A criminal justice advocate is the newest member of Oklahoma County's criminal justice authority. County commissioners appointed James Johnson Jr. this week.
With the building trades shrinking, builders are taking education into their own hands.
Oklahoman
The construction industry in Oklahoma City, facing a chronic shortage of workers and entrepreneurs in the building trades, will to try to grow its own, starting with a construction summer camp for kids in 2022.
It s been in the works for a couple of weeks. The first meeting of minds, called by Jack Werner, was Wednesday at the Oklahoma Home Builders Association.
Werner is owner of A to Z Inspections and is a National Association of Home Builders-certified educator. He has a Ph.D in finance. But college isn t for everyone, he said, and builders and general contractors have to do a better job of getting the word out to young people that a construction career can start with vocational-technical education and lead to a good life.
GUTHRIE The annual used book sale of the Friends of the Guthrie Public Library has been canceled this year due to the ongoing pandemic.
“COVID-19 has closed the venue we normally use for the sale and has also shut down the Guthrie Job Corps Center, which provides student help for the sale," said Calvin Selman, president of Friends. "Add the fact that our book donations are down and we are simply unable to have the sale. Which is bad, because this is the main fundraiser for the Friends.”
Friends of the Guthrie Public Library hope to schedule other fundraisers and are planning to continue the sale next year.
Go to https://guthrie.okpls.