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Caleb Soptelean
Police remind Mustang youth about curfew law
For Mustang youth who may not know, the city has a decades old curfew law.
The law applies to those under age 18, and as such it is known as a “status offense,” said Mustang Police Capt. Willard James.
The law says that minors cannot be out from midnight to 6 a.m. Monday through Friday and 1 to 6 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
A youth arrested for a first-time offense will be taken to the police station and a call will be placed to his/her parents, who must pick up the child.
Subsequent arrests will result in a $49 fine and a court date with a judge.
Mustang Police made 26 such status arrests in 2005, and have made 16 through Aug. 17 of this year. Ten of this year’s 16 offenses were committed during the months of June, July and August, James said.
Valid excuses for children being out during curfew hours include times when they are accompanied by a parent/legal guardian or an adult authorized by such, attending an official school, religious or other recreation activity supervised by adults and sponsored by the city or a civic organization. James noted children must return home from these activities without any detour or stop.
He said the law has been on the books since at least 1977. A call to the city clerk’s office for the exact date was not returned.
Water trust may be dissolved
Council last week appointed two members to a trust that likely will be dissolved soon.
Councilmen Len Scott and Joe Conner were appointed to the Central Oklahoma Municipal Water Trust by a vote of 6-1 with Scott dissenting.
The trust was organized to obtain water for Mustang, Yukon, Piedmont and Chickasha from the Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer in southeast Oklahoma.
Those efforts have been unsuccessful, however, and City Manager David Cockrell said papers have been drawn up to dissolve the trust.
None of the Canadian County communities involved are currently paying into the trust, although the trust does have assets, Cockrell said.
“Until such time as the trust no longer exists, we must appoint trustees,” he said.
Former councilwoman Wendy Wilkerson has been a trustee, and Cockrell has been an alternate.
Highway 152 completion set for late October
Construction of a new section of Highway 152 between Mustang and Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers International Airport should be complete by late October.
Oklahoma Department of Transportation spokesman Steve Wedel said the 2.3-mile stretch is on target and on budget.
The project is slated to cost $5.575 million, and there have been no cost overruns so far.
Oklahoma City contractor Haskell Lemon is doing the work, which will use a new kind of asphalt.
“Stone matrix” asphalt uses larger stones, which enables water to run off faster, Wedel said.
The new highway will provide a faster commute for Mustang residents and provide a better line of sight for drivers. The new road will eliminate some curves, including a rather sharp one near Council Road.
Wedel said stone matrix asphalt has been used in various places on Interstate 240 with positive results. “It’s performed very well,” he said.
Caleb Soptelean
Police remind Mustang youth about curfew law
For Mustang youth who may not know, the city has a decades old curfew law.
The law applies to those under age 18, and as such it is known as a “status offense,” said Mustang Police Capt. Willard James.
The law says that minors cannot be out from midnight to 6 a.m. Monday through Friday and 1 to 6 a.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
A youth arrested for a first-time offense will be taken to the police station and a call will be placed to his/her parents, who must pick up the child.
Subsequent arrests will result in a $49 fine and a court date with a judge.
Mustang Police made 26 such status arrests in 2005, and have made 16 through Aug. 17 of this year. Ten of this year’s 16 offenses were committed during the months of June, July and August, James said.
Valid excuses for children being out during curfew hours include times when they are accompanied by a parent/legal guardian or an adult authorized by such, attending an official school, religious or other recreation activity supervised by adults and sponsored by the city or a civic organization. James noted children must return home from these activities without any detour or stop.
He said the law has been on the books since at least 1977. A call to the city clerk’s office for the exact date was not returned.
Water trust may be dissolved
Council last week appointed two members to a trust that likely will be dissolved soon.
Councilmen Len Scott and Joe Conner were appointed to the Central Oklahoma Municipal Water Trust by a vote of 6-1 with Scott dissenting.
The trust was organized to obtain water for Mustang, Yukon, Piedmont and Chickasha from the Arbuckle-Simpson Aquifer in southeast Oklahoma.
Those efforts have been unsuccessful, however, and City Manager David Cockrell said papers have been drawn up to dissolve the trust.
None of the Canadian County communities involved are currently paying into the trust, although the trust does have assets, Cockrell said.
“Until such time as the trust no longer exists, we must appoint trustees,” he said.
Former councilwoman Wendy Wilkerson has been a trustee, and Cockrell has been an alternate.
Highway 152 completion set for late October
Construction of a new section of Highway 152 between Mustang and Oklahoma City’s Will Rogers International Airport should be complete by late October.
Oklahoma Department of Transportation spokesman Steve Wedel said the 2.3-mile stretch is on target and on budget.
The project is slated to cost $5.575 million, and there have been no cost overruns so far.
Oklahoma City contractor Haskell Lemon is doing the work, which will use a new kind of asphalt.
“Stone matrix” asphalt uses larger stones, which enables water to run off faster, Wedel said.
The new highway will provide a faster commute for Mustang residents and provide a better line of sight for drivers. The new road will eliminate some curves, including a rather sharp one near Council Road.
Wedel said stone matrix asphalt has been used in various places on Interstate 240 with positive results. “It’s performed very well,” he said.
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