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Chickasha, Oklahoma ■ Sunday, September 25, 2005
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Local Deaths
NO OBITUARIES TODAY.
Sunrise:
7:24 AM
Sunset:
7:19 PM
Sunrise:
7:25 AM
Sunset:
7:18 PM
Sunrise:
7:22 AM
Sunset:
7:24 PM
Sunrise:
7:23 AM
Sunset:
7:22 PM
Sunrise:
7:23 AM
Sunset:
7:21 PM
Wed
9/28
83/61
Occasional
showers
possible.
Highs in the
low 80s and
lows in the
low 60s.
Mon
9/26
Sun
9/25
Tue
9/27
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TODAY'S MOON Last i
quarter (Sept 25).
Thu
9/29
82/62
Mostly
cloudy.
Highs in the
low 80s and
lows in the
low 60s.
Express-Star photo by Jason Clark -
Texas tags are becoming a common site around Chickasha as peo|1:
avoiding the southern storms make their way north. Area hotels are report
ing they are near capacity and some local businesses are offering dis
counts to help out the city’s guests.
Express-Star photo by Kent Bush
Jilene Osborn was crowned 2005 Chickasha High Schoo
Football Homecoming Queen Friday night. Hei escort was
senior Billy Holt.
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Sunny
Highs in the
mid 70s and
lows in the
low 50s.
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83/60
Sunny.
Highs in the
low 80s and
lows in the
low 60s.
Hospice of Chickasha
405-224-0012
8,000 to 13,000 sandbags
and sand was stockpiled to
fill the bags.
By the end of the week,
city workers felt as ready as
they could be for the storm,
if it would have come.
Shelton said efforts were
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sunshine
Highs in the
mid 80s and
lows in the
mid 50s.
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“They looked behind her eyes and
said, ‘We see some swelling.'”
Shana was scheduled for an MRI in
Oklahoma City on July 15.
“We live, what, a little over an hour
from here?” asked Julianne. "He had
the results before we were home."
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Chickasha. OK. 73023
Vol. 115-No. 63.
TODAY'S FACT Bal- ,
boa espied the Pacific
Ocean from a mountain i
peak in what is presently ‘
Panama: he claimed it '
as the South Sea for the
King of Spam
TODAY'S NUMBER
300 -• number of Army
troops ensuring safe
admittance to nine biack
students enrolling at •
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Local eyes still on the weather as Hurricane heads east
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Red system to assist in notifying citizens of 35 percent of the area's homes are on the
potential dangers and safety information. list. To add your cellular or home phone to
Problem is though, according to City the Code Red system to receive notification
not wasted as the materials
will be used in future storms.
Commissioner Jack Porter
said District No. 3 will be
better protected from future
storms because of this
week's near miss.
Porter said the district
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By LAURA McKAY
Staff Writer
Although the cancer patient told of
having to relearn basic skills such as
speaking, reading and writing,, what
was left unsaid held the most meaning.
Indomitable courage shone through
the words of 1 8-year-old Shana Adams
as she sat in her newly remodeled lime
green and purple hedroom, and
described her illness.
"At the beginning of the summer, I
started getting headaches,” said Shana.
"I went to the doctor and he said I was
just having migraines."
The headaches increased in frequen-
cy and Shana's health began deteriorat-
ing. She suffered from seizures and was
rushed to the emergency room by her
mother on two separate occasions.
“Her primary care physician said
they were just headaches. He never
ordered MR Is and never sent her to
anyone else.” said Shana’s mother,
Julianne. "Since she's on SoonerCare,
the doctor had to refer her to a spe-
cialist.”
Julianne said she convinced Shana's
primary care physician to refer her to
another doctor and an appointment was
scheduled for an MRI. However, it
wasn't until Dec. 13, 2005, said
Julianne - nearly six months away.
After countless phone calls, Julianne
By JASON CLARKE
Staff Writer
The trial against Michael
Henderson is expected to
come to a close Monday.
The trial began last
Monday, Sept. 19, with the
jury selection process
before Associate District
Judge John Herndon.
Attempting to curb the
problem that led to last
April's mistrial in the case,
the court opted to hold indi-
vidual voire dire as part of
the selection process.
During the voire dire,
potential jury members are
asked to disclose items in
their past that could bias
them in the court case. In
individual voire dire, jury
members are pulled from
the group one at a time to be
asked the questions in pri-
vate in the hopes of eliciting
truthful answers.
In May, District Judge
Richard Van Dyck declared
Henderson's April trial a
mistrial after discovering
that one or more of the jury
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tumor, which basically took over the
left side of her head,” said Julianne.
On July 16, Shana was admitted to
the hospital. The next day, Shana suf-
fered a stroke and went into a coma.
"I told the doctors, ‘Do whatever it
takes,”’ said Julianne. “It was scary.
She basically died. That was the worst
thing in the world."
The doctors removed 80 percent of
the tumor and drained more than two
cups of fluid from the cyst in Shana's
brain.
