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May 11, 2022 News Red Dirt Pigeon Club Results PSO Earns 2022 Energy Star® Partner of the Year Award Tulsa — Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) is proud to announce it has been selected as a 2022 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year winner for Sustained Excellence. This award is reserved for ENERGY STAR partners demonstrating outstanding leadership, year over year, from the U.S. Environ- mental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy. “The 2022 ENERGY STAR award recognizes the value and success of PSO's energy efficiency programs for our custom- ers and partners.,” said Jeff Brown, PSO Energy Efficiency and Consumer Programs Manager. “Our PSO energy efficiency staff and partners are dedicated to helping customers save energy and money, while improving the comfort of their homes. PSO is committed to raising awareness of energy efficiency with EN- ERGY STAR for a clean energy future.” Each year, the ENERGY STAR program honors a group of businesses and organizations that have made outstanding con- tributions to protecting the environment through superior en- At left, David Bell’s Big Rudy 6785 is on his fourth Club ergy achievements. ENERGY STAR Award Winners lead their win, and his second Combine win this year. Courtesy photo. industries in the production, sale, and adoption of energy-effi- Above, Dusty Davis’ hen comes in first from Denton, Tex- cient products, services, and strategies. These efforts are essen- as, taking the Club win and possibly the entire Combine win. Courtesy photo. tial to fighting the climate crisis and protecting public health. Red Dirt homing pigeons sults were: “We know it’s going to take all of us working together to had a better flight Saturday ARace 3rd - Cory Spieker’s AU- 2nd - Dusty Davis's AU- tackle the climate crisis, and the 2022 ENERGY STAR award- morning. Coming in from Den- 1st - Dusty Davis's AU- 2021-ARPU-19744 with 2021-ARPU-82867 with winning partners are demonstrating what it takes to build a ton, Texas, one of Dusty Davis’ 2021-ARPU-11549 with 1851,151 yards per minute. 1827.901 yards per minute. more sustainable future,” said EPA Administrator Michael S. birds few 67 mph. Davis and 1958.012 yards per minute. B Race Regan. “These companies are showing once again that taking Ist - David Bell’s AU- 3rd - Cory Spieker's AU- David Bell are expected to win 2nd - David Bell’s AU- action in support of a clean energy economy can be good not the Combine race against Enid 2021-ARPU-6719 with 2021-ARPU-6785 with 2021-ARPU-19769 with only for the environment, but also for business and customers.” and Oklahoma City. Their re- 1851.151 yards per minute. 1881.856 yards per minute. 1747.202 yards per minute. Winners are selected from a network of thousands of EN- ERGY STAR partners. For a complete Taking In Young Wildlife Isn’t a Good Idea list of 2022 winners and more information about ENERGY STAR’s awards program, visit energystar.gov/awardwinners. About PSO Leaving Them Alone Is Best that’s when people begin see- later, these animals will not nest, they become larger, of- PSO, a unit of American Electric Power (Nasdaq: AEP), is an elec- Course in Most Cases ing the young animals. be able to feed or be aware of ten noisier, and produce more tric utility company serving more than 562,000 customer accounts in Springtime in Oklahomais Game Warden Brayden what dangers to avoid. And the scent, so the nestlings become eastern and southwestern Oklahoma. Based in Tulsa, PSO owns ap- when people commonly come Hicks, based in Blaine Coun- young animal could even die more vulnerable to preda- across newborn and young ty, said Game Wardens often from the stress of being han- tors the longer they stay in proximately 3,800 megawatts of generating capacity fueled primarily wildlife. Newborn rabbits, receive calls this time of year dled by people. by natural gas. It also maintains and operates 22,000 miles of dis- the nest. One way that parent tribution lines and 3,700 miles of transmission lines. PSO is one of squirrels, deer and birds easily from the public asking them to Howery said springtime birds adapt to that risk is by appeal to most people’s senses “rescue” fawns that have been storms may blow young birds the largest distributors of wind energy in the state. News releases and of care and compassion. found alone. “I tell them don’t and squirrels out of their leading the chicks out of and other information is at www.PSOklahoma.com. Connect with us on But the Oklahoma Depart- touch the fawn, and don’t try nests. Even though they may away from the nest after they Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @PSOKlahoma. ment of Wildlife Conserva- to feed it. Normally the mom- appear to be alone, distressed are fully feathered but before About ENERGY STAR tion reminds all Oklahomans or in need of help, the parents they're fully capable of flying. ma is around, and she’s left her ENERGY STAR?® is the government-backed symbol for energy that the best thing to do if you fawn on purpose so she can go are often nearby and will care They attempt to scatter and efficiency, providing simple, credible, and unbiased information that come across young wildlife is feed.” for them. hide the nestlings in places consumers and businesses rely on to make well-informed decisions. to keep them wild and, in most ‘The doe must get adequate He said whenever a baby close by where there’s cover. In Thousands ofindustrial, commercial, utility, state, and local organiza- cases, leave them alone and nutrition to produce milk and bird is found uninjured on the that way, a predator may find tions—including more than 40 percent of the Fortune 500®—rely on don’t interfere. will often leave a fawn in a safe ground, it is generally much their partnership with the US. ‘one or two chicks but not the When people try to help place, such