Good Morning from KTJS NEWS Kiowa County Commissioners met Monday morning. Commissioner Tim Binghom reported crews are hauling a quantity of rock from a closing oil well operation. The rock has been donated by the company to the county. He also said work crews will be attending mine safety training later this week. The county road rock quarry operations are considered mines and the training is required by the Mine Safety Administration. Commissioner Tom Anderson said his crews are blading roads and hauling sand. A contractor is starting work now on the road project west of Mountain Park. Commissioner Stan Funkhouser aid crews are preparing for the demolition of the old Eugne Field School building in Hobart. Commissioners approved the annual city and county agreement with Gotebo . Commissioners approved Intergovernmental Agreement between Kiowa County Emergency Management and Town of Gotebo Fire Department for Gotebo Fire Department to purchase a 2002 Avalanche for $3,500. They approved declaring a list of vehicles and equipment as surplus to be sold at the March Circuit Engineering District auction in March. Commissioners acknowledged receive of a federal/state 50-50 planning grant of $20,000 for the Kiowa County office of Emergency Management. Voters in Kiowa County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the February Annual School Election should apply now, County Election Board Secretary Morris said today. Although the County Election Board can accept applications for absentee ballots until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, February 4, Morris urged voters who want to vote by absentee ballot to apply early. Absentee ballot application forms are available at the County Election Board office located at 215 North Lincoln, Hobart. “At least two mail transactions must be made,”Morris said. “The County Election Board must mail the ballots to the voter and the voter must return the voted ballots by mail.” Ballots must be in the hands of the County Election Board by 7 p.m. on election day in order to be counted. The Oklahoma Arts Institute is currently accepting online applications and scheduling auditions for OSAI. Held June 13 – 28, OSAI is taught by nationally renowned artists and offers instruction in acting, chorus, creative writing, ballet, drawing & painting, film & video, modern dance, orchestra, and photography. Every accepted student automatically receives a full scholarship to the program, worth over $2,500. Auditions occur January through early March at locations across the state. To attend OSAI, applicants must be enrolled in an Oklahoma public school, private school, or home-school program and must be at least 15 years old by Sept. 1, 2015. Graduating seniors are eligible. For more information about OSAI, including audition requirements and audition scheduling, visit oaiquartz.org. The Hobart Friends of the Library are sponsoring a “Let’s Talk About It” program at Hobart Public Library. The next program is this Sunday February 1st at 2:00 pm in the Slaner Room of the library. The program is titled “Much Depends on Dinner”. The series of five novels describe what we eat can be a source of joy and delight, and of creative expression, as well as reason for anguish, worry, dread and even fear. This Sunday’s book,The Tummy Trilogy by Calvin Trillin, celebrates the everyday cooking of regions and ethnicities, and most especially, the people who keep these traditional foods alive. His writing is anything but cranky, however, and his stories of the people he meets and the foods he seeks out are witty and entertaining. The scholar for this novel is Dr. Jerry Nye of Southwestern University. Date of presentation is Sunday, February 1st, 2015 at 2:00 pm. The graduation ceremony for the Southwest Technology Center school of Nursing is this Thursday, Jan. 29 at 7 p.m. in the Frances Herron Seminar Centerin Altus. Upon completing the strenuous 12 month program, there are 16 candidates for graduation in the 2014-2015 class. Candidates for graduation are Krista Alcorta, Tanya Cardenas, Melissa Delgado, Jessica Dickman, Chealsey Faria, Hazel