LITZ RESIGNS AT DEACONESS; WACHTEL NAMED INTERIM CEO
OKLAHOMA CITY - Thomas H. Litz has resigned as chief executive officer of Deaconess Hospital, hospital officials said Monday. Chief Operating Officer Andy Wachtel has been named interim CEO.

STATE'S REVENUE GROWTH NOT ENOUGH FOR ODOT FUNDING PLAN
OKLAHOMA CITY - A law designed to provide more money for transportation is not working out the way many legislators had planned, Sen. Kenneth Corn said Monday. The structure of the law has allowed money that might otherwise have been spent on transportation needs to be used for other priorities.

ENERGY-SAVING PRACTICES LOWER BUILDING'S BILLS
OKLAHOMA CITY - Keeping an office building the right temperature and keeping the lights on can be costly. Some measures put in place in downtown Oklahoma City have helped trim utility costs in two recognizable buildings.

DELL GRANT EQUIPS SCHOOL WITH 66 COMPUTERS
OKLAHOMA CITY - An inner-city Oklahoma City school received a $50,000 grant for a technology upgrade from Dell Inc. last year and on Monday opened a new computer lab. The Dell Community Computer Lab opened at the KIPP Reach College Preparatory school in northeast Oklahoma City after the school applied to the company for the funds last year.

SENATOR AIMS TO EXEMPT OVERTIME PAY FROM STATE TAXES
OKLAHOMA CITY - Overtime pay would be exempted from state income taxes if the Legislature approves Senate Bill 1132 by Sen. Kenneth Corn, D-Poteau. The targeted tax cut would benefit the state's economy, boost production at local businesses, and help working Oklahomans pocket more of their earnings, said Corn's guest, union leader Jimmy Curry, president of Oklahoma AFL-CIO.

DEYONG GIVES EFFORT TO AWARD PROCESS
STILLWATER - When the first Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award board of examiners was appointed in 1987, members included Ken Case from Oklahoma State University's College of Engineering, Architecture and Technology. OSU's involvement with the Malcolm Baldrige Quality Awards and continued uninterrupted over the years and Case continues to have a direct influence. Camille Frye DeYong, associate professor in OSU's School of Industrial Engineering and Management, has been selected for the 2007 board of examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award. It will be her sixth consecutive year on the board. Case, emeritus regents professor, was DeYong's advisor when she was working on her doctorate at OSU.