Annual Ada Rodeo Dates Set With Top Entertainers
The Ada PRCA Rodeo runs August 24 to 26 at the Ken Lance Sports Arena South of Union Valley off Highway 3. Performers include Judy Lynn Moe Bandy Red Steagall Barbara Fairchild and Larry Mahan with prize money totaling between 18000 and 20000 across seven events. Local stock provider Harry Wold of Denver supplies the cattle and announcers Don Endsley and Jon White describe the action.
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Ada Prca
Ken Lance
Moe Bandy
Red Steagall
Barbara Fairchild
Arena
Union Valley
Highway 3
Lance
Harry Wold
Denver
Colo
Bob Bomber
Canyon
Tex
Oklahoma City
Bruce Papon
Hardner
Kan
John Shideler
Baton Rouge
Don Endsley
Nashville
Ark
Jon White
San Antonio
Connie Combs
Commanche
Okla
GRA
Rural Leaders Urged to Drive Balanced Community Growth
Assistant Secretary of Agriculture for Rural Development Alex Mercure urged local leaders to lead in housing water and sewage education and medical care improvements at a Rural Development Workshop in Fairgrounds Community Building. U S Rep Wes Watkins praised balanced growth and investment in rural areas noting a revival of small stores and cooperatives helping price and service competition.
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Alex Mercure
Mercure
Washington, D. C
Wes Watkins
Fairgrounds
U.S
Adequate Credit Plan Promised Help For Strapped Farmers
A federal agriculture official described an adequate credit system to help farmers survive price lows. Alex Mercure told about 200 bankers and livestock producers that ongoing price volatility requires new credit approaches. Oklahoma leads in emergency cattle loans, with 126 loans totaling 21.9 million since October 1, sparking calls for tighter beef import limits and higher prices.
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Alex Mercure
Mercure
Wes Watkins
U.S
Watkins
Oklahoma
Farmers Home Administration
Ada to receive same revenue sharing as prior year with carryover
Ada council approves a $345,780 revenue sharing budget for eight departments plus a $67,000 carryover surplus from 1976 77. The plan allocates funds to general government police fire streets parks recreation airport and central garage with specific line items such as $90,000 for street surfacing materials and $25,000 for police patrol cars. City Manager Briley proposes increasing the Area Youth Shelter by 360 to 2,520 and considers 2,400 for the Ada Area Alcoholism Council if funds permit.
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Ada
Hickory
Francis
16Th
Mississippi
Bureau of Outdoor Recreation
Ada City Council
Leonard Briley
Area Youth Shelter
Ada Area Alcoholism Council
Briley
Byng
Constant St
Adan Helps Costa Ricans See Better
A group of Optometric Student Volunteers for Humanity visited Costa Rica to provide eye exams and glasses for about 4500 people. Dewayne Smith of Ada and coterie from SVOSH screened residents near San Jose and Tilaran, charging 10 colones for exams and glasses.
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Adan
Judy Elswick
Costa Rica
Dewayne Smith
Gene Smith
San Jose
Optometric Service To Humanity
SVOSH
Smith
Southern College of Optometry
Memphis
Tenn
Tilaran
Ada
Spe
Cially
Lions Club
Capacity Crowd at Ada Annexation Meeting Faces Protest
More than 70 landowners packed the Ada City Council meeting to challenge the recent annexation of land north and southeast of the city. They demanded reasons for the move, advance notice, and potential de annexation while Councilman Homer Peay adjourned the session. The report notes sewer needs, growth control aims, ambulance funding talks, a 130 acre land offer, and an approved summer water rate plan amid ongoing budget and development decisions.
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Judy Elswick
Ada City
Leonard Briley
Briley
Homer Peay
Ada Public Works Authority
Ada
Pontotoc County
S. Canadian River
City considers downtown multifamily housing in central district
Ada City Council will study an ordinance allowing review-based conversion of commercial structures to multiple housing units for seniors in the central business district. Planning consultant Bob Goins says density and open space rules may be relaxed with health and safety review, and federal funds and regulations may apply.
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Briley
Economic Development Association
Ozarks Regional Authority
Ardmore Guidance Clinic
Ada
Jerry Farnham
Bob Goins
University of Oklahoma
Bill Harding
Goins
Louise Robbins
Central Business District
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Judy Lynn
Larry Mahan
Mahan
Cowboys
By Leslie Wigington
Chers
Webeetka
Bob J. Carroll
Byng School
The
Ada Lions Club
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