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Six Months
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JAMES BRIGHT
JESSICA LANE
AUSTIN LITTERELL
PUBLISHER
NEWS EDITOR
SPORTS EDITOR
BY JESSICA LANE
I he Express-Star
Free weekly workshop teaches senior DRAINAGE
citizens to live longer and stronger
Periodical postage paid at Chickasha, Oklahoma.
Published Tuesday. Thursday and Sunday.
Any erroneous reflection of character of
any person, film or corporation and any
misstatement which may appear in the columns of
The Express-Star will be gladly corrected upon its be-
ing brought to the attention of the management
Grady County Mail Delivery Rates Effective Feb. 2,
We are a family owned
& operated company
specializing in mineral
purchases.
We pay top dollar for oil
& gas mineral rights and
provide free appraisals
with no obligation.
Local
Weather
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411 W Chickasha Ave • PO Drawer E • Chicka-
sha. OK 73023
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team and water aerobic classes it
was also the training site for the
Oklahoma College for Women syn-
chronized swim team, the release
states.
Date Book
• Today is the 266th day of
2016 and the first day of
autumn.
Today’s I listory
• In 1935, die Boulder Din
1776, the British hanged
21 -year-old teacher soldier
Nathan I laic as a spy .
In 1862, President Abra-
ham Lincoln announced
the Emancipation Procla-
matron, making all slaves
in seceding states free as of
Jan. 1 , 1863.
In 1975, President Gerald
Lord survived a second
assassination attempt in
three weeks when his
would-be assassin was
The pool was originally sched-
uled to close earlier this year
According to the release, Osborn
was able to keep the pool open
through the summer. The pool has
office has been operating remotely
from the Grady County Emergency
Management Office by the Grady
County Courthouse
The Fire Board conducts busi-
ness every third Tuesday of the
month at 7 p m and the Station
Chief's meeting is held the last
Monday of every month. For any
questions please contact the office
at 405-448-1749.
FIRE DEPARTMENT
Comtuued Mb page
405-574-1246 or Sean Kelly at
405-574-1248. The event is free to
the public.
Anyone wanting to donate can
also go to droverimpact.usao.edu/
project/2557. Several options are
available from $8 to as much as
$5,000. Currently, the goal is to
raise $25,000 for the pool At the
time of this report, $2,088 has been
raised.
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through 5 p m and I uesday through
Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 pin.
The Grady County Commission-
ers decided on Monday to appoint
Christie Kern as a full time Finance
Records Officer for the depart-
ment Kern has been a firefighter
for the Pocasset Fire Station and
has served on the Grady County
Fire Board
Previously, the administration
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Don Brown, who said he has been people from flooding on the news
a resident and business owner in was not good for drawing businesses
Chickasha for over 30 years, had either.
questions about some of the figures John Toland said the city has not
presented at the meeting Brown said raised water or sewage rates tor
when ERU rates were presented twenty years Toland said the flood-
from other communities. Lawton ing is not a new problem He said he
was represented as having $2.75 per is for moving the decision back in
ERU. Brown said that Lawton, who order to listen to people and find
has implemented a drainage fee solutions He added that he would
since 1992, actually charges $2 75 like to see more people offer solu
per water meter, not ERU. tions than just complain about fees.
Greg Stephens, who said he was a Jerry Pittman said it was disheart-
former chickasha City Council ening that the council faces criticism
member, said he was perplexed by for holding discussions and more-
the drainage fee and skeptical of the over is now being threatened with
plan He proposed that the city con petitions and litigations While he
sider doing maintenance with what agreed with waiting to make a final
he said are sufficient funds in sales decision, he said not every decision
tax. He suggested that not imple can be put on a ballot.
meriting a drainage fee could be a R P Ashanti Alexander said there
draw for new businesses and Indus was still a lot of work to do. Ashanti
tries. Alexander said that the concerns of
Tyler Lowe said local businesses resident needed to be considered it
may pursue litigation if a drainage pays dividends down the road to
fee is implemented Litigation. Lowe take the time to do this right, he
said, would be expensive and time said. I m not comfortable with
consuming for all parties more so where we are now
than an election. Mike Sutterfield said he also
"You guys think you all know bet agreed with pushing the decision
ter than the general public, he said back for a while He asked that as
"We all live here and work here.' residents come forward to offer
Lowe, like others, suggested that input. to be flexible As you come
the drainage fee he put to a vote tor to the table. don t come with a posi-
residents to decide tion already set ' Sutterfiled said the
Mark Keeling said the City of council is open to suggestion. We
Chickasha has had two sources to don’t profess to be all-knowing.'
