Page 8-The Stillwater Journal, Thursday, March 10, 2005
The yellow dedicatory ribbon was cut into enough pieces for
everyone to have one Friday afternoon when the large piece
of accessible playground equipment was officially put into
service in Strickland Park. On hand tO test the new equipment
in their chairs are, from the left, Caylinn Rodriquez with
LaShelle Stanley, her mom; Tristan Moreno and his parents,
Anngela and Clayton Moreno, and Joshue Rosiere with Teresa
Rosiere, his morn. Park and Rec bought and installed the eqip-
ment for some $75,000.
Regents OK
changes in
alumni unit
Changes in the relationship
between Oklahoma State Uni-
versity Alumni Association and
Oklahoma State University were
apigroved by resolution Friday at
a meeting of the OSU/A&M
Board of Regents.
Dr. Jerry Gill, executive direc-
tor of the OSU Alumni Asso-
ciation, called it a new plan that
will result in a much closer and
more focused relationship bet-
ween OSU and the Association
to achieve key university goals.
"Close interaction and ongoing
dialogue between the Alumni
Nelda Helt, past chair, Larry Jones, chair, ",Sister Cities Council for the 2005 year. Cindy.
Becky Irby, secretary, and Grace Ritchey, Petree is vice chair.
youth representative, are the officers of the
i Jones new chair of Sister Cities Council
; Larry Jones conducted his first
; meeting as chair of the Sister
', Cities Council tbr 2005, after
i recently taking the helm, from
', past chair Nelda HeR.
;, Jones has been a memberofthe
council since the program was
" established in 1985, except for a
:few years when he taught at
OSU-K in the sister city of
~, Kameoka, Japan. He previously
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served as chair in 1990 and part
of 1991 when he and his wife
Kayo left for Japan, and again in
1999 and 2000.
Jones added a new item to the
council's meeting agenda called
"Kameoka Moment" where he
will give interesting facts about
our sister city.
Jones has been honored by
Sister Cities International as a
of
national vohmteer of the year,
and his contributions to the sister
cities programs are many.
"1 am honored to serve the
council as chair during the 20th
anniversary year of celebrating
the friendships and award-win-
ning programs between our two
cities." Officers re-elected were
Cindy Petree, vice chair, and
Becky lrby, secretary. The
newest member of the council is
the youth representative, Grace
Ritchey, a sophomore at
Stillwater High School.
Projects for the year will
include sponsoring the Sister
Cities International Young Artist
Competition, continuing devel-
opment of the recently estab-
lished Kameoka Room in the
Stillwater Community Center,
and assisting the ,Middle School
sister school programs.
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Campus housing is going to
cost more at OSU after the
Oklahoma State Univer-
sity/A&M Board of Regents
approved new OSU-Stillwater
rates that will range from a low
of $27 more per month for
OSU's traditional residence halls
to a high of $55 more per month
for furnished apartments with
private bedrooms and bath-
rooms.
New rates will go into effect in
Fall 2005.
Most dining plans will be
increased by $50 per semester.
University Apartment rates are
slated to see increases ranging
from $40 to $80 per month per
apartment. Even with the new
rates, the cost of traditional resi-
dence hall housing will put OSU
at tenth lowest in the Big 12.
Dr. Bob Huss, director of
Residential Life, said the
increases are necessary due to
higher-than-expected costs for
employee salaries last year,
higher utilities, debt service and
loss of income due to about 500
fewer students projected in cam-
pus housing this fall.
He said housing officials have
worked closely with student res-
idence hall leaders to determine
appropriate increases that will
keep OSU housing in an afford-
able range. The department also
has eliminated two full-time
administrative positions, two
graduate assistantships and other
expenses, and will continue to
review operations to identify
other possible savings.
Huss said Residential Life and
Dining Services do not receive
state funding and must pay
our mutual
goals," Gill said.
He said the leadership of the
Alumni Association and OSU
System CEO and President
David J. Schmidly have been
exploring numerous ways to
more closely align the programs
and resources of the Alumni
Association with OSU System
priorities.
Priorities include supporting
OSU's new Achieving Great-
ness strategic plan, improving
legislative relations, increasing
the number of alumni partici-
pants throughout the OSU
System, growing the Associa-
tion and enhancing OSU's pres-
ence among prospective stu-
dents and donors in Ok!ahoma
and other states.
Included in the resolution
passed Friday are several
administrative initiatives sug-
gested by the Association. These
include having the OSU System
dining revenue.
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Room rates
including
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service with the
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Huss said
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Lyle Eastman, Scoutmaster of Stillwater 20,
Silver Beaver Award from the Cimarron Council
monies in Enid.
The Silver Beaver is the highest honor bestowed
Scouting. Eastman has served Cimarron Council
tered by the First Presbyterian Church in Stillwater,
for more than Seven years. He serves the Pawnee
member of the Ouachita Trek planning committee.
District Award of Merit in 1998. Eastman is a Vigil
Order of the Arrow and has served as Chapter
Lodge Advisor and is currently Lodge Advisor. He
trained and has served on two staffs as quartermaster'
ducted local and council-wide Junior Leader
has also served as Assistant Scoutmaster of the
National Jamboree Troops.
Eastman continues to be active in his college
Gamma Rho at OSU, Offthe clock, he is on-call to
idents of Stillwater who need light "handyman" chore '1
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