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Nettie Hodges being treated
like royalty on her birthday;
Treva Keeling trying out for
a demolition derby at the
John Holt Auto Group; Bari
Firestone turning 30; Alice
Terry cruising in her new
car; Coach Cody McHugh
going for a physical on his
28th birthday; Vacey Bishop
visiting with her family on
her 90th birthday; and Keith
Jones getting a hole-in-one
on #12 at River Bend.
Deadline tor 8-man flag
football sign-up is 9 p.m.
Sept. 11. Each team may
have a maximum of 12 play-
ers, all over the age of 16.
Games will be played on
Sunday afternoons at the
youth football field south-
east of the high school.
Church groups and cor-
porate groups are wel-
come. For more informa-
tion, call 224-2281.
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Scorching heat blamed for
Oklahoma woman’s death
(AP) - An accidental flip of a thermostat switch led to the demise
of a 74-year-old Oklahoma City woman, whose death is the first this
year to be attributed to the heat, authorities said.
The woman's body was found in her home on the south side about
5:15 p.m. Monday, said Kevin Rowland, a spokesman for the state
Medical Examiner's office. Monday’s temperature in Oklahoma City
reached 103 degrees, tying a record.
The medical examiner's office did not release the woman’s name.
Neighbors called police after not seeing the woman for several
days and not being able to get anyone to answer the front door.
The woman was from France and had no relatives in Oklahoma,
said Louise Neal, the woman’s neighbor.
The control switch for a central heating and air unit had been set
on the heat position instead of cool. Rowland said. The blower was
not circulating heat into the house, but blew in hot air from outside,
he said.
The heat and accompanying lack of rain also has contributed to
the deaths of many southern Oklahoma farmers’ summer crops, forc-
ing them to sell off cattle, which in turn has produced a major tax lia-
bility for them, Oklahoma Agriculture Secretary Dennis Howard said
Tuesday.
"There's not going to be a peanut crop this year,” Howard said at
a meeting of officials at the state Capitol The corn is shriveling up "
After that meeting, Gov. Frank Keating declared a disaster-related
emergency and expanded a bum ban to cover all but Cimarron Coun-
ty in the Oklahoma Panhandle. That county has been receiving mois-
ture from storms in the Rocky Mountains.
"I cannot stress enough how important it is that our citizens obey
this bum ban," Keating said. “With these brittle conditions, one spark
can lead to a major fire tragedy,”
Keating said a pending request for a disaster drought designation
from U.S. Agriculture Secretary Dan Glickman could come as early
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home football games. Your
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City Hall wil be
closed on Labor Day
The City of Chickasha's
offices will be closed Mon-
day, Sept. 4, 2000, in
observance of Labor Day.
Regular city services will
resume on Tuesday.
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Pink House
sponsoring program
The Feed the Children
Program will be distribut-
ing food items on Tuesday,
Sept. 5, at the Pink House
Center located at 718
North 12th St., from 8-3.
If you do not have an
application on file, you can
fill one out at the main
office located at 205
Chickasha Ave., on Aug.
30. 31, and Sept. 1. You
will need proof of income.
No applications will be
accepted after Sept. 1.
2000 Pootball Preview inside today
The 2000 Grady County Football Preview edition is inside today’s
Express-Star. The section features information about Chickasha,
Alex, Minco and Rush Springs football teams.
The Eagles Lodge will
be holding a special meet-
ing, on Tuesday, Sept. 5, at
7:30 p.m.
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Oklahoma's American Indian
population grew from 257,794 on
April 1, 1990, to 262.581 as of July
1, 1999. But growth of only 1.9
percent over nine years trailed the
expansion of every other ethnic
group in the state.
Oklahoma's white population
increased 6.5 percent to nearly 2.8
million, while the black population
increased 11.2 percent to 262,136
The Asian and Pacific Islander
total increased 31 percent to
45,301, while Oklahoma's Hispan-
ic population climbed nearly 60
percent to 136.634 Unlike others
tracked by the Census Bureau,
people of Hispanic origin can be of
any race.
