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New York Life Insurance Co.
10 W. Main Ardmore, Ok 73401
Phone 226-5368
75 1 20t h YEAR NO. 254 TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2014 ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA
SI NCE
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14 PAGES
NEWS,
PAGE 3
Classied 12
Comics 8
Digest 4
Lifestyles 7
Obituaries 2
Sports 9
Weather 2
INDEX
This and more youll
nd in upcoming edi-
tions of The Ardmo-
reite.
n Economic
Development: Third
installation in series
examining the Ard-
more Airpark funding
and right of way is-
sues.
n Video: Davis High
School girls softball
team is tournament
champion
n Photo gallery:
First National Bank
125th birthday cel-
ebration
n Movie Review:
Expendables 3 is ac-
tion-packed fun
n Kitchen call: 21
things to know about
garlic
UCSO GETS
GREEN LIGHT
ON ZONING
PERMIT
DIGEST, PAGE 4 MARKETS, PAGE 6
ITS JUST ANOTHER DAY AT
WORK FOR 101-YEAR-OLD MAN
UNEMPLOYMENT RISES IN
MOST US STATES IN JULY
SPORTS,
PAGE 9
LADY HORNS
ROLL LATE
AGAINST
MADILL
COMING IN PRINT
ONLY ONLINE
SOONERS SUSPEND
MIXON FOR THE
SEASON
SPORTS, PAGE 11
INSIDE
C
M
Y
K
LAKE MURRAY
SEE TECHNOLOGY, PAGE 5
New lodge construction to begin
Fallin gives credit on
multi-million dollar
project to Simpson,
Ownbey and Hardin
By Michael Pineda
michael.pineda@ardmoreite.com
State offcials were on hand at
the Lake Murray Lodge Monday
to offcially kick-off a multi-mil-
lion dollar project which will
enhance the park and drive tour-
ism.
Following remarks, Gov. Mary
Fallin, along with state tourism
offcials and local legislators Sen.
Frank Simpson (R-Ardmore) and
Reps. Pat Ownbey (R-Ardmore)
and Tommy Hardin (R-Madill),
broke ground on the new lodge.
The lodge, which will cost $15
million, is expected to take 18 to
24 months to complete.
We are glad to see our work
starting to bear fruit, Simpson
said. We worked hard on legis-
lation and it was rewarding and
exciting to see the beginning of
this project. We knew it would
be a tremendous economic ben-
eft to Carter, Love and Marshall
counties and southern Oklahoma.
Rep. Ownbey, Rep. Hardin and I
are proud to be part of this.
Legislation for the lodge was
approved during the 2012 legisla-
tive session.
Fallin, who served as chairman
for the tourism commission for
12 years as Lt. Governor, credited
Simpson, Ownbey and Hardin
for their work in providing
Michael
Finnegan
SPRINGER SCHOOLS
INVESTIGATION
Ardmore
man arrested
in drug raid
By Marsha Miller
marsha.miller@ardmoreite.com
A 26-year-old Ardmore man arrested
during a drug raid on his northwest side
residence Thursday appeared in district
court Monday on charges of traffcking
methamphetamine and possession of a
frearm in the commission of a felony.
Michael D. Finnegan
appeared before Spe-
cial District Judge
Thomas Bal dwi n.
A $50,000 bond was set
on the charges and a pre-
liminary conference set
for 9 a.m. Sept. 23.
Finnegan became the
primary target of an in-
vestigation conducted by
the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and
offcers assigned to the narcotics divisions
of the Ardmore Police Department and
Carter County Sheriff s Department.
OBN Agent in charge Bryant Knox de-
scribed the investigation as very short.
We got the information and started the
investigation which took just a few days
before we obtained the search warrant,
he said.
The search warrant was served mid-
afternoon Thursday at a residence in
the 400 block of E Street NW, which
Finnegan has reportedly occupied for
less than a year. We found two ounces
of methamphetamine, two frearms and
ARDMORE DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY
Carter assumes permanent role as CEO
By Michael Pineda
michael.pineda@ardmoreite.
com
For the frst time in a
year and a half, the Ard-
more Development Au-
thority has leadership
installed in a permanent
position.
Following an executive
session, the ADA Board
of Trustees removed the
interim title from Brian
C a r t e r
d u r i n g
the orga-
nizations
mont hl y
mee t i ng
Monday.
A motion
was made
to remove
the interim off the chief
executive and president ti-
tle and that the chairman
appoint a commission
to work out terms of an
employment agreement
and job description. The
commission will be com-
prised of chairman Gary
Farabough, Mike Cawley
and Ron Crosby.
Mr. Carter has done a
very good job, Farabough
said. He is loyal to the
ADA. This was a situation
where there was unani-
mous consideration and a
vote. Everyone thinks he is
the right
man at
the right
time for
this job.
F a r -
a b o u g h
c i t e d
Car t er s
p r o f e s -
sionalism as an attribute,
as well as his youth, in
being able to work in the
sector of economic devel-
opment.
We feel he is a great ft
for our organization, Far-
abough said. We feel, as
a board, it is time to take
the interim title off.
Carter was named the
interim president & CEO
during a special board
meeting in February 2013
following the retirement
of Wes Stucky. The title
was once again voted and
By Laura Eastes
laurea.eastes@ardmoreite.com
Students at Springer high
and junior high school will
have a new tool at their dis-
posal for the 2014-15 school
year.
In the coming weeks, the
district will distribute 92
Google Chromebook devices
to students, marking the start
of a one-to-one learning envi-
ronment at the districts sec-
ondary education school.
Superintendent Cynthia
Hunter says technology is an
integral part of a students
education and the new tech-
nology, which is similar to a
laptop, will better prepare
students for a technology-
driven world.
It is a whole new way of in-
tegrating technology, Hunter
said. Students will actually
get to take their Chrome-
book home for homework.
They will interact with their
Chromebook in every class.
There is a system in place that
allows the student to interact
Technology grant
SEE ADA, PAGE 5
SEE RAID, PAGE 5
Gary
Farabough
Brian
Carter
Left: Gov. Mary Fallin highlights
the attributes of Lake Murray
prior to a groundbreaking for
the Lake Murray Lodge Monday
afternoon. MICHAEL PINEDA/THE
ARDMOREITE
SEE LODGE, PAGE 5
Students at Springer high and junior high school will soon be receiving Google Chrome-
book devices to take to class and to their home for homework in the evenings. The new
technology tool is thanks to a $65,000 grant from the Oklahoma Educational Technol-
ogy Trust. From left, Bryan Williamson, director of technology; Superintendent Cynthia
Hunter; Heather Holland, school counselor; Lucy Knight, teacher; and Scott Sasser,
teacher; stand near the newest plaque to be added to the school marking the participat-
ing in the trusts grant program. PHOTO SUBMITTED