The Daily Chickasha Star (Chickasha, Okla.), Vol. 96, No. 109, Ed. 1 Friday, October 3, 1997 Page: 1 of 8
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employment, helps them to form a overall view ol the
impact their resumes will have on prospective employers
is important.
"What are the red flags that get their applications
thrown in the trash ’’ That's one ol the things they learned
at the conference. " said Leyrer.
Students received Statesman Award pins for explaining
the mission ol VICA. and the meaning of VICA emblems
and colors.
A similar conference will be held lor adult students at
the University ot ‘Central Oklahoma in Edmond.
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post-secondary students and instructors nationwide
Reynaldo L. Martinez Jr., PhD. an associate professor
and program coordinator of Occupational Education
Studies at Ok’ahoma hate University, was the featurrd
speaker for the conference Martinez spoke on the
importance of teamwork.. the need for a positive attitude
presentation and a hamburger cookout.
VICA is a nationwide partnership of business and
industry, vocational students, and instructors. VICA s
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Martinez served as Executive Director of the Maryland Vocational
Association. Coordinator of the ( ccupational Education Studies Program
and is presently the President of the Oklahoma Vocational Educator and Stall
Development Association. He is also the President of the Oklahoma Trade
and Industrial Association.
I he Vocational Industrial Clubs of America (VICA) held
their Southwest District Leadership Conference Tuesday.
September 30. 1997 at the Canadian Valley Vo Tech.
"VICA helps students to see what it's like to be a leant
player." said Canadian Valley Vo-Tech Electronics/
Computer Repair Instructor Bill Leyrer.
Leyrer. the coordinator and promoter ol the vo-tech s
VICA organization, states that this year's V K A leadership
conference had more than double the enrollment ol the
prev ious year.
For most vo-tech students, their first involvement with
VICA is when their instructors tell them that VICA is a
student organization they could benefit from joining.
"For many of the students. Tuesday's conference was
their first exposure to advantages VIC A can make in their
lives," said Leyrer.
Leyrer believes that VICA helps to develop leadership
skills along with a good attitude.
Approximately 225 VICA students and advisors from
vo-techs across the district were in Chickasha for the
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The grand jury isn't the one who
met w ith ( )klahoma Attorney General
Drew Edmondson this week.
Wednesday Edmondson was in
Chickasha as part of a statewide tour
to v i si t district attorney s. court clerks
and county clerks about new laws
which w ill affect their offices.
Edmondson visited with District
.Attorney Gene Christian to discuss
the recently approved truth-in-
sentencing law.
"Il it works as it's created io work it
will reserve cell space lor the most
violent offenders." Edmondson said.
The law will limit sentences in
county jail to one year and refer non-
violent offenders to community
programs.
But Edmondson said he wasn't
convinced yet that the bill would
work as it was created to. He said the
w ording of the new law concerns him.
"It says offenders merely have to be
in the custody of the Department of
Corrections. There's no requirement
they be in a facility." Edmondson said
things like work release, house arrest
and electronic monitoring all
technically put a person in
Department of Corrections custody,
but it doesn't limit their activity.
"They could walk in here right now
and buy a newspaper." he said. "Let’s
hope that's all they'd do."
" The ramifications of the truth-in-
sentencing bill are not completely
clear." Edmondson said. "But it is
clear that all of the current criminal
punishments are going to be repealed
under this measure, and that is going
to complicate the job that district
attorneys do. As we have done on
many other issues. I plan for our
offices to work closely together to
monitor the bill's effect and. when
necessary, to communicate our
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goals are to motivate students, teach leadership skills. 1S6MS
help teachers provide quality occupational training, and 2
piov ide quality workers to business and industry. VIC As MM
membership consists of nearly 300,000 high school and EM88MG
Tuesdays
The ( ancer Support roup
meets ever' Tuesday at 6: 30
p m in classroom 1 ol (irady
Memorial l lospit.l.