Vargas-Francisco, Brookelyn Hasty, Jordan Kendrix, TaKara Maddex, Sierra Marshall, Shalonda Mitchell-Keeve, Alisha Sisk, Caitlyn Southall, Erica Tocknell, Rainey VanCleave and Shalimar Palomo-Williams. The 2014-2015 Licensed Practical Nursing class would like to give a special thanks to Ayers Nursing Home, Jackson County Memorial Hospital, Jackson County Health Department, English Village Manor Nursing Home, JCMH Medical Clinic of Mangum, and preceptors for their support in the clinical portion of the graduates training. Here’s a chance to get very “techy” for free. Western Oklahoma College Library’s, Learning Resource Center, will unveil its newly organized “Makers Space” Technology Seminar next week. An orientation led by Steve Prater, Western’s Director of Information Technology will be held Today, January 27 at 2 p.m. and again at 7 p.m. in the LRC. The space offers in-house use of several high-tech tools and resources that highlight Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) technologies and entice the creator/tinkerer. The tools include, a quad copter, robot kit and several electronic components for exploration. The MakerBot 3-D printer is also available for use. Scrapbook creators can get crafty with Crikut and Cuttlebug. Dedicated computers in the LRC also offer exploration of 3-D interaction tools, Leap Motion Controller and Oculus Rift. The online learning database, Lynda enables pa¬trons to choose from thousands of software tutorials and other learning resources. The seminar is free and the campus and community are welcome to attend. For more information contact Suzanne Rooker. LRC Director at 477-7944 or at [email protected]. The Kiowa County 4-H Speech Contest will be this Wednesday at 4:30 at the County Exhibit Building. Following the contest we will have a leadership training for all 4-hers. Two State Officers- Katie Symes and Hayley Pryor who will be conducting the leadership training. Spread the word so that we will have a good attendance. Extension Education says “we want all ages attending the leadership training including teens. All parents and volunteers are also invited to attend. If you have any questions contact the office at 726-5643. –Brenda Medlock, Kiowa County 4-H Extension Educator. Oklahoma Blood Institute Area Blood Drives Wednesday Jan 28 Granite High School 2pm till 6pm. Wednesday Jan 28 Binger Oney Highschool 9am till 2pm. The 57th annual Snyder First United Methodist Men’s Ground Hog supper will be held Saturday, January 31st at the church from 4:30 till 7:30pm. Tickets are on sale by any of the Methodist men. Hobart American Legion Post 117 will hold a breakfast Sunday February 1st from 7am till 10am at the post at 117 West 4th. $6 for those ages 10 and older, $3 for children under age 10. Everyone is invited to come enjoy the food, fellowship, and help our veterans and community. –Darrell McCurdy. The First Christian Church on Park Road in Hobart will host Life Line Health Screenings Tuesday February 3rd. Life Line can conduct screening for stroke, heart rhythm, abdominal aortic aneurysm, peripheral arterial disease and osteoporosis risk assessment. Special package discount rates are available. Lifeline will also make a donation to the church with screening packages for those who pre register. Call 1 800 324 9458. HOBART SCHOOL ACTIVITIES Last night in high school basketball the Hobart girls defeated Granite 40 to 28 and the Hobart boys defeated Granite 61 to 54. Tonight Hobart plays Apache in Hobart at 6:30pm. Hear the game live on KTJS 1420AM. HOBART SCHOOL LUNCH MENUS Elementary: Nachos, pinto beans, apple half, milk HSMS: BBQ Chicken, green beans, mandarin orange, salad, milk SENIOR CITIZENS CENTER LUNCH MENUS FOR TODAY Tuesday January 27 Hobart: Chicken Alfredo, Vegetable blend, salad, garlic bread, cake. Cordell: Meat loaf, scalloped potatoes, peas, carrots, rolls, cake. Rocky: Chicken and noodles, sweet potatoes, broccoli, oatmeal muffin, apple crisp Roosevelt: Hamburger steak, mashed potatoes with gravy, green beans, rolls. Mangum and Granite: Meatlover’s Pizza, Fruit Salad, Vegetable Pasta Salad, Chocolate