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Many Chickasha youth and parents gather for Chickasha Mighty Mite Football at Shannon Springs Park. The first practice was held
yesterday. Teams have yet to be established with games starting in September.
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The Chickasha School Board had
its last meeting on Monday before
the 2013-2014 school year begins.
The year started by welcoming
new board member, Amos Franco.
Franco was officially sworn to Board
Seat #1.
Rhonda Snow, who will be the
Assistant Principal of Chickasha
High School, was also introduced at
the meeting.
Dwight Yokum, Financial Direc-
tor, said that the carryover was
$279,000, down from last month.
This decrease is partially due to
additional personnel changes and the
purchase of two used school buses,
Yokum said. The value of Chickasha
Public School property went up 4.5
percent. Yokum said it was too early
in the year to know how things will
turn out.
"What people need to understand
is that the carryover is not a savings
account," Yokum said.
The carryover will be used in
August for bills as well as payroll
since Chickasha Public Schools has
not yet received their state aid,
Yokum said.
Becky Showlater, Chickasha High
School Custodian was recognized as
the Support Employee of the Quar-
ter. Superintendent Jim Glaze said
that Showlater goes above and
beyond her duties. She received a
round of applause from the school
board and attendees. Showlater will
receive $100 in her stipend and a
gift certificate.
The emergency procedures for the
district were updated to include
active shooter procedures. Assistant
Superintendent, Pete Bush said. This
is only shared with certain people
within the district and emergency
workers.
"If it got into the wrong hands, it
could give someone who wanted to
do harm to our district an undue
advantage," Glaze said.
The 2013-2014 student handbook
was approved with alterations.
Unnatural hair colors, once permit-
ted at Chickasha Middle School, will
no longer be allowed. CMS Princi-
pal, Dan Turner, cited bullying as the
reason for culling colorful tresses.
"Bullying is every day," Turner
said. "Unnatural color invites bully-
ing."
See SCHOOL, Page 3A
Grady C ounty s budget for next year At $5.3 million, the budget should a unexpected revenue prompted Grady
could benefit more departments than lot for a 5 percent salary increase County Budget Consultant Chris
the sheriffs office. across the board for county employ- Angel to increase the overall county
The document, which is currently ees. This combined with the lack of budget.
under review, adds $800,000 more increase in insurance rates equates to "We are projecting exactly what we
this year to the overall budget, which spendable money for county staff. made last year, plus money from ad
will give pay raises to most county "The employees will actually get to
employees. see the money," she said. "It won't just See BUDGET, Page 3A
"This is the biggest budget I've ever combat greater expenses."
seen," County Clerk Sharon Shoe- Last year, the county ran a surplus
make said. of $400,000, Shoemake said. The
BY MARK of its nearly 1,800 schools
SCHLACHTENHAUFEN have shelters
Edmond Sun Shelter Oklahoma
Schools has raised about
Nicolas McCabe was a $2 million to change that,
bright third-grader with an said Scott McCabe during
ornery grin. He loved Lego a stop this week at the GFS
blocks, country music and Storm Shelters showroom
going to the lake. He also in Edmond. Other parents
adored his friends at Plaza of children who died at
Towers Elementary in Plaza Towers are also rais-
Moore, where he and six ing money for the cause,
other children died this “If our children had
spring while taking cover storm shelters," said Stac-
frorn a monster tornado. ey, "then they would be
Driven by the loss of safe, and we should be able
their son, Stacey and Scott to feel like when we send
McCabe are raising money our kids to school that they
for Shelter Oklahoma are safe. That's one of the
Schools, a nonprofit that reasons our son stayed at
plans to build or fortify school - because we
storm shelters in schools thought he was safe.”
throughout the state. On the afternoon Nicolas
Tornadoes strike Okla- and his classmates died.
homa more than once a meteorologists and storm BRNEC EMOND SUN
week on average; it's the spotters tracked a large, Stacey McCabe hugs the Oklahoma City Thunder's Nick Collison
fourth most tornado prone dangerous tornado chum- during an event in Edmond, Okla., on Monday. McCabe, who lost her
state, according to the ing toward south Oklaho- son Nicolas in the Moore tornado on May 20, is rasing money to build
National Climatic Data ecum-epe p u shelters in schools - a cause supported by several members of the
Center. But fewer than 100 mee -stm‘ na8e M Thunder.
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