Placers

Youth wrestlers compete at U.S. Junior Meet.

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AWaRD

Chandler pom squad named academic champs.

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Sports

Index

Lion wrestlers host Cushing in dual competition.

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Opinion........................2 Sports..........................1B Obituaries.....................4 Classieds....................6B Public Records...............5 Legal Notices.................2

SERVING LINCOLN COUNTY SINCE 1891

Vol. 123, No. 1 50 cents Thursday, January 16, 2014 18 Pages Two Sections Supplements

Learning Through Electronics

Governors executive order, propane supply aect county businesses

Order has had little affect on dealers; has had a huge impact on transport services
By Liz Golliver Sta Writer
On Jan. 7 Governor Mary Fallin issued an executive order declaring a State of Emergency to deal with the depleted supply of propane available in Oklahoma. In a variety of ways Fallins executive order affects propane dealers and suppliers across Lincoln County. The order waives licensing requirements for eligible outof-state propane transporters so they can bring fuel into Oklahoma because of a temporary shortage of fuel throughout the state. The order allows truck drivers to exceed the number of hours and consecutive days they can transport propane in Oklahoma. Extreme winter conditions in Oklahoma along with multiple winter storms that brought significant amounts of snow, ice and freezing rain across the state has caused a spike in demand for the delivery of

see PROPANE, page 7

Mrs. Shupes pre-K class at East Side Elementary engages in learning how to spell using iPads on Monday. The iPads were purchased through a $65,000 Oklahoma Educational Technology Trust grant, which allowed the school to purchase 80 iPads. Representatives from the trust arrived at the school on Monday to see the technology in action. The representatives visited many classrooms as students used the iPads to engage in a variety of reading, writing and vocabulary lessons.

LCN Photo by Liz Golliver

East Side Elementary receives $65,000 technology grant from OETT

Grant provides 80 iPads for student use
By Liz Golliver Sta Writer
Representatives from the Oklahoma Educational Technology Trust visited East Side Elementary on Monday to see a grant in action as students engaged in learning with the use of iPads purchased through an OETT grant. The $65,000 grant provides technology and professional development to East Side Elementary students and teachers. The grant includes $40,000 in technology and $25,000 in professional development. The OETT grant provided 80 iPads for students to use in small groups and whole classroom settings to inspire more authentic, self-directed learning in students. East Side Elementary Principal Lisa Hart said that the grant provides a tool for the kids and puts the iPads in the students hands. She added that with the iPads the students can go on a virtual field trip, explore different learning apps and find answers to their questions. One of goals is to teach our students to use the iPad as a tool for learning,

All county re departments activated to battle multiple county wildres

Wind gusts over 40 miles per hour combined with a Sta Writer small spark, became a formula for disaster all over Lincoln County last Sunday when at least six fires broke out. All of Lincoln Countys 17 fire departments were called upon and some firemen worked over 12 hours to extinguish large and small blazes. The flames posed a threat to several residences in the southwest corner of the county and one mobile home was lost when a fire began one quarter mile south the of the structure at CR 1020 and SH 102. Fire damage was maintained at a minimum, according to Lincoln County Emergency Management Joey Wakefield. The southwest fire was the biggest of the county, Wakefield expressed. A lot of homes could have easily been lost. The fire was cantankerous and consuming brush and cedars. Southwest Fire Chief Warren Wells, who was affected from see FIRES, page 8

By Robbie McCommas

see GRANT, page 8

Chili Champs

Sunday Fire

Stroud and Chandler firemen were honored for their culinary talent last Saturday after cooking up pots of mouth-watering chili. Both departments won bragging rights and a trophy for display. Aimed to raise money for Chandlers Fire Department, the Chili Cook-Off proved to be a success with 200 in attendance and $2,400 raised. Several businesses donated items for a silent auction. Stroud was the spicy winner and the Chandler Department was the mild winner. From left are Chandler Firemen Jonathan Navarro and Sam Navarro, Stroud Fireman Chris Wilson and Chandler Fireman Houston Knight. Stroud fireman Ron Gilman, who cooked with Wilson, is not pictured.

LCN photo by Robbie McCommas

Southwest firefighters combat a blaze that consumed nearly 200 acres and this mobile home before being extinguished Jan. 12. Forty mile per hour wind gusts and 22 percent humidity proved a formula for fire hazards that day. This fire at CR 1020 and SH 102 proved to be the biggest in the county, Lincoln County Emergency Management Director Joey Wakefield stated. Southwest Fire Chief Warren Wells said the mobile home was an old, unoccupied structure. Though multiple other homes were in jeopardy, fire departments from Jacktown, Carney, Fallis and Harrah assisted and no other structures were lost. Southwest responded to two other fires that day and worked over 12 hours battling blazes. The Southwest Auxiliary and the Red Cross stood by to give firemen aid throughout the day, according to SW Assistant Fire Chief David Sartin. A re-kindle on Tuesday morning sent firefighters back to the same area.

Photo submitted by SW Womens Auxiliary member Karen Sartin

Chandler, Okla. The home of Buddy & Shirley Randle