Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 103, No. 319, Ed. 1 Sunday, March 10, 2002 Page: 1 of 32
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Quartz looking for funding from legislature
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Altus Times photo by Greg Johnson
Flipping flapjacks
Barbara Privett
Bush signs economic stimulus legislation just
ahead of six-month anniversary of terrorist attacks
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Pause To Pray
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Happy birthday MICHAEL
SCHENK and MICHELLE
STREATER...
By Your Spirit and in Your
word. You show us how to live
the accountable and produc-
tive life that You wish for us.
Give us spiritual vision and
the desire to be what You
want for us and will enable us
to become.
Lauren Holloway and Megan McMahan flip flapjacks Saturday morning during a
fund raising project with the Altus Lions Club for Altus High School's Graduation
Celebration. The seniors also held a garage sale, prom dress sale and bake sale
Saturday. Graduation Celebration is a drug, alcohol and tobacco-free night of fun for
the graduating seniors of 2002.
On this day in 1952, Gen.
Fulgencio Batista began his
military coup of Cuba. He was
successful, but Fidel Castro
soon deposed him.
In 1977, astronomers dis-
covered the existence of rings
around the planet Uranus.
We have an uphill battle in terms of
getting this facility running correctly...
Junior Livestock
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No. 319
- Mary Frates, president ol the OSAI
facility’s largest client, the Arts
Institute strongly supports the
Regents’ request for the lull le g
islative appropriation needed to
fund the Center’s operation,"
said Mary Frates, president ol
the Oklahoma Summer Arts
Institute.
The regents say without the
money there will be no funding
for basic administrative necessi
ties, such as an executive direc
tor, accounting, personnel and
legal services. In addition there
will be no funding for critical
maintenance projects, such as
the replacement of the sewer hit
station.
But that’s just the beginning.
The package extends
regular 26-week
unemployment benefits
by 13 weeks and allows
additional automatic
extensions in states
with high
unemployment rates
5.5 percent in February as
businesses, after cutting pay-
rolls for six straight months,
added 66,000 new workers. It
was the strongest signal yet
that the country’s first reces-
sion in a decade is ending.
The bill also creates a
‘Liberty Zone” in the lower
Manhattan section of New York
in which $5 billion in tax
breaks will apply over the next
10 years to help the city recov
er from the attacks.
“The terrorist attacks of
Sept. 1 1 were also an attack on
our economy and a lot of peo-
ple lost their jobs," Bush said.
The stimulus package "will
allow those who lost their jobs
in recession in the aftermath of
the Sept. 11 attacks more time
to pay their bills and support
their families while they look
for work."
The Senate passed the legis-
lation by an 85-9 vote Friday,
less than 24 hours after the
House had passed it by 417 3.
A major reason that
Republicans and Democrats
regents was left up to State
Auditor and Inspector Clifton
Scott. Although acknowledging
that the amount is inadequate,
Scott transferred only $964,595
from tourism department
toward Quartz Mountain. That
leaves a shortfall of $480,390
and that is what OSAI is asking
state legislators to appropriate
to the resort.
“Quartz Mountain has the
potential to be a premier meet-
ing place for the state, the
region and the nation. As the
Sheriff urges citizens
to be careful about who
they are dealing with
Another scam has hit
Jackson County, according to
Sheriff Morris Roberts.
There have been reports that
someone is doing area asphalt
work at a great price, but they
are leaving less-than-quality
work.
On Friday, a man laid some
asphalt at the home of a
Jackson County resident and
charged him $1,700. Normally
asphalt is four to six inches
thick, but the discount asphal
ter is only putting down a one
inch thick layer.
"It’s not going to last long,"
said Sheriff Roberts. “Grass is
going to grow through that in no
time."
Roberts said the individual
has his clients sign a contract
before he performs the service.
“This also happened about
five or six years ago,” said
Roberts. “People just need to be
careful about who they are deal
ing with."
For more information, call
the Sheriffs Department at
482-0408.
Obituaries..................9
Dr.Gott........................9
Feature.....................10
School......................12
Classifieds.........1B-5B
Opinion....................6B
Crossword...............8B
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By MARK GLENN__
ALTUS TIMES
It’s budget time at the State
Legislature. Officials of the
OSAI (Oklahoma Summer Arts
Institute) are making their pitch
for funding for the Quartz
Mountain Arts and Conference
Center and Nature Park.
There is one problem. .money
is tight. Some legislators across
the state have indicated a reluc-
tance to subsidize the new facil-
ity which is the home of the
OSAI.
Since 1978 Quartz Mountain
has been the site of the OSAI
arts education programs that
have served 3,500 of the state’s
high school students and 4,500
public school teachers, college
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Living....................6-10
Dear Abby..................7
Astrograph.................8
Does It Work?............8
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WASHINGTON (AP) — $43 billion next year and $29
President Bush signed legisla- billion in 2004, congressional
tion Saturday that he hopes analysts say. Its cost over 10
will reinvigorate the economy years is about $42 billion,
six months after the Sept. 11 because some tax breaks
attacks. would generate government
"Today we are acting to help revenue in later years,
workers, we’re acting to create “We’re seeing some encour-
jobs, and were acting to aging signs in the economy,
strengthen our economy,” the but we can’t stand by and sim
president said in a Rose ply hope for continued recov-
Gardeh ceremony, ery,” Bush said in his weekly
The recession-relief package radio address, which he gave
extends regular 26-week just before the bill signing,
unemployment benefits by 13 "We must work for it. We
weeks and allows additional must make sure that our
automatic extensions in states recovery continues and gains
with high unemployment rates, momentum. We want a recov-
It also provides businesses ery that is broad enough and
with a variety of tax breaks. strong enough to provide jobs
The economic stimulus bill for all our citizens.”
is projected to pump $51 bil- The nation’s unemployment
lion into the economy this year, rate unexpectedly slipped to
educators and community
artists.
Legislation has transferred
ownership of the arts and con-
ference center from the
Oklahoma Tourism and
Recreation Department to the
State Regents for Higher
Education.
The regents say $1,444,985
is needed to operate the resort
for the final six months of this
fiscal year. The decision on how
much money to transfer from
the tourism department to the
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