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Friday, 19 February 2010 19:57 |
By Amber Hanneken
Staff Writer
HUGO — Smiles abounded Thursday evening as Hugo and Grant FFA and 4-H youth received their prizes for placing in the Hugo Junior Livestock Show.
Chili and stew supper were served and a labor auction was conducted to help raise funds for the Choctaw County Junior Livestock Show, which will be March 3, 4 and 5.
The auction was conducted by Boswell resident Robbie Chandler. Students were auctioned off for eight hours of labor. Winning bidders have to provide them with lunch the day they work. Pies and other desserts were also sold.
“It’s good for them to get out and work and be seen in the community,” volunteer Pam Waugh said.
One of the highest winning bids of the night was $310 by Perry Thompson for Sarah Thompson.
Superintendent Tony Daugherty, High School Principal Debbie Golden and other Hugo administrators also put down money for the cause.
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Tuesday, 16 February 2010 23:36 |
HUGO — Lt. Steve Babcock of the Hugo Police Department said a rash of auto burglaries over the last few months have few leads.
He warns people not to store items of value in their vehicle, especially purses, when they are away. Babcock said the majority of the burglaries have involved women’s purses, which are often left in plain view, stashed under a seat or hastily covered up.
“The burglars are still able to see the purses or a portion thereof and within 10 seconds have shattered the window and taken the purse,” he said.
They then take the stolen bag to a safer area where they remove the cash and valuables and dispose of the purse.
Police report several of these crimes have occured at churches and other public venues.
“Women need to remove their purses all together and if that’s not possible, place the purse into the trunk,” Babcock said. “These crimes can be averted by these two simple precautions.” |
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Thursday, 11 February 2010 20:17 |
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HUGO — Three dozen white vans parked along East Jackson Street in Hugo have been a subject of curiosity for passing motorists for several weeks now. But it’s not a new car lot.
The vans are part of Little Dixie Transit’s effort to modernize its fleet of vehicles. Using $1.4 million in American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) “stimulus” funds, Little Dixie purchased 34 Dodge Caravan/Braun conversion mini-vans and four 24-foot, 15-passenger center-aisle buses.
“All of these units will replace 38 vehicles currently in the fleet,” said Transit Director Jeannie McMillin. “The units being replaced have mileages in excess of 150,000 which is the useful life of a vehicle utilized in public transit.”
Little Dixie Transit received $1,467,587 in ARRA funds. The vans and buses are being prepared for use throughout Little Dixie’s service area, and will soon be seen providing passenger service in six communities in Choctaw, McCurtain and Pushmataha counties. Read the whole story, subscribe to the online edition: http://www.hugonews.com/transitionHDN.html |
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Friday, 12 February 2010 18:34 |
BOSWELL — An annual school runoff election will be held for the Board of Education Office No. I-1 in Boswell School District on Tuesday, April 6.
State law requires the runoff election if no candidate in the regular annual school election receives more than 50% of the total votes cast.
Darlene Rickman, secretary of the Choctaw County Election Board, said that Board of Education candidates John Kerr and Robbie Chandler received the highest number of votes in the Feb. 9 election and therefore will meet in the runoff election on April 6.
Kerr received 117 votes in the Annual School Election, while Chandler received 82 votes. A total 308 votes were cast in the election.
Voters who are registered and reside at an address within the geographical boundaries of the Boswell School District are eligible to vote in the second election.
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Wednesday, 10 February 2010 20:09 |
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By Amber Hanneken
Staff Writer
The unofficial results are in for county school board elections.
Fort Towson was a close race with Tim Carter winning by just 15 votes.
In Boswell’s four-way race, John Kerr took the most votes while incumbent Ron Pickard had the least.
Incumbent Chris Scott received the winning vote in Grant’s school board election.
In other districts, candidates ran unopposed. Shawn Scott will remain on Soper’s board and Brad Greer will remain on Hugo’s board. Carolyn Hill will be on Goodland’s board. In Swink, Albert L. Swink and John W. Davis will be members of the school board.
Results are listed as unofficial until Friday, Feb. 12, by which time provisional ballots should be counted. Find out how many votes each candidate received, subscribe to the online edition: http://www.hugonews.com/transitionHDN.html |
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