OKC-area events, news: Dolese donates a truck; OSU-OKC receives grant and more
Dolese donates truck to Granite Fire Department
DEL CITY — Local aggregate company Dolese Bros. Co. donated one of its mixer trucks to the Granite Volunteer Fire Department just in time for the holidays.
Dolese presented the keys to a 2013 Peterbilt truck to Coll and his father, Earl Coll, who retired from Dolese after more than 40 years with the company. The department will retrofit the truck and turn it into a water supply tanker, doubling the department’s current tanker capacity.
“This larger tanker will help us when we have large fires, and we can also use it to fill smaller truck tankers,” said Richard Hines, Granite Fire Chief. “Having this larger capacity tank will make a positive impact on the safety of our community.”
Dolese has historically donated used trucks to fire departments in need across the state.
OKC FOP Foundation launches fund to support officer's family
Master Sgt. Loc Nguyen, a 20-year veteran of the Oklahoma City Police Department, passed away recently from a medical emergency. Master Sgt. Nguyen leaves behind a wife and two children. The OKC Fraternal Order of Police (OKC FOP) Foundation has launched a fund in support of his family.
The OKC FOP Foundation was established to support Oklahoma City police officers and their families during tragic times like this. Every single penny donated goes to help an officer or their family.
Donations can be made at okc-fop.com.
CVTech students reach out to volunteer
YUKON — Canadian Valley Technology Center (CVTech) students in the Project SEARCH program have been busy with December outreach activities.
Project SEARCH is a one-year work-prep program for young people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The program helps participants transition from high school to work.
The students enrolled at Canadian Valley Technology Center braved cold temps to participate in the annual Salvation Army’s Red Kettle Campaign at the Walmart in Yukon and volunteered at Woven, a non-profit clothing organization in Yukon.
Country singer-songwriter Cutter Elliott makes a donation to the School for the Blind
MUSKOGEE — Oklahoma School for the Blind (OSB) students were treated to a free concert and their Jazz Band received a new guitar — thanks to Cutter Elliott, a singer-songwriter and rising star in Oklahoma country music.
Doctors told Cutter Elliott’s parents their son would never walk or talk — much less sing or graduate from high school or college. Today he’s done all of those things and he’s a spokesperson for Autism Speaks, in part because autism caused him to fixate on music.
OSB students and faculty cheered after each original song from Elliott’s first recording “Heartache Waiting to Happen.” The album was recorded in Nashville with a star cast of session musicians and released digitally.
Find out more about Cutter Elliott at https://cutterelliott.com/ or contact Paul Reeves at 615-719-5067 or reevessongs@gmail.com.
For more information about the Oklahoma School for the Blind, call 877-229-7136 or go to http://osb.k12.ok.us/.
OSU-OKC receives grant from OGE Energy Corp. Foundation
OSU-OKC has received a grant from the OGE Energy Corp. Foundation to supplement the cost of securing a full-time Power Transmission and Distribution Technology (PTDT) faculty member for two years.
The addition of this full-time Power Transmission and Distribution Technology faculty member will allow daytime course offerings allowing students to study full-time while still maintaining their employment and ability to support their families and earn their degrees within two years.
For more information about the Power Transmission and Distribution Technology program at OSU-OKC, please visit osuokc.edu/STEM/ptdt.
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