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2 ALTUS TIMES, Sunday, Feb. 18, 2001
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Area law enforcement of driving under suspen- ners, 30, on a complaint of
sion and driving under the driving under suspension.
■ Julie Morris, 18, on a
influence.
■ Donny Ray Baker, 21, complaint of grand larce-
■ Stoney Lane Joiner, Oklahoma City, on a com- ny.
*20, Blair, on complaints of plaint of transporting an
open firearm.
■ Kevin Bradford, 35, on der the influence.
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■ to use two lots in Industri-
al Park for a mud drag to
be held during the May 4-6
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Show and Cruise.
■ Consider allowing offi-
cers from the Altus Police
: Department the Bataan
■ Memorial Death March at
the White Sands Missile
Range, in New Mexico.
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Partly cloudy skies are forecast statewide today with breezy Philadelphia
conditions in the West. Highs wil be in the lower to middle Si cou
50s throughout Oklahoma. Partly cloudy skies remain Washington D.C
through the overnight hours with low temperatures ranging •
from the upper 20s to the mid-40s. -*-
Miss Altus Pageant tickets will be on Calendar
sale from 4 p.m. until 7 p.m. Monday --------—-----------------
through Friday at the Altus City Au-o g paiiris
ditorium. Remaining tickets will be Prince of Peace Parish Hall. Parents,
available at the door prior to the Sat- friends and family are invited. Father
urday night paceant. and son cake contest and foreign
ns Pas country dish will be judged. For more
Survivors of the Bataan Death March information, call 482-9377.
are urged to attend the Altus City , _ 1
Council meeting Tuesday night. A Cub Scout leaders training will be
segment of the meeting will deal with conducted Feb. 24. Duke Elementary
the march. For more information School. 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Registrar
contact the Altus Police Department. tion fee is $5. Registration starts at 8
Jackson/Tillman County Oklahoma Cub Scout leaders. For more infor-
Retired Educators will meet at 11:30 mation. call 482 9377.
a.m. Wednesday at the Friendship
Inn Restaurant at 1800 N. Main, Al- The Southwestern Oklahoma Chap-
t S ter of the American Red Cross, along
with the merchants and service
The regular meeting of the ACMI providers of Jackson, Greer. Kiowa
House, Inc. will be conducted at and Harmon counties, are having a
11:45 a.m. Wednesday at Mike’s "Health and Safety Fair March 3 as
Sports Grille. For more information part of the observance of National
call at 482-3800. Red Cross Month. It will be held from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the community
The Altus Landfill and Sanitation will center on Falcon Road and free to the
be closed Monday in observance of public. For more information, call
the President’s holiday. Landfill and 482-5303
Sanitation will resume normal oper- . ..
ations Tuesday The AARP and Jackson County Se-
ations Tuesday nior Council will conduct an eight
Cub Scout Pack 271 will have their hour 55 Alive Mature Drive Course
blue and gold covered dish dinner
banquet, 7 p.m. Tuesday at the
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Continued from page 1 He said he looks for $23 through the Senate with-
:-----------------------------million be set aside to rec- out a great deal of difficul-
ly for the elderly. tify that problem. ty," said Kerr.
“I’m tired of being cold," Like Braddock, Kerr’s Kerr said everything
said Braddock "I’m not go- talk dealt with money. looks good for the imple-
: ing to gripe next summer "You’ve probably heard mentation of a tax holiday,
when its 105 degrees." that we have $300 million It calls for statewide ex-
- With that in mind Brad- in new revenues," said emption on school sup-
dock turned his attention Kerr. But we owe $107 plies for a few days during
toward the high heating million on roads and $25 a period prior to the start
bills that have skyrocketed million on financial obliga- of school
this winter. tions on statewide bond is- Electric deregulation
He pointed to a possibil- sues and that’s just a decisions will be post-
ity that S8 million to $12 short list on we’re going to poned for at least one year
million will be set aside for have to cover." and possibly as long as
assistance for people with Kerr said $226 million three years according to
their heating bills. of the reported $300 mil- Kerr. That’s due to the cri-
"Now we’re not going to lion of new funds is al- sis in California where
pay people’s heating bills ready earmarked to pay for electric costs have soared,
but we might be able to bills from last year. But Kerr expressed opti-
help 130.000 families," He also said that State mism in the way Okla-
said Braddock. He added Superintendent of Schools homa is dealing with the
that he hoped federal mon- Sandy Garrett has asked issue.
ey would be available also. for an additional S400 mil- "We believe Oklahoma
Education and specifi- lion. Also higher education has a better bill than Cali-
cally textbooks was a mat- officials want another fornia has," said Kerr. "We
ter that Braddock said $100 million and the tech- don’t think those problems
needed to be dealt with. nology centers have asked are going to surface here.
"I m continually amazed for more money. There are about seven gen-
that across the state, that "There’s not enough erating plants that are un-
they are some kids that money to go around,” said der construction and two
don’t have textbooks," said Kerr. near completion. We be-
Braddock. "I just can’t be- The right-to-work bill lieve because of the addi-
lieve it. We want to make was passed out of the Sen- tional competiveness, our
sure that all of our chil- ate committee and should electric rates will not go 1
- dren have textbooks to be on the floor this week. up. Maybe it will go down
take home. "I predict it will pass some more."
CRIME REPORT
47 20 pc
43 23 s
possession of drug para- complaints of driving un- • Corretta Branch on a
phernalia. der suspension and driving complaint of assault and
• David Lee Pollard, 26, under the influence. battery on a police officer.
Midwest City, on com- • Mitch McKee, 35, Al- • Crayton Wilkins, 30,
plaints of possession of tus, on a complaint of fail- on a complaint of driving
marijuana, driving while ure to appear. under the influence.
impaired, transporting an • Phillip Allen Steven-
open container and pos- son, 24, Altus, on a com- ______
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Bush, Michael. Altus Times (Altus, Okla.), Vol. 101, No. 291, Ed. 1 Sunday, February 18, 2001, newspaper, February 18, 2001; Altus, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc2188125/m1/2/: accessed June 29, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.