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CHICKASHA —
County TEA Party
to sponsor SQ forum
The Grady County TEA Party will sponsor a meeting devoted to informing the public about State Question 744 at 7 p.m. Sept. 2 at the Canadian Valley Technology, 1401 Michigan, Chickasha.
State Rep. Leslie Osborn, R-Tuttle, and Oklahomans for Fair Government will present the program. SQ 744 addresses funding public schools at the regional average.
The Grady County TEA Party can be found on facebook and on the web at www.gradycountyteaparty.com. Contact Mark Keeling for more information at 314.4730.
Local CASA group
seeking volunteers
Court Appointed Special Advocates, known as CASA, is seeking participants to become certified voices for children. The organization is accepting volunteer applications through Sept. 1. By registering Sept. 1, volunteers will qualify for the final training workshop of 2010. Applications should be submitted to the local CASA office.
Local CASA volunteers will be trained in September.
CASA Voices for Children is certified by the National and the State CASA Associations and uses the National CASA curriculum for all training sessions.
The first day of the 30-hour training workshop will be Sept. 14. All people over 21 years old that have a desire to help abused and neglected children can contact CASA at 224-0404, or by emailing casav4c_ed@sbcglobal.net.
Help sought
to spay, neuter cats
Sponsors are again needed to help spay and neuter stray and feral cats in Chickasha. The Spay and Neuter Clinic in Norman will spay female cats for $30 and neuter male cats for $25. The price also includes a rabies vaccination.
If we can catch and spay or neuter the strays, they can be released back where they were captured and can live out their lives no longer contributing to the over population of stray animals.
Every cat that is spayed or neutered will have a permanent mark which will help identify them as "fixed" if they are caught again in the future.
The spay clinic will also spay or neuter your pet cats at the same price if your income is less than $35,000 annually.
The cost to spay or neuter a dog is $40.
There are now six kittens who need sponsors and 15 more were recently dumped. They are strays, but are not wild. These kittens need to be spayed or neutered and fostered until homes can be found for them.
If you would like to foster a kitten and help with this worthwhile project, please call Pam at 405-201-2193.
Bereavement Luncheons
LifeLine Hospice will be hosting a Bereavement Luncheons in the LifeLine Home Health and Hospice Conference Room at noon Sept. 24, Oct. 22, and Nov. 19. For information, please call 405-222-2051.
Leadership Chickasha
Leadership Chickasha, an educational, issues-oriented community leadership program will be taking applications in August and accepting nominations for the class scheduled to begin in October 2010. Applications will be available online or at the Chamber office in August.
Class size will be limited to 25.
Class participants will be exposed to the social and environmental complexities of the city, county and state. In addition to
learning about the opportunities, needs and resources that exist in the Chickasha area, class members will also be trained
in a variety of lifelong skills such as Negotiation and Mediation; Public Speaking; Dealing with the Media; Business Etiquette; and Stress Management.
This class will be the 12th group through the program since Leadership Chickasha graduated the first class in the 1980’s.
Many of the Leadership Chickasha alumni have taken prominent roles in state and local leadership. Parties devote one Thursday per month for seven months for the interactive seminars that encompass the following:
• Understanding city, county and state government
• Communication skills
• Public Speaking and Presentation Skills
• Dealing with Media
• Stress Management
• Business etiquette
Tuition is $300 per person and payment arrangements can be made. Call the Chickasha Chamber for more information.
Main Street History Walk
The Main Street Association will present History Walks beginning at 4 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 17.
Guided tours through a few of downtown Chickasha’s most historic buildings, including Washita Theatre, The Dixie, Petroleum Building, and the First National Bank. Ending with a reception at the Rock Island Depot.
The tour will include live music in the pocket park and a stop at the Liberty Drug Store for a coke.
Tickets will be free but required. Tickets will be available at the Chamber of Commerce, 221 Chickasha Ave. in August.
