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" I was a mechanic for 30 years, and I went as a support personto work on the rig if there were any problems." Darrell Ward, Muskogee Rotary Club memberon his volunteering to go to Nicaragua to help dig water wells

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Submitted photosWater gushes f rom a wel l in western N icaragua dug thro ugh a Rotary Internat ional pro jec t . Dar rel lWard, a member of Muskogee Rotary C lub, spent f i ve weeks in the country wo rk ing on the w el l andsevera l o thers.A rea R otar ian helpsvillager s get waterBy Cathy SpauldingPhoenix Staff Writer

Darrell Ward put his mechan-ical expertise to good use recent-ly by helping Nicaraguan vil-lagers get clean water.Ward, a member of MuskogeeRotary Club, spent nearly fiveweeks in Nicaragua digging wa-ter wells through a Rotary Inter-national project. He said heworked with crews to dig 14 wellsfor villages in westernNicaragua.He described the villagers asbeing "the poorest of the poor.""Y ou see ther homes are madeof cardboard siding," he said."Some were lucky if they had asheet iron roof."Villagers were having to walktwo or three mles each day tothe nearest water source, usual-ly a polluted lake, river or pond,he said. Rotarians from Tulsahad made annual trips diggingwells to help villagers get a clean-er source of water, he said.Ward, a real estate agent wholives near Webbers Falls, said heheard about the trip through amedical supply network withwhich Muskogee Rotary works."I was a mechanic for 30 years,and I went as a support person towork on the rig if there were anyprobems," he said.Theworkers built hand-cranked rope pumps, Ward said.He recalled the weather was"extremely hot 105 to 110 de-grees every day."Personal hygiene was thebggest challenge Ward recalled.In Nicaragua, he said, not evenwealthy people have air condi-tioning. There was often no elec-tricity or hot water.

Rotary International members! age 's new water we l l .Yet Ward said he found thework satisfying."We were abe to hep so many

people," he said. "We're so veryfortunate to have what we haveat home."He also appreciated the vil-lagers' hospitality."The villagers would serve usmeals," he said. "And what wehad to eat was better than whatthey served themselves."After his work in Nicaragua,Ward visited Venezuela with aRotarian from that country.Ward returned earlier toMuskogee this month. He said

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the bggest reward of his trip was"being a part of Rotary."He said the Rotary motto is"Service above sef."Ted Hine, a Muskogee RotaryClub historian, said Ward is theclub's first member to actuallygo on such a service trip."This is kind of a first for ourclub, to have an individual go outof the country to hep," Hne sad."We do a lot of things locally."Ward said he would welcomethe opportunity for another trip.Reach Cathy Spaulding at(918) 684-2928 or cspaudng@muskogeephoenix.corn.

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L oca l Thursday 's w inn ing numbers :PICK 3A S H 59-6-3-9-11-20-27Muskogee Phoenix Friday, March 22, 2013 Section A, Page 3ICTC

honorsthreestudentsIndian Capital Technol-ogy Center's students of themonth for March areKayLee Joslen, a post-sec-ondary practical nursingstudent; Midway HighSchool senior Charley Jor-dan, a culinary arts stu-dent; and Fort Gibson HghSchool senior Ashley Sels,a sports medicine student.Cathy Crutchfield andRobb Cowan, ICTC prac-tical nursinginstructors,said J oslenexcels in thepracticalnursing pro-gram, show-ing remark-able maturi-ty in the classroom andclinic. She is dependableand gets along well withher peers and patients,they said.Culinary arts instructorGeorgiann Belton said:"Charley isthe leader of

the class,president ofFCCLA, asenior-secondyear student.She showspositive in-fluence on the culinary artsstudents. Charley repre-sents us well and desiresto someday come back andteach culinary arts atI C T C . "Sports medicine instruc-tor Meagan Calwell said:"Ashley is a great studentand a greatrepresenta-tive of ICTC.She is veryconscientiousabout herclasswork,projects, labsandheellsgrades she gets on these.She also is very self-drivento succeed in life. Ashley isdetermned to accomplishthe goals she has set forherself and doesn't let any-one or anything get in theway."U K B slatesegg huntThe United Keetoowah

