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The judges choice for top entry in the Idabel City of Lights Christmas Parade is the
Brinkley Auctions float, winner of the Dian Coffman Memorial award and a $750 prize.
Below is the first-place church float entry by Gates of Glory Fellowship. (Staff photos)

Christmas parade results told

Brinkley Auction won the Dana
Coffman Memorial Judges Choice
Award in the Idabel City of Lights
Christmas Parade Friday night.

The float 55th in the line of the

55 parade entries that wound their
way down East Washington from
Choctaw Village, ending up on a
packed North and South Central
won $750 as overall top entrant.
Twenty other parade participants
won prizes that ranged from $10 to
$500, said Idabel Chamber of
Commerce officials.
The following entries were
awarded prizes:
Commercial float: Tyson Foods,
first, $500; Papa Poblanos, second,
$250.
Church float: Gates of Glory
Fellowship, first, $500.
Marching band: Idabel Warrior
Pride, first, $300.
Youth organizations: Sea Scouts,
first, $250; Haworth Art Club, second, $150.
Non-profit organization: Haworth
FCCLA and Key Club, first, $250;

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Epic Charter School, second, $150.

Four
wheelers:
Brinkley
Auctions, first, $25; Haworth
Middle School Cheerleaders, second, $10.
Dance and auxiliary teams:
Haworth
Middle
School
Cheerleaders, first, $100; Backroad
Cloggers, second, $75.
Decorated
vehicles:
Hollycreek/Oak Hill Volunteer Fire
Department, first, $100; Garvin
Volunteer Fire Department, second,
$50; State Farm Insurance, third,
$25.
Pageant winners: Makeena
Kupke, Baby Miss City of Lights,
first, $50; Destiny Schroyer, Petite
Miss City of Lights, second, $25.
Bicycles: Kaleb Crosby, first,
$25; Christian Moore, second, $10.
Best decorated business: Sherman
Shoes, first, $100 .

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BAs Anderson nalist for

Epic Teacher of Year award
FROM STAFF REPORTS
news@baledger.com

Epic Charter Schools,

the largest virtual charter
school in Oklahoma and
with students and teachers located throughout
the state, has announced
its 2017 Teacher of the
Year nalists.
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to graduate high school,
obtain career training,
and become productive
members of society, she
said. To reach that goal,
I work with students to
achieve the goals set before them for the current
school year.
All of Epics Teacher of the Year nalists
are Oklahoma-certied
teachers and range in
experience from one to
23 years. The schools
average teacher salary is
$55,400, compared to the
state average of $44,128.
Teacher of the year nalists are selected based
on a variety of factors,

including student academic performance, student retention and parent feedback.

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David Chaney said any
one of the 10 nalists will
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our dedicated faculty
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teachers deserve special
recognition for their efforts and commitment to
the students and families
they serve, he said. Our
blended learning model
requires teachers to be
effective in both digital
instruction and in oneon-one teaching. Many
of our students come to
Epic grade levels behind
where they should be
and/or in need of credit
recovery. So this requires
attentive, effective teachers for every student and
we are blessed to have
them here at Epic.

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Epic Charter School announces David Weston of

Newcastle as 2017 Teacher of the Year finalist
Epic Charter Schools, the
largest virtual charter school
in Oklahoma and with students and teachers located
throughout the state, has announced its 2017 Teacher of
the Year nalists.
2017 nalists are:
Susan Anderson, Broken
Arrow
Jody Dougherty, Tulsa
Mari Edwards, Edmond
April Golden, Ada
Christy Harland, Ponca
City
Jennifer Lake, Sapulpa
Angelia Reich, Council
Hill
Taylor Stimac, Hackett,
Ark.
David Weston, Newcastle
Jamie White, Tulsa
Local
nalist
David
Weston is in his 15th year
in teaching, the last ve of
which have been at EPIC. He
said his mission is to share
my passion for education with

as many people as possible.

Epic Charter Schools allows me to customize and
individualize education for
each and every student, he
said. I have the ability, time,
resources, and support to
provide a strong foundation
for life-long learning.
All of Epics Teacher of the
Year nalists are Oklahomacertied teachers and range
in experience from one to 23
years. The schools average
teacher salary is $55,400,
compared to the state average of $44,128.
Teacher of the year nalists
are selected based on a variety of factors, including student academic performance,
student retention and parent
feedback.
Epics superintendent, David Chaney said any one of
the 10 nalists will make an
excellent Teacher of the Year
and ambassador for Epic. The
winner will be announced in

ceremonies on Dec. 7 during

the schools annual teacher
and administration awards
ceremony.
Were very proud of our
dedicated faculty and staff,
and these 10 teachers deserve special recognition for
their efforts and commitment
to the students and families
they serve, he said. Our
blended learning model requires teachers to be effective in both digital instruction
and in one-on-one teaching.
Many of our students come
to Epic grade levels behind
where they should be and/or
in need of credit recovery.
So this requires attentive,
effective teachers for every
student and we are blessed to
have them here at Epic.
Epic Charter Schools was
founded in 2011 and currently employs over 300 statecertied teachers across the
state.

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