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Southeastern Aviation hosts alumni reunion, awards night

DURANT – The Southeastern Oklahoma State University Aviation Sciences Institute hosted the annual Aviation Awards night and Alumni Reunion Saturday.

The day’s activities began as alumni and students enjoyed a round of golf at Silverado Golf Course. The evening was spent reminiscing with fellow alumni and discussing career opportunities with current aviation students. The crowning event of the evening was the presentation of scholarships and awards to the aviation students as their peers and families watched. Michael O’Dea of Grapevine, Texas, was honored as the Outstanding Senior in the Pilot Program and Zach Shamia of Edmond, Oklahoma, was named the Outstanding Senior in the Aviation Management Program.

The following students received awards and scholarships: Amanda Steele, Wylie, Texas; Ryan Gornto, Royse City, Texas; Nikola Topalovic, Heath, Texas; Ping Cheng, Edmond, Oklahoma; Scott Sundstrum, Friendswood, Texas; Morgan Hartwell, Bonham, Texas; Austin Ashlock, Bonham, Texas; Blake Martin, Durant; Jordan Brummett, Whitewright, Texas; Dylan Hensen, Siloam Springs, Arkansas; Logan Sanders, Sumner, Texas; Robert Jacobs, Denton, Texas; Elizabeth Cummins, McAlester, Oklahoma; Zach Everett, Durant; and Cameron Hise, Durant. A total of 19 scholarships and awards amounting to $18,000 were presented.

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A Denison man drowned Monday while swimming in the Red River, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Enrique Amador, 29, was swimming with friends at approximately 3 p.m. below the spillway of the Denison Dam in Bryan County, according to the patrol, and he was last seen sitting on rocks in the body of the river.

Friends called him and when they did not respond, they walked to their vehicle, and when they looked again, he was no longer on the rocks and could not be seen in the water.

Authorities recovered his body at 5:08 that evening in about four feet of water approximately 10 feet from the north shoreline and approximately 1,500 feet east of the dam.

The drowning was investigated by Trooper Greg Williams of OHP’s marine enforcement division.

Trooper James Reinecker of Bryan County, Cartwright Search & Rescue, the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office, Colbert EMS and Corps of Engineers assisted.

The body was taken to Brown’s Funeral Home in Durant and the State Medical Examiner’s Office was notified of the drowning.

In other accidents, a man was injured Monday when a propane tank exploded at a mobile home on Timberline Road in Lakewood Ranchettes. The victim was flown to an out—of-county hospital to be treated for burn injuries.

According to the Lakewood Fire Department, a propane tank was being filled and it exploded while being pressure tested. Additional details were not available and the incident is under investigation.

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Maxine Jewell Erwin, 71, of Fobb, Oklahoma passed away Monday, June 17, 2013 at her home in Fobb. She was born on January 7, 1942 in Willis, Oklahoma to the late Fred Forguson and Lillie Mae Looney Forguson. She married Bobby Nolen Erwin on July 3, 1960 in Willis, Oklahoma.

Services will be Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at 11:00 am at the Willis Cemetery, Willis, Oklahoma. Joe Patterson will officiate the services. Services will be under the direction of Watts Funeral Home, Madill, Oklahoma. Condolences may be sent to wattsfuneralhome.com.

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A Denison man drowned Monday while swimming in the Red River, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Enrique Amador, 29, was swimming with friends at approximately 3 p.m. below the spillway of the Denison Dam in Bryan County, according to the patrol, and he was last seen sitting on rocks in the body of the river.

Friends called him and when they did not respond, they walked to their vehicle, and when they looked again, he was no longer on the rocks and could not be seen in the water.

Authorities recovered his body at 5:08 that evening in about four feet of water approximately 10 feet from the north shoreline and approximately 1,500 feet east of the dam.

The drowning was investigated by Trooper Greg Williams of OHP’s marine enforcement division.

Trooper James Reinecker of Bryan County, Cartwright Search & Rescue, the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office, Colbert EMS and Corps of Engineers assisted.

The body was taken to Brown’s Funeral Home in Durant and the State Medical Examiner’s Office was notified of the drowning.

In other accidents, a man was injured Monday when a propane tank exploded at a mobile home on Timberline Road in Lakewood Ranchettes. The victim was flown to an out—of-county hospital to be treated for burn injuries.

According to the Lakewood Fire Department, a propane tank was being filled and it exploded while being pressure tested. Additional details were not available and the incident is under investigation.

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Maxine Jewell Erwin, 71, of Fobb, Oklahoma passed away Monday, June 17, 2013 at her home in Fobb. She was born on January 7, 1942 in Willis, Oklahoma to the late Fred Forguson and Lillie Mae Looney Forguson. She married Bobby Nolen Erwin on July 3, 1960 in Willis, Oklahoma.

