June 11, 2019 Issue, Page 1 of 10

Page Text

YUE > ci = Serving MID-WEEK See page 7. a = Western Oklahoma Since 1901 EDITION Tuesday, June 11, 2019 Local pastor leaves for new position in UMC Dalton Jones, right, and Brantley Jones select food Friday morning at Mount Carmel Baptist Church in Elk City as part of the Summer Food and Fun program. ‘Staff photo by Don Munsch Summer Food and Fun kicks off By Don Munsch Editor The Rev. Terry Koehn, senior pastor at Elk City United Methodist‘Church, will leave the church this month fora Help Inc. Food Resource Center's Summer Food and new position in the United Methodist Church in Claremore. Staff photo by Don Munsch. Fun program began in Elk City last week, and volunteers and donations are sought to assist the program, which By Don Munsch tor. He has been a pastor learning was greater. seeks to feed children during the summer. Editor for 19 years, serving the last “{ had been a thoroughly campus. He was ordained a minister in 1999, The program’s effectiveness is seen at Mount Carmel nine years at Heritage UMC average - and that’s being Baptist Church, one of six sites in Elk City. Before coming to Elk City, The Rev. Terry Koehn will in Broken Arrow. kind -a thoroughly average he was at St. Paul’s UMC in “It helps greatly in supporting this community be- soon leave as senior pastor Koehn served Elk City student growing up,” he said. Lawton for five years. cause we have families that are low income and that have Elk City United Methodist UMC for eight years and said “When I got into the nitty- “That was a good place, struggled in feeding their children during the summer Church to assume a new po- Elk City was “a great city to gritty of Biblical and theo- and here these eight years, time,” said Charlene Jones, pastor of the church, watching sition in the United Method- bea part of” and that there logical studies and especially this has been my dream 22 children as they were fed breakfast Friday morning. ist Church. are many “great leaders” in church history, I took off. job really,” he said. “I got She said the church has had a summer feeding program ‘Sunday will be his last day the community, especially in Tt was my thing. And I was here when the new building for the last five years and church members used to pay for as the church’s pastor. He education and business. like, wow, I can not only be construction was just under the food. The church has been affiliated with the Help Inc. then assumes duties as the Born in Bloomfield, Iowa, a student, I can actually be way. Man, I may never bea program for two years. District Superintendent for he was raised in a Wesleyan agood student. I graduated part of something as excit- After the children eat, they do activities, such as exer- the “Green Country District” denomination — Pentecostal with honors.” ing again. Every day, there cise, and work on academics, play games and watch mov- of the Oklahoma Confer- Holiness ~ and attended a His teachers encouraged was something to manage ies. Jaeceon Avery, 7, said he thought the feeding program ence of the United Method- Pentecostal Holiness Bible him to goto grad school and some issue, something to was “pretty fun” and that he liked getting to visit every day ist Church and will move college in Oklahoma City and seminary. He worked outside look at, something exciting and hang out with people. to Claremore, a bedroom met his wife Daena there. the church for four years to see or something we had “I think it’s a good thing so people can come down and community of Tulsa. He went there two years ~for the Mardel company- to scratch our head about or have food so they don’t have to be hungry during the sum- “Another Route 66 town,” and then took off two years before he decided to go to had to think about. I learned mer,” said Brantley Jones, 13, about the Summer Food and he said. “So, really, ’m and worked, and then when the seminary. During that so much about church con- Fun program. swapping ends of state-one he went back to school,now time, he joined the United _ struction and commercial Kate Kramer, Help Inc. Food Resource Center executive end of Route 66 to the other.” called Southwestern Chris- Methodist Church. He at- construction.” director, spoke about the program during a visit at the Elk The Rev. Scott Rodgers _tian University in Bethany, _tended Saint Paul School of City Rotary Club last week. will succeed Koehn as pas- _he found his intensity for Theology at the Kansas City See Koehn page 2. “Our goal is to capture those kids in particular that eat breakfast and lunch at school, and so most of our folks that come to [us] are either on disability or they're senior citi- zens or they're the working poor,” she said. “And so when City heard at their meeting those kids are eating breakfast or lunch at school during on June 4. the school year, when those kids are home are home, their Brent Almquist, division parents still don’t have the groceries to feed those kids engineer with the Oklahoma [meals].” Department of Transporta- Summer Food and Fun desires to not only feed children tion in Clinton, and Will Snipes, assistant division See Summer fun page 2. engineer with Division 5 Construction of ODOT based in Clinton, talked to Kiwanis club members SWOSU to host alumni about the bridges’ replace- ment, a project that began in and friends event late May. The new roadway will be a diverging diamond Highway6 over Interstate 40 in Elk City continues to be reconstructed. Anew interchange and construction diverging diamond interchange will be built and should be completed in a year. Staff time is one year. An alumni and friends day featuring a golf tournament, photo by Don Munsch ‘Almquist also gave an tour of a private car collection, summer picnic, car cruise By Don Munsch Replacement of the ing conducted with safety update of other local road and happy hour will be Friday at Southwestern Oklahoma Editor Highway 6 bridges going foremost in mind, members State University in Weatherford. over Interstate 40 is be- of the Kiwanis Club of Elk See Update page 2. All alumni and friends are invited to participate in the day, according to a news release. The golf tourney is a four-person scramble held at the Prairie West Golf Course in Weatherford. Start time is 8 Route 66 Festival winners a.m, Costo participate is $100 per player and the fee in- cludes a lunch following the round of golf. The tour of Arden Dorney’s private car collection will Organizers with the Elk 2nd #13 Rocky Andresen, be held at 3 p.m. with alumni and friends meeting at the City Chamber Of Commerce 3rd #18 Corbin Brown, Sayre Elk City Trucks 79-Down: Burton House on the SWOSU campus and car-pooling to the Route 66 Festival announced 1st #2 Ray Jones, Elk City location near Weatherford. winners of various contests 50-60 Cars: 3rd #1 Ray Jones, Elk City The summer picnic will be held at the Burton House held on June 1: Ist #15 Ricky Gragg, Elk 2nd #12 Gary Donley, lawn, beginning at 6 p.m. Food and drinks will be provided. city 76-Late Models: Mooreland The picnic is being held in conjunction with the Weather- Car, Truck And Motorcycle Ast #28 Dale Burns, Pampa ford Area Chamber of Commerce Car Cruise that will start Show Winners 2nd #24 Lia Kaye Spears, Texas 3rd #8 Michael Hunt, at 7:30 p.m. and travel past the picnic. Elk City Weatherford Alumni and friends will gather at 9 p.m. for happy hour Pre 50 Cars: 2nd #32 Ricky Gragg, Elk at the Lobby Lounge, located at the Best Western Hotel in Ast #6 Bo & Liz Hodges, Elk 3rd #17 Cheryl Brown, Sayre City Trucks 80-Up: City Ast #29 Chris Carpenter, Elk Weatherford. 61-75 Cars: Custom Cars: City For additional information and to register for the events, 2nd #10 Charlie Cummings, 1st #251.C. Price, ElkCity _1st #26 Jonathan Hill, Senti- contact the SWOSU Foundation and Alumni Office at 580- Elk City nel See Winners page 2. | 774-3267. | Weather Qs 15 8 Vol. 117, No. 47 Home delivery View online é tomorrow Vea 75 cents, 10 pgs. 580.225.3000 elkcityoknews.com