as near a house or better to return it to the nest Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to deliver cost-saving en- young wildlife, they often end where people can easily see than try to care for the bird entire brood, ergy efficiency solutions. Since 1992, ENERGY STAR and its partners up doing no favors for those them, because those are places yourself. Often, young birds If the young bird has be- helped American families and businesses avoid more than $500 billion animals and can actually put where predators might be less that have fallen from the nest come injured, its chances for in energy costs and achieve more than 4 billion metric tons of green- more stress on young wildlife. likely to visit. (which most people assume survival are questionable. But house gas reductions. More background information about ENERGY People often imagine that “The doe will also stay away has been abandoned) have ac- remember that the loss of indi- STAR's impacts can be found at www.energystargov/impacts and any young animal they see from its fawn so the doe’s scent tually not been forgotten by vidual animals is a normal oc- state-level information can be found at www.energystar.gov/statefacts must be lost or abandoned, but will not attract predators. the natural parents. Returning currence in nature, and it’s OK usually that is not the case. “Sometimes the doe will stay these birds to their own nest to let nature take its course. “Chances are an adult ani- away for many hours, but she or placing them off the ground In cases when an animal is mal is nearby and is simply will eventually come back and in the same tree or shrub will injured or seriously ill, some- waiting on you to move away care for her fawn,” Hicks said. allow the parents to resume SWOSU Summer care. A young bird will not be one might choose to call a li- so they can take care of their When people interfere with young,” said Mark Howery, Se- young wildlife, those animals rejected by its parents if it has censed wildlife rehabilitator. A Classes Begin June 6 nior Wildlife Biologist with the been touched by people be- will lose their instinctual fear list of rehabilitators by county Wildlife Department. of people and begin to bond cause most birds have a poor is available at www.wildlifede- Southwestern Oklahoma State University summer semes- In Oklahoma, most fawns with and depend on people to sense of smell. partment.com/law/rehabilita- ter classes begin on Monday, June 6. are born in May and June. And survive, If returned to nature As baby birds grow in the tor-list. Jennifer Cook-Johns, registrar in the SWOSU Academic Records Department, said enrollment for eight-week classes continues through June 7. Four-week classes are also offered Nine SWOSU Students Awarded in June and July with the deadline to enroll for June courses being June 7, and the deadline for second four-week classes being July 5. NASA Oklahoma Space Grant Cook-Johns said students can enroll for classes on the Weatherford, Sayre and Yukon locations through the Academic Records’ office. Online enrollment is also available through the SWOSU website for students that have completed at least 60 Internships for Summer 2022 hours and the prior semester at SWOSU. Students must al- ready be fully admitted to the University and have no holds on their account. Additional information is available by calling the Weather- Nine Southwestern Oklahoma State University over 500,000 photo negatives and dates back Four students will work with ASRC Federal ford office at (580) 774-3777. Students can also email enroll- students have been awarded internships for to 1921. Throughout the last 100 years there providing services to the Federal Aviation Ad- [email protected]. the 2022 summer from the NASA Oklahoma have been various information systems imple- ministration at the Mike Monroney Aeronauti- Students can also enroll now for the 2022 Fall semester Space Grant program. cal Center in OKlahoma City. Alexander Bro- mented to capture / track information about that starts August 22. Summer office hours for SWOSU are 8 the negatives in various formats. This project yles of El Reno, Anthony Kelley of Oklahoma am. to4 p.m., Monday through Fric According to Madeline Baugher, SWOSU's focuses on consolidating, curating and validat- City (Westmoore), Garrett Parmer of Apache program coordinator for the NASA Oklahoma ing information gathered from the multitude and Caleb Patton of Perryton (TX) are all com- Space Grant, the nine students were selected of informational sources associated with these puter science majors. by faculty in computer science and engineering negatives. technology and will work at NASA, two Okla- Computer science student Oscar Garcia of Engineering technology major Grayson Butch- homa companies and the Federal Aviation Ad- Hydro-Eakly and engineering technology stu- er of Elk City will intern with the FAA Flight ministration (FAA). dent Riley Smith of Armett will spend their Operations Simulation Laboratory. He will be Engineering technology students Kaitlyn summer with Delaware Resources Group, a involved in cutting-edge research at the Mike Schrick of Frederick and Thomas Klassen of world-class company for aerospace defense Monroney Aeronautical Center in Oklahoma Lookeba-Sickles will work with NASA person- training, The company is based in Oklahoma City. Lab services enhance flight operations, Residential Commercial - Faucet Repair nel from Langley Research Center on a Photo City and is headed by a SWOSU alum, Philip standards, capacity and aviation safety to all + Drain Cleaning «Gas Piping Archives Data Project. The photo archives span Busey. branches of the federal government. Jason Jones Plumbing Have photos to share from a event? 580-214-0404 or 580-323-0405 Clinton Oklahoma Send them to [email protected] for a chance to be fatured in an upcoming edition! Jason Jones - Owner/Operator | [email protected]