RdE 8- The Pcrk Journal, The, MaF 13, 1993
LARRY DRY, top left, Perkins oMI defense director, talks baok after checking the Cimsrron
River south of town at its crest of 22.7. Right: Cars, vans, and pickup trucks splashed their
way through town Saturday evening. Six streets were closed by high water. Below: People
arriving in many area towns, like Ripley, received a soggy welcome.
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Perkins survived what is said to
trove been the worst flood in the
Itisry of the Cimarron - a flood
that left a string of destruction up
md down the waterway the likes of
which have never been seen before.
Bridges that have withstood Cimar-
ton flood waters for 60 years or
more have been destroyed. High-
s that have managed to come
through past floods were dug up by
the record levels of the fast moving
flood waters. New water level lines
Ire evident on houses and outbuild-
lnSs that did survive. Facilities that
have never been inundated in pre-
vious floods, such as sewer lagoon
systems and public water wells, have
been damaged or shutdown by the
muddy, dirty water.
The record flooding was the
result of 25 inches of rain in some
areas west of Perkins - more rain
in a week than falls throughout the
year.
Perkins received an unofficial
total of 10.50 inches from Monday,
Sept. 29 through Saturday, Oct. 4,
the afternoon the Cimarron crested
at the highest level in its history.
According to longfime rain gauger
Rich Grimm, Perkins received 4.6
inches since Oct. 1, and had re-
Reprinted from the Perkins day. Some areas just north of bridge nearDrumright. AI
Journal, Oct. 9, 1986 Perkins received up to seven inches bridges have stood the
before Oct. 1. 1986 when they went
record crest.
The Cimarron flooded Tuesday
and crested Wednesday at 21 feet
and receded. Some areas west and
north of Perkins then received up
to 10 more inches of rain Thursday,
which poured into the already
swelled river. U.S. Weather Bureau
and Corps of Engineers officials
warned those along the river of
a crest never seen before. The
warning was issued for a 25-foot
crest in Perkins Oct. 5. It crested
Saturday, Oct. 4, afternoon at nearly
27 feet at a level never experienced
before. The previous record was in
1957 when the fiver crested at 19.8
feet. (The flood level was changed
in 1981, but even yet, the 27-foot
crest Saturday was over two-feet
above the old record, taking the
ration of change into consideration.
The flood knocked out numerous
older bridge structures along the
Cimarron. The Pleasant Valley
bridge northwest of Coyle went
out as did the old Ripley bridge
that paralleled the newer Allen
William bridge on the north
edge of Ripley. The Dunkin bridge
across the Cimarron northeast of
Ripley is out, as is the Norfolk
ceived six inches Monday and Tues- Bridge near Yale, and the Crow
Other bridges were put
test. The concrete
the Cimarron on 1-35 was
The rushing waters
piers and let the bridge
railing drop dangerous.
being rerouted through
Highway 105 at
west to 1-35.
The bridge on Highway
of Cushing was
highway closed.
Coyle is flooded and the
road surface on the curves
must be rebuilt.
Perkins proper survived
flooding with runoff to
ron as usual. The natural
Perkins Comer spread out,
not cross the highway or
Whistle Stop property.
to the north of Twin Lakes
closed due to a court order
litigation of law suits, and
servers
ins conditions in the
basin. Apparently,
deeper, the water spread
larger area and did
highway system there.
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Extension of high school com-
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Permanent wall to replace folding
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Entrance to high school
Office space at Tryon for coun-
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Ten additional computers at "IYyon.
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While the needs are plentiful, the
money isn't.
Dr. Virginia Webb, superinten-
dent of schools, noted the district is
still paying off the Perkins Elenmn-
tary School bond.
"Every year we can free up an
additional $175,000 to a future
bond," she said, "but our full bond-
ing capacity is only $1,250,000."
The board approved Davis' plan
which will be forwarded to the state
department.
Earlier in the special session, the
board and it's legal consultant, Bill
P. Bleakley, with The Center for Ed-
ucation law out of Oklahoma City,
went through the steps necessary to
eliminate a teaching position for the
emotionally disturbed due to a re-
duction in need.
By eliminating the position, the
school district had to also eliminate
one teaching position, that of Joe
Duncan who has been working with
ED students since Oct. 1990.
In Dr. Webb's "Proposed Find-
ings of Fact," she points out the
projected enrollment for the 193-94
school is four students and the
federal requirement is a
and four students does not
two E.D. teaching
He noted Duncan
visional certificate while
E.D. teacher holds a
tificate.
"In the negotiated
more than one teacher is
and qualified, the
standard certificate shall bet
over a teacher with a
certificate."
The board vote to
E.D. teaching position
renew Duncan's contract.
"This is standard
now," Dr. Webb
have to have a hearing on
ployee, certified and
who is fired, not rehired,
position is eliminated."
The board touched
wrestling program.
Board member
said the committee
Danny Darrow, high
cipal Margaret
member Calvin Roggow
man who was filling in
Hickman) on
May 4 and had another
ing up.
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one way or the other,"
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said Carl Hiuer,
Sheriff. "Five or stx
who apparently had
put their boat in at Perld
it to Cushing.
"We monitored the
had a deputy and an
Ripley trying to keep
sight to make sure the
drOWn.
"The boat ride
eluded aro-nd 8 p.m.
Cushing by the 18th
They docked the boat
and apparently had a
to pick them up.
"As far as I know, it's
We just waited to make
didn't kill themselves,"
