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The Comanche County Chronicle

Easter Eggstravaganza Elgin FFA Mother’s Club YMCA Lifeguard Classes - Are You Whistle Worthy?
March Saturday, March 3 March Spring Paint Party
Orr Family Farm Thursday, March 8 at 6:00 p.m. Class Length: 35 hours

3 Easter egg hunts will be held at


11:30 a.m., 1:30 and 3:30 p.m.
for children ages 11 and under.
8 Tickets are $40 and payment
must be received to complete Age Requirement: Must be 16 years of age by last day of the session.
your reservation.
Egg hunts are free with regular Farm admission. Okla- Prerequisites: Tread water for two minutes using legs only, Swim 100 yards of front crawl,
Choose from 1 of 6 spring themed paintings. Indicate
homa City. which painting you would like reserved when email-Swim 50 yards of each: Front crawl with the head up, Sidestroke, Breaststroke, Breaststroke
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http://www.orrfamilyfarm.com dive to depth of 10-feet and swim underwater for 15-feet Sprint 60-feet, perform head
Located at Tiny Mae’s: 9201 State Highway 17, Elgin,
OK surface dive to retrieve object in 10-feet of water, tread water for 1 minute without hands,
Five Sisters - The Gathering return object to depth of 10-feet, swim remainder of pool length, exit pool and perform
March March 3, 2018, 10 a.m.- 4 p.m. The Event That Must Not Be
100 chest compressions on a mannequin.
Spinning, Knitting & Crochet March Named

3 Bring your current project and


your favorite potluck dish.
St. Paul’s United Methodist 10-11
Sunday & Sunday, March 10-
11 from 11:00 am - 4:00 pm,
and 9:00 am - 5:00 pm.
E-Learning: 8 hours of e-learning prior to classroom sessions

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Church, 910 NW 38th St, Lawton Price: $10.00 to $14.00 —
Children 3 and under get in free. If you love Harry tŚĂƚƚŽƌŝŶŐ͗EŽƚĞŬ͕WĞŶĐŝů͕^ǁŝŵƐƵŝƚ͕^ĂŶĚĂůƐ͕dŽǁĞůĂŶĚĂWŽƐŝƟǀĞƫƚƵĚĞ͊
Dr. Stephen Weber Potter…..The Event That Must Not Be Named
March Composition Concert invites you to join us at the Heritage Place March Cost: $195.00
Tuesday, March 6 from 7:30 10th and 11th. Come celebrate the magical world

6 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.


Dr. Stephen Weber, Chair of the
Division of Arts and Humanities
we all know and love! Is your scar tingling like ours
is? Walk through to seek a magical wand, plenty of
Butterscotch beer and enjoy meeting our very much
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Class Dates & Times


and Professor of Music at the University of Science and alive owls. Tickets are currently on sale, and are
Arts of Oklahoma, will perform a concert of his own limited to keep the event fun and safe for all. We ^ĞƐƐŝŽŶ/͗DĂƌĐŚϭϵͲϮϯ͕ϮϬϭϴ
compositions on March 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Music ask that you order early so we can prepare for this
Annex on the USAO campus. The performance is free celebration and plan as many wizarding task for all Daily: 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
and open to the public. ages!! Shine up those wands and come cast spells
The free concert will feature several compositions with us. We solemnly swear that we will be up to A ^ĞƐƐŝŽŶ//͗ƉƌŝůϮϳͲϮϵΘDĂLJϰͲϲ͕ϮϬϭϴ
for voice, piano, woodwinds, percussion and guitar, as Day of Magic.
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USAO videographer David Duncan, for which Weber Oklahoma City, OK
wrote the soundtracks. Sat & Sun: 9:00 a.m. -5:30 p.m.
USAO Music Annex at 1810 S. 19th St., Chickasha Historical Sites Tour
March Wichita Mountains Wildlife ^ĞƐƐŝŽŶ///͗DĂLJϯϬͲ:ƵŶĞϯ͕ϮϬϭϴ
Meet the Candidates: Drew Refuge

10-31
Daily: 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
March Edmondson Every Saturday Mar. 10-31
Tuesday, March 6, at 7:00-8:30 An Interpretive History of the

