Lawton School Board OKs Radio Contract and Juvenile Work Plan
Lawton Board of Education approved a $35,412.63 contract with Purcell G & J Electronics for Sonar business band radios and gear for city buses. The board also weighing a proposal by Associate District Judge Chad Bledsoe to create a school led work program for juvenile offenders to repair damages through community service.
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Lawton Board of Education
Purcell
Bledsoe
Tulsa
Oklahoma City
Lawton Fire Department
Bish
John Elkins
Chuck Wade
Bob Roundtree
James Roberts
Commission Delays Assessor Slot Decision in Comanche County
Comanche County commissioners on Monday postponed selecting a new county assessor, citing the need to meet with the excise board as the late Stanley Sasser’s replacement is debated. Acting assessor Ron Gates and Sasser’s relatives have been interviewed as candidates. a Wednesday vote is planned.
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Stanley Sasser
Comanche County Commission
Frank White
County Excise Board
Sasser
Oscar Sanders
Ron Gates
Gates
Louise
Richard Taliaferro
Jim Taliaferro
Bill Griswold
State Highway Engineers
West
Cache Creek
Pecan Creek
State Transportation Commission
United States Department of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Service
Fletcher
Janice Mitchell
Rosa Hines
Marshal Begins Duties In Borrowing Office In Lawton
Deputy U.S. Marshal Stuart Earnest opened a Lawton office Monday behind the FBI and near the Federal Courthouse. He processed 171 legal services on his first day and will work with U.S. Magistrate Sam A Joyner to speed federal processes. Earnest notes the move cuts reliance on Oklahoma City agents and cites family connections including his wife Donna and daughter Kaye Lynn.
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U.S
Stuart Earnest
Lawton
FBI
Federal Courthouse
Earnest
Sam A. Joyner
Farnest
Oklahoma City
Roland Hardesty
Cameron University
Donna
Kaye Lynn
Stuart Jr
Doug
Earnest Named Federal Marshal for Nine County District
Earnest, a former Village police officer and Oklahoma City suburb veteran, will oversee nine counties including Greer Harmon and Jackson. He plans strict enforcement of on post traffic fines at Fort Sill and will partner with local authorities while completing a 16 week marshal academy.
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Oklahoma City
Earnest
Greer
Harmon
Jackson
Kiowa
Commanche
Tillman
Cotton
Stephens
Jefferson
Fort Sill
Matt Dillon
Veterans urged to return VA pension questionnaires now
About 1.2 million annual income questionnaires were mailed with VA pension checks. VA warned that those not returning the forms may have payments delayed or suspended and will receive a notice explaining the suspension.
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Veterans Administration
Veterans Service Organization
Altus Considers Charter Draft By Freeholders
The final draft of Altus proposed city charter was to be reviewed by the board of freeholders at 5 p.m. in a meeting and then forwarded to the mayor and Jackson County Clerk. If approved by voters, the charter would establish a council manager home rule government with five council members and no salaries.
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Bish
Sharon Montague
Montague
Mike Ray Altus
Board of Freeholders
Jackson County
Thomas Braddock
Richard Farris
Keith Williamson
George Wilburn
Winston Higgs
Ira Nell Templer
Fred Slack
David Hart
Hart
Southwestern Inks Doctors Contract for 24 Hour ER
Southwestern Clinic Hospital signs a contract with Emergency Physicians Inc to provide 24 hour a day emergency room coverage. Dr Vic Williams and Dr Ben Cooper will operate the service. the contract took effect Jan 1 and ER volume is about 375 cases per month.
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Southwestern Clinic Hospital
Lawton
Roger Wessels
Vic Williams
Ben Cooper
Emergency Physicians, Inc
Memorial Hospital
Wessells
Wessels
Gas Sales Halted After Cold Emergency in Tulsa
Oklahoma Natural Gas Co stopped its emergency gas sales to Arkla Gas Co after a cold weather emergency. The peak daily sale reached 48 million cubic feet, ending before noon Monday. Oklahoma Natural Gas also set a gas delivery record of 1.714 billion cubic feet on Thursday.
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Tulsa
Oklahoma Natural Gas Co
Arkla Gas Co
Arkla
Oklahoma Natural
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