Yesterday, March 20
Youth Super Sports
Posted at 6:51am
By Staff Reports
GUYMON- The Texas County Family YMCA Youth Super Sports program is now offering six different sports throughout the year.
The program’s goal is to provide an opportunity for youth ages 2 to non-kindergarten 5-year-olds to participate in fun and exciting recreational activities.
Children will be taught the basic sports fundamentals along with good sportsmanship, while instilling the YMCA’s core values of caring, honesty, respect and responsibility.
Parents will be strongly encouraged to help with instruction and to participate along side their children. Learning the skills will take more than just a few meetings with this program. Consistent instruction from coaches and parents is vital to the development of our future children, athletes and leaders.
Each program will last a month each, meeting on the first Monday of every Continue reading…
by Sheila Stogsdill
Panhandle State demonstrates the value of service
Posted at 6:45am
The Student Oklahoma Education Association chapter at Oklahoma Panhandle State University was awarded a grant that will benefit the Goodwell Schools. Pictured (l-r) are Stephanie Christie, Chapter president, Jerry Mihelic, Chapter sponsor, and Freida Burgess, Superintendent of Goodwell Schools. — Courtesy Photo
By Connie ButlerGOODWELL— The Panhandle chapter of the Student Oklahoma Education Association helped secure a $1,000 grant for the Goodwell School District.
The grant is earmarked for the purchase of science equipment Continue reading…
by Sheila Stogsdill
Edmond ex-officer turns in badge for babies
Posted at 6:26am
BY JOHN A. WILLIAMS
EDMOND — Former Edmond police officer Courtney Gregg turned in her badge and gun to follow a vision.
“God had put it on my heart to do something about abortion. I didn’t know what it was at the time,” she said. “I felt like the only thing I was equipped to do was to give away stuff to women in a crisis situation. So I started giving away my own stuff.”
Gregg first worked as a jailer when she was hired by the Edmond Police Department in 2005. Six months later she was working patrol on the graveyard shift. It was during that time, she said, God began to deal with her heart.
“It was definitely not a job I thought I would walk away from.”
While she was Continue reading…
by Sheila Stogsdill
Boise State head coach to visit Sooner practice
Posted at 6:15am
Posted by Jake Trotter
Boise State football coach Chris Petersen said Thursday that he will visit Oregon and Oklahoma for professional development during BSU’s spring break, which is March 27-April 4.
The Sooners will be practicing that week.
“I’m really interested in how Oregon practices,” Petersen told the Idaho Statesman. “And I just think Bob Stoops has done such a great job at Oklahoma over the years — he’s got his formula on success. I just have a bunch of questions. And I want to watch how they practice.”
Ironically, OU was the team that solidified Boise State’s status as a power program. The Broncos famously shocked the Sooners in the 2006 Fiesta Bowl using a series of trick plays.
* Former OU asst. recruiting coordinator David White has taken a job with Continue reading…
by Sheila Stogsdill
Grain Summary
Posted at 6:05am
OKLAHOMA CITY – Here is the daily grain summary for Friday, March 19, 2010, as reported by the USDA.
U.S. No 1 HARD RED WINTER WHEAT: 3 cents lower. 3.84-4.09
Davis 3.84, Frederick, Hobart, Lawton, Temple 3.92, Miami N/A, Buffalo,
Clinton, Eldorado, Weatherford 3.97, Shattuck 4.00, Alva, Manchester 4.02,
Banner, Cherokee, El Reno, Geary, Medford, Okarche, Okeene, Watonga 4.03,
Ponca City 4.04, Hooker 4.07, Keyes, Perry, Stillwater 4.09, Gulf 5.12.
MILO: 2 to 4 cents lower. 4.35-5.55
Eldorado 4.35, Alva, Buffalo, Weatherford 5.10, Manchester 5.16,
Keyes 5.21, Medford 5.28, Ponca City 5.35, Hooker 5.41, Shattuck 5.55,
Miami N/A, Gulf 7.71 1/2.
SOYBEANS: 2 to 3 cents higher. 8.37-8.92
Shattuck 8.37, Hooker 8.58, Alva, Buffalo, Medford 8.77, Stillwater 8.89,
Ponca City 8.92, Miami N/A, Gulf 10.15.
CORN: Continue reading…
by Sheila Stogsdill
Livestock Summary
Posted at 6:04am
AMARILLO, Texas – Here is the daily livestock summary for Friday, March 19, 2010, as reported by the USDA.
Direct Trade:
In the direct slaughter cattle trade in the Five Major Marketing Areas,
Texas/Oklahoma; Kansas; Nebraska; Colorado; Iowa/Minnesota; Thus far for today,
Trade was moderate on moderate to good demand in Nebraska and Colorado with live
sale trading 3.00 to 4.00 higher and dressed sales 7.00 to 8.00 higher. Trading
in other areas including Kansas and the Western Cornbelt were slow while the
Texas Panhandle was inactive at this report deadline, there were not enough
sales in these areas to establish an accurate market trend. Steers: Live
basis; (all Grades: 6,820 head) 93.00-96.00, weighted average 95.54. Dressed
basis; (all Grades: 13,908 head) Continue reading…
by Sheila Stogsdill
Saturday’s weather
Posted at 6:03am
Today’s forecast calls for a Winter Storm Warning in effect until 7 PM. Snow accumulation up to four inches. Highs in the mid 30s and lows around 20.
Continue reading…by Sheila Stogsdill
Friday, March 19
Job Fair
Posted at 7:52am
The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission semi-annual Job Fair will today from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Coca-Cola Bricktown Event Center.
The center is located at 425 E. California Avenue in Oklahoma City.
All job seekers are encouraged to attend. Admission is free. There are no obligations.
This event is sponsored by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission – a proud partner in Workforce Oklahoma , and the International Association of Workforce Professionals.
Questions concerning the event should be directed to Larry Musselwhite at (405) 670-9100.
Continue reading…by Sheila Stogsdill
Sen. Tom Coburn vows to block any last-minute deals
Posted at 7:46am
Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Muskogee, left, and Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyo., right, are shown Thursday during a news conference on health care in Washington. AP PHOTO
By Chris Casteel
WASHINGTON — Sen. Tom Coburn warned Thursday that he would take action to stop any last-minute deals made to persuade wavering House Democrats to vote for health care legislation.
At a news conference, the Muskogee Republican said House members who vote for the bill shouldn’t expect to be confirmed to any federal position if they leave Congress. He said he would block any such nominations.
The senator said he also has instructed his staff to comb through spending bills looking for special projects in the districts of Democrats who wind up voting Continue reading…
by Sheila Stogsdill
Oklahoma medical examiners struggle, official says
Posted at 7:37am
By Nolan Clay
The state medical examiner’s office has a backlog of more than 1,100 uncompleted cases, its chief administrative officer revealed Thursday.
The backlog will continue to increase until more doctors are hired, Tom Jordan told the Board of Medicolegal Investigations, which oversees office operations.
“We have three docs in Oklahoma City that can work approximately 30 autopsies per week. We are currently taking in 50 to 60 bodies per week. So you can see that the numbers just don’t work,” he said.
The board last month fired the state’s chief medical examiner, Dr. Collie Trant. Two other positions for pathologists are open.
The medical examiner’s office is a state agency responsible for investigating sudden, violent, unexpected and suspicious deaths. Much of the work involves autopsies that are Continue reading…
by Sheila Stogsdill
