Oklahoma Horizon Expands Market

Beginning Oct. 1 Oklahoma Horizon began running in syndication with American Public Television. KRSC-TV now airs the show Monday - Friday at 7 p.m. to an audience of 1.2 million across Northeast Oklahoma including 76 cable systems. In March, OETA is set to begin carrying the OKH syndicated program five days a week  on their digital station  in addition to the Sunday show at 3 p.m. Also, Oklahoma Horizon was awarded a Media Appreciation Award by Oklahoma's Cattlemen's Association. Executive Producer Rob McClendon was honored by the group for reports on emerging trends in Oklahoma's $2 billion cattle industry. The OCA represents Oklahoma's 25 thousand cattle producers.

OK Horizon staff, L-R, Alisa Hines, Brian Bendele, Rob McClendon, Jessica Lowe-Betts, Rusty Muns, and Lacy Stockstill.

Robison Named Outstanding Culinary Arts Student

Georgiann Belton, Culinary Arts instructor on Indian Capital Technology Center's Muskogee Campus, announces that Emily Kate Robison, Gore, has been named Culinary Arts Student of the Month for August. Robison is a senior at Gore High School.  This year she won 1st Place Quick Service at the ProStart Competitions sponsored by the Oklahoma Restaurant Association. She was on of five students in the state selected to participate in Odyssey de Culinaire, where she assisted Chef Curtis Bramlett, from LeCep Bistro, Oklahoma City.

Emily Kate Robison

 Robison is currently working at Fin & Feather Restaurant, where she is completing her 400 hours of ProStart Internship.  She will sit for the National ProStart Certification, sponsored by the National Restaurant Association, in April, which will make her eligible for college scholarships.

Robison is also simultaneously enrolled in OSU/Okmulgee where she is receiving college credit for classes at Indian Capital Tech Center. After graduation from high school, she will attend Oklahoma State University, Okmulgee, where she will continue her classes to be a Pastry Chef.

State Gets $1.5M Grant for Training

Oklahoma will receive a $1.5 million federal grant to train at-risk youth for manufacturing careers.

The federal Labor Department doled out grants to 11 government entities nationwide as part of President Bush's High-Growth Job Training Initiative. More than 180 groups applied for the grants.

Oklahoma's grant will be used to develop a pilot program for foster children and disadvantaged youth to promote career paths in advanced manufacturing. The program will involve local work force investment systems and the state CareerTech system.

Tours of Tech Centers

Educators and leaders from Idaho were in Oklahoma Oct. 25-26 to tour tech centers and learn more about partnerships with higher education and high schools.

In August, a delegation from Viet Nam visited the state agency and CareerTech system to learn more about training for business and industry.

Ron Duggins, international program specialist, recently participated with the Oklahoma State School Boards Association in a project to train administrators and instructors for a new professional education system in the Republic of Georgia. Staff from Great Plains Technology Center also participated in the project. Duggins said Georgia has become a transit country with potential for pipeline construction and maintenance.

Other opportunities for Oklahoma linkages include the Georgia’s growing wine industry, transportation infrastructure and services, oil and gas exploration and production, telecommunications equipment, electric power generation, agriculture food processing, tourism and hospitality and construction.

"Munchkins on Campus"

Northeast Technology Center's Pryor Campus recently opened its door for more than 100 daycare centers, pre-kindergarten, and kindergarten classrooms at the annual "Munchkins on Campus.”

Little goblins began arriving early and were escorted from room to room and building to building gathering candies and treats and visiting all the students, faculty, and employees of the school.

Students from the culinary arts program coordinated the event with more than 600 kids visiting the campus. Each program at NTC participated with students dressed in costume. The event which has become a traditional safe place on the Pryor Campus for little witches, ghosts, action heroes, princesses, goblins, vampires, and other assorted "Trick-or-Treaters” to gather goodies.