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Yes, we dealt with fatigue and
frustration. but the end result was
always the desire and determina-
We have been overwhelmed
with people calling and offering
anything we may need. This
occasion, while it is a tragedy,
has renewed my spirit. It has
given me hope that man has
within himself the innate desire
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to be a neighbor and a friend.
My heartfelt thanks go to all
who have stepped forward to
make a difference. To those who
have expressed concern for the
victims and have offered appre-
ciation to the thousands of vol-
unteers who continue to donate
their time to this ongoing effort,
we are grateful.
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lion to make a difference for our
fellow man.
Law enforcement usually sees
the worst in people. We know
this going into most situations
we encounter. But we saw some-
thing very special happen during
the aftermath of the tornado that
hit Grady County and especially
Bridge Creek.
From the chaos of that night,
to the methodical search for vic-
tims. through the dealing with
the aftermath - there was a very
real spirit of surv iv al and cooper-
ation of all parties involved.
A special thanks to my wife,
family and the entire sheriff's
office, and their families, for
their undying commitment make
a difference.
We found an attitude among
all people to render aid to their
friends, family and in fact any-
one that needed it. This came
from people here in Grady Coun-
ty. from throughout the stale and
even the nation.
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injured workers.
House Bill 1771 will lead to
$30 million being placed in the
Special Indemnity Fund to pay
oil a backlog of court awards for
injury claims of about 6.000
injured workers, officials said.
The bill would return a $120
million premium rebate to state
Insurance Fund customers.
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h is seldom ihal a county must
deal with a disaster like we expe-
rienced on May 3. During limes
like this, countless individuals
are called to respond and react
unlike they could ever imagine.
Residents, medical personnel,
law enforcement, fire depart-
ments. rescue squads, county
government, state and federal
government, school officials,
churches, volunteer and relief
organizations were all pan of the
effort to deal with the tragedy
and make an effort to restore t he
victims to a normal life, given
these extreme circumstances.
I wanted to use this article to
express my sincere gratitude to
the hundreds of individuals who
stepped forward and truly made a
difference in peoples lies. Even
though serving as incident com-
mander for several days, proved
to be a huge responsibility, the
overall recovery and relief effort
was very successful because of
the quality of assistance we
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By Grady County Sheriff
Stan Florence
tv and Rehabilitation Act of
1999.
The 73-25 vote came a few
hours after Vice President Al
Gore broke a 50-50 tie in favor
of an amendment to require
background checks for all
firearms transactions at gun
shows and pawn shops.
OHP announces
increased enforment
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) —
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol
have adopted a zero-tolerance
policy for motorists who are
found not wearing their seat
belts.
received.
Our call for help from other
agencies was heard and the
response was more than ade-
quate. The victims were very
understanding in our efforts to
recover the fatalities and injured.
In our desire to protect their
property from looters, the prop-
erty owners were more than will-
ing to cooperate while they were
given permits to enter the secure
perimeter ami go through their
belongings. Any need brought
forward. was fulfilled without
reservation.
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Operator Jarred Powell
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Sen. Herb Rozell. D-Tahlequah.
Rozell objected to a series of Wilkerson. D-Atwood, and Rep.
questions from Sen. Owen Jari Askins. D-Duncan.
Laughlin, R-Woodward. about Al the end of the week,
whether the bill eased penalties Democrats lobbied Keating to
for criminals, sign House Bill 1771.a workers’
Rozell said his substitute mea-
sure. as it applied to penalties,
was largely the same as the mea-
sure Laughlin had worked on for
weeks that repeals the sentencing
matrix in House Bill 1213.
That is the measure that has
drawn strong criticism from
prosecutors and is scheduled to
go into effect July 1 unless
revised by the Legislature.
After a recess, Rozell said he
his community corrections pro-
gram. if an agreement is not
reached soon on the package
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The patrol announced Friday lege.
that a five-year study showed a Judge Richard L. Bohanon on
decrease in enforcement signifi- Friday accepted a revised bid ol
cantly affects the total number of $6,112,500 by the city and the
deaths associated with drivers Tonkawa junior college to buy
and passengers not wearing the 109-acre campus,
restraints.
session in the $4.8 billion base
budget bill.
As House and Senate negotia-
tors continued to work on a truth-
in-sentencing package to replace
a controversial bill passed two
years ago. a Senate squabble
flared over a rival measure bv
By RON JENKINS
Associated Press Writer
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) —
The Oklahoma Legislature has
ended its next-to-last week by
completing action on funding
bills tor schools, colleges and
prisons.
Wrangling over truth-in-sen-
fencing continued Friday as law-
makers left after a week of long
House and Senate sessions. some
lasting to near midnight.
The Senate sent a meager $ 1.5
million school funding bill to
Gov. Frank Keating. Schools are
getting $25.5 million more from
the state's General Fund, includ-
ing $20 million going into the
school aid formula.
But overall, the education
budget is up only $9 million, or
.5 percent, after a $16 million
appropriation from the constitu-
tional Rainy Day Fund a year
ago is deducted.
Prisons, meanwhile, got a
$12.6 million, or 3.8 percent,
increase to $339.6 million.
The appropriations increase
for colleges was only $1.6 mil-
lion. but they got a $12 million
funding increase earlier in the
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He has vowed to press for pas- lion tax cut for businesses, while
sage of the bill, which includes helping families of thousands of
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Senators vote The Mudy shoued anleverage
. i . i . of 66 percent of the Irai tic fatal-
against legislation ilics were victims who were not
OKLAHOMA‘CITY (AP) — wearing seal bells, troopers said.
Oklahoma s senators joined 23 The primary seal bell law has
others in voting against a iuve- been in effect since 1997, and
nile offender bill that includes people continue to ignore it. Sec-
stiffergun contro legislation. ond Ll Chris West said.
Republican Sens. James ri . . ..
Inhofe and Don Nickles were There was a decline in the
among those Thursday opposing number of citations written tor
S254. the Violent and Repeat seat belt usage in 1997 when 846
Juvenile Offender Accountabili- people died while on the road.
West said the number of fatali-
ties was the highest number of
traffic deaths in 14 years.
The Oklahoma law states that
passengers in the front seat must
wear seat belts while children
ages 4 and 5 must be buckled up.
Judge approves
offer for campus
ENID. Okla. (AP) — Phillips
University officials had hoped to
fetch as much as $15 million for
their closed campus, but instead
settled for an offer of more than
$6 million from the city of Enid
and Northern Oklahoma Col-
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