The Chickasha Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 95, No. 164, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 7, 1997 Page: 1 of 6
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County, City Population
Share In State's Growth
(Oklahoma Tuition Aid) grants,
scholarships - and that which is
By Shanna Groves
Staff Writer
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Sports ..........................
Classifieds...................
Obituaries...................
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NEW PRESIDENT J.J. Kuykendall (left) was elected to the position at the first regular meeting of the
Chickasha based Toastmasters Club. Pictured with Kuykendall is Janet Talley, District Toastmaster (center) and
Marge Albin-Walker, Toastmasters Vice-President of Education. (Photo by Bernadette Jacobs)
New USAO Financial Aid Director
Supports College Cost-Planning
A College Education
Isn't Cheap
College Credit Hour
Tuition Rate For Full-Time
State Residents
In 1996-97;
USAO--$51.75
Univ, of Okla.--$59.65
Redlands Com. Coll.-$41.75
Grady Memorlal Hospital
Chickasha;Oklahoma
Respiratory Therapy
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FRAN STRANGE, director of financial aid for USAO, (pictured, left) assists student Kimberly McClothlin in
reviewing a college loan application. Strange advises people to "plan ahead" for college expenses.
(Photo by Shanna Groves)
Weather
Wednesday: Cloudy Skies. Breezy.
Highs in the 30's. Lows in the 20's.
Thursday: Cloudy Sides. Highs In the
30's. Lows in the 20 s.
Friday: Clolady Sides. Highs in 30's.
Lows in the Teen's.
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Saturday, January 11
Mu Chapter of Delta Kappa
Gamma will meet at 9:45 a.m.
in Chickasha Bank Civic
Room. Dr. Mary Eskridge and
Ann O'Bar will present a pro-
gram on "Children At Risk."
Wednesday, Jan. 8
Chickasha Christian
Women's Club meets from 12
noon until 2 p.m. in the Helen
Ward Center of Canadian
Valley Vo-Tech. For reserva-
tions for the $6.50 buffet
luncheon call 222-0734 by 1
p.m. January 6.
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Graduate courses offered this Library; Telecommunication
spring through OneNet hubsite Systems (ECEN 5553) from OSU,
connections at the University of noon-1:15 p.m., USAO Nash
Science and Arts of Oklahoma are Library; Advanced Software
being announced by local officials. Engineering (COMSC 5273) from
Classes will be available in three OSU. 12:30-1:45 p.m., USAO
interactive television classrooms at Nash Library; Advanced
USAO and Canadian Valley Vo- Management Information
Tech. Systems (MSIS 5623) from OSU.
Coursework is being imported 3:10-5:50 p.m. at USAO Nash
from East Central University, Library; and Materials Selection
Oklahoma State University, (LIBSC 3133) from ECU, 7:25
Southwestern Oklahoma State 10:05 p.m., USAO Nash Library .
University, University of Central On Wednesdays, five classes will
Oklahoma, and Rose State College, be offered: Marketing
Persons needing information Management (MKTG 5133) from
about enrollment procedures OSU. 3:10-5:50 p.m. in USAO
should contact USAO's Office of Nash Library: Management
Admissions, 224-3140, ext. 204. Bus/Compt. Tech Prog. (OCTED
On Mondays, three classes are 5913) from UCO. 4:40-7:20 p.m.,
scheduled. They include Public Canadian Valley Vo-Tech Health
School Law (EDAD 4983) from Science Building IETV Room;
SWOSU, 5-8 p.m. in USAO Nash Methods Teaching Health Occup.
Library 118; Introduction to Educ. (OCTED 4863/5323) from
Research (EDUC 5112) from UCO, 7:30-10:10 p.m., CWT
SWOSU, 8:05-10 p.m. in USAO Health Science Bldg.; Leadership
Nash Library; and International School Superintendency (EDAD
Telecommunication Management 5923) from SWOSU, 5-8 p.m. in
(TCOM 5153) from OSU, 6-8:40 USAO Nash Library; School
p.m. in USAO Troutt Hall 126. Public Relations (EDAD 5962)
On Tuesdays, five classes will be from SWOSU. 8:05-10 p.m
offered. They include Optical USAO Nash Library.
Engineering (ECEN 5813) from On Thursdays, six classes are of-
OSU, 10-11:45 a.m., USAO Nash (Continued on page 2)
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By John McVey declined to 14,988 but has been
Chickasha Star Staff slowly increasing since then.
Grady County and Chickasha are The estimated 1996 Oklahoma
sharing in a steady statewide population of 3,300,900 tops the
population growth trend, state Data previous 1983 high of 3,290,400.
Director Jeff Wallace of the The official 1996 census figures
Oklahoma Commerce Department are scheduled to be released in
told The Chickasha Star on Friday, three months.
Jan. 3. Separate statistics from the In the past three years, 100,000
Oklahoma Employment Security new jobs have been added to the
Commission show that employ- state, the Commerce Department
ment is high and unemployment is said. OESC reported that non-farm
declining in Grady County and the employment went up 4,700 in
state as a whole. November, with service and retail
in 1995, Wallace said, the U.S. trade leading the gain.
