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Published: April 27, 2009
AUDIT ANGERS SUPERINTENDENT
JENKS — The superintendent of the Jenks School District said the federal government is auditing his district because he supported a bill that would change oversight of standardized tests in Oklahoma. He said the federal "compliance review” audit comes about a month after a fellow superintendent warned at a United Suburban Schools Association meeting that anyone who supported Senate Bill 1111 could be audited. State schools Superintendent Sandy Garrett said her agency can’t request audits and likely a parent in Jenks asked for it.
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CREEK COUNTY SETTLES LAWSUIT
TULSA — Russell Mounger of Sapulpa, who had both his legs amputated after a two-week stay in the Creek County jail, has settled a lawsuit against the county for $2.7 million. Mounger claimed in a federal lawsuit that his jailers didn’t give him his medication and put him in a restraint chair for extended periods during his time in jail in 2007. Within a month after he was booked into jail, both his legs had been amputated because of medical conditions.
TULSA WORLD
MYRIAD GARDENS TO RELEASE BUGS
Kids of all ages are invited to Myriad Botanical Gardens’ annual "Bug Out.” May 7 as 70,000 ladybugs are released into the Crystal Bridge. For more information, go to myriadgardens.com or call 297-3995.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
Officials plan I-40 meeting
EL RENO — The state Department of Transportation will hold an informational meeting about an upcoming construction project on Interstate 40 in Canadian County partially funded by the Economic Stimulus Package. The meeting will be 6 p.m. Tuesday at the Canadian Valley
Vo-Technology Center, 6505 E State Highway 66. The meeting is to inform the public of the department’s plans to improve about seven miles of I-40 between Yukon and El Reno.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
SWOSU ADDS TWO TO HALL
WEATHERFORD — Suzie Brewster and David L. Tautfest are being inducted into Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s Distinguished Alumni Hall of Fame May 9 during the 2009 convocation on the Weatherford campus. Brewster is a government relations professional with the Kelley Drye & Warren Government Relations and Public Policy Group in Washington, D.C., and Tautfest is a Weatherford businessman.
FROM STAFF REPORTS
CASINO BACKS ROUTE 66 EVENT
CLINTON — Lucky Star Casino of Clinton has signed on as the presenting sponsor of the Clinton Route 66 Festival, "Hot Dogs and Hot Rods on 66.” The festival will be in downtown Clinton and in McLain Rogers Park on June 27. For more information, go to www.clintonrout66festival.com or call (580) 323-2222.
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