Several side effects plagued Shana.
She has lost most of her hair and
numerous scars mark her scalp. She has
speech problems and minor paralysis
on her entire right side, which affected
her ability to write because she is right-
handed.
“Since her right hand shakes when
she tries to write, she’s writing with her
left (hand),” said Julianne. "This kid
amazes me.”
Shana said, "It looks like a first grad-
er’s but you can read it."
In addition to physical therapy.
Shana must attend speech therapy and
occupational therapy. She was sched-
uled for seven weeks of radiation along
with chemotherapy everyday.
The two women drive to Oklahoma
City on a daily basis for Shana's treat-
ment.
"This is week five.” said Julianne.
We’ve got the rest of this week and two
See Adams. Page 2A
By JASON CLARKE
Staff Writer
While the rains from the hurri-
canes are not coming to Chickasha,
the people are.
Local hotels are seeing a surge in
business as they are surrounded
with cars tagged from Texas and
Louisiana.
Hope Stewart, management at
the Best Western, said their hotel
had 30 to 40 guests on Friday just
from the hurricanes and another 30
are expected to arrive Saturday.
With the arrival of the hurricane
victims, Stewart said their are only
a few rooms left available at the
hotel.
“We are trying to help anyway
we can," Stewart said. She added
that room rates have not changed as
a result of the crowding, and the
hotel has brought in extra staff to
help keep up their level of service.
Even the hotel restaurant stayed
open longer on Friday and Saturday
night to help make sure everyone
got a bite to eat.
Stewart said she did have to
regrettably turn away one group
that called in from Texas requesting
rooms. A nursing home from Texas
was looking for a place to keep
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Manager Larry Shelton, a little over a third on natural disasters as well as utility repair
of the city would have gotten a call at this and road closing information, sign up at
time. www.chickasha.org.
Forecast
Sunday: partly cloudy with a
20 percent chance of rain and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper
80s. East winds TO to 15 mpn.
Sunday Night: partly cloudy
with a 20 percent chance of
rain and thunderstorms. Lows in
the mid 60s. Northeast winds
10 to 15 mph.
Monday: partly cloudy.
Highs in the mid 80s. North
winds 15 to 25 mph.
Monday Night Through Tues-
I day Night: mostly clear, lows in
I the lower 60s. Highs in the mid
I 80s.
Date Book
Sunday,
Sept. 25,2005
Today is the 268th day
of 2005 and the fourth
day of autumn.
TODAY'S HISTORY: In
1513, conquistador
Vasco Nunez de Balboa
became the first Euro-
pean to have seen the
Pacific Ocean.
In 1957, U.S. Army
troops stood guard as
black students were
admitted to Central High
School in Little Rock,
Ark., for the first time.
In 1981, Sandra Day
As the storm moves off to the east, the Shelton said the Code Red system, which
City of Chickasha is stepping down from dials selected homes with a recorded mes-
alert. The city had planned to use the Code sage. is a voluntary system and currently on
Bv JASON CLARKE
Staff Writer_________
City and county officials
are relaxing this weekend as
their storm preparations ear-
lier in the week may not be
needed.
At one point, heavy rains
from Hurricane Rita were
expected to reach Chickasha.
The storm, however, has
shifted to the east and is cur-
rently expected to only affect
the southeast part of the and 14 inches of rain, crews
state. began clearing debris that
Crews here fell they were had collected in culverts,
ready for the storm, though. ditches and creeks to make
Chickasha City Manager sure that the water could
Larry Shelton said being drain properly.
advised Tuesday that the city The city’s sandbag
could receive between seven reserve was increased from
O'Connor was sworn in
as the first female justice
on the U.S. Supreme
Court.
TODAYS BIRTH-
DAYS: William Faulkner
(1897-1962).
novelist/short story-
writer; 'Red' Smith
(1905-1982). sports-
writer; Barbara Walters
(1931-), TV journalist, is
74; Mark Hamill (1951),
actor, is 54; Christopher
Reeve (1952-2004):
Michael Madsen (1959 ).
actor, is 46; Scottie Pip-
pen (1965-). basketball
player, is 40; Will Smith
(1968-), actor/rapper, is
37.
TODAY'S SPORTS: In
1882, Providence and
Worcester competed in
major league baseball's
first doubleheader
TODAY'S QUOTE:
'Facts and truth really
don't have much to do
with each other.' -•
William Faulkner
Index
Lifestyles.....1B-3B
Sports.......6A-9A
Classifieds.. 4B-9B
Crossword......10B
had devised a new plan to
dispersing crews and pro
viding services during
storm relief.
The district was divide I
into zones and crews wer
assigned ahead of time ti
their duties. Porter said the
crews could be assembled
and dispersed in as quid
as an hour in case of a
storm, now.
District workers had thi
county barn prepared for an
onslaught, with vehicle
fueled, barriers prepared and
loaded, and strategies for any
loss of electricity
Porter said the new maps
will be laminated and
plans will be reviewed regu
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