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TODAY’S QI (HI "I was as hol-
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•Today is the 204th day of 2019 and
the 3 3rd das of summer
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TODAY'S BIRI HDAY I mil Jan
nings ( 1884-1950), actor, Raymond
Chandler (1888-1959), author.
Anthons M Kennedy (1936- ),
Supreme Court justice; Don Imus
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IODAY’S I AC I C omet Hale-
Bopp, discovered on this day in
1995, was visible to the naked eye
for a record IS months. from May
1996 to December 1997 I he previ-
ous record holder, the (treat ( omet
of 181 1. was visible for about nine
months
IODAY’S HISTORY In 1 962, the
Telstar I satellite transmitted the first
live, trans-Atlantic l\ broadcast,
featuring ( BN news anchor Walter
C ronkite.
In 1 967, the 12th Street Riots began
in Detroit, ending five days later and
resulting in 41 people dead, hun-
dreds injured and more than 1,400
buildings burned to the ground
in 1999, with the launch of Colum-
bia, I ileen Collins became the first
woman to command a 1 S space
shuttle flight
contest in Louisville Ry There
the team was awarded a national
gold medal along with the recogni
lion as the very best in the I S
Team members and two other ( V
Tech students won national gold
medals tins summer A dozen other
< V lech students were national
runners up and five more placed
third overall in the nation
( V lech has now won back to
back national golds in the adult
division of C hapter Business Pro
cedures Skillsl S \ is one of four
student organizations linked with
CV lech s full time program that
offer students opportunities for
enric him nt and the potential to dis
play what they have learned at
Jones ) ukon
Yukon Kali
National
medal
I Kaitly
TODAY'S SPORTS In 1996,
injured American gymnast Kerri
Strug scored a 9.7 on the vault as the
I S won its first-ever Olympic gold
medal in the women's team gymnas-
tics competition
2019 National Contest Results
H ( I A (Family < areer and
Community Leaders of Amenca)
Wright Tabitha Babmm of Minco
and Giavin ( lodfelter Paige
I evesque ind Justin Hames all of
) ukon
Other national gold medal win
tier were K it I v ri Hall of Mus
tang and R chel Burton of I ind
sjv. who both competed in the
Health Occupations Student' of
X meric a • HON A । contest
a Bowen Yukon Madi
the roadway to the right. hit a
guardrail and rolled once the
report said
Snyder was transported by a per
sonal vehicle to Duncan Regional
Hospital then transferred via \MR
cards addressed to him and an air
pistol gun with the orange tip
removed < ticers also found a state
merit book that had multiple recently
completed statements by a Mc< ov s
Remodeling I here were also two
cell phones in the van one had mes
sages containing information about
an alleged drug transaction, the
report said
I atcr the officer reviewed footage
from his body camera and was able
to positively identify McCoy with his
mugshot I uttle Polis'- also learned
that Md oy had a suspended license
a felony conviction, several warrants
out of (>r adv County and a warrant
out of Oklahoma County for aggia
vated eluding resulting in great bodi
Iv injury
McCoy faces several charges
including improper equipment, driv
ing under suspension, eluding a
police officer and possession of a
firearm after a former felony comic
lion
Josh House Yukon
Piedmont ion
Md oy then attempted . | twiw .
a barbed wire fence and appeared to
cut himself on the barbed wire, the
report said H continued mto a f u ld
and tell down multiple times
Backup from the toady County
Sherft s Department arrived and
helped scar-, h the ilea for M. ( ov but
he could not be found
During an inventory of the blue
van authorities found multiple piec
es of mail addressed to John David
a wallet with several credit
HOSA H alth ( he upations Ntu
dentsol America)
cauc Us
"David will leave a huge hole in
Ilie legislature said Rep Irish
Ranson <D Stillwater) He will be
missed "
Several freshman representative
expressed their gratitude to Pens
man as a mentor
Rep Andy Fugate (D Midwest
City), said I am glad that I was
able to serve a term with him and
have him teach me the ropes
David’s service in the legisla
hire has been a great inspiration to
me said freshman legislator Rep
John Waldron Di tils.।■ He is ।
true son of ( klahoma
Bronze medal
II, ( hl. k asha Jas n
Focus on ( ‘hildren
1 ( tn. k asha leac h
Bl ic key ( IK( and
tional and youth development pro
gramming and projects in Garvin
Grady and Stephens counties
I xternal Relations ( oordinator
Courtney Dickens, commented.
