Konawa School System Booming Aided by OG and Local Growth
Konawa Oklahoma, a town of 1750, saw its school valuation rise from 1.26 million in 1967 to 27.4 million after OG and E built the Seminole Generating Station. The district funds a multi million building program including a new high school, gym, vocational building, and outdoor classroom, with a projected total over 3 million by year end. Superintendent McFarland and Assistant Supt. Mays oversee construction as enrollment stays near 710 and per student expenditures run higher than state averages.
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Dennis King
Konawa
Seminole County
Donald Kennedy
Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co
Chamber of Commerce
Juniper Creek
Og&e
Oklahoma
Seminole
Tiger
Charles McFarland
Larry Mays
Mays
State Education Department
Education Department
Rainbow
Mustang
Canadian County
Harrah
Oklahoma County
Latta
Ideal Cement Co
McFarland
Ada School Board selects Bare as Middle School assistant principal
Ada School Board reviews rehabilitation plans for Washington Willard Glenwood and Ada Middle schools and appoints Albert Bare as the new assistant principal. Bare a decade with the district previously taught physical education coached football and basketball and served as a counselor at the Middle School.
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Ada
Washington, Willard
Glenwood
Albert Bare
Bare
Ada Public School
McAlester
East Central University
Ada High School
Ada Middle School
Ray James
Ray James-Glen Childers Architects and Associates, Inc
Dover Water
All Night Singing Slated At Konawa
Gospel voices converge at Konawa Veterans Memorial Park for the 13th Annual All Night Gospel Festival on August 21 with 25 000 expected from across the United States. Performers include Cathedral Quartet Old Country Church Gospel Singers and The Wills Family. Admission is free with camping and bicentennial decorations.
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Konawa
Veteran’s Memorial Park
United States
Seminole County
Oklahoma All Night Singing Association
Cathedral Quartet
Rex Humbard
Cathedral of Tomorrow
Akron
Ohio
Sharper
Sharver
U.S
Henry Bellman
Ada State
Lonnie Abbott
Jack Ballard
Ada
Onawa
Why electric bills rise in summer explains OG E reasons
Shirley of OG&E explains factors behind higher summer bills. Cooling demand from air conditioning adds daily costs, along with running refrigerators and freezers. Fuel costs for electricity, late meter readings, new appliances, insulation gaps, and a recent rate increase also contribute.
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Purcell
Ada
Howard
Alico
Oklahoma City
Leggs
Allen
Karschnick’s Electric
Shirley
Og&e
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Konawa School System
Southeastern
Karschnick’s
James
Robert Reeves
Charles Mayhue
Betty Cartmell
Dick Cowart
Anita Floyd
Reeves
General Electric Company
Jerry Snow
Ada High
Snow
Jim Cooper
Norman High School
University of Oklahoma
Clarice Bowman
Virginia Patton
Hayes School
Joe Whelchel
Judy Cox
Judy Carroll
First National Bank
B. M
Mack” Welch
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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