6 p.m.
As part of the Nita R. Giles Refuge Bus Tour.
Public Policy Program, candi-
Wichita Mountains Wildlife ůůƐĞƐƐŝŽŶƐŵƵƐƚďĞĂƩĞŶĚĞĚƉĞƌƐĞƐƐŝŽŶ͘
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dates are given the opportunity to give a brief presen- DĞůŝƐƐĂ>ĂŶŐůĞLJ͕ƋƵĂƟĐKƉĞƌĂƟŽŶƐŝƌĞĐƚŽƌ͕ŵůĂŶŐůĞLJΛůĂǁƚŽŶĨĂŵŝůLJLJŵĐĂ͘ŽƌŐ
tation over their politics and policies, followed by a Q Domino Tournament -
& A. The forum is free of charge and open to the pub- March Presented by FireLake ŽƉLJƌŝŐŚƚΞϮϬϭϲϮϬϭϴ>ĂǁƚŽŶ&ĂŵŝůLJzD
lic. The event will be held in the University of Science Arena Sports

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and Arts of Oklahoma Ballroom (1727 W Alabama Wednesday, March 14 from
Ave, Chickasha) Used Book Sale Junk’n with 2 Hip Chicks
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm March
Firelake Arena at 18145 March Friday & Saturday, Mar 23 at 9am, Mar 24 at
March 16 & 17 4pm, Friday, 12-7pm,Satur-

23-24
3rd Annual Women’s
March History Month Symposium
Thursday, March 8 from 6:00
Rangeline Rd
Shawnee, OK 16-17 Elgin Community
Library
day 9-4pm
We are bringing you over 100

8 - 8:00 pm $5 entry Singles and Partners vendors with amazing booths!


The Association for Women Contact FireLake Arena Sports Coordinator Darin
L. Greene at (405) 273-1637 for more information. Book lovers, children and readers of all ages Boutiques, kid boutiques, salvaged, repurposed fur-
in Science (AWIS) will be ZLOOEHWKULOOHGWR¿QGDZLGHVHOHFWLRQRIXVHG niture, chippy, upcycled, jewelry, handmade, vin-
hosting the free 3rd annual Women’s History Month books available at Elgin’s favorite local li- WDJHDQWLTXHVRQHRIDNLQG¿QGVPHWDODUWKRPH
Symposium on March 8th at the Bird Auditorium on EUDU\0DQ\GL൵HUHQWJHQUHVZLOOEHDYDLODEOH decor, good ole junk and lots more!
the OU Health Science Center campus in Oklahoma for those interested! 7KH ¿UVW  WKUX WKH GRRU ZLOO JHW D VZDJ EDJ IXOO
City. Our keynote speaker is Dr. Elaine Hamm, COO, of goodies! Door prizes every 45 minutes: $5 at the
Accele Biopharma Inc. Dr. Hamm is an OU alumna and door and 12 and under are free! Door tickets are
since receiving her Ph.D. from OU, she has gone on to good for both days! Don’t miss this one of a kind
a successful career in industry and entrepreneurship, shopping event!!!
working at biotech companies as well as funding Comanche County Fairgrounds
them. Dr. Hamm’s lecture titled, “Resolutions for 920 SW Sheridan Rd, Lawton
Revolutions: making plans for big (and small) changes,”
will be followed by a reception in the Bird Atrium.
1105 N Stonewall Ave, Oklahoma City
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Sequoyah County Times

Edmondson says he has


a plan
ROY FAULKENBERRY
EDITOR
“We need to fix education and we all want eco-
nomic development.”
That was the statement of gubernatorial candi-
date Drew Edmondson, who made a stop in Sallisaw
Wednesday on his way to visiting all 77 counties in
the state.
In his campaign literature, Edmondson said he will
“put Oklahomans first and take on the outside in-
terests and partisan politicians who, every day, are
trying to hurt our way of life.”
Edmondson is a native of Muskogee and graduated
Edmondson SEE EDMONDSON, A3

