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the Chickasha City Hall.
Keating enlists board members help in
Toastmasters
set meeting dates
Enjoy an exciting lunch
hour with Toastmasters
from 12:15-1:15 p.m.. at
Canadian Valley Vo-Tech
in Seminar Room C of the
Helen Ward Seminar Cen-
ter on the first and third
Wednesdays of the month.
Chumdashers begin
evening meetings
Churndashers Quilt
Guild will begin a new
evening meeting for per-
sons interested in quilting.
An organizational meet-
ing will be held Feb. 1. at 7
p.m.. in the Auditorium at
Chickasha Public Library.
For more information,
call Carol Coster at 392-
4858 or Shirlev Burns at
224-7270.
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Elsie Roberts enjoying
her birthday party; . olene
Singleterry. Chenco
Ramirez. Gayla Howe,
Charly Davidson. Alma
Dotson and Sharon .John-
son all celebrating birth-
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By REX HOGAN
CNHI Capitol Bureau
HouseandSenate
leaders were reserved
Monday about Gov.
Frank Keating s proposed
state budget for the next
fiscal year.
The legislative session
was to open today.
Keating's budget
includes income and cor-
porate tax breaks, selling
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budget cuts
mg his second term, recited his education
reform plans but said there is a need for
reform throughout state government.
He said agency officials should ask
themselves "should we be in the business
we’re in" or could services be better pro-
vided by the private sector.’
Keating’s tax plan includes a $45.2
million oil tax relief package, an exten-
sion of a plan under consideration for two
weeks at a special legislative session that
is in recess.
The governor also is proposing a
phased-in inheritance tax cut, a sales tax
credit for equipment and materials donat-
ed to colleges and universities, and a tax
credit for companies that contract with
universities in the areas of high-technolo-
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Today, fog early. Then
decreasing clouds west and
central. Mostly cloudy
east. Highs lower 50s to
mid-60s.
Tonight, partly to mostly
cloudy with a slight chance
of showers north. Lows
mid-20s northwest to
upper 30s southeast.
Tuesday, mostly sunny.
Highs upper 40s to mid-
50s
Tuesday night. lair
Lows mid 20s to mid-30s
most state lodges and golf a chance to look closely
courses, a reduction of at Keating's proposal s,
state employees and some but it could be yeryditti-
$100 million cuts of state cult" to pass legislation to
agency budgets. do everything Keating
‘ Sen. Stratton Taylor, wants
D-Claremore. Senate "We have obligations
President Pro Tem. said from last year such as
he had not talked to Keat- state troopers' pay raises,
ing about the governor's raises for state employees
budget proposals. coming on line.
"But then that's not that We need to be very
unusual." Taylor said. cautious and it will be a
He said he has not had See Democrats. page 2
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FCE council
to meet Wednesday
Grady County FCE
groups will hold their win-
ter council meeting
Wednesday. Feb. 3. at 10
a m., at the Community
Building at the Fair-
grounds.
A business meeting will
be followed by a luncheon.
The program at 1 p.m.,
will be presented by Jim
Sheerer.
All FCE members are
urged to attend and the
public is invited.
Further information may
be obtained by calling the
OSU Extension Office at
224-2216.
3axon and Chief of Staff Ken Lackey authority as a hammer to get their pet pro- 5
savsesoardemmbenweenexhe"pemhockat! i going«he a ,
year. Daxon said, while adding that the
biggest problem with the budget is spend-
ing. not tax cuts. He said there are many
wavs to making savings.
"I'm amazed at the number of supervi-
Optimist Club plans
pancake breakfast
The Optimist Club
"Ground Hog Day" pan-
cake breakfast will be held
Feb. 5. 1999. from 6 a.m.
to 2 p.m. at the First Bap-
tist Church. 324 W. Col-
orado.
Tickets can be pur-
chased at the door for $3.
Kids under 6 eat free.
All proceeds go to sup-
port Grady County youth.
