Verden News

FEBRUARY 5 Haitian benefit concert A* When: Feb. 5, 7 p.m. A* Where: Grand Assembly of God, 102 W. Almar Drive, 224-0968 A* Details: Donations will be accepted, no cost to attend.

FEBRUARY 2 Rock Island Arts Festival Town Hall Meeting A* When: Feb. 2, 2010, at 7 p.m. A* Where: Arvest Bank A* Details: Please contact Candice Staats at 320-3164,if you wish to participate but are unable to attend the meeting.

By KAREN BRADY The Express-Star The second major winter storm of the season has caused widespread power outages across the county.

There's no better way to start off the new year than by giving an hour of your time to donate blood with Oklahoma Blood Institute.

JANUARY 23 Chickasha Youth Soccer Registration A* When: Saturday, Jan. 23, 10 a.m. - 12 p.m. A* Where: Chickasha Public Library A* Registration is $45 per child.

Three Grady County schools received budget increases from mid-term adjustments in state aid this week, while three others took cuts of 10 percent or more.

Dale Thompson, director of Grady County Emergency Management, presented county commissioners with a bill for $253,259 on Monday.

Friday, Jan. 15 is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the Feb.

A Verden husband and wife are lucky to be alive this week after the car they were in careened into a pond north of Verden and submerged during the Christmas Eve snow storm.

The Tuttle City Council unanimously approved a social host ordinance on Monday, making Tuttle the fourth city in Grady County to do so.

Officer: jail security changes 'big hassle' Karen Brady The Tuttle Times Verden Police Officer Jeff Franklin spoke to the Grady County Commissioners on Monday about security changes at the Grady County Jail.

Chickasha-area educators Carrie Chavers, Janet McCaughtry, David Thompson, and Amy Widener journeyed to Quartz Mountain this fall for an arts immersion workshop.

DECEMBER 4 Verden Junior Class Taco Dinner A* When: Friday, Dec. 4, 4:30-6:30 p.m. A* Where: Verden cafeteria A* Cost: $6/adults; $3/child A* Details: Taco, drink & dessert available.

NOVEMBER 20 Grady County Opry A* When: Saturday, Nov. 21, 7 p.m. A* Where: Grady Co.

NOVEMBER 18 Sorosis Study Club meeting A* When: 1:30 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 18 A* Where: Marilyn Ramsey will act as hostess A* Details: Co-hostess will be Paula Gibson.

The city of Chickasha will play host to the ghosts and goblins of Halloween this weekend, The downtown merchants will be hosting their annual Neewollah Festival, which includes trick-or-treating downtown, on Friday, Oct.

A Verden man was medi-flighted to an Oklahoma City hospital on Saturday in critical condition after overturning his pickup on Grand Ave.

OCTOBER 10 New Home Full Gospel Church What: Second Saturday Night Singing When: 7 p.m., Saturday, Oct.

A gambling addict pleaded guilty Thursday to embezzlement and agreed to repay $421,500 to the victim - the private association that regulates high school sports in Oklahoma.

Needed repairs to the Verden low-water crossing bridge are slow in coming. "We have had a plan-in-hand meeting with the first set of plans drawn up, and we have drilled to determine how deep it is to bedrock.