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>» «a wt See Historical page 7 "|See Community page 5 News WEEKEND Serving Western Oklahoma Since 1901 EDITION Friday, June 21, 2019 Teepee going up at museum Bill Swartwood recently started as dean at Southwestern Oklahoma State University-Sayre. He previously taught at the school. Staff photo by Don Munsch. SWOSWU of Sayre gets new dean Kevin Kilhoffer, center, posts a wooden beam on the ‘teepee erected on the east side of the National Route 66 Museum grounds Wednesday morning with the help of Keenan Henderson, left, andBilly Yarbrough, who Is out of the frame. The three men volunteered through the museum to put up the teepee. Staff photo By Don Munsch campus is a physical plant {job).” around, as his family made by Don Munsch Editor manager, but he’s also an Swartwood started June stops in Denver, Colo., and academic administrator, 3 and said he has been on Crawford before going back ‘A dean’s job at so he’s in charge of what “quite a learning curve, to Cheyenne. He graduated Southwestern Oklahoma the faculty produces, or relying heavily on the folks from high school in Cheyenne State University-Sayre means one wears many hats responsible for it in a way,” he said, in this building to teach me things.” He said he had a and received an associate degree from Sayre Junior Commissioners Bill Swartwood took over general idea of what the College and bachelor and approve deck work A dean also has to be as dean in early June at cognizant of what’s in dean did, but there are many master’s degrees in education SWOSU-Sayre, replacing budgets, as he will spend details involved in the role. from SWOSU. He began his Sherron Manning, who money from them. A “One of the things that teaching career in Sayre in retired. dean also has to oversee compounds the problem 1980 and moved to Reydon By Don Munsch He applied for the dean’s maintenance issues going on is that Southwestern is and Cheyenne, teaching in Editor post because it just seemed around campus, especially currently installing a new the public schools. In 1998, like a natural progression at during summer, such software package for record- he came to work for SWOSU- The Elk City City Commission on Wednesday approved an this point in his career. as building and vehicle keeping and the transition Sayre. Oklahoma City company for a bridge deck replacement on “just felt like I had more maintenance. between those two is long and He was a math instructor 20th Street between Randall Avenue and South Washington to contribute,” he said. “It “And then, of course, the drawn out and difficult,” he before he became dean. seemed like a professional student side of [the school],” said. “We've been using the “I may still be for a while,” Street. advancement for me.” he said. “Of course, the other same software package since he said, laughing. He teaches ‘Commissioners approved a bid of $164,085 to Sewell The dean’s job at SWOSU- folks in this building are way back in DOS days. And lower division math; the Brothers Inc. for the work. Sayre mimics that ofa individually responsible for it was such an undertaking to school does not have enough “This bridge is in bad shape,” City Manager Lee Litterell president of a university. various aspects of student switch over. We put it off and students for the upper said. “A college like this, it’s enrollment, but I oversee that put it off.” division math. Swartwood Work would start probably in the next 45 days, Litterell kind ofa unique position as well. It’s kind of a jack of ‘Swartwood was born said. because the dean on this all trades, master of none in Cheyenne and moved See New dean page 2. In other developments, commissioners approved funds for capital construction projects, from street department repairs to storm sirens for the fire department to different areas of need at the library and landfill, among others. The projects are items that the city has not gotten to in the fiscal year and some items are projects the city will want to New books at the library carry over to the next fiscal year. The amount of items is just under $800,000. See Meeting page 2. community in Alabama - have created hundreds of quilt masterpieces dating from the early 20th century to the Two injured in present,” the library stated in arelease. The additions to the Saturday wreck Children’s Library are “Belle, The Last Mule at Gee’s Bend: A Civil Rights Story” and “Stitchin’ and Pullin’: A Gee’s Bend Quilt.” In the Adult By Don Munsch Library, the books donated Editor are “The Quilts of Gee's Bend” and “Gee's Bend: The Two people were injured after a Saturday wreck near Architecture of the Quilt.” Erick. Deannie Rule, amember Alexander Albright, 21, of Elk City and Billie Jo Brinkley, of the Beckham County age 29 of Erick were hurt in the crash, which occurred Investment Club who lives in Elk City, said the quilts have shortly before 11:20 am. on Route 66 near County Road been on national tours and in 1800, one mile north and 5 miles east of Erick in Beckham museums because they are so County, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. unique. Brinkley, the driver, was taken by Air-Evac to OU Medical “It’s something that Pat Center and admitted in stable condition with a pelvic DeAun ivester, Elk City arnegie Library nges. would have used with lots of fracture, left leg and left arm injuries and trauma to the libra library. The books were donated by the Beckham County Invest! things,” Rule said about the head. Albright, the passenger, was taken by Air-Evac to OU books. “She would have used Medical Center and admitted in stable condition with chest former head librarian Pat Sprowls. Staff photo by Don Munsch. [them] for Black History injuries, punctured lung, right arm injury and trauma to the Months, for quilting exhibits. head. Albright and Brinkley have been released from the By Don Munsch of former head librarian These are a gift from the Somebody said to me that hospital, a hospital spokesman said. Editor Pat Sprowls and her love of Beckham County Investment every quilt has a story - you Brinkley’s 2001 Chevy Blazer was east bound on old 66 quilting. Club, donated in memory of —_ just don’t always know what and departed roadway to the right. Some new books at the Elk The library just added Sprowls, who died in April. that is. And that just sounded The vehicle rolled an undetermined amount of times and City Carnegie Library have new quilting books featuring “The women of Gee’s been donated in memory the Quilts of Gee’s Bend. Bend - a small remote, black See Books page 2. See Injured page 2. «QUO A Weather tomorrow 92/72 Vol. 117,No.50 75 cents, 12 pgs. Home delivery 580.225.3000 View online elkcityoknews.com