The Mannford Star (Mannford, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 5, 1995 Page: 1 of 8
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The Mannford
STAR
350
Tuesday, September 5, 1995
x Pages
Mannford, Oklahoma
Volume 1, Number 53
Mother Shares Memories of Son
Board to look at Utility
Rate Proposal Sept. 14
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Continued in column at right.
Teen
Loses Life
VA
in Fire
A
1
James Castillo 1976 - 1995
Garbage Collection
Benefit Dinner
Natural Gas
Commercial
Residential
Town
10 MCF/30 MCF 50 MCF/500 MCF
Water Consumption
Town
50,000 Gal.
Consumption 5,000 Gal.
I
Veteran’s Memorial Drawing By Elaine Turner
★The Inside Scoop*
Historical Society Begins Ground
Work for Veterans Memorial
5.600
8.000
7.000
10 000
5.600
6 000
6 000
4 000
4 500
S265 22/$2 747 80
314 59/2.337 84
287 75/ 2 875 25
250 00/ 2 500 00
234 15/2 331 15
281 01/2 480 74
279 53/2.278 74
281 01/2 480 74
$70 56
95 68
146 24
53 00
109 90
82 05
90 60
92 00
130 86
80 31
S53 05/S159 00
50 39/ 169 62
57.75/ 172 75
50 00/ 150 00
47 75/ 140 95
55 07/ 140 74
55 07/ 140 46
55 07/ 140 75
S14 29
13 78
18 99
8 00
9 10
1540
11 50
7 00
13 25
14 03
12 06
Dry Forecast
City Asks Residents to Cut
Back on Watering
said but donations are wel-
come
Town
Chouteau
Coalgate
Drumright
Granite
Hennessey
Lexington
Mannford
Oilton
Perkins
Sand Springs
Slaughterville
Tulsa
Chouteau
Coalgate
Drumright
Granite
Mannford
Perkins
Sand Springs
Tulsa
By Colleen A. Fleming
Star Editor
James Castillo of Mannford
died Saturday Aug 26 in a fire
that started in his home on
Granada Place
We want to be fair with our
rates Abercrombie said
Chouteau
Coalgate
Drumright
Granite
Hennessey
Lexington
Mannford
Oilton
Perkins
Sand Springs
Tulsa
for Jacob Floyd
Raise money for a good cause
by having fun and eating a bar-
becue dinner
A benefit dinner for Jacob
Wayne Floyd is Saturday Sept
9 from 6 p m to midnight at the
Sand Springs Elks BPO Lodge
No 2553. N Prue Road
Dinner will be provided by
Smokehouse Barbecue Sand
Springs
There will also plenty of music
and a DJ
Advanced tickets are available
at the lodge and during the
Sept 8 Mannford High School
home football game Advanced
tickets are 55 for adults S3 for
children six to 16 Children
under six eat free
Tickets at the door are $7 for
adults and $5 for children
The benefit is organized by
Mike Osburn friend of the Floyd
family
Proceeds go to benefit Jacob
Floyd, the son of Tom and
Darlene Floyd of Mannford
Jacob received third degree
burns over 65 percent of his
body in an explosion July 1 at
Old Mannford Ramp
Donations may be made to the
memorial through K C H S
PO Box 1661 Mannford. Okla
74044
Commercial
$11 00
21 35
12 75
15 00
9 60
14 08
18 00
12 00
15 00
14 00
40 00
4 85
Chamber Meeting
Thursday
Superintendent of Mannford
Public Schools Tom Stiles is
the guest speaker at the
Thursday. Sept 7 meeting of
Mannford Area Chamber of
Commerce
Mannford High School s stu-
dent of the month will also be
presented that day
These meetings are held at
Freddies Steak House at
noon
Everyone including non-mem-
bers is welcome to attend
Residential
$5 50
8 00
9 75
10 00
9 60
9 09
9 00
9 00
7 27
9 00
20 00
9 90
Population
1 771
1 895
2 799
1 844
1 902
1 776
1 826
1 060
1 925
15 346
1 843
367 302
How Mannford Rates in Utilities
The following is a comparison of municipal residential and com-
mercial utility rates from around the state by City Utilities
Superintendent Butch Adkins of Mannford
\
BULK RATE
U S POSTAGE
PAID
MANNFORD OK
PERMIT NO 14
Page 2 New Business, Friday Crash
Page 3 Area Events and Important Dates
Page 5 Academic Al1 Stars
Page 6 Pirates Take on Commandos
And Much More! Check Us Out
ing for residents cooperation
Utilities Superintendent Butch
Adkins said the effort is due to
the lack of rain
if water cutback efforts are not
met and it doesnt rain soon, the
city may have to resort to a
mandatory curtailment
Current Rates
Mannford Consumer Cost
Electric
State Average for 1 000 KWH
$81 43
Mannford Consumer Cost
$75 63
Gas
State Average for 10 MCF
$53 03
Mannford Consumer Cost
S47 75
Water
State Average for 5 000
Gallons $14 52
$11 50
Sewer
State Average for 5 000
Gallons
$7 54
Mannford Consumer Cost
$6 75
Garbage
State Average Per Month
$8 48
Mannford Consumer Cost
$9 00
" ^louchuuf, the. cAeani ol Keydtone"
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Mayor Clay Abercrombie said
as the town upgrades its utility
systems and more federal
requirements and tests need to
be made the increase in costs
needs be passed on to con -
sumers at some point
James story doesn t end on
that fateful Saturday His story
began 10 years ago as an eight
year old who needed a loving
family
That family was Ron and
Colleen Castillo of Mannford
The young couple was looking
into adoption options because
they couldn t have children of
their own Ron and Colleen
looked at many children Then
one day in 1985 their case
worker told them about a cer-
tain young man named James
He was eight years old and
small for his age As they read
his biography Mrs Castillo
saw his picture and she knew
he was the one
The first thing I saw when I
looked at his picture was his
blue eyes ” Castillo said Ron
and I kept looking at each
other In my heart I already