Wednesdays
Adult Basic Education
classes lor fall 1907 at West
Elementary Si bool have
added an additional class on
Weineslay ' from 5: p.m. to
8:30 p.m. I or additional
information, call Pat
Cunningham, (‘arrol Pruitt or
I rances Biazil at 222-6544.
Toastmasters meets al noon
the first and third
Wednesdays of each month
at the Cutting I lorse
Restaurant.
Farmers’ Market each
Tuesday andSaturday from 7
a.m. until it's "too hoi to
slay." Al the cornei ol Fifth
and ( ‘hoctaw
Saturdays
(‘hildren's book reading
every Saturday al l pin. al
(Tossroads I inertainment
Free popcorn, balloons and
prizes. Color w hile von listen.
Oct. 3
Lincoln Elementary is
sponsoring "subway night
on li iday. ( )ctober 3 al
Subway before the lootball
game I incoln l ilementary will
receive a portion ol I he
proceeds.
Indian Tacos will be served
from I 1 a.m. to 8 p m at the
I abler (it spel Tabernacle in
the Fellow ship I kill Tacos are
$3.50 and include a drink and
dessert Ilie Tabernacle is
nine miles east ol ( hickasha
on Highway 39. For more
information call 224-2283
Oct. 4
Car Wash AmPo sophmorc
class car wash from I 1 a.m. to
4 p.m. at the Amber car wash
on Highway ‘>2.
( hickasha Firefighters
Chili Cookoffstarts at 9 a.m.
and lasting begins al noon at
the Grady County
Fairgrounds. Donations
accepted at the door: S3 lor
adults, $2 for children 6- 12
and children under 6 are lice.
Saturday night singing al 7
p.m. at the Sharon Evangelical
Church The church is located
lour miles north ol Amber on
Highway 92. Everyone is
in v iled.
Yard/Bake sale at the
Verden Methodist Church,
beginning at 8 a.m. The
church is located at Highway
62 and Main street in Verden.
Oct. 5
Annual “Old Timers"
Bradley Reunion will be held
at 9:30 a.m. at the Bradley
School. All alumni. former
students, residents and
anyone w ith special ties to
the Bradley community are
invited A covered dish lunch
w ill be served at 12:30 p.m.
For more information call 785-
2259.
Oct. 10
Brown bag seminar on
home and work/school hassle
presented by Marge Albin-
Walker. 11 am to noon at the
Vo-Tech Seminar center.
Beans and cornbread
luncheon. Call Marge to sign
up at 222-7564.
responsibility, teamwork and
discipline in a rigorous 48 hour camp
The boot camp is part of the Grady
County Graduated Sanctions
Program. a pilot program designed to
divert juvenile offenders from the old
system of filing a petition and going
to court. Instead, punishment is
meted out within two weeks, court
time and costs are avoided, and the
juvenile maintains a clean record.
"Our goal is to have immediate
sanctions and consequences tor the
Please see Boot Camp, page 2
Noon concerts at USAO
The Sculpture Garden on the campus of the University of Science and
Arts of Oklahoma will be the site of noontime lunch concerts on Oct. 3.
17 and 31. Sponsored by the USAO Music Department. these Friday
concerts include a wide variety of music by individual performers as well
as USAO student groups and faculty.
The first concert, Oct. 3, will feature the USAO Chamber Choir, a I fl-
person ensemble. The Chamber Choir will sing arrangements. including
“Lonesome Road", "New Day" and "Mairi's Wedding". made poplar by
the professional group King's Singers. The 10 members of the choir
include:
SOPRANOS — Anna Anderson and Angela Peery; ALTOS — Lori
Deever, Michelle Higgins and Jennifer Luttrell; IENORS — Trent
Campbell and Tom Farris; BASSES — Landon Lewis. Scott Peery and
Rheuben Green. Two instrumentalists also will perform during the
afternoon show. Achely Lambert will play a flute solo and guitarist Todd
Greenwood will perform an original song.
