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EOSC | Submitted photoDirector Peggy Spears recognized Ryan Stockton of Ada, OK (left) and Jeremy Chapman of Fort Smith, AR as Eastern Oklahoma State Collegeâs 2021 Outstanding Graduates of the Respiratory Therapy Division. featured
By Trish McBeath EOSC Communications May 17, 2021
May 17, 2021
EOSC | Submitted photoDirector Peggy Spears recognized Ryan Stockton of Ada, OK (left) and Jeremy Chapman of Fort Smith, AR as Eastern Oklahoma State Collegeâs 2021 Outstanding Graduates of the Respiratory Therapy Division.
WILBRUTON â Eastern Oklahoma State College sophomores Jeremy Chapman of Fort Smith, AR and Ryan Stockton of Ada, OK were named the Outstanding Respiratory Therapy Division Graduates during the collegeâs 2021 commencement ceremony in Wilburton. Respiratory Therapy Director Peggy Spears presented the award.
Local governments get rules on spending Covid relief money
Feds spell out do s and don ts on spending billions
The U.S. Treasury Department on Monday rolled out details on how local governments can spend the billions of dollars coming to them through the American Rescue Plan.
Wichita County, the City of Wichita Falls and the Wichita Falls Independent School District are among thousands of local governments to share in $350 billion dollars aimed at providing relief from the COVID-19 crisis.
The Treasury Department said the money “can be used to respond to acute pandemic response needs, fill revenue shortfalls among these governments, and support the communities and populations hardest-hit by the COVID-19 crisis.”
Study: Texas tops for new businesses
The study was released by Expertise.com, a Los Angeles company that specializes in reviews of service providers.
In the three categories the company assessed, Texas ranked first for new business environment, sixth for costs and seventh for available resources.
“Our latest report finds that Texas is the ideal place to start a new business,” said David Franklin, CEO of Expertise.com.
California, Florida, Georgia and Washington join Texas as states most conducive to business startups while West Virginia, Wyoming, Rhode Island, Delaware and Connecticut ride in the caboose.
Texas’ ranking doesn’t surprise Vanda Cullar with the Small Business Development Center at MSU. She sees Wichita Falls as an example of why businesses are being attracted.
Gary Tittle promoted to Richardson police chief
Tittle has been with the department since 2018 and will replace Chief Jim Spivey who will retire at the end of the month.
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11:47 AM on May 10, 2021 CDT
Richardson’s next police chief has been selected from among the department’s ranks. Assistant Chief of Police Operations Bureau Gary Tittle has been named the next chief of the Richardson Police Department, Richardson city manager Dan Johnson announced last week.
Tittle has 33 years of experience in law enforcement and will assume his new role beginning June 1 after the retirement of current Richardson Police Chief Jim Spivey. Spivey previously announced he is retiring at the end of this month, the 50th anniversary of his career in law enforcement.
MSU s Bultena wins prestigious professor award
Kathy Floyd
In another life, Charles Bultena was an engineer with a career that took him around the world.
In 1995, he left that 14-year career to teach at Midwestern State University because of a love for teaching and students that grew out of his years of youth and college ministry.
That decision has been rewarded as Bultena, Associate Professor of Management, was named one of 10 Piper Professors, an honor awarded annually to Texas professors for superior teaching at the college level.
“I was shocked and humbled when I got word of the award, especially when I considered our last two recipients at MSU, Mike Collins and Emily LaBeff,” Bultena said.