The Daily Chickasha Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 97, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 1998 Page: 1 of 40
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HIGHWAY 81 near Agawam was the scene of a fatality accident Tuesday morning when a passenger car struck a
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Thursday, March 12
The Washita Valley
Community Action Council
Job Search Skills Seminar
will be held March 12 from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. in room 320 of
Trout Hall at the University
of Science and Arts of
Oklahoma. There is no cost
to participants. To register,
contact Sharlotte Key, 405-
224-5831.
Saturday, March 14
The Chickasha Mighty
Mite Pom-Pom Squad will
be having sign ups
Saturday, March 14, 1998 at
the Chickasha Library from
11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Thursday, March 19
The Chickasha Lupus
Support Group will be
meeting March 19 at 6:30
p.m. at the Chickasha Bank
Meeting Room, 1924 S.
Fourth Street. Anyone
interested in learning more
about Lupus is invited to
attend.
APPRENTICESHIP PLAYERS - Jane Wynn, school-to-work coordinator, students Matt Miller, Mark Holcraft and
Gabriel Senior Engineering Technician Earl Miracle
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dialog, most often we do not realize pulling a trailer loaded with dirt.
the seriousness of our subject matter. Rush Springs EMS was able to
Do you, in any way, doubt the
accuracy of that statement? Then let
us take a look at headlines in
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Tuesday morning when they Torres, 32, of Odessa, Texas was
responded to a serious accident four making a left turn when it was
miles north of Rush Springs on overtaken by Hammons car which was ■
Highway 81, traveling a. a high rate of speed.
Timothy Ray Hammons. 38. of Hammons made an evasive maneuver
Chickasha. was pronounced dead at to the left and ran under the truck, w
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GAYI FFNI ANGTHORN engineering technician with Gabriel. techs, higher education and industry.
THE DAILY CHICKASHA STAR Miracle recently has two new Miracle said Gabriel had started
employees, but these two are a little thinking about long-range planning
Like death and taxes, changes in different than the ones who normally to replenish its technical skills force,
technology are inescapable. To stay come across the production floor. When the Vo-Tech approached them
competitive, industry has to accept Matt Miller and Mark Holcraft are about an apprenticeship program, it
and integrate those changes, students in the new apprenticeship fit into that long-range plan
Education of the workforce has program, a school-to-work program Miller and Holcraft work 2to 45
become a key component in the that includes secondary schools, vo- See Apprenticeship, page 4
industry-growth equation. _
of dollars for educating its Open auditions set Thursday
employees."saidEarMirpcle.senpior Auditons are scheduled for Community Theatre will be assisting
UCjerrea ScHlCllCt: Thursday, March 12, from 8 until 10 CHS drama instructor Darrell Harms.
„po fnr fnrmpr p.m. in the Chickasha Junior High CCT’s areas of theatrical support
rcvUKcU JUr JUf rtic r Auditorium of the CHS drama involve the stage direction and scenic
. . . ce production of “Twain by the Tale" production element sof the show. All
undcrsherijj Although this production is designed profits from the production will be
L, -forreg sentence for Terry to give CHS students experience in a added to the CCT and CHS Drama
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the Chickasha Chamber of Commerce. Photographs and results from the c-unningnamgonn SA production of "Spoon River in a senes of vignettes. Each of the
four day event appear in today’s B section and in the Oklahoma Extra. ®ee -uer-‘ Pa Anthology." the Chickasha Please see Auditions, page 2
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— Examples:
• Presidential Pillow Talk
Could Risk U.S. Security
You read that head and realize
instantly it refers to the most recent
“scandal" in the White House. Also
we may tend to forget that it has less
to do with sex and more to do with
our national security.
The article under that head in the
current issue of Insight Magazine
brings into focus the real issue in it's
first paragraph.
Quote: "It (the head) says volumes
about the American people's current
insouciance about dangers to
national security that one topic has
been almost entirely absent from the
endless discussions of tawdry
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THE DAILY CHICKASHA STAR the jaws of life. He was pinned
approximately 35 minutes. Mediflight
Efforts of Grady County First- was dispatched from University
responders. Oklahoma Highway Hospital in Oklahoma City, but
Patrol troopers. Grady County Hammons died by the time Mediflight
Sheriff's officers. Chickasha and arrived.
Rush Springs Fire and Emergency According to the Highway Patrol
Medical Services were in vain report, the semi-truck driven by Jose
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CJHS Drama Class presents
“I’ll Give You A Ring”
The Chickasha Junior High Drama Angie'Autrey, Ashley Barber. Jamiaie
class will present a one-act comedy. Brothers. Lacy Ferrell. Shana Fulton.
"I’ll Give You A Ring,” this Thursday. Christina Gorrell, Candice Hays.
March 12 at 1:30 and 7 p.m. at the Crystal Helms, Danja Jantz, Jon Keil,
Junior High School Auditorium. Robert Mays, Amber Plowman,
This production is directed by Keith Timothy Richards. James Robinson.
Singleterry, student director Katrina Rocha. Roy Smith. Neesha
Christina Gorrell, and stage manager Swann, Dillan Tarpley and Nicole
Angie Autrey. The comedy portrays Young.
a humorous family situation Admission for both performances is
emphasized by a mischievous little free. All parents, relatives and friends
brother. are invited to attend either
The double-casted play of performance to enjoy the talents of
characters include: Jamie Alexander, these aspiring actors and actresses.
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Settle, David. The Daily Chickasha Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 97, No. 34, Ed. 1 Wednesday, March 11, 1998, newspaper, March 11, 1998; Chickasha, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1900717/m1/1/: accessed May 26, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.