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Moreno back at work,
Gayla Allen celebrating a
birthday today; Derek
and Marci Stidham with
a new addition; Andrea
Thomas excited about
her upcoming wedding,
Keith Springstead chas-
ing truants.
A formal affair
Chickasha’s Junior-Senior Prom brought students to the USAO ballroom in their best attire. This group arrived in an extra-long white
stretch limo that was too big to navigate the circle drive on campus. Pictured are (from left to right) Chris Dorris, Ellen Terry, Whitney
Robinson, Kristy Varley, Alison McCalla and Amanda Lau. For more photos from this year’s prom, see pages four and five of today’s
Express-Star.
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ENID, Okla. (AP) — The damp, chilly air
surrounds him as he pushes his body to the
limit next to rocks that were carved by tiny
droplets of water millions of years ago.
He squeezes into a tiny space with water
running through it. It is nearly dark, and he
can feel the coldness of the rock brush
against his face.
Finally, he makes it through to see a world
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Brown, RleyPrelther,ArendaSionebergerandSponeorSheiaVerhnes. reported sponsor Sheila Verhines.
Progress made on new county jail
By JAMES R. NIMMO         changes in the plans for a new jail and with Goldberg, an architect, to design a were unable to reach an agreement.
Staff Writer                those changes will make the jail more jail for the county.                           A contract has already been signed
No one is pouring concrete or buying functional.                                The commissioners had previously between DeHart and the county industrial
extra-strength locks? but that does not Other items the trio talked about were asked the industrial authority to negotiate authority for DeHart to be the construc-
mean that there is not any progress toward medical cells and elevator capacity. a contract with National Corrections Cor- tion manager for the project.
a new jail for Grady County.                  “We looked at the overall design of the poration, but after several meetings it Florence said he feels like progress is
On Monday, Grady County Sheriff jail and threw some ideas around,” Flo- became apparent that NCC was not the being made on the construction of a new
Stan Florence met with Lawrence Gold- rence said.                                best choice for the county.                 jail for the county.
berg and Cary DeHart to discussed how Florence said the next step is to get Prior to that, the jail task force had rec- “I feel like we’re making progress
best to tailor a new jail to meet the needs Goldberg under contract. The county ommended to the commissioners that when we re talking about where cells are
of the county.                           commissioners recommended that the NCC and Goldberg work together to build located and the staff requirements that
Florence said Goldberg has made some industrial authority negotiate a contract a jail for the county, but the two entities will be needed,” Florence said.
Alzheimers Support
Group meets
The Alzheimers Support
Group meets tonight at 7
p.m., at Grady Memorial
Hospital, Classroom 1.
For more information,
call 222-0089.
Check shelter
for animals
Friends with Four Paws
is reminding Chicaksha
residents that if they have
lost or missing pets to
check the animal shelter.
For more information
about Friends with Four
Paws. call 224-1421.
Tree Time
sets workday
Tree Time workday will
begin at 8:30 a.m., April
24, at Shannon Springs
Park.
Free tax help offered
Free tax help will be
held Tuesday, Wednesday
and Thursday at the Chick-
asha Library.
For tickets call 222-
1750.
Special project set
at Nichigpan Avepne
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Violence will be held at
Michigan Avenue Baptist
Church from 10 a.m. until
noon, April 17.
This will be a communi-
ty awareness event with a
video and local speakers.
For more information,
call DaVeda Caldwell at
459-6772.
Eagles hold
Thursday dinners
The Eagles Lodge
#4070, holds dinners each
Thursday from 6-8 p.m.,
for $4 each. Proceeds will
benefit the Kidney Foun-
dation.
Seunev
breeidastssek
The Eagles Lodge No.
4070, holds a Saturday
breakfast each week for $3
per person from 8-11 a.m.
Proceeds benefit the
Kidney Foundation.
supplies
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia
(AP) — Aiming to bring the
Yugoslav war machine to a halt
by wiping out fuel supplies,
NATO planes early today target-
ed the country’s’biggest oil
refinery for the second time in
24 hours, along with military
installations and transport cen-
ters.
The alliance has said
Yugoslav air defenses remain a
formidable threat, and the state-
run Tanjug news agency report-
ed heavy anti-aircraft fire as
NATO planes flew in waves
over Belgrade late Monday and
early today.
western—military officials, .4
meanwhile, moved to beef up
the NATO attack force. In Wash-
ington, defense officials said
they were planning to send sev-
eral hundred more U.S. war-
planes — including ground-
attack jets, radar-jamming
planes and refueling tankers —
to join in the airstrikes.
NATO has said it is doing
everything possible to avoid
civilian casualties, but Monday
brought one of the more grue-
some episodes of the three-
week-old allied air campaign —
an apparently accidental hit on a
passenger train that turned it to a
heap of twisted, charred metal.
The alliance said the intended
target was the rail bridge the
train was on at the time.
Serb officials said at least 10
passengers were killed and 16
injured in what they called a
“criminal attack.” Reporters
brought by Yugoslav authorities
to the rural scene, about 180
miles south of Belgrade,
described scattered human
limbs, smashed rail carriages
and the stench of burning flesh.
NATO foreign ministers,
meeting in a show of tmity Mon-
Saa NATO, page 2
Tonight; Showers and
thunderstorms likely. Lows
mostly in the 50s.
Wednesday: Windy with
showers and thunderstorms
likely. Highs in the upper
50s to upper 60s.
Wednesday night:
Showers and thunder-
storms gradually ending
west and diminishing east.
Lows upper 30s to mid-
40s.
The place is Alabaster Caverns State Park er than three.
and the boy is one of many in Venture Crew The best way to make it through is to work
No. 393, which explores the wild caves of your courage up. he said.
the park and makes them safe for others. “You just stand there for a second, build
“You’ll be in a real tight spot one second up your confidence and go,” Rose said.
and a wide open one the next,” said Curtis Alabaster Caverns, which chartered the
Rose, co-vice president. “Each one of (the group in May 1993. is one of the largest-
caves) is like a complete different world.” known gypsum caves in the world, extending
Rose said although he has a small fear of more than half a mile underground in Wood-
being trapped during the awkward but excit-              See Caverns, page 2
M Friend Eighth
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■ Team goes to state
Friend’s Eighth Grade Scholastic Team will
be attending the Oklahoma Junior Athletic
Bowl Association State Competition at the
University of Oklahoma Campus Saturday.
V April 27.
al The students have been competing since
sixth grade and have always done exceptional-
ly well. To advance to the OJABA State Com-
petition the students placed first in district and
third in regionals. Only the top four teams from
E- each region are qualified to advance to state.
This team is also competing in the Okla-
homa Association for Academic Competition
league where they placed first in district,
regionals and area. They will compete in area
for this league on Saturday. April 17 at the
Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics
poen in Oklahoma City.
“This year s eighth grade is one of the finest
teams I have worked with over the years.”
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Drawer E. Chickasha, OK.
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