Hillcrest Henryetta hospital nurse Jenny Weaver was named the Daisy Award recipient this past week following a real emergency at the health facility. She was working in the emergency room when a patient arrived in the final stages of labor. Weaver was able to calm the woman down and help deliver the newborn. The Daisy award is presented to hospital staff members who provide extraordinary service.

A case of the wrong spot caused water problems with some Henryetta residents this week. Workers were trying to place a new utility pole a Ninth and Cummings when they accidentally drilled through a city water line. The break was quickly fised and the new pole put in a new spot.

For several decades Henryetta teacher and former coach Kent Lackey has been collecting and storing items reflecting the history of Henryetta schools.
Ranging from letter jackets to film to uniforms, the collection has been stored in a double-wide building sitting under shady oak trees just south of the high school.
Monday night Marcus Whitworth, a member of the Henryetta historical society, asked the school board to consider turning that building into a school museum, showcasing the school history over the years.
“We have a rich heritage of being a Knight and being a Hen,” he said. “The school has decades of history and Kent Lackey doesn’t let things go to the dumpster.”
He pointed out Lackey has been an educator for the past 51 years and has stored much of that memorabilia in the building.
“We need to take his collections and display them so the public can enjoy them. This would help our student body understand the past.”
Whitworth asked the board for access to the building in order to turn it into a museum as well as connecting electricity and adding heating and cooling to it. Currently the building has no electrical hookups. The building would stay in its present location but would be accessible to the public.
“He has film there and it is not good to have it exposed to extreme temperatures.”
Superintendent Dwayne Noble said the school currently picks up the cost of insurance on the building and would have to absorb the cost of heating and cooling.
No decision was made by the board.

Henryetta has a Casey’s coming.
That convenience store and fuel stop operation was the center of discussion Monday at the Henryetta Economic Development Authority.
City manager David Bullard said the new business would be located on three tracts of land just west of Dewey Bartlett road on the west side of town. That land was annexed into the city last year.
Bullard was informing HEDA members that negotiations had been underway with Casey’s officials over sewer line work that would run some 1,181 feet and would be initially paid for by the Casey’s organization. The city would be responsible for 150 feet of that line.
We will oversee the project. They (Casey’s) would be responsible for all state and DEQ permits and engineering,” Bullard told Authority members.
A cost of the project has not been given but HEDA would pick up much of the tab for the work.
“This is something we are here to do,” said authority member David Warden.
Bullard also said an outdated lift station just south of the intersection of Dewey Bartlett and Hornbeam Road would be eliminated with the work.
No date was given when work on the fuel stop would begin.
He also told HEDA members a booster pump station will be constructed at the intersection of Fourth and Cummings. The city has cleared off a lot on the southwest corner of that intersection and will May 31 is the expected date for the pump station to be completed. When finished, it would increase the flow of water to the tower on the hill.
A request to rebate 2.5 percent of city sales tax for a five year period for a liquor store on East Main was approved.
The new business would be located at 708 East Main and would be owned by Kanon Bailey.
Kade Bailey made the presentation saying the new store, Coal Creek Liquor, should be open for business in about six month. When open he said it should add three to five new jobs and is projected to bring in 10,000 to $30,000 monthly.
The rebate program is similar to one awarded to Shoney’s several years ago. It will carry a $75,000 cap. Even though HEDA members approved the plan, the eventual contract will have to be approved by city council members.