£:
Left-Perkins well represented at VFW dis-
trict meeting-see page 3
Right-Some Mommas (and daddys) are
woridng hard to give grads an alternative
to trouble on graduation night-page 10
in our 'lO!th yeW of
.ii}¸ ,.::!i!!i~:i:i.:: ............
i~i:@i
ili
,:-x.:-:
•iii
Z x ::!:i:!:i
left, Jim Stoecker, right, and Town
installs new Trustees,
ng Commission,
administered the oath of office to
Twila Longan and Rickey Custar at the
Town Council on Monday night.
to fill the unexpired term of Twila Lon-
position to accept the appointment
in 1999. May was appointed
created by non-filing of Kenneth Hall
of the Ward. His term will expire April, 2001, as
ppointed to a four-year term. Twila Lon-
as new Town Treasurer. She replaces Gayle Sager
and whose four-year term expired in April,
Randy Hall was re-
and Rickey Custar was elected Vice-Mayor.
Planning Commission Committee mem-
as members of the revived Perkins Planning
Jarvis, Wes Beane, Kenneth Hall and Rudy
terms of one, two and three years,
1 of each year, and to be determined for the
at next month's Town Council meeting. One
will be appointed at a later date. According to
Planning Commission is to direct the
... encourage social and economic improve-
Board of Trustees'. The new
meets once per month, and their next meet-
May 13, 1997.
I presents proposed
1997-98 fiscal year
a eeting on Monday, May 5, 1997, the newly seated
the proposed 1997-98 budget for re-
to be held June 2, 1997. According to the
requirements, the budget must be adopted after
and at least seven days before the budget year
July 1, 1997.
departmental appropriations, the proposed
the following capital outlay :
'hatching funds for another grant and repairs/tires
truck;
- typewriter and computer;
- car wash building (renovations);
equipment]misc, repairs;
"building repairs; and,
COmputer needs.
revenue for the General Fund only is
the General Fund budget needs are $610,350.00.
Director Bobbie Myers, a budget summary
unction with the notice of the Public Hear-
g.
the Board approved advertising
Control Officer (ACO). Former ACO Kathy
in all city-owned equipment following an on-
contract wording and her subsequent refusal to
Roger McMillian, the main area of
the status of the ACO as an independent con-
the Town of Perkins from any liability in
activities.
Burns also reported that over the past two
has failed to return phone calls and has not
With City Hall personnel as requested. He stated
made to the contract she refused to sign the
to appear before the Council to address her
Continued on page 2
By Rick Clark
A group from Tryon, "Tryon
Community for Education", has
asked the Perkins-Tryon school
board to be put on next month's
agenda for the discussion of an
election "allowing a partial an-
nexation of the h)rmer Tryon
School District" to another
school district."
Chaired by Frank Breeden, the
Tryon Community for Education
has two objectives since the an-
nouncement that the Tryon El-
ementary school would be closed
next year due to declining enrol-
ment and subsequent budget
reductions
"More than anything else our
main objective is to keep the
Tryon school open," Breeden said
Tuesday morning. "Personally
speaking, I would rather it stay
as Perkins-Tryon."
However, if the school board did
not reconsider the closing of the
Tryon Elementary School
Breeden said that his preference
is being allowed to annex to ei-
ther Agra or Carney.
He said that his group, which
has approximately 100 mem-
bers, has been meeting the past
few months to consider what
kind of action to take to keep the
school open.
"We are currently circulating a
petition and survey to residents
in the former Tryon school dis-
trict," Breeden said.
"If the school is closed, we are
asking what school would they
rather attend-Carney, Agra, or
Perkins?" he said.
According to a letter, signed by
Breeden as chairman of the
Tryon Community For Educa-
tion, that was presented to the
Perkins-Tryon school board at
Monday night's meeting, they
want the board's "consideration,
discussion and action adopting
a resolution allowing partial an-
nexation of the former Tryon
School District 1-125 to another
school district; authorizing an
election pursuant to Title 70,
Section 7-101, of the Statutes of
Oklahoma; and ultimately re-
leasing all real and personal
property associated with the
area formerly known as Tryon
School District 1-125."
That is if the board does not
reconsider the closing of the
Tryon Elementary, which accord-
ing to discussion among the ma-
jority of the board members
Monday night, won't happen.
For example, Board Members
Lloyd Moorman and Sheri Gor-
don, both felt that putting the
"reconsideration of closing" was
not an issue for further discus-
sion.
Moorman added that the open
transfer policy of the school dis-
trict would be the ultimate indi-
cator of where parents wanted
their students to go-Agra, Car-
ney, or Perkins.
Gordon expressed her concerns
about whether this is what the
majority of the Tryon residents
wanted, and would the election
be district-wide, or just for Tryon
area patrons, and what the con-
sequences would be.
Board Memb David Sasser
had several questions on the Since the April P-T board meet-
Tryon annexation to Agra or Car- ing, he said that he has had 12
ney, including "I)o we know if ask for transfers that he has
Agra is willing to support Tryon signed and is awaiting the ap-
having its own elementary?" prcwal from Perkins-Tryon.
Tryon resident and School Both districts have an ()pen
Board President Dwight Brown transfer policy. Superintendent
responded by saying that Agra of Perkins-Try()n Schools Jim
"doesn't want to get crossways Hyder has the authority to ap-
with Perkins-legal or otherwise." prove transfers for those Tryon
AgraSuperintendentofSchools area students as does
Wes McFarland told the Perkins McFarland for Agra.