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and put our core values into action by
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it has been a true honor to serve
the people of District 56 for the
past seven years, particularly since
the district is where my great
grandparents settled in 1902 and
has been home to six generations
of my family," he said
Perryman was elected to the
Oklahoma House in 2012 and look
his current post as the Oklahoma
House Minority I loor Leader in
2016 Prior to this, Perryman
served as secretary of the caucus,
several House committees within
the realm of agriculture, banking,
pensions, county and municipal
government, judiciary and many
appropriation and budget subcom
mittees. according to the Oklaho
ma House Democratic Caucus
House Democrats commented on
Perrymans dedication and service
to ( klahomans
David has been a great resource
for not only our caucus but the
entire body Minority leader
Emily Virgin iD Norman > said
He has dedicated himself to
understanding how the House
works so that he can best serve his
constituents and Ilie state of Okla
homa By doing so. fie has made
himself an invaluable leader in our
I Gavin ( lodfelter Yukon Paige
Levesque Yukon Rylee Looper
Bethany Dakota Wright Bethans
Justin Hann s Yukon Tabitha Babi
one Minco post Secondary (hap
state and national con Acuna
Ambas
when he lied on foot he left behind
several pieces of identifying infor
mation in the van he had been driv
mg He was tailed on Sunday July
21
It was a broken front passenger
headlight that got the attention of
I utile Police in the early hours of
April 29 An officer attempted tci
make contact with M.( ov at 12:41
a in after nolle ing the broken light
According to court documents
McCoy put the blue van in drive and
fishtailed through a yard attempting
to elude by heading eastbound on MI
17 Die officer began to chase
Md ov notified dispatch and called
lot hac kup
McCoy allegedly ignored several
posted speed limits, including going
100 mph in a posted 45 mph zone
Me ( ov also failed to stop at a stop
sign posted at an intersection He
also continually drove in the wrong
lane the report said
\t one point McCoy opened the
duvet side door in an attempt to hail
out of the van McCoy then got up
and chased after (lie blue van as it
was rolling down County Street
2920
Ilie officer observed that the van
appeared to be inoperable and had a
fluid nail bchind it At one point.
Me ( oy stopped the van and then fled
away from it on foot
Ilie officer attempted to order
McCoy to the ground al gunpoint but
McCoy continued to flee on foot.
said I ooper of the gold medal
effort It was a weird rush winning
state’ and standing before every
body \t nationals, it was even bet
ter up on stage in trout ot so mans
people and winning medals
I ooper, a 2018 graduate of Rush
Springs High School, said he
regrets not having enrolled in ( V
lech s welding program while he
was still in school I ooper found
out tie could still attend tuition free
using ( V Tech S Next Step Schol
arship since lie lives in the district
is under age 24 and lias a diploma
Still, tie was certified recently in
shielded metal are welding (more
commonly known as stick weld
ing) He is working for an area
welding company but plans to
return to ( V Tech to complete his
welding education and hope lulls
compete again
I want to learn I |( i (tungsten
inert gas) welding tie said But I
also want to be on the team again
and see il we can win three in a tow
at nationals
l hen, he hopes to find a good job
and enjoy a career as a welder
Me Jian pay lot the class of work
ers known as welders, cutlets sol
deters and blazers is $20 per hour
or roughly $41 000 per seat
according to information supplied
by the ( S Bureau of I abor Stalls
lies I ooper said lie knows special-
ized welders and those who operate
their own small business can earn
two io three times that amount
I ooper was joined on the six
member adult winning team by tel
low Bethans resident Dakota
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