STATE ~il
;ENATE~I
i(
Shedrick
made by Norman
educators was to ask for
an increase in the fine
levied against parents of
first-time truants. Pre-
sent law calls for a fine of
between $5 and $100 for
each day of unexcused
absence. Another pro-
posal was to tighten the
system of checks and
was at issue• balances between the
when the State schools, district at-
of Education torneys, counselors and
to limit the judges, to form a
'0f excused class cohesive unit in the corn-
for extracur- munity for fighting
to 10. truancy.
a truancy Some legislators have
it is noted already expressed con-
Oklahoma cern the discrepancy bet-
astudont is not ween the number of
until he or allov~able absences under
than 100 days of school
in one year--with
repeated notices from
school authorities--
should be held to ac-
count. These were the cir-
cumstances, in an
Oklahoma case.
"'Truancy has long
been a problem within
the public school system.
The reasons for truancy
are probably as varied as
there are truants. The
end result of truancy,
however, is that children
fail to experience, or
gain, the maximum
benefit of the educational
process.
"This failure causes
concern not only for the
schools, but the com-
1 5 class
lill one semester.
st udent
was also the
a meeting last
:y Sub-
of the Senate
Committee.
heard from
School of-
related their
Statistics as well
'Suggestions for
the ~roblem.
ation
state truancy statutes
might place the issue in
the hands of the
Legislature come
,January.
But, perhaps the real
issue is more serious
than truancy. Perhaps
authorities ought to ask
some more questions
about why a youngster is
missing school. Certainly
the parents of a child
who has missed more
the new guidelines and munity at large, in-
the number that trigger cluding the courts, law
enforcement and many
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community-related ser-
vices. In many cases,
children identified as
truants become part of a
large social problem
through their involve-
ment in delinquent, or at
a later point, criminal
activity."
These words, from an
Oklahoma Educator arti-
cle, are no truer than
they are today. Truancy
in our schools is serious
as well as unproductive.
But, officials are aware of
the problem and are tak-
ing action, and not only
in our state where the
parents of a truant child
were fined $275 last
spring by an eastern
Oklahoma special
district judge.
A judge in Illinois has
threatened to exercise his
j udicial contempt powers
to send students found
skipping school to
juvenile detention
facilities. A North
Carolina compulsory
school attendance law
was upheld by the U.S.
Supreme Court in a re~
cent case. And, in a
crackdown on truancy
and daytime crime, Mem-
phis police have begun
hauling children who
play hooky into Juvenile
Court.
These cases, however,
attest to a genuine con-
cern being expressed by
local, state and federal
authorities to deal with
this problem.
The $275 fine, at first
glance, might appear
severe. But given the
details, one might
wonder if sufficient ac-
tion was taken.
I am always available
to anyone who might
have a question or com-
ment regarding any
issues we may handle at
the State Capitol. My ad-
dress is: Senator Bernice
Shedrick, Room 426,
South Main
rkins
Member F.D.I.C.
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State Capitol, Oklahoma Announce Birth
City, OK 73105, or P.O. "
Box 843, Stillwater, OK of Son
74076. My telephone Linda and David
number in Oklahoma Ci- Holbrook of Alaska are
ty is {405} 525-0126, Ex- the parents of a son born
tension 572; in October 3, 1984. He
Stillwater, (405) weighed eight pounds,
743-4500. ten and one-half ounces.
-o- He has been named Cory
During the mid 1700$, hi~ David. He has a big
torians estimate two thirds sister, Melissa, age 5.
of all tea drunk in England Grandparents are
was smu~led into the Olive Hall and Pauline
country to avoid the high Holbrook of Perkins.
import tax. -o-
Special Indian Education
Meeting is October 23
A special public
meeting is scheduled for
the evening of October
23, 1984, for the purpose
of developing an applica-
tion for a 1985-86 school
year award under the Ti-
tle IV-A, Indian Educa-
tion Program. Prior to
the development of the
application a Parent
Committee must be
selected..The following
are eligible to select and
to serve on a Parent
Committee: { 1) Parents of
Indian Children who will
participate in the propos-
ed project; {2) teachers,
including guidance
counselors, except
members of the project
staff; {31 Indian secon-
dary school students, if
any, enrolled in Perkins-
Tryon Public Schools.
In order to apply for an
entitlement grant under
the Indian Education
Act, a school district
must determine the
number of Indian
children enrolled in the
school district. Any child
who meets the following
definition from the In-
dian Education Act may
be counted for this pur-
pose: 'Indian'
means...'any individual
who {11 is a member of a
tribe, band, or other
organized group of In-
dians, including those
tribes, bands, or groups
terminated since 1940,
and those recognized by
the state in which they
reside, or who is a descen-
dant, in the first or se-
cond degree, of any such
member, or {2) is con-
sidered by the Secretary
of Interior to be an In-
dian for any purpose, or
{3) is an Eskimo or Aleut
or other Alaska native...'
Each student par-
ticipating in such pro-
gram must have had the
parent{s) or guardian
complete a Form 506, In-
dian Student Certifica-
tion form and have such
on file in the school
office.
This meeting will pro-
vide the opportunity to
understand the program
and to consult relative to
the provisions of an ap-
plication. All parents of
Indian children residing
in the school district and
elected Tribal leaders are
especially invited and en-
couraged to attend this
important meeting. The
meeting will convene at
7"30 P.M. in the Library
at Second and Thomas
Streets, Perkins, Ok., on
October 23, 1984.
