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Schools to randomly drug test students

By Carolyn Cole
Published on June 12, 2008

Mustang students participating in extracurricular activities may face drug testing starting in August if Mustang School Board members decide to approve a proposed policy.

MSD Superintendent Karl Springer told board members Monday night officials plan to bring a drug testing policy proposal to a special meeting June 25. The board will also hear an update on fiscal year 2007-2008 at the meeting, which will start at 6:30 p.m. at Mustang Education Center.

Backers: Chamber working hard for city of Mustang

By Traci Chapman
Published on June 12, 2008

Perceived “isolationism” on the part of a few City Council members has left some Mustang Chamber of Commerce members feeling “left out in the cold.”

Commissioners received just under $38,000 in mileage reimbursement for 2007; records offer few details

By Carolyn Cole
Published on June 12, 2008

Canadian County Commissioners shared a total of almost $38,000 in 2007 for mileage reimbursement after they chose to use their own vehicles instead of driving a county-owned vehicle.

Each Commissioner’s share of the reimbursement is in addition to their annual salaries of $54,000.

Even though the three Commissioners have access to county vehicles, each said they prefer to drive their own trucks. In all, the Commissioners shared $37,946.76 for travel claims in 2007.

Obituaries for June 12, 2008

Victor Leroy Hand
Celebration of life services for Victor Leroy Hand, 83, will be held at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 12, 2008, at the South Colonial Chapel with interment to follow at Chapel Hill Memorial Gardens. Services are under direction of Vondel L. Smith and Son Mortuary, 6934 S. Western Avenue, Oklahoma City, Okla. 73139, (405) 634-1439.

Mr. Hand was born Feb. 25, 1925, and died June 8, 2008. He retired from Wilson and Co.

District to offer full-day kindergarten in 2009

By Carolyn Cole
Published on June 12, 2008

Mustang School District officials pledged Monday night to move to full-day kindergarten in August 2009, two years before the state mandate takes effect.

MSD Superintendent Karl Springer told Mustang School Board members the district’s teachers are telling pre-kindergarten parents enrolling their 4-year-olds to expect the full-day program.

“We will have all-day kindergarten in 2009-2010, or we will die trying,” Springer said.

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