Services will be Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at 11:00 am at the Willis Cemetery, Willis, Oklahoma. Joe Patterson will officiate the services. Services will be under the direction of Watts Funeral Home, Madill, Oklahoma. Condolences may be sent to wattsfuneralhome.com.

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A Denison man drowned Monday while swimming in the Red River, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Enrique Amador, 29, was swimming with friends at approximately 3 p.m. below the spillway of the Denison Dam in Bryan County, according to the patrol, and he was last seen sitting on rocks in the body of the river.

Friends called him and when they did not respond, they walked to their vehicle, and when they looked again, he was no longer on the rocks and could not be seen in the water.

Authorities recovered his body at 5:08 that evening in about four feet of water approximately 10 feet from the north shoreline and approximately 1,500 feet east of the dam.

The drowning was investigated by Trooper Greg Williams of OHP’s marine enforcement division.

Trooper James Reinecker of Bryan County, Cartwright Search & Rescue, the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office, Colbert EMS and Corps of Engineers assisted.

The body was taken to Brown’s Funeral Home in Durant and the State Medical Examiner’s Office was notified of the drowning.

In other accidents, a man was injured Monday when a propane tank exploded at a mobile home on Timberline Road in Lakewood Ranchettes. The victim was flown to an out—of-county hospital to be treated for burn injuries.

According to the Lakewood Fire Department, a propane tank was being filled and it exploded while being pressure tested. Additional details were not available and the incident is under investigation.

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Maxine Jewell Erwin, 71, of Fobb, Oklahoma passed away Monday, June 17, 2013 at her home in Fobb. She was born on January 7, 1942 in Willis, Oklahoma to the late Fred Forguson and Lillie Mae Looney Forguson. She married Bobby Nolen Erwin on July 3, 1960 in Willis, Oklahoma.

Services will be Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at 11:00 am at the Willis Cemetery, Willis, Oklahoma. Joe Patterson will officiate the services. Services will be under the direction of Watts Funeral Home, Madill, Oklahoma. Condolences may be sent to wattsfuneralhome.com.

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A Denison man drowned Monday while swimming in the Red River, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Enrique Amador, 29, was swimming with friends at approximately 3 p.m. below the spillway of the Denison Dam in Bryan County, according to the patrol, and he was last seen sitting on rocks in the body of the river.

Friends called him and when they did not respond, they walked to their vehicle, and when they looked again, he was no longer on the rocks and could not be seen in the water.

Authorities recovered his body at 5:08 that evening in about four feet of water approximately 10 feet from the north shoreline and approximately 1,500 feet east of the dam.

The drowning was investigated by Trooper Greg Williams of OHP’s marine enforcement division.

Trooper James Reinecker of Bryan County, Cartwright Search & Rescue, the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office, Colbert EMS and Corps of Engineers assisted.

The body was taken to Brown’s Funeral Home in Durant and the State Medical Examiner’s Office was notified of the drowning.

In other accidents, a man was injured Monday when a propane tank exploded at a mobile home on Timberline Road in Lakewood Ranchettes. The victim was flown to an out—of-county hospital to be treated for burn injuries.

According to the Lakewood Fire Department, a propane tank was being filled and it exploded while being pressure tested. Additional details were not available and the incident is under investigation.

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Maxine Jewell Erwin, 71, of Fobb, Oklahoma passed away Monday, June 17, 2013 at her home in Fobb. She was born on January 7, 1942 in Willis, Oklahoma to the late Fred Forguson and Lillie Mae Looney Forguson. She married Bobby Nolen Erwin on July 3, 1960 in Willis, Oklahoma.

Services will be Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at 11:00 am at the Willis Cemetery, Willis, Oklahoma. Joe Patterson will officiate the services. Services will be under the direction of Watts Funeral Home, Madill, Oklahoma. Condolences may be sent to wattsfuneralhome.com.

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A Denison man drowned Monday while swimming in the Red River, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Enrique Amador, 29, was swimming with friends at approximately 3 p.m. below the spillway of the Denison Dam in Bryan County, according to the patrol, and he was last seen sitting on rocks in the body of the river.

Friends called him and when they did not respond, they walked to their vehicle, and when they looked again, he was no longer on the rocks and could not be seen in the water.

Authorities recovered his body at 5:08 that evening in about four feet of water approximately 10 feet from the north shoreline and approximately 1,500 feet east of the dam.

The drowning was investigated by Trooper Greg Williams of OHP’s marine enforcement division.

Trooper James Reinecker of Bryan County, Cartwright Search & Rescue, the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office, Colbert EMS and Corps of Engineers assisted.

The body was taken to Brown’s Funeral Home in Durant and the State Medical Examiner’s Office was notified of the drowning.

In other accidents, a man was injured Monday when a propane tank exploded at a mobile home on Timberline Road in Lakewood Ranchettes. The victim was flown to an out—of-county hospital to be treated for burn injuries.

