Tick boom persists as Oklahoma faces more ticks this year
An OSU extension entomologist warns Oklahoma may see higher tick populations despite a harsh winter. The American dog tick and Lone Star tick are active with reports of livestock and a confirmed Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever case in Ada. Health officials urge yard treatment, protective clothing, and early medical attention for fever or rash.
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Oklahoma
Ken Pinkston
Ada
Roff
Ada Osu
Pinkston
State Health Department
OSU
Leroy Rachels
Consumer Information and Product Safety
Armand Start
Starr
Start
Consumer Protection Service
First Train Ride Quietly Delights Oklahoma Students
Washington Elementary second graders from Ada rode the Amtrak Lone Star to Ardmore with a 45 minute journey enjoying the scenery from hay bales to the Washita River. They toured cars watched a changing of cars and returned by bus to Ada after lunch in Travertine Island Park. It was a fun and exciting debut train trip.
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Oklahoma
Washita River
Grand Canyon
Ada
Chickasaw National Recreational Area
Japanese Students To Study At ECU
East Central University hosts a Cowboy Country English study tour for 30 to 60 Japanese students from June 29 to August 29. They will take 280 hours of English, visit Dallas for a major league game, attend a rodeo and Pow Wow, canoe the Illinois River, camp and fish, and stay in ECU dormitories. The program, led by Dr. Marilyn Hylland, ties with a Tokyo branch institute and includes a full scholarship recipient from The Japan Times.
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ECU Public Services Program
East Central
Marilyn Hylland
Japan
Oklahoma
Texas
Richard Hylland
Institute
Okahoma
America
New York City
Tokyo
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Illinois River
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ECU English Language Institute
Ada
Hyllands
Japan Times
Mitsuharu Hayashi
Chiba Prefectural
ECU
New York Times
the Times
Mr. Hylland
Switzerland
South America
City Treasure Hunter Finds Coins and Prizes
H W Freck Wilhite, retired from East Central University, hunts with a metal detector in yards parks and lots. He won second place in the Fourth Annual Treasure Hunt in Victoria Texas and collected 12 silver dimes seven Buffalo nickels and three V nickels. He expects gold coins at the sixth Annual Indian Territory Treasure Hunt in Tulsa on Memorial Day and has found over 15 000 coins and seven diamond rings in eight years of searching. He returns owner found items whenever possible and sells high quality rings for their value.
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Wilhite
Victoria
Tex
Buffalo
Tulsa
Oklahoma
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Leslie Wigington
Travertine Island
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English Language Institute
H. W. ‘‘Freck” Whilhite
Australia
United States
Norma Bergsman
Valley View Hospital
Charlene Spencer
Qantas
California
East Central University
H.W. “Freck” Wilhite
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