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Sewer problem resolved; water back on
About 150 Chickasha families were without water for several hours yesterday after city authorities declared Watson’s Trailer Park a health nuisance.
According to Chickasha Building Inspector Gene Winsett, city officials stayed late at the park with the owners to locate and correct the problem.
“Water was restored about 5:30 p.m.,” said Winsett. “The problem was that something like a sheet was flushed into the system that backed up everything. Because of the massive back up in the system, it took a while to find the clog.”
Winsett said workers worked their way through the trailer park checking manholes until the clog was located on the north side of the park.
“There was a sewer blockage at the park and there was a health hazard,” Winsett explained about the water being shut off. “This is a private sewer system and it was our responsibility under the health and building codes to turn off the water to the park until the problem was fixed.”
The sewage blockage in the trailer park resulted in raw sewage pooling up on the north side of the Furniture Gallery south of the park and then running across that store’s parking lot out onto the service road which runs parallel to Highway 81 on the south end of Chickasha.
Park Managers Jennifer and Jeremy Ibsen, who took over management of the park two months ago, contacted Roto Rooter of Norman to check out the problem.
According to Roto Rooter employees, the main trunklines in the sewage system were blocked and all of the existing manholes in the area had to be opened in order to locate the blockage. However, the manholes, which are difficult to open under normal circumstances, according to the park manager, had rusted shut, making them even more difficult to open.
“We are taking care of it. The city says it is privately owned and that we’re responsible for it,” said Ibsen, remarking that the city maintained the system until about four years ago.
The Chickasha Building Inspector posted a notice on the front door of the trailer park office advising them of “Improper sewage disposal,” and “raw sewage detected on property,” declaring the problem a health nuisance that required emergency, immediate correction of the problem.
“Nobody has any water. We have someone working on it right now,” said Ibsen about two hours before the water was restored.
A park resident who preferred not to be identified said she has smelled sewage for the last couple of days, and that she was not notified that the water was about to be shut off.
“A friend called me and told me, so I filled up all the containers I could find,” she said. “Otherwise, I would have been really upset. I’m really unhappy about this. I’ve got kids I’ve got to look out for and I have tenant rights, too.”
The Watson Trailer Park is owned by Northwind Properties of California.
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Transformations
What comes to mind when you think of the word, “Transformation”?Do you have fantastic thoughts of people or things changing into something amazing for example, Clark Kent turning into Superman or Bruce Banner becoming the Incredible Hulk or possibly something a little more down to earth like a caterpillar miraculously changing into the beautiful butterfly?
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GRADY COUNTY FAIR RESULTS
Plants
Potted Plants
(Several varieties combined)
First: (Adult) Ann O'Bar
Second: (Adult) Joyce Riker
Third: (Adult) Jallane Link -
AROUND THE AREA
SEPTEMBER 2
Poetry Reading
• When: Sept. 2, 7 p.m.
• Where: Eduardo’s Mexican Restaurant, Private Room, 3127 S. 4th St., Chickasha
• Details: Featured Poet is Carol Hamilton, writer, storyteller and Poet Laureate of Oklahoma 1995-97Hamilton’s website is www.carolhamilton.org. There is no admission fee to attend the Poetry Reading, and refreshments are available for purchase. For more information, contact Rockford Johnson, 224-0160 or 317-7506. -
Duncan nips Chicks for straight-game win
Duncan got their eighth match win of the season Tuesday, beating Nancy Waters’ Lady Chicks in straight games at the Activity Center.
The Chicks looked like they had a little hangover from Monday night’s tough road loss at Tecumseh, coming out flat again and dropping their first two games by identical 25-17 scores.
They came out firing on all eight cylinders for game three, running out to a 15-9 lead on the strength of a 7-0 run with Shelby Crosley serving, but the Demons battled back to tie it late and the Chicks let it slip away, 25-21. -
STATE SPORTS BRIEFS
NORMAN (AP) — Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops has named walk-on Patrick O'Hara as the starting place-kicker for the seventh-ranked Sooners.
Stoops said on his radio show Tuesday night that O'Hara won the competition with Jimmy Stevens, freshman Michael Hunnicutt and redshirt freshman Bryce Easley. -
OSU's Gundy still learning on job
STILLWATER (AP) — Mike Gundy hasn't lost his love for dialing up the right play to keep Oklahoma State's offense purring along.
That passion, which he has called the most enjoyable part of his job as head coach, was bred into him as an offensive coordinator. And he is a former starting quarterback for the Cowboys. -
Whimsical metal work, jewelry part of big art show at USAO
A showing of whimsical metal work and jewelry is scheduled to be on display at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma during Helen’s Show Sept. 10-Oct 1.
The show will feature the work of USAO graduate Helen Shafer. The exhibition will be open daily during normal business hours in the Davis Hall Third Floor Art Gallery on the USAO campus. The show is free and open to the public. An opening reception is scheduled Sept. 10 at 6 p.m. in the gallery. -
High-speed chase lands 1 in jail
A high-speed motorcycle chase down Highway 81 last Wednesday landed a Ninnekah man in jail and a felony charge of eluding a police officer.
Court records show that James William Hutchins, 21, blew by Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Timothy Parrish at U.S. Highway 81 and County Road 1460 and was clocked going 144 miles per hour in a posted 70 miles per hour zone.
Parrish reported that he was sitting stationary at that location at about 3:45 p.m. on Aug. 25 when he observed a red motorcycle traveling southbound. He engaged his emergency lights and siren and pulled onto the roadway behind the Triumph motorcycle. -
5 inmates denied parole
Parole was recently denied for five Grady County inmates serving sentences with the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
The following individuals were denied at the August Pardon and Parole Board meeting:
• Jeremiah Daniel Cline, who is serving a five-year sentence for distribution of a controlled dangerous substance and a five-year sentence for possession of a controlled dangerous substance, began his sentence in August 2008.
• Warren P. Diego, who is serving a 15-year sentence (10 years PTS) for lewd molestation, began his sentence in February 2009. -
Judge recuses herself from pharmacy case
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A state district judge has stepped aside from the first-degree murder trial of a pharmacist accused in the fatal shooting of an unconscious would-be robber.
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