According to the Lakewood Fire Department, a propane tank was being filled and it exploded while being pressure tested. Additional details were not available and the incident is under investigation.

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Maxine Jewell Erwin, 71, of Fobb, Oklahoma passed away Monday, June 17, 2013 at her home in Fobb. She was born on January 7, 1942 in Willis, Oklahoma to the late Fred Forguson and Lillie Mae Looney Forguson. She married Bobby Nolen Erwin on July 3, 1960 in Willis, Oklahoma.

Services will be Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at 11:00 am at the Willis Cemetery, Willis, Oklahoma. Joe Patterson will officiate the services. Services will be under the direction of Watts Funeral Home, Madill, Oklahoma. Condolences may be sent to wattsfuneralhome.com.

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Man drowns in Red River
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A Denison man drowned Monday while swimming in the Red River, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Enrique Amador, 29, was swimming with friends at approximately 3 p.m. below the spillway of the Denison Dam in Bryan County, according to the patrol, and he was last seen sitting on rocks in the body of the river.

Friends called him and when they did not respond, they walked to their vehicle, and when they looked again, he was no longer on the rocks and could not be seen in the water.

Authorities recovered his body at 5:08 that evening in about four feet of water approximately 10 feet from the north shoreline and approximately 1,500 feet east of the dam.

The drowning was investigated by Trooper Greg Williams of OHP’s marine enforcement division.

Trooper James Reinecker of Bryan County, Cartwright Search & Rescue, the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office, Colbert EMS and Corps of Engineers assisted.

The body was taken to Brown’s Funeral Home in Durant and the State Medical Examiner’s Office was notified of the drowning.

In other accidents, a man was injured Monday when a propane tank exploded at a mobile home on Timberline Road in Lakewood Ranchettes. The victim was flown to an out—of-county hospital to be treated for burn injuries.

According to the Lakewood Fire Department, a propane tank was being filled and it exploded while being pressure tested. Additional details were not available and the incident is under investigation.

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Jun 18, 2013 | 157 views | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend | print

Maxine Jewell Erwin, 71, of Fobb, Oklahoma passed away Monday, June 17, 2013 at her home in Fobb. She was born on January 7, 1942 in Willis, Oklahoma to the late Fred Forguson and Lillie Mae Looney Forguson. She married Bobby Nolen Erwin on July 3, 1960 in Willis, Oklahoma.

Services will be Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at 11:00 am at the Willis Cemetery, Willis, Oklahoma. Joe Patterson will officiate the services. Services will be under the direction of Watts Funeral Home, Madill, Oklahoma. Condolences may be sent to wattsfuneralhome.com.

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Services for Paul Ford, 48, of Durant who passed away on Sunday, June 17, 2013 in Oklahoma City are pending with Brown’s Funeral Service, Durant.

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Man drowns in Red River
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A Denison man drowned Monday while swimming in the Red River, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Enrique Amador, 29, was swimming with friends at approximately 3 p.m. below the spillway of the Denison Dam in Bryan County, according to the patrol, and he was last seen sitting on rocks in the body of the river.

Friends called him and when they did not respond, they walked to their vehicle, and when they looked again, he was no longer on the rocks and could not be seen in the water.

Authorities recovered his body at 5:08 that evening in about four feet of water approximately 10 feet from the north shoreline and approximately 1,500 feet east of the dam.

The drowning was investigated by Trooper Greg Williams of OHP’s marine enforcement division.

Trooper James Reinecker of Bryan County, Cartwright Search & Rescue, the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office, Colbert EMS and Corps of Engineers assisted.

The body was taken to Brown’s Funeral Home in Durant and the State Medical Examiner’s Office was notified of the drowning.

In other accidents, a man was injured Monday when a propane tank exploded at a mobile home on Timberline Road in Lakewood Ranchettes. The victim was flown to an out—of-county hospital to be treated for burn injuries.

According to the Lakewood Fire Department, a propane tank was being filled and it exploded while being pressure tested. Additional details were not available and the incident is under investigation.

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Jun 18, 2013 | 157 views | 0 0 comments | 3 3 recommendations | email to a friend | print

Maxine Jewell Erwin, 71, of Fobb, Oklahoma passed away Monday, June 17, 2013 at her home in Fobb. She was born on January 7, 1942 in Willis, Oklahoma to the late Fred Forguson and Lillie Mae Looney Forguson. She married Bobby Nolen Erwin on July 3, 1960 in Willis, Oklahoma.

Services will be Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at 11:00 am at the Willis Cemetery, Willis, Oklahoma. Joe Patterson will officiate the services. Services will be under the direction of Watts Funeral Home, Madill, Oklahoma. Condolences may be sent to wattsfuneralhome.com.

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Services for Paul Ford, 48, of Durant who passed away on Sunday, June 17, 2013 in Oklahoma City are pending with Brown’s Funeral Service, Durant.

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