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Tuesday, 09 February 2010 22:00 |
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By Amber Hanneken
Staff Writer
HUGO — The Hugo School board sanctioned a new PTO for the middle school and the high school principal reported on water leaks in Monday night’s meeting.
Middle school principal Glenn Martin was happy to report that a new Parent Teacher Organization has formed with more than 20 in attendance at the last meeting. He said he is glad to see more parent involvement at the school.
Debbie Golden, high school principal, reported problems with leaks due to Monday’s heavy rainfall. Four classrooms experienced water seeping in from the foundation and students were moved to other parts of the school as the water was pumped out.
She also announced all 120 tickets to the Feb. 23 “A Night of Theater” performance are sold out, but tickets for the Monday, Feb. 22 dinner show are still on sale. The price is $5 for children 12 and under and $8 for everyone else and includes an Italian dinner, musical entertainment and performances of scenes and monologues by the high school drama class. Dinner begins at 6:30 p.m. with the show at 7:30 p.m. To buy a ticket, call the high school at 326.9648.
Golden commended all students who recently placed in various livestock shows.
School board members enquired about Lauren Smith, the student chosen to page in Washington, D.C. this semester. Golden said she is doing well and announced three other students will be going to Washington, D.C. to page for one week.
Elementary school principal Nancy Welch said evaluations are ongoing for each grade level. She said they are making predictions based on data they are compiling about students’ learning abilities. They will be talking to students one at a time to learn where they are struggling and what is working for them. Parent/teacher conferences are Feb. 9 and 11. Read the whole story, subscribe to the online edition: http://www.hugonews.com/transitionHDN.html |
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Friday, 05 February 2010 17:50 |
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By Amber Hanneken
Staff Writer Hobnobbing with the first lady of the United States and riding in the president’s motorcade during an all-expense paid trip to Washington, D.C. is not something most Choctaw County residents will experience in their lifetime, and definitely not something Deborah Powell thought she would be experiencing when she moved here in 2004.
Powell, an employee of the Choctaw Nation Housing Authority in Hugo, was invited to the State of the Union address last week because federal stimulus funding provides for her job. The housing authority received more than $8 million in stimulus money from the president’s recovery act, and as the development specialist, Powell tracks how those funds are being spent.
She said there were two people within the authority who could have gone, but she was selected because she is a tribal member. She said the trip was an experience, from her first-ever taxi ride to shaking President Barack Obama’s hand after his speech.
“I teared up when I went to shake his hand and he started talking about Oklahoma’s weather and the ice storms,” Powell said. “It was so intense.”
Meeting the president and first lady were at the top of Powell’s list of experiences but she said her children disagreed.
“My kids, after I told them everything I did, they thought the coolest thing was that I got taken from the White House to the Capitol building in a motorcade with everybody else,” she said. “We were in two vans and as soon as we left the White House it was full lights and sirens and every street was blocked off.”
Powell’s husband, Billy Powell, also got to go on the trip with her; as well as the housing authority’s Executive Director Russell Sossamon and Bishinik editor Lisa Reed. Read the whole story, subscribe to the online edition: http://www.hugonews.com/transitionHDN.html |
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Wednesday, 03 February 2010 20:48 |
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By Amber Hanneken
Staff Writer
HUGO — Hugo city council discussed the annexation of three properties south of the city and north of the bypass that are currently outside of city limits, during Tuesday night’s meeting.
The properties include The Mustang Grill, owned by Phillip L. Sanders and Janet Lynn Sanders of Fort Towson; JKJ Real Properties, Ltd. of Paris, Texas; and Red River Investments Incorporated of Hugo. Councilors approved publishing their intent to annex and scheduled a public hearing for March 2. The property owners will be notified before that time.
Councilors approved the rezoning of property at 707 W. Jackson from commercial to residential on recommendation from the Planning and Zoning Board.
The council agreed to pay R.K. Hall Construction $56,943.92 for work completed. Read the whole story, subscribe to the online edition: http://www.hugonews.com/transitionHDN.html |
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Thursday, 04 February 2010 19:10 |
Friday, Feb. 5, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the March 2, special county and special Goodland School election, Choctaw County Election Board Secretary Darlene Rickman said.
Rickman said that persons who are United States Citizens, residents of Oklahoma, and at least 18 years old may apply to become registered voters.
Persons who have never been registered to vote before or who are not currently registered in the county of their residence and persons who are registered but who need to change their registration information may apply by filling out and mailing an Oklahoma voter registration application form in time for it to be postmarked no later than midnight Friday, Feb. 5.
Rickman said that applications postmarked after that time still will be accepted and processed, but the applications will not be approved until after March 2.
The County Election Board responds in writing to every person who submits an application for voter registration. Rickman said that any person who has submitted a voter registration application and who has not received a response within 30 days should contact the County Election Board office.
Oklahoma voter registration application forms are available at the County Election Board office located at 300 E. Duke, Hugo, and at most post offices, tag agencies and public libraries in the county. Rickman said that applications are also available on the Internet at www. elections.state.ok.us. |
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Monday, 01 February 2010 19:28 |
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By Stan Stamper
Publisher
BOSWELL — A Campbell, Texas man was taken into custody after kidnapping and assaulting his girlfriend before she fled from the vehicle they were in Sunday morning in Boswell.
According to Choctaw County Deputy Sheriff Larry Hendrix, employees at Pierce’s Grocery called for an ambulance at 10:38 Sunday morning when a handcuffed woman ran into the feed store screaming that she had been assaulted.
Store employees told authorities that the man who kidnapped her was in the process of purchasing beer, when he dropped the beer and ran from the building.
According to Officer Hendrix, the woman was taken to Choctaw Memorial Hospital and later driven by ambulance to a Hunt County (Greenville, Texas) medical facility.
After the man fled the grocery in Boswell, a regional alert was given to all area law-enforcement agencies and an alert officer at the Choctaw Casino in Grant reported the man’s vehicle had been there.
The kidnapping and assault victim told officers the man was driving her 1988 Buick LeSabre and that he had told her he was going to kill her and not return to prison. Hendrix said he had done an extensive stint in a Texas prison and had been out on parole for approximately a year. Read the whole story, subscribe to the online edition: http://www.hugonews.com/transitionHDN.html |
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