The Chickasha Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 96, No. 85, Ed. 1 Tuesday, August 26, 1997 Page: 1 of 8
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Grady County
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Grady County Commissioners,
meeting on Monday morning, Aug.
25, received the annual report from
the Association of South Central
Oklahoma Governments (ASCOG).
The ASCOG team, headed by
Blaine Smith, discussed funding is-
sues. There was some increase in
funding due to changes in the wel-
fare system and adoption of the
school to work program.
Ray Friedl discussed a $250,000
grant for temporary aid to needy
families, as a portion of a welfare
reform package. This money will be
for job training programs to make
families self-sufficient in the face of
coming cutbacks in welfare funds.
Jim VanZant discussed the senior
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, school grade point average and/or
ACT score above the national av-
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vealed a 3.03 average GPA and 21
ACT score) and cost of attendance
below the national average of
$13,409.
USAO's average cost - tuition,
books, room and board - to stu-
dents is approximately $4,000 per
year. The average GPA for incom-
ing freshman at USAO is 3.3 and
the average ACT score is 22.
This honor is not USAO's first by
a national publisher. Most recently,
"U.S. News and World Report"
named USAO among the best lib-
eral arts colleges in the Western
United States in both 1995 and
1996.
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giving away clothes, shoes and
other items from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m. each day at 825 Choctaw. .
Aug. 26
The Terrific Tuesdays Group
will meet in the Fellowship
Hall of Epworth United ।
Methodist Church from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m.
Aug. 28
Girls attending Friend
School who are interested in
being a part of the fun of Girl
Scouts are invited to Blossoms
Tea Room from 6:30 to 7:30
in Blanchard Saturday
Chickasha High School students spun out of control and rolled over,
and staff were shocked at the death ejecting the driver. Baker, a pas-
of a popular student on Saturday. senger in the vehicle, was pro-
Football practice was cancelled nounced dead at the scene by
on Saturday when the people at the Emergency Medical Service per-
high school learned that Thomas W. sonnel. A second passenger in the
Baker, 17, had died as a result of Eaton vehicle was not injured,
injuries suffered in an automobile ,
accident. High School Principal Eaton was transported to Norman
Sharon Elkouri stated that Baker Regional Hospital andiwas listed in
had a number of friends on the stable condition on Monday morn-
football team. ing. . Later in the, morning, the
On Saturday, Aug. 23, at 1:43 hospital said he had been dis-
a.m.. the Blanchard Police Depart- charged to be sent home.
ment investigated a fatality accident The Ford pickup was driven by
that occurred on Highway 62 east Julie S. Rainey, 26, of Blanchard.
Tyler Street. A Chevrolet pickup She received minor head injuries
driven by Clinton J. Eaton, 19, of and sought medical treatment on
Chickasha, was westbound in the her own. She was wearing a seat
inside lane and struck the left rear belt, according to Blanchard police,
of a Ford pickup that was driving in who reported that seat belts were
the outside lane. The Eaton vehicle not in use in the other vehicle.
that city. Sheriff Stan Florence told
the commissioners that the
prisoners load has increased. There
were 87 prisoners in jail this
weekend, and there were four
others on Friday, but they were
released.
87 in Jail
Eighty-seven people are currently
being held in the Grady County
Jail, that's 25 over the bed capacity
and more than Grady County
Sheriff Stan Florence has seen in
jail since he took office.
The largest group of inmates,
according to Sheriff Florence, are
individuals serving county time of
several days to a month or more.
The extra inmates are causing
manpower and paperwork problems
for the Sheriffs Office as well as
increased concerns regarding the
available space in the jail. Twenty-
five of the inmates are currently
sleeping on mats on the floor.
Sheriff Florence believes the
overcrowding situation will be
better by Monday evening after
several scheduled releases. in
addition, many inmates are
currently waiting to begin serving
time with the Department of
Corrections and will soon be
transferred to DOC facilities.
data that might put USAO in the
top 100 next year.
"We have believed for years that
a liberal arts education at USAO is '
worth far more than the average
tuition rates charged at public col-
leges," said John Feaver, vice
president for academic affairs at
USAO. "This honor has been a
long time in coming. We are de-
lighted."
Culler editors cited the following ,
criteria for the recognition - each
school: must be an accredited,
four-year school; must offer resi-
dential and dining facilities; must
otfer financial aid for students that
are need-based, academic-based or
athletic-based; must have an enter-
ing freshman class with a high
Classes started Monday at the
University of Science and Arts of
Oklahoma. Approximately 1.400
students are enrolled to date, with
enrollment continuing through
Sept. 8.
A new publication has named
USAO among the top schools in
the nation for quality and value.
"America's 100 Best College Buys"
ranked four Oklahoma schools -
from 1,784 in the research - as
"best values," meaning high quality
but low cost.
Created by Cullei Publishing in
Camden, S.C., the new magazine
plans to conduct annual surveys
and provide solid advice to pro-
spective students. Already the edi-
tors have approached USAO for
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ASCOG. He pointed out that a few days.
satellite senior service center had In other business. the
been set up in Verden, serving 25 commissioners approved an
families, and there has been some addendum to the renovation of the
"extremely preliminary" discussion County Health Department
of a satellite center at Ninnekah. building, from $200,000 to
They also discussed several $275,000.
changes that have been made in They signed permits for Western
REAP program. The program. de- Geophysical for pipeline crossings
signed tor rural counties and cities, in various locations in the county,
consists of grants for infrastructure They signed a contract for hous-
improvements such as streets, ing prisoners. The same contract
sewer, water, transportation, etc. will be given to various cities in
Among the most important Grady County to sign. The contract
changes, the number of possible provides that a city pay the cost of
points on a REAP funds application housing prisoners being held for
The Salvation Army will
accept donations of working
electric fans for distribution
to needy persons in the area.
Donations of fans can be
dropped off between 9 a.m.
and noon and 1 to 4 p.m. at
227 N. Fourth Street, Monday
through Friday. For more
information call 224-5647.
Tuesdays
The Cancer Support Group
meets at 6:30 p.m. each Tues-
day in Classroom 2 at Grady
Memorial Hospital. Cancer
patients and family members
are welcome. Contact Rhonda
McLearen at the hospital (224-
2300) or Maggie Griffith (222-
2551).
The Grief Support Group
meets from 11 a.m. to noon
each Tuesday at Sterling
House. For more information
contact Amanda at 222-4884
or 1-800-646-4884.
Wednesdays
Toasmasters meets at noon
the first and third Wednesdays
of each month at the Cutting
Horse Restaurant.
Farmers' Market each
Tuesday and Saturday from 7
i a.m. until it's "too hot to stay."
At the comer of Fifth and
Choctaw.
has been increased from 10 to 25
points. This allows the applicants to
list more details in outlining why
they need the funds.
Grady County in the past year re-
ceived $8,500 in REAP funds for a
transportation system. The
commissioners wanted to increase
this by $1,500 for a total of $10,000
matching funds for an $80,000
Department of Transportation grant
for providing rural community
transportation service for the needy
and the ill. The grant is for a
transportation system initially
including Alex, Rush Springs,
Bradley, Ninnekah and Minco, and
later to encompass other * cities.
They were told to put in a request
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