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School. The project is
expected to include con-
version of an outdoor area
to an expanded commons
area, the addition of class-
rooms and science labs,
and the resurfacing of the
school’s roof.
Board members heard
presentations from Boyn-
ton-Williams & Associates,
LWPB, and Architects in
Partnership (A1P).
The district has a work-
ing relationship with two
of the firms already.
A1P is the firm that
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brought against her client.
Andrea Sledge.
Hadley is expected to
retake the stand. Bell said
she also intends to call Ricky
beer. She added, however,
that consuming alcohol and
his particular medications
would have resulted in a
sedative state.
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commencement
to require tickets
For the first time ever,
admission to the fall com-
mencement on Dec. 7 at
the University of Science
and Arts of Oklahoma will
require tickets.
Fall graduates will
receive nine tickets each
for friends and family to
attend the ceremony in a
single venue- USAO’s
newly renovated Te Ata
Memorial Auditorium. It’s
a plan designed by the col-
lege to enhance the quality
of the event, after experi-
menting with a split-
venue, simulcast ceremony
in the spring.
The fall ceremony
won’t need two venues,
officials said; because it
will honor only 78 gradu-
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Brown, a former fire chief of Chastity Adams was called
Guthrie, who will refute back to the stand to testify
Hadley's testimony.           that Sledge had actually
With the defense having made an improvement to the
rested during the morning living quarters of Givens
session. Bell began her list while she lived there,
of witnesses by recalling two Adams reported that the
home health care workers dishes were' done and the
who had previously been rooms were picked up.
called by the state.                Bell rounded out her first
Caseworker Lisa Over- trio of witnesses with handy-
street acknowledged that the man Andrew Simmons. Sim-
victim would frequently run mons testified that he super-
out of his pain prescriptions vises each month as the
prior to their refills. She also apartments are sprayed with
said she had received reports insecticide. He also testified
that he would mix his pre- to closing off the apartment
scriptions with alcohol or and allowing law enforce-
Board interviews architects
Bv JASON CLARKE designed the new Chick-
Staff Writer          asha High School Activity
The Chickasha Board of Center. The firm views the
Education met in a special high school renovations as
meeting Tuesday night to a second phase to their
interview architects. original concept of the
The board interviewed Activity Center.
three firms for a potential LWPB has been working
bond project to renonvate with the district on the
the Chickasha High master plan for the high
Williams & Associates has
not performed any projects
for Chickasha, the firm has
completed work in sur-
rounding communities
including Anadarko and
Elgin.
For a closer look at the
prsentations from Tues-
day night, watch for the
Sunday edition of the
Express-Star.
■ Defense blames cabinet in front of the door-
chice 7Ml Arer way to Maurice Givens bed-
E.1E s zeai aner room during the fire in his
state rests ___ apartment on Sept. 25. 2006.
By JASON CLARKE Hadley has testified that he
Staff Writer           had to move the cabinet
\Vhen defense attorney while crawling to access the
Myra Bell gave her opening room. Also, Fire Marshall's
statement Tuesday after- Agent JoAnne Sellars has
noon, her proverbial finger testified that the bum pattern
was pointed directly at Law- on the cabinet could only
ton Chief Bart Hadley. Jr. have happened from the
Bell said Hadley, pumped piece of furniture facing the
on adrenaline, ran into the fire.
smoke filled apartment with- Bell said her evidence
out gear and without concern will show that Hadley
for safety.                     moved the cabinet no less
Bell alleged that the chief than three times and that he
succumbed to the toxic is the one who positioned it
smoke and became confused to where the piece of furni-
and disoriented while in the ture appeared to have been
building.                      previously blocking the
Testimony to date in the door. Hadley’s actions, she
trial has placed the china said, resulted in the allega-
ment to later re-enter the rested its case.
scene.                             Harris testified to untying
Each of the three witness- the phone cord from Givens
es were also asked to identi- feet when he came into the
fy where the china cabinet emergency room at Grady
was placed the last time they Memorial. She said the cord
were in the home. Both of was tied around each ankle
the home health workers, and then tied together
who had visited Givens on between the ankles.
the day of the fire, stated the Harris said she did not
cabinet had been moved to believe Givens could have
next to the bedroom door. tangled himself in the cord
Simmons only saw the as he walked, as the knots
cabinet in its original loca- were similar to having a knot
tion across the living room, in a shoestring.
until following the fire when The nurse said the phone
it was a few feet in front of cord was removed and
the bedroom door.            dropped onto the floor of the
The jury did hear from room along with Givens'
two other witnesses Tuesday, other personal belongings
Nurse Jerrus Harris and while he was being treated.
Medical Examiner Aaron Once Givens was wheeled
Duvall testified Tuesday from the room on his way to
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Scarecrows visit
downtown shops
Shown above, a charming
couple grace a park bench
outside a local beauty salon
on Choctaw Ave. as part of
a scarecrow contest spon-
sored by the Chamber of
Commerce.
Shown right, an eerie nurse
invites you to let her give
you your flu shot outside a
local home healthcare
office on Choctaw Ave. as
part of Chickasha's Nee-
wollah Celebration.
A number of scarecrows
sat outside local business-
es as part of the chamber
event. Other stuffed,
entrants include a smiling
scarecorw with wide arms
and a flower for a face. The
scarecrow welcomes visi-
tors into a local flowershop.
A pirate scarecrow and his
parrot captains a decorated
pirate ship in downtown
Chickasha. A nearby sign
warns passersby to
“Beware of Pirates."
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