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Page 2 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Tuesday, September 10, 2019 “Tt’s a piece of American expressed how much he Columbia Wound Certifi- Hollis and raised a family Giveaway Author history that is lost if they cate, which was a precursor missed her when he was with his wife. don’t tell it,” she said. away. He left for England in to the Purple Heart. Haught said she was Continued from page 1. During her presentation, June 1918, Haught gave some per- friends with Woodman’s ing Christmas in the Park, Continued from page 1. she said those stories are “Records from Ancestry. sonal details about Mabra, younger sister. He grew Meals on Wheels, United the Korean War. also important for the pub- com indicate that Charlie who moved to Sacramento up in Gould and graduated Fund and Lincoln Teen “He had a really compel- lic, not just the families. She was part of a supply com- and is buried there. from Gould High School in Center, among others. ling story, and from that, I said interviewing veterans pany of the 318th Infantry,” Also in her presenta- 1965. He attended South- thought I am going to con- has developed into a service she said. tion, Haught described the western Oklahoma State Round Town tinue with this,” she said. project for her. Records show that Mabra lives of Dale Taylor and College for three semesters She said as a writer, she Her first subject in the was in the Battle of Saint- Roy Woodman. Taylor and then joined the Army. September 10 first has to get a foot in the presentation was Charlie Mihiel, which was the single died in 2017. Haught was He went to basic training at door when approaching Mabra, who served in WWI. largest American military able to chat with his fam- Fort Bliss and later went to Special Elections. veterans. Then it becomes Born in 1895, he died in undertaking up to that point, ily members. Taylor joined officer infantry training at a matter of talking, asking 1970, but Haught was able Haught said. He also was in the Army in May 1944 and Fort Sill and then was sent questions and letting the to talk with family members the Meuse-Argonne Offen- went to Fort Sill for basic to Vietnam. process work naturally, as about him. sive in the fall of 1918, and training as part of Company He came home from September 14 Haught said “the more you “With his documents and he suffered from a poison F 37th Infantry. Upon com- Vietnam in fall 1969 and talk, the more they reveal.” their stories, we construct- gas attack and had to hos- pletion of basic training, he became a land surveyor un- EIk City Motor-Speed- Several veterans, though, ed [a story about] Charlie pitalized. Some fellow sol- was shipped to Europe, and til 2015, but he went back have turned down her re- Mabra,” Haught said. diers did not survive. he was part of Gen. George to work in the field and he way regular show 7:30 quests for an interview. The Army drafted Mabra Mabra left France in May Patton’s march across Eu- plans to retire again this fall. Haught, who is married and he was inducted into 1919 and arrived in Newport rope in the Battle of the Woodman married his high p.m. to Judge Doug Haught, said the Army in February 1918 News, Va., in early June and Bulge. Taylor was injured school sweetheart and had the veterans’ stories would in Sayre. On PowerPoint, was discharged later than during action in April 1945, one son and he now lives in benefit the veterans and their Haught shared a letter from month from the Army. He and he was eventually sent Towa Park, Texas. families. Mabra to his wife and it was awarded the Lady of to a hospital in England af- “T was the luckiest man in September 15 ter initial treatment. One Vietnam,” he said in quote Sentences ment agencies, including the bullet was lodged in his side he gave to Haught. “After Poarch Cemetery public Department of Homeland and remained there the rest my first day in the field, Security and the Bureau of of his life. Taylor came back no American was killed meeting at 2:30 in the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, home after the war and went or wounded in my unit.” Continued from page 1. that pistol in furtherance and Explosives. to Fort Sam Houston in San [One man was wounded in Carter Community Center, of drug trafficking. A jury “Homeland Security In- Antonio. He was discharged his first day there.] People On Aug. 26, U.S. District found him guilty of the drug vestigations (HSI) special in May 1945 and received interested in sharing their Carter. Judge Charles B. Good- crime on Dec. 13, 2018, and agents partner everyday with various commendations, stories or who want to reach win sentenced Pool to 240 was unable to reach a verdict local and state law enforce- such as the Bronze Star and Haught may call her 580- months, or 20 years, in fed- on the gun offenses. He has ment agencies in our joint Purple Heart. He moved to 799-0245. eral prison. After his sen- been in U.S. Marshals cus- efforts to combat any pub- September 21 tence, he will be on super- tody since July 2018. lic-safety threats,” said Ryan Grant $180,000 in principal and vised release for five years. On Aug. 28, U.S. District L. Spradlin, Special Agent- interest charges by not having 46th Annual Fall Fes- In addition, he will forfeit Judge Joe Heaton