The census estimates surprised
officials with the Cherokee Nation
Express-Star photo by Jenese Epperson of Oklahoma, said Laura Harjo,
Eagles Lodge No. 4070 recently donated $500 to the Chickasha Public Library for the purchase of Geo Data manager for the tribe,
large-print books. These books look just like the normal-print version, except for the larger type. The Tribal membership has been grow-
Eagles have donated money in the past to the library for the books. Presenting the check to LIbrari- ing at 1.000 a month, Harjo told
an Catharine Cook is Sue Gilliam, past state madame president and Golden Eagle Fund chairman, the Tulsa World
Clinton visits Colombia to support anti-drug plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Clin- from the drug trade fund civil conflict. Pow- drug-interdiction efforts, meet with Colom-
ton's trip to Colombia is aimed at propping erful forces make their own law, and you face bian National Police and talk with widows of
up the nation's fight against drugs and insur- danger every day." police officers who have been killed in the
gents, yet his itinerary includes sightseeing Clinton was spending all his time in Carta- line of duty.
in a scenic Caribbean port city far from the gena, a 467-year-old coastal city with Later, he will go to a low-income neigh-
violence and poppy and coca fields that yield churches, monasteries and shaded plazas borhood to tour a Casa de Justicia, one of 20
most the cocaine and heroin used in the Unit- Situated on the northern tip of Colombia, centers funded by the U.S Agency for Inter-
ed States. Cartagena is several hundred miles from the national Development that gives Colombia's
With $ 1.3 billion in U.S. aid in his pocket, nation's capital, Bogota, and farther still poor greater access to the justice system.
Clinton was traveling to South America on from the southern sections of the country People can walk into these centers and see
Wednesday to back Colombian President where guerillas and paramilitary groups rule, ombudsmen, social workers, public defend-
Andres Pastrana’s $7.5 billion initiative to His stay is short partly because of security ers. mediators and others who can help them
ease the narco-traffickers' grip on his nation, concerns in a nation the State Department resolve civil and criminal matters.
make peace with insurgents financed by drug calls one of the most violent in the world. The idea is to bolster law and order in a
profits, rev up the economy and strengthen Ninety percent of the cocaine in the U.S. country overrun by lawlessness.
the justice system. market and two-thirds of the heroin on the Pastrana himself was kidnapped by the
“Colombia's democracy is under attack.” East Coast comes from Colombia. Medellin drug cartel in the late 1980s and
Clinton said in an address televised to Clinton’s visit includes a tour of the Port
American
Indians numbers
declining in state
TULSA. Okla (AP) — The
proportion of American Indians in
Oklahoma's population is declin-
ing although their numbers are
growing. U S. Census Bureau sta-
tistics released Wednesday
showed.
FOOTBALL
2000
• New Coach
• New Season
• New Attitude
CHS Seniors looking
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Schools approve agreement with Headstart
By JENESE EPPERSON HeadStart doesn’t have room for over- meet the needs of the children. services and supplies - the agreement will
Staff Writer income children. Dedmon noted that Chickasha hoped to not cost Chickasha at all.
During last night's special meeting, the lerTbperear 0“ basincomre £ wasnaafvameb Haepsrunership with the orThsagrarmnted unanimously in favor
Chickasha school board approved an year-olds, and V.J. Vernon of HeadStart Vernon explained that their personnel is Also during the meeting, the Board
agreement that will benefit not only the approached Chickasha Public Schools certified, and all are working toward both approved the 2000-01 estimate of needs
school district, but also Chickasha’s about entering into a contract for accept- degrees and the same certification that and publication sheet for the estimate of
younger children. ing those children. public school teachers must attain. The needs. The estimate must be published in
The Washita Valley HeadStart offers According to Superintendent Phil Ded- program must meet both state and federal the local newspaper, and then three copies
educational programs for three- and four- mon, Chickasha is moving in the direction requirements, and receives government must be given to the county clerk,
year-olds. Licensed for 176 children, they of developing its own four-year-old pro- funding, some of which will go to Chick- After their executive session, the Board
take applications from children of differ- grams. Other school districts, however, asha, under the agreement. approved the personnel matters they dis-
ent income levels. Preference goes to maintain a program as well as working Vernon further stated that HeadStart cussed during the session as well as the
those below a certain level, and usually with their local HeadStart programs to would continue to pay for all of its own
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Inmates from
Grady County
up for parole
Several inmates serving time
with the Department of Correc-
tions are currently up for parole.
