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Cool announces for Verden trustee
My name is Mike Cool and I am running for the Town of Verden Trustee position that is to be filled in the April 7 general election.
I was born in Plattsburg, New York on Sept. 10, 1959. My father was a Gunnery Sgt. for the U.S. Marine Corps. In 1963, he was transferred to the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego as a Drill Instructor. His 20-year enlistment was completed in 1966. My Mom worked as a waitress. I am the youngest of four children, with two brothers and a sister.
I graduated from El Capitan High School in San Diego in 1978. Upon graduation, I enrolled in a shipfitting course at the San Diego Community College. After completing the 15-week course, however, I was offered a job as a welder at a fence company. A year-and-a-half later, Dad and I took what I had learned from both school and work to start our own company, “Cool's Corrals and Horses,” manufacturing horse feeders, portable stalls, shelters, livestock panels, arenas, and portable corrals.
In 1997, after working for 17 years, some friends in Verden told me about the quiet environment and calm pace Verden has to offer, so I moved to Verden on July 5, 1998. Over the past 11 years, I have been involved with the Verden Centennial Celebration Board, the Verden Centennial History Book Committee, and the Verden Senior Citizens Meals on Wheels.
I have taken several courses at the Canadian Valley Technology Center, including welding, introduction to computers, autocad and basic photography. I was formerly employed with Hart Manufacturing in Chickasha.
Over the years, I have attended many town council meetings and I have seen that community attendance is very low if nonexistent. I believe that for a governing board to be effective in its actions and concerns, it is important that it realize there are people out there for whom it is making decisions, decisions that affect their way of life in some respect.
Public participation with positive input can make a notable impact on the decision of the five individuals who oversee the decision process. Policy, procedure, and practice, in my opinion, are necessities for any governing board to function properly.
With the initiative, cooperation, communication and goals set within the council, we the community as a whole stand a higher percentage of fulfillment of our needs.
As a candidate for this position, it would be unfair for me to make a statement now as to what I plan to do if elected should it involve a financial matter. With the situation the economy is in at present, I cannot allow this. However, I will, to the best of my ability, do what I can to be active within the governing structure and the general public to work with what we have.
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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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Transformations
