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Area man facesassault charge

A Haskell man is chargedwith assault and battery witha dangerous weapon for al-legedly stabbing a Hulbertman.

CharlesWilliam Cur-ley, 58, isbeing held inthe Musko-gee Coun-ty/City De-tention Fa-cility on$50,000bond.Curley is charged withstabbing Arthur Gene Hair,53, on Jan. 13.

According to court docu-ments, Hair sustained cutsto his abdomen and leg. Thestabbing was the result of afight that took place in the200 block of North ThirdStreet.

Curley will be back inMuskogee County DistrictCourt on Feb. 7 for a sound-ing docket, at which time adate will be set for a prelimi-nary hearing.

Charges to bedetermined Monday

An Oktaha man beingheld on a murder complaintwont find out until Mondaywhat charges, if any, he willface.

JustinCapps, 18,was arrest-ed for al-legedlyshootingRichardKosterlitzky,30. Kosterl-itzky wasfound shotto death in amobilehome lateWednesdaynight.

Capps isbeing heldwithout bondin theMuskogee County/City De-tention Facility. A court hear-ing is set for 3 p.m. Monday.

District Attorney LarryMoore said that more inter-views are needed to com-plete the investigation.

The homicide was thefirst in Muskogee in 2014.

Volleyball team tohave fundraiser

The Muskogee MizunosVolleyball team will hold aflapjack fundraiser from 8 to10 a.m. Feb. 8 at Apple-bees, 415 W. Shawnee By-pass. All proceeds raisedwill be used to hire newtraining coaches as well ashelp offset tournament travelcosts and entry fees in theupcoming season.

Breakfast includes a shortstack of pancakes, sausage,milk, juice and coffee. Tick-ets are $6 and can be pur-chased by contacting SteveBarton at (918) 577-5025.

Eufaula scholarmakes deans list

Erin E. McLeod of Eu-faula was named to theDeans List at HowardPayne University in Brown-wood, Texas, during the Fall2013 semester. To be

named to the Deans List,students must earn a 3.65-3.99 grade point average forall courses attempted whileearning at least 12 semestercredit hours of academiccourse work during the fallsemester.

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By E.I. HillinPhoenix Staff Writer

Representatives fromthe Oklahoma Education-al Technology Trust visit-ed Fort Gibson on Fridayto view the benefits fromthe $65,000 grant award-ed to Fort Gibson Interme-diate Elementary.

Sherry Rybol t, theschools principal, said therepresentatives were hap-py with the results fromthe grant.

They seemed pleasedby how the technology wasbeing used, she said.

The grant helped pur-chase new technologyequipment for the school.

Weve purchased 24Smart Boards, 24 docu-ment cameras, iPads andkeyboard cases, web cams,microphones, and laptops,Rybolt said.

Rober t Frankl in , aOETT trustee and the as-

sociate superintendent of Tulsa Technology Center,enjoyed his visit to FortGibson.

It was magical. It wasan eye-popping moment,Franklin said. I found itvery warm and engaging.

Franklin has been aneducator for 33 years. Hesaid that the use of tech-nology similar to that inthe classrooms in FortGibson Intermediate Ele-mentary is part of the fu-

ture of education.This is the new fron-

tier, he said.Franklin was impressed

by the way the school hadused the grant funds.

Theyve maximized andleveraged that very well.They have good leader-ship, he said.

Rybolt applied for thegrant in early 2013. Sheattended a CooperativeCouncil of OklahomaSchool Administratorsconference in 2012, whereshe learned about thegrant.

I was really excitedabout the opportunity towrite this,Rybolt said. Itwas a shared effort. Iwrote the grant with a lotof teachers input.

Susie Graves, executivedirector of CommunitiesFoundation of Oklahomaand Foundation Manage-ment Inc., also visited theschool.

Graves said that the Ok-lahoma Education Tech-nology Trusts grants areunique.

A lot of people givetechnology grants, Gravessaid. We give not only thetools but the training toteach the teachers to beable to use those tools ef-fectively.

Graves said she was im-pressed by the Fort Gib-son school.

They are focused onmore authentic learningexperiences and teachercollaboration, two of thebest practices of highachieving schools, shesaid.

The grant provided theschool with new equip-

ment, but to Graves itsmore than that.

Its not all about equip-ment. Ultimately, it re-sults in higher achieve-

ment, she said.Rybolt said the studentsare having fun and bene-fiting from the equipmentpurchased from the grant.

The school will be ableto use the technology tobenefit the current and fu-ture students.

They love it. It will lastfor years to come, Ryboltsaid.

Reach E.I. Hill in at(918) 684-2926 or ehillin@muskogeephoenix.com.

Tech trust visits FG school

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Robert Franklin, associate superintendent of Tulsa Technology Center, visits theclassrooms of Fort Gibson Intermediate Elementary. Franklin and other representa-tives of Oklahoma Educational Technology Trust toured the school Friday morningto see how grant funds were benefiting the students.

The Oklahoma Educational Technology Trust grantprovided Fort Gibson Intermediate Elementary with in-teractive tools for students. The school used the 2013grant to purchase smart boards, document cameras,iPads, and other interactive tools.

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OSB student earn spelling honorsTop left: Mid-

dle school win-ners of the Ok-lahoma Schoolfor the Blindspelling beeare seventh-grader RichelleZampella, left,champion, andeighth-graderBrianna Bren-nan, alternate.The bee washeld on Jan.22. Winners ad-vance to theEastern Okla-homa StateSpelling Bee.

Bottom left:OklahomaSchool for theBlind elemen-tary spellingbee winnersare championBeau Eller, left,and alternateTommy Phelps.Both are in thesixth grade.The OSBspelling beewas held Jan.22. Winnerswill move on tothe Eastern Ok-lahoma StateSpelling Bee.

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Fort GibsonIntermediate

Elementary showsoff results of $65Ktechnology grant

Colby D. Brown of Muskogee has been recog-nized as a member of Sig-ma Alpha Lambda Lead-ership and Honors Orga-nization at the Universityof Okla-homa.

Sigma Al-pha Lambdais dedicatedto promotingand reward-ing academ-ic achieve-ment and providing mem-bers with opportunities forcommunity service, per-sonal development andlifelong professional fulfill-ment, according to a me-dia release.

Brown is a junior trans-fer student majoring in fi-nance and management.He graduated from Con-nors State College in 2013with an Associate Degreein Applied Sciences inBusiness.

Brown is the son of Cedric and CharlottaBrown, the grandson of Cedric and Danetta Brownand Lucille Lang, and thegreat-grandson of VelmaBrown.

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member of Sigma AlphaLamda

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