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settlement money and ensured it can their corporate donors and their cor-
EDMONDSON only be spent on public health. He
negotiated a settlement in 2001 with
porate lobbyists and do what'r right,
I'm prepared as governor to put a
FROM PAGE A1 then Southwestern Bell to establish plan before the people and let them
the Oklahoma Educational Technol- vote to secure these critical services
from Muskogee Central High School. ogy Trust. The trust has invested and put Oklahoma back on track,” he
After high school, he attended North- more than $12 million in technology said.
eastern State College on scholarship. and training into Oklahoma schools. Edmondson said certain tax incen-
He then enlisted in the United States Edmondson also established the tives need to be closed and the state
Navy, attaining the rank of Petty Of- first Victims Services Unit in the needs to reduce its dependence on
ficer Second Class and served a tour state attorney general's office and unstable income sources like the
of duty in Vietnam. worked to streamline the death pen- gross production tax and create a
After the war, Edmondson be- alty appeals process with victims in capital improvement fund. He be-
came a speech and debate teacher at mind. Edmondson sued more than a lieves the state should begin to re-
Muskogee High School. He was elect- dozen corporations in 2006 for pol- move the gross production tax from
ed to the state legislature in 1974 luting the Illinois River Watershed. general appropriations and directed
and graduated from the University He attributed that work to the poul- to a special fund for capital improve-
of Tulsa School of Law in 1978. try industry changing its practices, ments and infrastructure needs for
In 1982, he was named the chief trucking out tons of waste that was items like roads and bridges. He also
prosecutor for the Muskogee County previously applied to the land in the favored taking the gross production
District Attorney's office, and was watershed. tax back to 7 percent.
elected District Attorney that same Edmondson has devised what he Edmondson has been quoted as
year, where he ended up serving 10 calls the “Take Back Oklahoma” plan, saying, “We have to stabilize our
years. Edmondson was elected At- saying that Oklahoma needs revenue state and then begin changing the
torney General in 1994 and again in and part of the reason the state has way we operate from a fiscal stand-
1998 without opposition. He left of- a revenue shortfall is tax break. “We point. Step one is to stop digging the
fice in 2011 and has been in private need revenue,” he said. hole we're in. Step two is to make
practice of law since. He said the legislature had a chance sure we don't end up back here
While serving as Attorney Gen- to set Oklahoma back on solid finan- again.”
eral, Edmondson was one of eight cial footing to fund education, health Edmondson recently attended the
attorneys general to negotiate a care, infrastructure and services for Sequoyah County Democrat Wom-
settlement with tobacco companies. seniors, but the state has been hit en's Christmas Party and continued
He then led efforts to establish the with its fourth straight year of rev- his tour to Roland Wednesday.
Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement En- enue shortfall. “It feels good to be back in eastern
dowment Trust, which protected the “If they aren't willing to stand up to Oklahoma,” he said.

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Durant Daily Democrat

Oklahoma
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Candidate Forum
Oklahoma gubernatorial candidates
will discuss issues facing the state during a
public forum March 8 in Durant at South-
eastern Oklahoma State University. The
SE Region forum will take place from 5:30
to 7:30 p.m. in Montgomery Auditorium
(Morrison Hall).
This will be the second of seven sched-
uled Gubernatorial Issues Forums that
will be held across the state and sponsored
by The Oklahoma Academy for State
Goals. The forum is open to the public.
The following candidates are attending:
Former Attorney General and former gu-
bernatorial candidate Drew Edmondson;
Senator Connie Johnson; State Auditor
Gary Jones; Broken Arrow businessman
Rex Lawhorn; Bethany businessman and
former chair of the Oklahoma Libertarian
Party Chris Powell; Tulsa businessman
Gary Richardson; and Tulsa business-
man Kevin Stitt. Candidates Mick Cornett,
Todd Lamb, Norman Brown, Dan Fisher
and Joe Maldonado have been invited.
“The forums are geared to provide op-
portunity for citizens to hear the candi-
dates express their views and ideas on
issues that are critical to Oklahoma’s fu-
ture,’’ said David Stewart, 2018 Chairman
of The Oklahoma Academy. “The Acad-
emy has provided questions to the can-
didates prior to the forum so they can do

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nal justice, and more. b
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ma State University presi-
dent Sean Burrage will of- A
some homework and come fer a welcome and provide O
prepared.” introductory remarks. J
Historically, The Acad- “We are very pleased to R
emy has provided these work with The Oklahoma lo
forums during gubernato- Academy to hold the SE “
rial election years to en- Region Gubernatorial Is- 1
sure that citizens can hear sues Forum in Durant,’’ T
more than just sound-bite Burrage said. “It will serve p
information from candi- to provide a great deal of a
dates on critical issues fac- insight into the needs of P
ing the state. Candidates southeastern Oklahoma C
will be asked questions and allow citizens the op- o
on policy issues covering portunity to learn more
forecasts for the 2019 state about the candidates who
budget, economic growth,
education, health, crimi-
aspire to be the next leader P
of our state.’’ C

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