Their cases will be considered at
the September 2000 Pardon and
Parole Board hearing set for Aug.
12-15 at the Davis Correctional
Facility in Holdenville. Okla. The
meetings are scheduled to begin at
8 a.m. every day with the excep-
tion of Tuesday. Sept. 12 which
will begin at 1 a m. All meeting
dates, times and places are subject
to change.
Written comments from district
attorneys and victims or their rep-
resentatives must be received by
the Pardon and Parole Board at
4040 North Lincoln, Suite 219,
Oklahoma City, OK. 73105, no
later than noon on Sept. 5, 2000. If
a victim or their representative
wishes to appear at a parole board
hearing, they should call the Par-
don and Parole Board office at
427-8601 Supporters should also
call the Board for information on
inmate's appearances.
The following inmates from
Grady County are up for parole:
• Carlos L. Billings Jr., began
serving 25 years for second-degree
burglary after two or more former
felony convictions. His projected
release date is October 2009. Con-
current/detainer cases include:
count 2, grand larceny after two or
more felony convictions and
knowingly concealing stolen prop-
erty after two or more former
felony convictions
• Ronald L. King is serving five
years for robbery by force or fear.
His projected release date is
December 2001;
• Chester L. Lehew began serv-
ing 30 years for attempted murder
after a former felony conviction.
His projected release date is April
2002. Concurrent/detainer cases
include count two, 10 years, pos-
session of a firearm after a former
felony conviction;
• Michael R. Marshall is serving
seven years for the unlawful pos-
session of marijuana with the
intent to distribute. His projected
release date is May 6, 2002. Con-
current/detainer cases include
count two: unlawful possession of
a controlled, dangerous substance,
cocaine, with the intent to distrib-
ute and count I: unlawful posses-
sion of methamphetamine, four
years, Comanche County.
• Jeffery D. Moore began serv-
ing 75 years in 1996 for the unlaw-
ful possession of cocaine after one
former felony conviction. Concur-
rent/detainer cases include the
felonious possession of a firearm,
100 years; and the unlawful pos-
session of a controlled, dangerous
substance (Methylphenidate), after
a former felony conviction, 75
years.
• Timothy S. Sanders began
serving five years for driving while
under the influence of an intoxicat-
ing liquor, third and subsequent
offense after three former felony
convictions. Concurrent/detainer
cases included driving under the
influence, second and subsequent
offense, seven years;
• Timothy J. Shelton, began
serving five years in 1999 for
knowingly concealing stolen prop-
erty after four felony convictions.
Concurrent/detainer cases include
knowingly concealing stone prop-
erty, Caddo County; and
• Jerry L. Smith began serving
10 years in 1998 for leaving the
scene of an accident with personal
injuries or death after three former
felony convictions.
Concurrent/detainer cases for
Smith include driving while under
the influence, second and subse-
quent after three former felony
convictions; unlawful possession
of marijuana.
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Today: Mostly sunny
with highs in the mid-90s
in the Panhandle to around
106 east.
Tonight: Mostly clear
with lows in the lower 60s
in the Panhandle to the
mid-70s east.
Thursday: Mostly sunny
and continued hot with
highs in the lower 90s in
the Panhandle to around
105 east.
Thursday night: Mostly
clear with lows in the
lower 60s in the Panhandle
to the lower 70s east.
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Drawer E, Chickasha, OK,
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