knew As soon as the couple
arrived home, they called their
case worker to tell her they
wanted James
That first day friends came
over to help clean the house
James walked in and the first
There s a really hot story going
on outside It's the weather And
there s no rain in sight
Mannford Public Works
Authority is asking residents to
reduce their watering
City employees canvassed
neighborhoods last Friday ask-
“Walk of Honor leading up to
the memorial
Cost of the memorial is approx-
imately $4 000 to $4 500 said
VFW Post Commander Gene
Gordon K C H S has made the
$4,000 commitment Porter
thing he said was Hi. Mommy'
He had such blue eyes and a
big smile He was all over the
place He felt right at home
Castillo said Then when Ron
came home James greeted
him with “Hi Daddy'
We knew he was a special
needs child she said He was
such a joy He never met a
stranger We told him James
don t talk to strangers but he
couldn t That was who he
was
In fact, they worked with his
teacher Vickie Troxell a very
special person in James life,
teaching James to shake
hands But he would always
give Robert Owsley a hug
whenever he saw him Owsley
was assistant principal at the
middle school
Troxell spent a lot of time with
James earning a special place
in his heart James felt Miss
Troxell was his second moth-
er said Colleen of his teacher
A senior this year James was
looking forward to his senior
prom He attended his junior
prom with Tammy Belt and it
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Ground work and dirt work has
begun on the veterans memori-
al by Keystone Crossroads
Historical Society
The society will honor 22 area
military killed in action by plac-
ing their names on a gray gran-
ite slab in the center of 44-foot
curving rock wall
The memorial on the west end
of Keystone Crossroads
Museum will be dedicated
Saturday Nov 11, 1995
Committee members David
Martin Gene Gordon, Mike
Porter, Gene Box and Glynn
Turner said the granite center-
piece will be ready by veteran s
day
The names of known area vet-
erans killed in action will be
placed on the centerpiece stone
with medallions from each mili-
tary service branch
Future plans include a brick
The Sept 14 meeting of
Mannford Public Works
Authority will have board mem-
bers looking at possible utility
rate adjustments
Utilities superintendent Butch
Adkins presented a state-wide
survey to the board Aug 10 to
use as a base in consideration
of adjusting rates
Eighteen year old James
Castillo the son of Ron and
Colleen Castillo of Mannford,
died of smoke inhalation caused
by a house fire at120 Granada
Pl Saturday Aug 26
The fire started around 11 30
p m in the northwest bedroom
of the family s home according
to a report by Agent Don
Andrews Oklahoma State Fire
Marshal The incident is listed
as an accidental fire
Mannford Volunteer Fire
Department Chief Butch Adkins
said the teen s bedroom was
destroyed and there was some
fire damage to the kitchen
There was smoke damage
throughout the house
Mannford Ambulance also
responded Life Flight was dis-
patched to the scene and began
resuscitation efforts
was an occasion Colleen said
she II never forget
it was so special He looked
so handsome in his tux
Tammy wanted him to sit with
her but James was off visiting
everyone she said
“Im so thankful he was in this
class The kids were always
nice to him Colleen said
Visiting hugging smiling lifting
spirits James also loved swim-
ming and listening to music
There wasnt anything James
didnt like to do his mother said
One of the most important per-
sons in his life was his grandfa-
ther Don Castillo They had
such a special relationship
There was a bond between
those two It s the love ana nur-
turing and he gave it to all of us
and I think we ve given both to
him
Another of his best friends was
Billy Miskell his neighbor it
meant so much to James that
Billy played with him Colleen
said And Kerri Miskell and
James were like best buds
The memories so tresh in her
mind Colleen s eyes fill with
love and of the joy James gave
so freely and unconditionally
“I know now that God brought
James to us and our family and
he brought such meaning
Colleen said holding his senior
pictures she received last week
He lifted our family no matter
what God brought James to
Mannford and uplifted our town
His spirit will always remain in
Mannford
And that s why the Castillo fam-
ily chooses to remain here
“I m just so thankful that we
live in Mannford Oklahoma
she said There s no other
place I would want to live
Mannford is James home and
it’s our home We couldn t sur-
vive anywhere else
Everybody s been so good to
us
On Aug 26 James spent his
afternoon swimming with
friends
That night, he told Colleen
Good night Momma I got to go
to bed I have to get some rest
He was thinking about school
She told him “No tomorrow is
church day He loved going to
his church Crossroads
Community Bible Church and
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Fleming, Colleen A. The Mannford Star (Mannford, Okla.), Vol. 2, No. 1, Ed. 1 Tuesday, September 5, 1995, newspaper, September 5, 1995; Mannford, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1960750/m1/1/?q=%22%22~1: accessed August 15, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Keystone Crossroads Historical Society.