Mousse. Sentinel: Spaghetti with meat sauce, buttered corn, bread stix, fruit jello. FUNERAL SERVICES Floyd Vance, 79, of Clinton died January 22nd at the Clinton Veterans Center. He was a U.S. Marine Veteran and served from 1953 to 1957.Services for Floyd Vance will be 10am Tuesday at the Clinton Cemetery directed by Stanley Lee Funeral Home of Clinton Mary Glover Chalfant, 96 died Sunday at her home in Cheyenne. She and her late husband James Warren Chalfant had ranched north of Cheyenne for many years. She is survived by a daughter Gay Chalfant of Texas and a son Jay of Cheyenne. Services for Mary Chalfant will be 11am Wednesday at the Cheyenne United Methodist Church, burial at Cheyenne Cemeter directed by Rose Chapel Funeral Chapel. Donald R. “Buck” Boyd, 77, of Erick, originally from Carnegie died Saturday at his home. He had worked in pipeline construction and was a farmer, rancher and rodeo cowboy competing in calf roping, bull dogging, bronc and bull riding. He also built and raced stock cars. He is survived by his wife, Lavonne of the home and grandchildren. Services for Donald R. “Buck” Boyd will be Tuesday afternoon at 2pm at the Erick Church of Christ, burial at Erick Cemetery directed by Fatheree-Albert Funeral Home. Frankie Lou Rambo, 61, of Blair died Sunday after a long illness. She was raised northwest of Warren and graduated from Blair High School. She had several jobs including working at Wal Mart and later as a delivery truck driver, then became an over the road truck driver. She is survived by a daughter Misty Rambo serving in the military in Japan and a step daughter Liz Rambo of Oklahoma city. Services for Frankie Lou Rambo will be 3pm Friday at Lowell Tims Funeral Chapel in Altus. The family will meet friends Thursday from 6 till 7pm at the Blair Community Center. Ruby Fern Johnson , 96, died January 18th in Nashville. She was born on July 21, 1918, in Carter, Ruby Fern graduated from Granite High School in 1936 She graduated from Southwestern State Teachers College in Weatherford, Oklahoma, with a degree in business, and taught school in Roosevelt and other locations. She was the wife of the late Dewey Johnson. Services for Ruby Johnson will be 1pm Saturday January 31st at Ray and Martha’s Chapel in Hobart, burial to follow at the Roosevelt Cemetery HOBART WEATHER 45 DEGREES IN HOBART, CLEAR, NW WIND AT 9MPH TODAY. SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING SOUTH AROUND 10 MPH IN THE AFTERNOON. TONIGHT. CLEAR. LOWS IN THE LOWER 40S. SOUTH WINDS AROUND 10 MPH. WEDNESDAY. MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 70S. SOUTHWEST WINDS 10 TO 20 MPH. WEDNESDAY NIGHT. MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS AROUND 40. NORTH WINDS 10 TO 15 MPH. THURSDAY. MOSTLY SUNNY. COOLER. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 50S. NORTH WINDS 15 TO 20 MPH. THURSDAY NIGHT. PARTLY CLOUDY. LOWS IN THE MID 30S. FRIDAY. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS IN THE UPPER 40S. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT. FRIDAY NIGHT. CLOUDY WITH RAIN LIKELY. LOWS IN THE LOWER 30S. CHANCE OF RAIN 60 PERCENT. SATURDAY. CLOUDY WITH RAIN LIKELY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. CHANCE OF RAIN 70 PERCENT. SATURDAY NIGHT. MOSTLY CLOUDY WITH A CHANCE OF RAIN AND SNOW. LOWS IN THE UPPER 20S. CHANCE OF PRECIPITATION 30 PERCENT. SUNDAY. PARTLY CLOUDY WITH A SLIGHT CHANCE OF RAIN. HIGHS IN THE LOWER 40S. CHANCE OF RAIN 20 PERCENT. SUNDAY NIGHT. MOSTLY CLEAR. LOWS IN THE MID 20S. MONDAY. MOSTLY SUNNY. HIGHS IN THE MID 40S. STATE NEWS The University of Central Oklahoma will observe Black History Month with more than a dozen special events. Black History Month will be observed in February to honor the accomplishments and history of African-Americans and to examine the issues now facing the community. The Oklahoma City University Film Institutes series continues next month with Asghar Farhadis The Past. Farhadi is the director of the Oscar winner A Separation. With the Feb. 8 screening of The Past, Farhadi presents another highly regarded Iranian film from the country that