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was a community wide effort according to ee othetown piece of pvc RuSh springs as the Super Bowl will be president of the Rush Springs Senior Citiz
its organizer. The capsule, a lp sndaj for those in Florida" zens Association. urged the members of
And Rush Springs resident Paul Rice pipe with a 12 inchdiameter, l he S sda Senator Sam Helton, whose dis- the RSHS jazz band who were on hand for
hopes that in 50 years the unearthing of opened on Noy 21.2048. the 150th b.rth ri-ttinciudds Rush Springs. Was on hand the ceremony to pledge to leave Rush
the time capsule will also be a community day of the town tocededtionn rm springs a better place to live.
Wide project. v r nl e’nsthescapsulewilbnitemsifrmmtemhs his colleague Rep. Hafris said thar young and old alike can
inal Open I W w» fX from1998 as Ilems dehoing .he Jim Glover was unable ,0 be presen, due make .he pledge.
Absentee ballot
deadline is Feb. 3
Wednesday, Feb. 3 is the deadline for regis-
tered voters to apply to have absentee ballots
mailed to them for the'Annual School Election on
Feb. 9 County Election Board Secretary, Joyce J
Smith, said. If they miss that deadline, they aren't
out of luck, however. Smith said.
Registered voters who want to vote absentee
still can receive and cast a ballot by going to the
County Election Board office on Thursday, Feb.
4: Friday. Feb.5. or Monday. Feb. 8. A two-mem-
ber bipartisan Absentee Voting Board will be on
duty each day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. to assist in-
person voters.
"In-person absentee voters will complete an
application form when they arrive at the office
They are not required to state a reason for voting
in-person absentee," Smith said. They are
required to swear that they have not voted a regu-
lar mail absentee ballot and that they will not vote
2,
at their polling places on election day.
According to Smith, the Absentee Voting Board
will verify the voter's registration information,
then will issue the correct ballots. The voter will
mark them in the privacy of a voting booth and
insert them into a voting device "It is very much
Express-Star Photo by Shannon Prechtl like voting at a precinct polling place," said Smith
For more information, contact the County
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Gov.
Frank Keating is asking his appointees to
state agency boards to keep a stiff upper
lip if state executives try to balk at his
plans to cut the size of government.
"Don't go native," was the message
Keating delivered last week at a meeting
with his appointees.
Calling on board members to "chal-
lenge the culture," Keating said he could
not be successful unless they involve
themselves in details of their agencies,
asking hard questions when agencies say
thev cannot make cost savings.
The Office of Stale Finance confirmed
last week that Keating will propose about
$65 million in tax cuts. A source familiar gave board members a preview of budget jects. would total’ $153 million a year, a
with the state budget said it lawmakers gc to come between the Democrat- "This is going to be a tough budget spokesman for Daxon said last week,
along. 2,000 stale jobs would eventually controlled Legislature and the Republican year." Daxon said, while adding that the Job cut targets are expected to include
be eliminated, governor. biggest problem with the budget is spend- the Department of Tourism and Recre-
The Oklahoma Legislature reconvenes Daxon told board members it is their ing. not tax cuts. He said there are many ation. where Keating s budget proposes
Monday to hear Keating's state-of-the- task to find ways to better deliver ser- ways to making savings selling state lodges and golf courses, and
state speech and details of his budget for vices "but "it is’not our task to employ "I'm amazed at the number of supervi- the Department of Human Services,
the next fiscal year. people." sors we seem to need to have per employ- which would shift services now provided
Keating is proposing tax cuts in the fact He said officials must provide execu- ee," he said in urging officials to strive for at institutions to smaller community
of a lean revenue year. Legislative budget tive oversight but "not run errands for the a more efficient personnel structure based, private facilities
writers say they are starting almost $200 Legislature." Keating said statistics show that state Schools for the developmentally dis-
million in the hole, citing commitments He told board members the governor’s government has too many employees tor abled at Pauls Valley and Enid and Fast-
made last year, principally in the areas of office will back them up when officials its population, when compared with other ern State Hospital at Vinita would he
pay raises, road building and prison resist "secret" telephone discussions with states. affected, officials said, while asking not to
improvements. legislators who use their appropriations 1 he Republican governor, w o is start he quoted by name.
Keating, state Finance Director Tom
Clinton offering $1.77 trillion spending plan for 2000
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