"0"
P-T GRAD'S TEAM
MAKES HISTORY
Davenport students in
both 4-H and FFA
organizations won many
honors at the 1984 Lin-
coln County Fair.
Among the awards
won was the distinction
of capturing all four of
the herdsman awards--
beef, sheep, swine and
dairy. It wa sthe first
time in history that one
school had won all four
awards.
Davenport FFA in-
structor Ted Arthur, a
Perkins grad, also said
that it was the first time
in the history of the coun-
ty fair that one school
had won the grand cham-
pion, reserve grand
champion, all five breed
champions and the
school group award in
the sheep competition.
Davenport also won
top honors in the swine
and sheep school group.
-O-
SENIOR CITIZEN
NEWS
By Mildred Cash
We wish to take this
means of again thanking
the City Council for our
new piano. It is a
beautiful piano and we all
are very proud of it.
Sixteen musicians fur-
nished music Monday
night. They sang the Bir-
thday song to Lorayne
West and Frances
Burton.
Ruby Dobson and
Doris Mansfield were
hostesses.
Several folks from here
attended the Arts and
Crafts show in Drum-
right Saturday.
Cleaning Day is Thurs-
day, Oct. 11.
-O-
FRIENDSHIP CLUB
MEETS
The Friendship club
met Monday, October 1
at the home of Mae
Decker with ten mem-
rs present.
The president Lenora
West opened the meeting
with prayer and the
pledge to the flag. Zola
read the 49th chapter of
Psalm for the devotional.
Roll call and report of the
previous meeting were
read.
The group plans to go
to Wyatt's Cafeteria for
the November dinner
then return to Zola
Miller's home for the
meeting. Geneva Binford
and Doyle VanZandt
received birthday
presents and Clara
Westfall received the
door prize.
We missed the mem-
bers who were absent.
We enjoyed alot of good
natured fun and chatter
as well as hearing new
methods of Arts and
Crafts by using the ar-
ticles that are stored at
our homes.
And those who were
present were Tilli~
Bateson, Mabel Ca/dwell,
Clara Westfall, Dovi~
VanZandt, Geneva Bin.
ford, Zola Miller, RutE
Stanley, Lenora West
Nora Fulton and Ma~
Decker.
Ruth Stanle~
-O"
The pupil of the eye ex
panda as much as 45 per-
cent when a person look|
at something pleasing.
The Perkins Journal
Thursday, October 11, 1~ -- PAGJ$ a
d
Ed Lemons, center, former OSU Ag-lnfo Director',
visits with long time friends Ralph Remy, left, and
Randle Perdue, right, recently in Stfllwater. Lemons
was director of OSU Ag-Info for 19 years and now
resides in California.
"I was fortunate to
have these splendid men
working with me at
OSU," Lemons said.
"They were dedicated
professionals of the
highest order. We work-
ed hard, but all of us en-
joyed our work. It was a
pleasure working with
them. Those were
memorable days."
A native of Muskogee
County, Lemons served
as farm editor on the
Muskogee Phoenix. He
was employed at OSU
under the late President
Henry Bennett, and also
worked under President
Kamm.
Lemons now resides in
Newbury Park, Califor-
nia. His daughter lives at
Malibu, and her husband
is a law professor at Pep-
perdine University.
"One of our main
thrusts in Ag-Info was to
disseminate research fin-
dings by the OSU Col-
lege of Agriculture,"
Lemons said. "I am
thrilled about the oncom-
ing OSU Agri-Complex,
the 21 st Century facility
to be constructed here."
One of the highlights
of Lemons' career was a
trip to Japan in 1967.
Harold Dedrick also
went and was much im-
pressed by the Japanese
When Edd Lemons,
former OSU director of
Agricultural Information
Services, visited here
recently, he may have
been able to lay claim to
a Guiness world record.
Lemons and his wife had
invitations morning,
noon, and night into
homes of friends for the
10-day period. That's
personal popularity and
old-fashioned Oklahoma
hospitality at its finest.
Lemons served OSU
19 years in Ag-Info. His
wife, Lois, was a public
school teacher in
Stillwater. Edd served as
secretary-treasurer of the
Sanborn chapter of the
Isaac Walton League for
several years and was an
ardent sportsman. Trips
to the Dakotas in quest
of pheasant and grouse
were made a number of
times.
Lemons may be able to
make another claim; he
had one of the finest
staffs working with him
at OSU ever assembled.
They were Harold
Dedrick, Jack Drum-
mond, Ewing Canaday,
and the late Lee Stevens.
Dedrick, Drummond,
and Canaday, all retired,
live in the Stillwater and
Perkins area.
fishing industry, and
every-morning market-
ing of the night's catch
in downtown market
places. "By 9 a.m. every
fish brought in had been
sold," Dedrick said.
Lemons was a visitor
to the monthly business
meeting of the Isaac
Walton League here. He
was right at home here,
too. Most of those atten-
ding had been active
members when he was
here, including Randle
Perdue, Ralph Remy, Bill
Altman, Marvin Wolff,
Lem Groom, and. Paul
Brock.
Although the hoped for
goal was not attained by
the Payne-Pawnee
chapter of Ducks
Unlimited last week at
the annual fund-raiser
banquet, the gross of
more than $11,000 was a
splendid effort. The com-
mittee worked hard and
put in a lot of time: They
deserve a great deal of
gratitude. And surely the
ducks and geese send
their thanks.
Greg Kuykendall
I Will Be at ....
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Tuesday, Oct. 23
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