was most requested on film series evaluation forms. OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahomas newly elected Superintendent of Public Instruction is unveiling a new five-year plan to give Oklahoma teachers a $5,000 pay raise. Republican Joy Hofmeister says increased teacher pay is critically important in addressing a significant teacher shortage in Oklahoma. The plan would increase teacher pay by $5,000 and add five days of instruction to the school year over the next five years. A starting teacher in Oklahoma makes $31,600. The average salary is about $44,000. OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The executive director of the Oklahoma Democratic Party has stepped down from the post hed held for more than three years. Party officials say Trav Robertson has taken a leave of absence to explore another opportunity. The partys Central Committee voted unanimously to promote David Scott of Ada to the position of interim executive director. RECENT WANT ADS ON KTJS January 26 For Sale: a nearly new Frigidaire dish washer a $400 value for $150. Leland Corrocorran 726 3491. For Sale: a 2001 PT-Cruiser car. Firm price $2500. 680 530 2987, January 22 Want to buy: a white female Jack Russell Terrier puppy. 580 515 0434 in Cheyenne, but the buyer frequently comes to Hobart. Lost: a pink under armour hoodie at the park across from the library Monday afternoon. If someone would please return it, they can contact me at 580-682-0701. Kathy Lowe. January 20 For Sale: A washer and dryer and several one third horsepower electric motors $30 each. 580 660 5102. Hobart. For Sale: two ten inch “Fusion” car stereo speakers with amplifier $180. 580 243 3414, Hobart. January 19, Want to buy: a baby calf. 580 515 6300. Hobart. To give away: A beautiful ten month old Great Pyrenees female dog. Vaccinated. 682 1769. January 14 Quilts for Sale 580-302-1614, Hobart Want to buy: a complete full or queen size bed with frame, headboard, and mattress. 726 2235 or 530 0765. January 12, 2015 For Sale: A Tappan 4 burner electric stove with self cleaning oven $100; A Frigidaire side by side refrigerator with ice maker $250; an above-range microwave $60. Jesse Griffith (580) 726-2491 Want to buy: some barnyard bantam chicks and game hens; and For Sale: some exercise equipment 580 706 1123. January 9, 2015 Want to buy: a refrigerator with freezer on the top. 580 450 2251, Hobart. Junk Removal: Hobart man will haul off old non working appliances and other unwanted metal junk. 726 2892. For Sale: a set of 16 inch aluminum wheels. 706 1461, Willow. For Sale: 96 Nissan pickup with air conditioning. 170 thousand miles on it. $2,250. 580 660 0876. January 8, 2015 Work Wanted: Hobart family man is looking for odd job work. Yard cleanup, small repairs, cleaning. Eager for work and good references. Neal at 580 339 4589. Lost Dog: Still missing since about Dec 23, a dog named “Pugs”. Has short legs and a long body. Missing from 313 N. Main in Hobart . 726 5594 or 331 9277. January 7, 2016 House Cleaning Service: Three spots available. Vicki Fantinel, Hobart 580 682 1339. January 6, 2015 For Sale: A Sony 60 inch high definition tv. 515 0873, Hobart. To Give Away: two Chihuahua mix puppies. And a black kitten, litter trained, loves people and good with kids. 918 404 9113 or 580 715 1360, Hobart. January 5, 2015 Found: two puppies 4 to 5 weeks old. One is black and the other brown. They were in the middle of west 2nd street in Hobart Sunday. 580 530 0692. January 1, 2015 For Sale: a 35 foot breakover antenna; round bales of wheat hay at $85 a ton or $50 a bale. Northwest of Lone Wolf. 550 5203. December 31 For Sale: 30 round bales of wheat hay. 580 550 0105, For Sale: Two blue healer puppies. There is one male and one female, vaccinated and wormed. 580 729 1817, Elk City. For Sale: A conventional type Toshiba 55 inch screen. 682 0794, Hobart. For Sale: Two utility trailers. One is almost new $400 each; also some 16 and 17 inch tires. 660 0876. Oklahoma Arts Institute at Quartz Mountain oaiquartz.org .. Like · · Share Paul Shields
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