Band of Cherokee Indiansin Oklahoma will have itsannual Keetoowah EasterEgg Hunt on Saturday atthe Keetoowah CelebrationGrounds, south of Musko-gee off West Willis Road.The egg hunts will beginat 1 p.m. and are for chil-dren ages 1 to 12. Therewill be three age group cat-egories. Approximately3,000 eggs will be hidden.Prizes will be awarded ineach category for the childwho finds the chief's eggand the assistant chief'segg. UKB tribal membersas well as the general pub-lic are invited.Information: (918) 456-6533.M il i taryA r m y N a ti on a l G u a r dP v t . M a d iso n A .G r e en w o o d

Army National GuardPvt. Madison A. Green-wood has graduated frombasic combat training atFort J ackson in Columba,S.C.During the nine weeks oftraining, Greenwood stud-ied the Army mssion, his-tory, tradition and core val-ues, physical fitness, andreceived instruction andpractice in basic combatskills, military weapons,chemcal warfare and bay-onet training, drill and cer-emony, marching, riflemarksmanship, armed andunarmed combat, mapreading, field tactics, mli-tary courtesy, mlitary jus-tice system, basic first aid,foot marches, and fieldtraining exercises.Greenwood is a 2012graduate of Hilldale HighSchool.

O U RA R E AA ccident victimI D ' d a s T u l sa m a nThe O klahoma HighwayP atrol has released thename of a T ulsa man killedTuesday night when he wasstruck by a car in CherokeeCounty.Timothy Casey, 53, waspronounced dead at thescene when he was struckjust before midnight Tues-day. Troopers said Caseywas walking west in theeastbound lane of U.S. 62approximately 2 1/2 mileswest of Tahlequah and was

struck by an eastbound2012 Ford F ocus driven byRobert Hensley, 60, of S til-well.Troopers said Hensleywas unable to avoid hittingCas ey, who was thrown anunknown distance.Hensley, who was wear-ing a seat belt, was not in-jured.Troopers said Casey'scondition at the time of theaccident is not known.G u i l t y p l e a g iv e n o nd r u g - r e l at ed c h a r g e

A T ahlequah man plead-ed guilty in federal court tounlawful use of a communi-cations facility, according toa media release from theU.S. Attorney's Office.Cameron Lydell FosterJ r., 26, was charged follow-ing an investigation by mul-tiple city, state and federalagencies.A criminal information al-leged that on or about Feb.22, 2012, F oster used a cellphone to facilitate the distri-bution of less than 50 kilo-grams of marijuana.Foster will be sentencedfollowing the completion ofa presentence report. Hewill remain in custody.The statutory range ofpunishment is up to fouryears in prison and/or a fineof up to $250,000.

V A M C ex - em p l o yeesasked to a t tend m eetThe J ack C. MontgomeryVA Medical Center is invit-ing former employees toparticipate in a meeting at 1p.m. today in the DowningRoom, on the second floor.The hospital is preparing tocelebrate its 90th anniver-sary in J une.The hospital wants for-mer employees to sharetheir memories and any in-formation they have aboutsignificant changes orevents at the hospital since1960. P ictures are alsoneeded; they will bescanned and returned.Those who are unable toattend but have informationto share can notify NanHaynes, (918) 577-3646 orfreida.haynes@va.gov .

I n d i a n E l d er h o n o rnominations openAAR P Oklahoma is ac-cepting nominations for thefifth annual AARP Okla-homa Indian Elder Honorsthrough J une 30.All nominees must be aliving enrolled member of afederally recognized Okla-homa tribe or nation. Tosubmit a nomination, sendan ess ay detailing how thenominee has affected hisor her tribe or c ommunity,along with a non-return-able photo, to AARP IndianElder Honors, 126 N.Bryant, Edmond OK73012. N ominations canalso be made online atwww.aarp.org/ok.Information: MashellSourjohn, (405) 715-4474.

U K B c e n t er t o te ac hc lasses in toy mak ingThe U nited KeetoowahBand J ohn Hair CulturalCenter and Museum is of-fering free classes in April.Stickball stick making willbe taught April 6 and mar-ble making April 13.Both classes will takeplace from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.at the UK B Tribal C omplexCelebration P avilion.All tools and materialsneeded for each class willbe provided. Classes areopen to the public, but reg-istration is required. Spaceis limited.Information: (918) 772-4389.

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