Census figures placed Grady Dan Gorin, state Commerce De-
County's population at 43,800, partment's chief economist, said
compared with 41,747 in 1994. there are more jobs in Oklahoma
Oklahoma labor force statistics re- now. A correspondingly greater
leased by the Oklahoma Employ- demand for labor has pushed wages
ment Security Commission for No- up. Oklahoma now ranks 27th in
vember of 1996 indicated that there population out of all 50 states, up
were 20,050 people employed in from 28th in the 1990 census. Pre-
Grady County out of a labor force liminary census figures for Okla
of 20,920. Unemployment in homa show that the state has expt
Grady County was 4.1 per cent at rienced its largest growth since the
that time, compared with 4.4 per oil boom in the early 1980s
cent in October, and 5.7 per cent in Rep. Dan Ramsey of Chickasha
November of 1995. a recently cited other Commerce
Older Census Bureau data, en- Department figures indicating that
hanced by some added calculations wages in the rural area of Okla
hy thetdatadeparttment.at the Stars homa are still about two-thirds of
request put Chickashas current the national rates, though metra
population at an estimated 15,460, politan wage earners in kih)
bringing it close to the 1980 level 6 -mao f
. •. of 15,828. By 1990 Chickasha had (Continued on page 2) . '
She adds that other free financial
aid assistance is available through a • a F ___ M
government grant programs. Based A TA TV Eror (rime GOAl
on financial need, both the Pell and “---J ■ "Will WQI
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(OTAG) are dispersed each semes- V)I VOlla I -r VeeEnC TOre
ter to thousands of college stu- •
dents. Invented in the 1950s to spur The Oklahoma Law Enforcement Alliance seeks to educate the pub-
American education and global Alliance, a group dedicated to lie, expose myths and show people
competition, the Pell grant does not fighting for the resources needed to the realities of Oklahoma's crimi-
have to be paid back and is limited give Oklahomans the safety and nal justice system.
to students of great financial need, security they deserve, has sched- Last year, more than 1,205
The same rules apply to the uled a town meeting in Chickasha Chickasha residents were victims
OTAG, a state-awarded grant. from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Tues- to crime, including 200 victims of
day, Jan. 14 at the Canadian Valley vioilent crimes such as murder.
Area Vo-Tech Conference'Center, rape, robbery or felonious assault.
1401 Michigan. th Oklahoma Law Enforcemen
„ Alliance reports.
Sponsored by Grady County "Crime is up all over Oklahoma.
Sheriff Stan Florence and District and every year our crime fighting
Attorney Gene Christian, the forces are losing ground," the
meeting will include represents- group reported.
tives from Oklahoma State Attor- For more information or to
ney General Drew Edmondson's RSVP, call the Grady County
office, from Commissioner of Pub- Sheriffs Office at 224-0984, or the
he Safety Bob Ricks office, and Oklahoma State Bureau of Investi-
Inrormation om“-
USAO Hubsite Offers New
lege tuition (See cost chart, printed
(Continued on page 2) Graduate-Level Courses
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Heidi entered college believing not free — loans (Stafford, parents
the myth, "Loans are for free." She PLUS loans) and work-study pro-
borrowed hundreds of dollars to grams (an on-campus job that helps
pay for tuition, buy books, and care pays college costs).
for living expenses - without a Because of growing college
thought to the loan bill waiting for costs, the financial assistance trend
her after graduation. Heidi (a ficti- is gearing more towards borrowed
tious name given to any unwise loans. Stafford loans, borrowed by
college cost-planner) is a financial students, are accessible to any per-
aid reality that concerns Fran son, regardless of their financial
Strange. need, by filling out a financial aid
Strange, new financial aid direc- application (available at any col-
tor for the University of . Science lege .financial aid office). PLUS
and Arts of Oklahoma, dispels the (Parent Loan of Undergraduate
myth that students can pursue col- Student) is borrowed by parents to
lege on a "free ride" - "free" when help pay a child's education. Both
planning is neglected. types of loans must be paid back
But, with early-on planning and within the following time frames:
common-sense, a college education Stafford - after college graduation;
can be possible. PLUS - 60 days after final loan
"Anyone can go to college and disbursements.
receive financial aid unless they Strange advises students against
are in default from a previous using college loans for anything
loan," said Strange, who joined other than school-related expenses
USAO Nov. 14. "And where there's - tuition, books, living costs,
a will, there's a way." Using college loans for spending
Financial assistance is available money or buying luxury items —
to help offset costs. Strange cate- computers, included — is a direct
gories assistance as that which is violation of the federal student aid
free — federal (Pell) and state application, Strange said.
Tuesday, Jan. 7
Toastmasters will meet at
12 noon in the Cutting Horse
at Days Inn.
General Cancer Support
Group meets every Tuesday
at 5:30 p.m. in Classroom 3,
Grady Memorial Hospital. For
information, call Rhonda
McLearen, 224-2300, or
Maggie Griffith, 222-2551.
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Thursday, Jan. 9
Jaycees will hold a luncheon
meeting at noon in Peking
Dragon Restaurant. Guests are
welcome. For more informa-
tion, call Delania McNatt,
224-0631.
Epworth United Methodist
Women will hold its regular
unit luncheon with Group III
as hostess.
Chickasha Public Schools
will hold a Substitute
Workshop from 9:30 until
11:30 p.m. in the
Administration Building, 900
West Choctaw.
Rural Ncighbors-Happy.
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Settle, David. The Chickasha Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 95, No. 164, Ed. 1 Tuesday, January 7, 1997, newspaper, January 7, 1997; Chickasha, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1900322/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.