more than $18 due to falling natural gas prices, the company announced Monday.

The lowering of the monthly fuel-cost factor by American Electric Power-Public Service Company of Oklahoma will take effect immediately, spokeswoman Andrea Chancellor said. The company had raised the fuel-cost adjustment by an average $17.50 in June.

"Right away," Chancellor said of the timeline for new, lower bills. "Some customers may already have gotten their December bills, and it came with a surprise."

AEP-PSO had raised its fuel-cost factor after natural gas prices rose 40 percent over a period of months. The company said it was down more than $100 million in under-recovered fuel costs at the time and shook off criticism that the adjustment was going to be annualized instead of being reviewed quarterly or monthly.

Since June, however, natural gas prices have been cut almost in half. The drop helped AEP-PSO "work off" that under-recovery and eliminate the increased fuel factor quicker than expected, Chancellor said.

The company also pointed out that the fuel-cost cut, which will drop the average customer's bill of 1,000 kilowatt hours monthly from $102 to about $83.62, more than offsets AEP-PSO's proposed 11-percent rate increase. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission will begin hearings on the rate request next Monday in Oklahoma City.

Oklahoma Industrial Energy Consumers attorney Tom Schroedter applauded the fuel-cost reduction by AEP-PSO but argued that it does not suddenly justify a rate increase that could reach $132 million annually.

"It needed to done; I don't want to be critical of that," Schroedter said. "This fuel factor reduction has nothing to do with the rate case filing. For the company to try to argue that the rate increase is not as adverse because of the lowering of the fuel factor is, in a way, misleading."

AEP-PSO's rate request, if approved in full, would be more like a 30 percent increase if the fuel costs are factored out, the attorney added. The Corporation Commission must rule on the proposal by Jan. 6.

The utility, which has 525,000 customers statewide, made the fuel-cost reduction several months earlier than expected.

"The fuel-cost reduction is real good news for our customers in today's challenging economy," AEP-PSO president and chief operating officer Stuart Solomon said in a statement.

Company spokeswoman Chancellor, however, noted that the rate increase involves several "important issues" and needs to go forward as planned. Among those issues are AEP-PSO's added costs for construction and upgrading infrastructure, she said.

The company has spent about $440 million over the past two years building out its facilities to offer better service to customers, Chancellor said.

Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony, who gave his approval to the fuel-cost adjustment last spring, said he was pleased that AEP-PSO moved so quickly to bring the factor back down.

"During the rapidly rising fuel expense of last spring and summer, PSO fell behind in its recovery," Anthony said in a written statement. "Now that deficit has been made up, and customers will get the benefit of the lower fuel prices."

Sales Statistics for TULSA County OK

Realist's most recent recording date for this county is 11/20/2008

Single Family Residence
Time Period	Number of Sales	Median Sale Price
Oct 2008	829	$142,000
Oct 2007	958	$135,000
Sep 2008	869	$138,000
Sep 2007	835	$131,000
2008 YTD	8,720	$139,000
2007	11,619	$130,000

Condominium
Time Period	Number of Sales	Median Sale Price
Oct 2008	48	$71,250
Oct 2007	48	$69,500
Sep 2008	32	$61,500
Sep 2007	45	$70,500
2008 YTD	446	$70,000
2007	570	$67,250

Chili Bowl Tickets Already In Demand Lonnie Wheatley, TULSA, Okla. (February 6, 2008) – The 22nd Annual Dodge Chili Bowl Nationals has been in the books for less than a month now, but the thousands upon thousands of fans that pack the QuikTrip Center at the Tulsa State Fairgrounds are already making arrangements for the next edition of the Chili Bowl. Tickets for the 23rd Annual Chili Bowl Nationals, which will take place atop the Tulsa Expo Raceway clay oval on January 13-17, 2009, went on sale Friday, February 1. And the phone lines have been buzzing as a result, with existing ticket holders rushing to keep their same seats for next year along with new orders in hopes of getting a seat for the prestigious racing event. Tickets can be ordered in increments of four-nights (which includes the Wednesday, Thursday and Friday qualifying events along with Saturday's championship feature events) or five nights (which also includes Tuesday night's Pre-Qualifying event). Four-night tickets are available for $189, with five-night tickets available for $216. Tickets are available by calling the Chili Bowl ticket office at 918-838-3777. Ticket holders from the 2008 edition of the Chili Bowl Nationals have until June 1 to renew ticket orders. After the June 1 renewal deadline, any available seats will be allotted to new ticket orders on a first-come, first-served basis. On January 12, California native Damion Gardner topped the 22nd Annual 50-lap Chili Bowl championship "A" Feature event to top a record field of 274 competitors, becoming the event's 16th different feature winner in the process. Gardner joined a prestigious list of past Chili Bowl champions that includes four-time winner Sammy Swindell, two-time winners Tony Stewart, Cory Kruseman and Dan Boorse, and one-time winners Tim McCreadie, Tracy Hines, Jay Drake, Billy Boat, Donnie Beechler, Andy Hillenburg, Dave Blaney, Lealand McSpadden, Jon Heydenreich, Scott Hatton and Rich Vogler. Additional information regarding the Dodge Chili Bowl Nationals is available by calling 918-838-3777 or at www.chilibowl.com. We thank you Lonnie Wheatley for the information.