fund infrastructure for the past 25 Kimmy Loggins asked that resi-
years, the CIP tax and the general dents as well as council consider the
fund. Keeling said he believes the future of Chickasha Were all only
city should have utilized these going to be here temporarily"
resources more efficiently. He sug- We don t want our families to leave
gested that if the city really needed and we don t want our businesses to
more money, raising the CIP tax leave
would make more sense, provided Blake Elliot said he hoped resi-
the funds are used wisely. dents would stay involved as they
Keeling said he collected an infor- have in the past, even with the delay
mal petition of 800 Chickasha resi- in decision
dents who would like to see the Mayor Hank Ross said that while
drainage fee brought to a vote of the he has always appreciated people
people. getting involved, he was frustrated
”1 m asking city council to do the that many of the concerns people
right thing." Keeling said had. had been addressed at previous
City Council members offered meetings. The drainage utility fee.
their comments, he said, had been discussed for about
Phyllis Steelman said that over the a year and thousands of dollars had
years she had sandbagged down- been spent on researching the prob-
town in preparation for flooding lem. Ross said he feels the city is
more times than she can count, close to finding solutions He offered
Steelman said she was willing to to meet those with concerns after the
negotiate, but that the drainage prob- meeting
lem needed to be addressed. She
added that having boats rescuing
Mon 71/55 V
9/26
showers Highs In the
low 70S and lows in the
mid 50s
qxavxuazumamss
thwarted by a bystander
within a group of onlook-
ers in San Francisco.
In 1980, Iraq
invaded disputed territory
in the Persian Gulf, offi-
cially beginning an eight-
year war with Inui
Today ‘‘s B til days
• Michael Farada) (1791-
1867), scientist; Chalies
1 frenton I luggir is (1% 11 -
1997), physician; Tommy
Lasorda (1927- ), baseball
player manager; Eugene
Roche (1928-2004), actor;
David Stern (1942- ),
NBA commissioner;
Arthur O Sulzberger Jr.
(1951), publisher, Andrea
Bocelli (1958- ), singer-
songwriter; Joan Jett
(1958- ), singer-songwrit-
er, Scott Baio ( 1960- ),
actor;
plc 60 and older, Jennifer Mikesell,
public health educator for the Ste
phens and Grady Health Depart
ment, said
"We would welcome people
younger who are working with
someone who has a chronic disease
or injury as well," Mikesell said
Several things are discussed dur
ing this workshop including: how
to talk to your doctor, healthy eat
ing and how to determine nutrition
from food labels, fall prevention,
dealing with depression and more.
Space is limited to 12 partici-
pants. Registration for this work
shop is required Register with Jen-
nifer Mikesell at 580-252-0270 or
jennifermm@health.ok.gov.
Thu 93/67
9/2 2
Partly cloudy skies High
931 Winds S at 10 to 15
mph
land Office bring in for communi facilities and he expressed his
ties like Chickasha, appreciation to us," Birdwell said.
"Periodically we go to communi- "We talked about the difference of
lies that our key communities in approach the agency has taken for
Oklahoma in terms of their school the last several years. We have
systems and their higher education become more aggressive and we
institutions in the area,” Birdwell have asked the legislature for addi
said. "Just to report on what we are tional authority to let us diversify
doing and ask for input from our the investment portfolio of the
beneficiaries and to share with agency."
civic leadership what this agency is Birdwell said the office has
and does." grown and therefore is able to dis-
Chickasha Public Schools tribute more money to their parties,
received $350,000 from the state The trust funds for higher educa-
Land office according to superin- tion had received over $32 million
tendent David Cash He said the and Birdwell said the state land
money is part of the state aid for- office is a well kept secret and
inula each year given to each school wants the public to know they sup-
district in Oklahoma. port public education throughout
USAG receives allocations on a the state of Oklahoma.
monthly basis over the last several "We just want the public to know
years and have received over $1 there are assets that are managed
million the last few fiscal years. on behalf of public education in
Birdwell said higher education Oklahoma," Birdwell said The
universities like USAO use those only function of this constitutional
f unds for capital improvements and trust is to support public educati in
to add equipment for instruction. on a monthly basis.
"We talked to Dr. Feaver just For more information about their
about how they are using the funds office visit their website at clo.
from us for maintenance of campus ok.gov.
Index
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CROSSWORD SB
OPINION 5A
SPORTS...........IB-2B
Sat 87/68 -9
9/24 he
Si altered thunderstorms
possible Highs In the
upper 80s and lows in
the upper 60s
Local seniors arc invited to learn
how to live longer and stronger
with a free workshop in Chickasha
The (irady County Health Depart
ment is starting a Living Longer
I iving Stronger class at the Chick-
asha Nutrition site at 203 N 1 8th
St This workshop is six weeks
long and will start Monday. Sept
26 The class will take place every
Monday lot six weeks from 8:30
a.m to 11 a.m. The class finishes in
time for attendees to enjoy lunch
provided at the site.
This is a free chronic disease
self management program for peo-
Fri 91/71
9/23
Abundant sunshine
Highs in ti»e low 90s and
lows in the low 70s.
Sun 75/58 ~3
9/25
Thunderstorms Highs in
the mid 70s and lows in
ttie upper 50s
Senior Citizens, 55 years and above
Office Hours • Monday - Friday. 9 a m. - 4 p.m Six Months $39 60 ........ One Year - $79.20
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