The USAO Concert Choir will be performing at the Oct. 17 concert. The
Concert Choir, a large ensemble composed of both men and women, will
perform music by contemporary composers John Rutter and John
Williams.
Also scheduled to perform are vocalists Rheuben Green and Steve
Sanders. Dr. Dan Hanson, professor of music, will assist trombonist
Landon Lewis for a series of jazz songs and Dr. Ken Bohannon, a
baritone, will sing contemporary English songs.
The final concert of the series will be Oct. 31. Hanson will lead the USAO
Wind Ensemble through a series of popular songs, including
“Celebration", “Jambalaya" and “La Bamba" .
Each concert is free and starts at noon. Many goers choose to pack a
“brown bag" lunch for the informal performances, which are open to the
public.
observations to the legislature.'
Another legislative session is
scheduled before the law goes into
effect and Edmondson hopes that
some of the problems will be cured
then.
The legislature can address funding
so the entire burden isn't shifted to
county govrenment. Edmondson
said.
Edmondson also discussed the
effects of state and federal legislation
designed to speed up the death
penalty appeals process.
"We worked hard and w ere able to
pass death penalty appeals reform at
the state level two years ago. and in
Congress last year," Edmondson said.
“We are now seeing the fruits of our
labor. It is important for me to
communicate with district attorneys
about how the reforms are working,
since my office does the appeal on
every death penalty case."
The district attorney's office wasn't
the only stop Edmondson made in
Chickasha. He also visited with the
offices of County Clerk Sharon
Shoemaker and Court Clerk Glenda
Fenimore Wednesday.
"The legislature, at my urging,
passed an important bill making it a
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On October 10 through October 12.
members of the Oklahoma Army
National Guard and the local justice
system will be holding the second
Citizen Training Program, a military
style weekend boot camp for juvenile
offenders.
Eleven young men and women w ho
have committed a crime will report
to the Oklahoma Army National
Guard barracks in Chickasha where
they will learn personal
felony to file false liens in state
court." Edmondson said "Ann
government groups, such as We the
People. are filing hundreds of these
false liens in slate court against
public officials under the cloak of
law They are simply tools ol
harassment, and are draining the
resources of our courts to process
Edmondson reviewed a poster
sized notice the Clerks received
recently which advises people that
the filing ot attempted filing ol sham
legal process is illegal and will not
be tolerated.
Edmondson said the upcoming
casino gambling vote had also been
mentioned on his state-wide tom.
though not as often as the fiscal
impact truth-in-sentencing will have
He said he had reservations about
casino gambling, which will appeal
on the ballot Feb. 3.
"I don't think it's necessarily a good
idea as a slate enterprise."
Edmondson said his main concern
was that as the proposal is drafted,
there is no funding for the OSBI, tax
commission or state auditor or any
other agency that would be
monitoring the industry.
"It would be bringing in a billion
dollar industry with no capacity foi
state oversight," he said
Edmondson said the revenues from
casino gambling are already
earmarked with 50 percent going to
education. 25 percent to corrections
and 25 percent to county government
(but only in the four counties where
casinos are actually located). "There's
zero for law enforcement."
Edmondson toured all 27 district
attorney s' districts tw o years ago. This
tout will take him to all 77 counties
and keep him in touch with
Oklahomans.
“There's a real danger of public
officials getting insulated and
isolated in Oklahoma City."’
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Three Canadian Valley Vo-Tech employees conducted
breakout sessions in the afternoon. Coordinator of the
Single Parent/Displaced Homemaker Program Marge
Albin-Walker presented "Communications Skills"
Speaking like a leader " industrial trainer I d McCloskey
covered "Preparing Your Resume: Getting it right the
first time." and Public Information Officer Sean Tay lot
Simpson spoke on Public Relations: Gelling your
chapter recognized."
Leyrer stated that McCloskey's inforination on resume
writing is important in laying the groundwork lor resume
preparation. Preparing students now lor future
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