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The Henryetta school board took less than half an hour to wrap up business Monday night.
Board members accepted the retirement of Pam Gray and resignations from Brooklyn Cowan and Enedina Martinez.
Other personnel action was approval of adjunct status for four teachers in the high school and middle school classes.
Receiving adjunct status were Justin Been for a section of drama and communications, Ryan Swallow Health and financial literacy, Byron McGuire Oklahoma history and Scott Belcher Oklahoma history and government.
That approval allows teachers to be certified in one class but can teach in other subjects.
Replacement of older computers has been completed with the school now trying to get rid of 160 computer monitors. Board members declared them surplus Monday night which means they can now be sold.
Also approval was given for the June 12, June 22 and June 29 board meetings as well as the financial report for the end of the year.
Red, white and blue decorations inside and out provided enough approval to make The Shack V2 the winner of the Chamber of Commerce store decoration contest this past week. Photos of the downtown stores were posted to the Chamber of Commerce Facebook page and the public voted with the LIKE button for their favorites. According to Genny Mooney, the next contest will be for Halloween. "Thats far enough away that every business owner will have time to develop a theme and get all the decorations they need," she said.
The Fourth of July is traditionally a time for picnics and family fun and that was the efforts at Edward Jones for their holiday decorations. The scenes in both windows were enticing enough to give the company second place in the Chamber of Commerce window decoration contest.
The price of independence often comes with a cost and the service of America's military. Those serving over the years were honored by First Family Federal Credit Union in the Chamber of Commerce window decoraton contest earlier this month. The elaborate display wound up garnering enough votes to give the financial institution third place in the overall judging. As a side note, First Family donated the winning money to the Henryetta VFW.
The Highway 62 Fireworks crew delighted several thousand more people Saturday night with their firworks show at Nichols Park. This is the latest in a tradition that has been going on for over six year at Nichols Park and several years before that at the fireworks stand west of town.
Kimberly K. Creech Champagne and her husband, Michael, were passengers in an airplane that was in the process of taking off when it struck the roof of a building. The accident occurred at a farm in Botswana. According to a news report from a South African television station, the couple were in Africa to take part in game and trophy hunting. The pilot and co-pilot received burn injuries in the crash.
The two were owners of Champagne Metals headquartered in Glenpool. Kimberly is a 1976 graduate of Henryetta high school. The company has additional facilities in Lebanon, Missouri and Middlebury, Indiana.
A celebration of Life for the couple will be held July 14 at 11 a.m. at Asbury Church in Tulsa.
Henryetta Chamber of Commerce president Jeremy Roberts talks about the upcoming cleanup days July 14 and 15.
He said up to two loads per household can be dropped off at the old Dalton-Lacour dog food company site at the intersection fo East Broadway and South First Street.