sentenced in-Charge of HSI Dallas. to borrow the project funds. military-style body armor, Long to 340 months, or 28 “Gang members and drug Since 1983, the Water Re- tival. $5,789 in cash and more than years and four months, to be traffickers should know that sources Board has approved over $4.3 billion in loans and 30 firearms. At sentencing, followed by four years of su- HSI has vast law enforce- grants for water and wastewater infrastructure improve- EIk City Motor-Speed- the court heard information pervised release. ment resources across the ments throughout Oklahoma, the release stated. about Pool’s threats to kill Long’s co-defendant, An- globe to end their ruthless District Board Member Darrel Wooten and Kimberly way regular show 7:30 multiple law enforcement gela Dawn Shepherd, 38, goals of wreaking havoc in Hornbuckle, the District’s consulting engineer, attended officers and their families, was sentenced to 24 months, our communities.” p.m. OWRB’s meeting to show their support of the emergency according to the release. or two years, in prison for The Pool sentence is the grant application. Pool’s co-defendant, methamphetamine _ posses- result of an investigation by “We are grateful to State Senator Darcy Jech and State Christina Loral Pool, aka sion with intent to distribute HSI and the Bureau of Alco- Representative Todd Russ for their continued support of Christina Loral McNees, on June 2. She will be sub- hol, Tobacco, Firearms and September 22 water and wastewater infrastructure funding in Oklahoma,” aka “Citygirl,” 26, plead- ject to supervised release for Explosives, with assistance said Julie Cunningham, OWRB executive director, in the 46th Annual Fall Fes- ed guilty to the same of- three years after service of from the Oklahoma City release. fenses on March 8 and was her sentence. Police Department and the tival. sentenced on Aug. 9 to 72 “These long sentences for District Attorney’s Offices the District Attorney’s Of- release stated, the Depart- months, or six years, in pris- Universal Aryan Brother- for Oklahoma and Canadian fice for District 2, which in- ment announced the rein- on, to be followed by four hood members reflect the Counties, the release stated. years of supervised release. violent nature of that gang Assistant U.S. Attorneys cludes Beckham County. It vigoration of Project Safe was prosecuted by Assistant Neighborhoods and directed September 26 In a separate case, Long and will protect the public Nicholas J. Patterson and U.S. Attorneys Nicholas J. was indicted on July 17, from the drugs and firearms Wilson D. McGarry pros- U.S. Attorney’s Offices to Patterson and Jason M. Har- Great Plains Amuse- 2018, for crimes in Beckham these sorts of individuals ecuted that case. The Long develop _crime-reduction County: possessing meth- bring into our communities,” sentence is the result of an ley. Both cases are part of strategies that incorporate ment Carnival. amphetamine with intent to Downing said in the release. investigation by HSI, with Project Safe Neighborhoods, distribute, being a felon in “T appreciate the continu- assistance from the District a Department of Justice lessons federal law enforce- possession of a semi-auto- ing focus on violent gangs 2 Drug Task Force, the Elk program to reduce violent ment has learned since the matic pistol and possessing by our partner law enforce- City Police Department, and crime. In October 2017, the program’s launch in 2001. September 27 stated. Day agreed to return all property they had taken. Warrant as being at the other break- the items and write an apol- and the other male identified and informed the boy’s fa- Great Plains Amuse- ther about the interview. The Beckham County in. The officer found Day a ogy letter to Elk City Public The boy stated they entered Clerk’s Office did not re- ment Carnival. few days later, and he agreed Schools. Northeast through the access spond to a request for in- in the north hallway had been broken and a stereo in to be interviewed and signed Day told the officer he did hatch, similar to how they formation about the other the weightroom had been a Miranda waiver, the affida- not enter Northeast Elemen- entered Fairview and the individual. The Beckham September 28 vandalized. The three items vit stated. tary, explaining they could Pioneer Center. He denied, County Record reported that missing were a Belfour Dig- During the interview, Day not get inside. Police had a though, any knowledge of because the other individual Great Plains Amuse- ital Wresting Scale [2006 described how he and his report of break-in there on the Red Rock concession is a minor, it was not clear model], hoodies of various companion entered the Pio- July 11. stand burglary. He also ment Carnival. sizes and an Apple iPhone neer Center and Fairview — The officer said he inter- wrote an apology letter. if or what kind of charges music adapter. open roof access - and Day viewed the other individual Both of the individuals re- would be filed in the case The officer looked at vid- admitted to taking the scale with Day — he also signed turned some items to police because that information is eo at Fairview and saw Day and hoodies, the affidavit the Miranda agreement — and assured police this was under seal of the court. 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