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Monday, March 18th

 

One Dead, Two Hospitalized after Fatal Crash

One person died and two others were hospitalized following a traffic accident at the Tabler Y late Friday. The highway patrol is still investigating the accident which occurred at 11:56 p.m. at the junction of U.S. Highway 62 and State Highway 39. No details of the crash were released other than the accident involved a pick-up and a car. Killed in the crash was 67-year old Jeffrey Crager of Jewett, Texas. The driver of the truck identified as 62-year old Kitty Bailey also of Jewett was air-lifted to an Oklahoma City hospital where she was last in critical condition. The driver of the car identified as 50-year old Samuel Turner of Chickasha was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital where he was last in fair condition. The trooper investigating the accident reported that seat belts were being used in both vehicles.

 

Part of West Chickasha will be Without Water Tuesday

Water line work associated with the U.S. Highway 81 bypass of Chickasha will leave a portion of the city without water service tomorrow. The neighborhood west of 29th and Frisco Avenue will be impacted by the outage. The area is from 29th Street west to CS 2810 and north to about U.S. Highway 62. The outage will begin at 8:00 a.m. and is expected to last all day.

 

Learning Center to Begin Literacy Program

A program to help individuals who never learned to read or write will be starting soon. The Chickasha Adult Learning Center will be offering free literacy programs. Lisa Johnson is the director of the learning center.

 

              

 

 

The program will begin Wednesday, March 27th and will be held every Wednesday evening from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. It's open to anyone 16-years and older. The center is closed for Spring Break this week but individuals who would like more information can call 405-222-6562 and leave a message.

 

Chix Company Wins 'Build Oklahoma' Awards

A Chickasha firm has received a couple of lofty awards. Willowbrook Construction was presented with two Build Oklahoma Awards by the Associated General Contractors of Oklahoma. The awards were presented at the AGC's Builders Bash Awards banquet in Tulsa earlier this month. The company was recognized for its work on The Muse - a five-story, 300-unit multi-family development in Oklahoma City which won in the $20 million to $50 million Commercial category. They were also recognized for a project at Oklahoma State University - an 85,000 sq. ft. renovation for Engineering South which was in the $20 million to $50 million Education category.

 

Ag Producers to Hear from Beef Quality Network Official

Grady County agriculture producers meet tomorrow morning and the guest speaker will be Paul Vining who is the program coordinator for the Oklahoma Quality Beef Network. The program will get underway at 7:00 a.m. at the Grady County OSU Extension Office.

 

Energy and Metals

Crude oil on the NYMEX is $81.05 per barrel.

London-based Brent crude is $85.34.

Natural gas is $1.66 per million BTUs.

Gold is $2,159 and silver is $25.30.

 

Obituaries

Donna Ladd

Funeral service for Donna Ladd, 72, of Chickasha will be held at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, March 19th at Sevier Funeral Home.

Billy Nelson

Funeral service for Billy Nelson, 85, of Chickasha will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 20th at Bible Baptist Church. He served in the Marines and the Marine reserves, and he and his brother Don started the Chickasha Sod and Grass Farm. Arrangements are with Ferguson Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to the New Life Christian Church building fund.

Maria Lasseter

Funeral service for Maria Lasseter, 77, of Chickasha will be held at 10:30 a.m. Friday, March 22nd at Sevier Funeral Home. She owned and operated Mert's Bridal Shop.

 

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