Journal Tuesday afternoon that After more discussion at the
Tryon residents having ques- Monday night Perkins-Tryon
tions about their school district board meeting, the board did
should direct their questions to grant the item of annexation to
their own board, another district be put on next
"It's really not our business," he month's agenda for "discussion"
said. only. It will not be an agenda
McFarland did confirm that he item that the board can take any
attended a meeting b the Tryon action on at that time.
Community for Education at In other business the board
their request, took no action on a grade con-
He emphasized that he did not figuration plan of a K-4, 5-8,
speak to the group about and 9-12 grades for next year.
Perkins-Tryon schools and spoke Hyder told the board that the
only of the Agra school system, teachers and other staff wanted
"I was invited to attend the more time to study the impact
meeting and I would not field of students from Tryon Elemen-
questions on P-T schools," tary being sent to Perkins.
McFarland said. "I would not For one thing, the staffdoes not
discuss it-it's not ethical to." know how many new students
Agra already has a large per- will be at the Perkins campus
cent.age of Tryon area students because of possible transfers.
attending Agra and since the P- There were also concerns about
T board officially took action last the size of the cafeterias and
month to close the Tryon cam- playground areas as well, ac-
pus, "We have had quite a few cording to Hyder.
ask for transfers," McFarland During the superintendent's
said. Continued on page 2
Perkins-Tryon High School senior Angela Emerson proudly displays
a banner presented to her for being named "Academic All Ameri-
can'. Angels was given the banner by Perkins-Tryon Education Foun-
dation President Robert Hilley Tuesday night during the Achieve-
ment Awards Assembly held at the new gym.
The Perkins Journal will be publishing all of the achievement
award winners in next week's special graduation edition.
Scholarships were also announced Tuesday night and those re-
cipients will also appear in next week's Journal.
UTIIrUL I'|TE U?I
(Printed in The Perkins
Journal March 7, 1952)
It is not often that I have
had as much real pleasure as
I had last Thursday fore-
noon and all on account of
the kindness of Mrs.
McClain, who took me to the
WKY broadcasting and TV
studio in Oklahoma City. I
was always afraid of lady
drivers, but we had not gone
only a few miles till I felt at
ease and began to enjoy the
ride.
Mrs M¢Clain knows all
the rules of driving and
drives perfectly and at mod-
erate speed. If she ever has
an accident, I'll be a jug of
buttermilk it will be the
other driver's fault.
We drove past Rolla
Goodnight's place in Guthrie
and stopped a few moments
in Edmond and talked to
Brother McCown and then
on down to the TV station.
We were met by Mrs. Tho-
mas who gave us a cup of
coffee ai r which we went to
a dressing room and from
there to the TV room. There
were some brilliant lights
and enough machinery to
sink a battleship.
We sat on a divan and
talked and Mrs. Thomas
read extracts from the book.
When it was all over, my old
friend, Claud Seymore of the
Crime Bureau and a crowd
of other boys gathered and
we visited till a lady came
and said that some lady
wished to talk to me on the
phone. Mrs. Thomas called
and I talked to her. She was
the daughter of my old friend
with whom I used to ride the
line from Baxter Springs to
Caldwell. It was sure like old
times to talk to her.
Then we were shown all
through the building. There
were machines in there that
I could not even guess what
they were used for. Then we
had a sort of reception and
met a lot of the finest folks
you ever saw. Then we came
home and it ended one of the
most happy days of my life.
Frank Eaton
Perkins Weather aevtew
(compiled by Rick Matheson,
superintendent, Perkins
Agronomy Station)
• MON., April 28 - High: 73;
Low: 42; Rainfall: 0.00.
• TUES., April 29 - High: 80;
Low: 47; Rainfall: 0.00.
• WED., April 30 - High: 67;
Low: 53; Rainfall: 0.00.
• THURS., May 1 - High: 78;
Low: 44; Rainfall: 0.00.
• FRI., May 2 - High: 72;
Low: 44; Rainfall: 1.55".
• SAT., May 3 - High: 68;
Low: 40; Rainfall: 0.00.
• SUN., May 4 - High: 78;
Low: 45; Rainfall: 0.00.
Total rainfall for April:
5.38't
You're front page
news to us!
Your subscription is impor-
tant to us. Thanks go to the
following who renewed or
started a subscription to The
Perkins Journa/:
Mr. & Mrs. Derrel Ground,
Stiliwater • Douglas Wise,
Ponca City • Gary & Marga-
ret Napier, Perkins * Roger
& Mary Kay Jennings, Still-
water • Gary & Tess Crane,
Perkins • Wes & Verlynda
Beane, Perkins • Alta
Youngker, Perkins * Alice &
Hollis Ward, Perkins *
Grover & Virginia Rains,
Perkins • OG&E, Sapulpa •
Payne County Conservation
District, Stillwater • News
Press, Stillwater • Rosa
Lynn Baker, Stillwater • Su-
san Dukes, Perkins • B.G.
Buck, Tryon • Rosetta & J.R.
Mackey, Perkins * Johnie
L.G. & Lola Price, Wellston
• Leroy Stewart Sr., Stillwa-
ter • Delcia Etheridge, Still-
water • Dr. William Herald,
Stillwater •
If you would like to have the
Perkins Journal mailed to
your home, please see page
two.
Certified Cities
public planning
meeting
The Certified Cities commit-
tees will hold a public plan-
ning meeting on Monday,
May 12th at 5:00 p.m. at
Prairie's Edge. Please call
547-2000 for your reserva.
~on. j
/
/
