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into separate phases.
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Age request to the REAP
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for electrical work,
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and air condi-
just getting into
across the state
is no better way to
t New heat than to go trout
differe(s Visitors to the lower
'r phecylg River can find cool
water and fast fish-
tion
25-27 th rainbow and brown
.16-20 can be caught at the
Is 119 Illinois, which is one
29-30 y two year-round trout
a Within the state. Water,
5-6 from the depths of Lake
8-10 ]er, flows into the lower
wailablek River, keeping it at a
constant temperature
in the 50s and 60s.
,ol, oxygen rich water
two purposes, it keeps
year-round
cool,water attracts
white bass, walleye
ion
tioning. This will allow those
specific items to be hired out
separately.
In other business during
the board's regular monthly
meeting on Thursday, July 1,
board members Jerry Clem-
ens, Mike Lane, and Delpha
Whitefield addressed the fire
department's request to flush
out all town fire hydrants on
a regular basis once or twice
a year.
The action was approved
with the proviso that the
flushing would be scheduled
with the water superinten-
dent and billing clerk so a
notice could be attached to
residenrs water bills. It was
noted that flushing causes a
shock to the system and will
create deposits in the water
for a short while afterwards.
Trustees Jay Varble and
Peggy Twoguns were once
again absent from the
monthly meeting.
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and other fish when the nearby
Arkansas River becomes too
warm for their liking. This
makes the river one of the
state's top fisheries, and the
hotter it gets outside the better
the fishing gets.
According to Gary Peter-
son, northeast region fisher-
ies biologist for the Wildlife
Department, rainbow trout
anglers may be in for a pleas-
ant surprise at the lower
Illinois River. In past years,
trout averaging nine inches
long have been stocked, but
beginning in July many of the
stocked trout will measure 11
inches and a small percentage
of those will be even larger -
up to 24 inches.
Peterson added that the
brown trout in the area are
finding the Illinois River
quite to their liking. Several
fish measuring around 20
inches have been reported
this spring. First stocked in the
Illinois River in 1998, brown
trout often prefer the river's
slower moving water, such as
deep pools or eddies behind a
fallen tree.
The Wildlife Department
is also involved in improv-
ing trout habitat at the lower
Illinois River.
"We have recently com-
pleted a cross vein near Lake
Tenkiller dam. In short, it's
a rock structure that extends
out into the river and alters the
flow to create different types
of habitat," said Randy Hyler,
northeast region fisheries biol-
ogist for the Department. "It
also has the benefit of increas-
Joe Worley, executive
editor of the Tulsa World,
took office as president of the
Oklahoma Press Association
on July 1.
Worley, who was elected
as president in February, suc-
ceeds Ray Lokey, publisher of
the Johnston County Capital-
Democrat in Tishomingo.
Gracie Montgomery, co-
publisher of the Purcell
Register, was elected as vice
president. Scan Dyer, co-pub-
lisher of the E1 Reno Tribune,
remains as treasurer.
Newly elected to the OPA
Board of Directors was Rod
Serfoss, publisher of the
Clinton Daily News. Other
directors are Lokey; David
Stringer, publisher of the
Norman Transcript; Stu Phil-
lips, publisher of the Semi-
nole Producer; Steve Booher,
publisher of the Cherokee
Messenger & Republican;
Gloria Fletcher, Community
Newspaper Holdings, Inc.
(CNHI), and Gloria Trotter,
co-publisher of the Tecumseh
Countywide News.
Worley has been a member
of the OPA Board of Direc-
tors for seven years and
served as vice president prior
to being elected.
He has been executive
editor of the Tulsa World
since April 1, 1995. Prior
to that, he was managing
editor and Sunday editor of
the World.
From 1983 until 1987, he
was managing editor of the
Nashville (Tenn.) Banner. He
was also city editor, politi-
cal editor and copy editor
for the afternoon newspaper.
Worley has also worked for
newspapers in Augusta, Ga
and Johnson City, Tenn.
He is a member of the
American Society of News-
paper Editors and was given
the Society of Professional
Journalists Oklahoma Pro
Chapter's award in 1990 for
his work to protect the Firsl
Amendment.
Involved in numerous com-
munity activities, Worley has
been a member of the boards
of Project Get Together,
Mental Health Association
Harmon Science Center
Mobile Outreach Crisis
vice, Birth Works Prenatal,
Thomas Gilcrease Museum
Association and Tulsa Press
Club.
He has volunteered with the
United Way and the National
Conference for Community
and Justice and is a graduate
of Leadership Tulsa.
He recently retired as a
lieutenant colonel in the
Oklahoma Army National
Guard after serving for more
than 34 years.
Worley is a graduate of
Wofford College in Spartan-
burg, S.C.
He and his wife, Myra,
have two children, Be and
Allison.
First-time homebuyers eligibl for
downpayment assistance
American Dream Downpay-
meAt Act to provide up to
$10,000 to eligible individu-
als and families program to
be administered through the
state, cities and county
FORT WORTH - Hundreds
of low-income families living
in Oklahoma communities
can now realize the dream
of homeownership because
of $1,971,088 in Ameri-
can Dream Downpayment
Initiative (ADDI) funding
announced today by Housing
and Urban Development Sec-
city, county or state office
listed below. Applicants who
do not live in Oklahoma City,
Tulsa or Tulsa County should
apply to the state program.
Funding for Oklahoma is
as follows:
Community American Dream
Funding
Oklahoma City $389,120
Tulsa $335,653
Tulsa County Consortium
$144,917
State of Oklahoma
$l,101,398
Oklahoma Total $1,971,088
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"This single greatest obsta-
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own horns. But minority
homeownership rates still
fall well short of the national
homeownership rate of nearly
70 percent. In June 2002,
President Bush issued The
Homeownership Challenge
to close this 'homeowner-
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lion minority homeowners by
the end of the decade. Since
then, more than two dozen
organizations are working to
create more than $1 trillion
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