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Gov. Brad Henry recognized USAO’s Dr. Ingrid Shafer, (inset, second from left) on
Tuesday as one of the "shining examples" of Oklahoma's Endowed Chairs Pro-
gram. Henry and other top state officials addressed a full house chambers on Tues-
day morning as state colleges and universities celebrated Higher Education Day at
the Capitol. Hundreds of state college students, faculty and staff gathered to rally
support for higher education initiatives. Shafer holds the Mary Jo Ragan Professor
of Interdisciplinary Studies at USAO. where she serves as professor of philosophy.
(Inset) From left are Dr David Karoly of the University of Oklahoma. Dr. Ingrid
Shafer, Dr. Katherine Kocan of Oklahoma State University, Dr. C.W. Von Bergen of
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added. An applicant who tests at
EOCTC can apply to any of the depart
ments using the tech center, without
having to take the exams over and over
again. And, those departments will have
a larger pool of applicants to draw from.
"It w ill draw in a larger, more diverse
group to choose from than we were able
to do before." said Brice
For more information about the new
program, check out EOCTC s Web site
at eocftc.org.
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Grady County Sheriff’s Deputies,
along with the District Six Task Force
Officer Dusty Dowdle, shut the door
on yet another meth lab operation.
On Wednesday, March 10,
Deputies went to a residence in Rush
Springs. In the yard, they noticed sev-
eral empty cans of ether and other
chemicals commonly used in the pro-
duction of methamphetamine. Also
near the front gate was a video sur-
veillance camera.
Dowdle and the Deputies made
contact with John Richard Hampton
and Larry Ray Abel, Jr. who were
both inside the residence.
Also located inside the residence
were lithium batteries, three contain-
ers of a clouded milky liquid, coffee
filters that contained a white powdery
substance, tin foil. muriatic acid, min-
eral spirits, and numerous loaded
syringes. Found in the back yard of
the residence under some cedar trees
was a live-gallon tank with anhy-
drous ammonia, and two plastic jugs
with white paste-like substances.
Both Hampton and Abel were
placed under arrest and booked into
Grady County jail.
Hampton was arraigned on drug
charges and received a $10,000 bond.
Abel had a warrant to appear to pay.
and was released after paying the
debt. This is the third methampheta-
mine lab busted in Grady County so
far this year.
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Officers
search
for suspect
Tuttle Police and the
Grady County Sheriff’s
Office is currently search-
ing for a man believed to be
involved in a first degree
burglary in the Tuttle area.
The suspect is said to be
a while male, 5'8". 160
pounds. He is reported to
be wearing a brown jacket,
blue jeans, and answers to
the name of Dwayne
One other suspect from
the burglary was reportedly
captured by the homeown-
er and is already in custody.
The suspects were
reported as having broke
down two miles from the
burglarized residence, and
the suspect at large is
believed to be on foot
The Sheriff's Office has
set up a command center
and has begun a perimeter
search of all of the build-
ings in the area.
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Subscribe now to
ambulance service
Chickasha Fire Depart-
ment is now accepting sub-
scriptions for the ambu-
lance service. Cost is $60,
or $4 per month if the sub-
criber has a City of Chick
asha water bill. For more
information, call 222-6038.
Applications are available
at City Hall or the Chick-
asha Fire Department
Schools on
spring break
Chickasha Schools will
be out of session the week
of March 15-11) for Spring
Break ( lasses will resume
on March 22. 2004.
Senior Nutrition Center
open 4 days each week
The Senior Nutrition
Center, located at 203 N.
18th Street in Chickasha, is
open from 8 a.m. until 1 p.m.
Tuesday through Friday.
I unch is erved at I I 45
a.m Th center holds differ
ent activities during the
week, and everyone is wel-
come. For more information,
call (405) 224 4315. All
donations are appreciated.
Train for lifeguard
duty over sprag break
The Grady County Fami
ly YMCA will hold lite-
guard training over spring
break. March 15-19. Train-
ing w ill be held at the I SA()
pool and al the YMCA. To
register, please call the
YMCA at 224-2281.
YMCA sets
spring break camp
The Grady County Fami
ly YMCA will hold a spring
break camp March 15-19.
from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. each
day. Ilte camp is open (0
schoolaged children from
kindergarten through sixth
grade, and will include lots
of fun activities, such as
games, arts and crafts, out
door activities, basketball,
and Held trips. Cost is $10 a
day for members and $12 a
day for non-members. For
more information, call the
YMCA at 224-2281.
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Moving with the limes, Chickasha eight to 10 departments in the Metro
Fire Department has implemented a area
change that should broaden the field of Both the written and physical exams
new firefighter candidates,                are recognized nationally as validated,
in the past, applicants 10 (he depar- Chiel Brice said, and are therefore accu-
ment look (heir physical and written rate tests lor the fire service. The tests
tests at Canadian Valley Technology are more job-specific than in the past, so
Center. Chief Mike Brice announced that departments looking over the
that applicants will now test at Eastern results can better determine whether an
Oklahoma County Technology Center applicant can do the job I inking up
in Choctaw. The tech center administers with the other departments in using
the tests on a regional basis Ibr roughly EOCTC has other advantages, Brice
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Forecast
Chickasha and area fore-
cast: Tonight cloudy with light
rain, Low of 48. Tomorrow,
cloudy with rain. High near 63.
State forecast: Tonight, cloudy
with scattered showers and mum
derstorms. Lows in the 40s and
50s. Tomorrow cloudy with
showers and thunderstorms.
Highs in the 50s and 60s.
Nationql Forecast: A cold
front will bring snow over the
northern plains and rain over
the southern plains.
Weather Trivia: The phrase
"It's raining cats and dogs"
may have originated in
medieval times when people
lived in houses with straw roofs.
Homeowner's pets would c imb
onto the roof at night to keep
warm, and when it rained, the
straw roof became
slippery?causing the cats and
dogs to fall to the ground.
Cancer Support
Group to meet
The Chickasha Cancer
Support Group meets on
Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. in (he
Respiratory Therapy Con-
ference Room at Grady
Memorial Hospital. This
group is open to all cancer
patients and their families.
For more information con-
tact Maggie Griffith at 222-
2551, or Grady Memorial
Hospital at 224-2300.
Local Deaths
Leona Jantz; William
Joseph Jones; James
Edward Gill; and Cyn-
thia Louise Owens.
See obituaries, page 2.
Index
Sports.............5-6
Religion............3
Classifieds........8-9
Crossword.......10
Date Book
Friday, March 12, 2004
Today is the 72nd day of
2004 and the 82nd day
of winter.
TODAY'S HISTORY. In
1930, Mohandas K.
("Mahatma") Gandhi began
a 200-plus-mile march
protesting the British salt tax.
In 1933, President
Franklin D. Roosevelt
gave his first "fireside
chat" over the radio.
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