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v. Serving a | Western Oklahoma C1 since 1901 Weekend Edition Western Oklahoma Family Care Center oper- ates at 609 W. E Ave.in Elk City. Photo pro- vided... The 6th Hour Select ‘Chamber Choir performing att SWOSU on Thursday will be, first row, Alivia Jeter, Shailee Ross, Carlie McKinnon, MacKenzie Armstrong, J’Lynn Hodnett, Lauren Peffer, Kelly McQuinn, Kimberlie Garcia and Alissa Brewer. Second row is Fenix Wright, Matti Jones, Elk City agency to hold Tory Garrison, Autumn Inman, Sarah Huddlen, Britney Reyna, Hanna White, Jessie Davis, Faith Jackson and Carissa Miller. Back row are Cade Dewitt, Francisco Quezada, Kane Craig, annual fundraiser Aden Schmidt, Tres Hill, Zander Stancel, Tate Steele, Rex Carver, Addison Deleon and Isai By Don Munsch, Editor Reyes. Staff photo by Don Munsch. Western Oklahoma Family Care Center will hold its an- By Don Munsch, Editor Featured pianists are Sophie Hung (Southwestern Singers) nual Boots and Bling fundraiser 6:30 p.m. today at the Elk Elk City High School choir members will join two South- and Chih-Chi Huang (Chamber Choir). Student conductor City Convention Center. western Oklahoma State University choral groups for a joint of the Southwestern Singers is Gina Patterson. EIk City attorney Tom Ivester will be the keynote speak- concert Thursday on the SWOSU campus in Weatherford. “We got an invitation from Southwestern to come and per- er and Mike Grant will conduct the auction. Individual The 7 p.m. concert will be held in the Fine Arts Center. form in their fall concert,” Ediger said. “They invite a guest tickets are $25. Admission is free, and the public is invited, the university choir every — high school guest choir — and so they invited Boots and Bling raises money for all kinds of services stated in a release. us to come over this year.” provided at WOFCC. SWOSU choral groups featured will be the Southwestern This past Saturday, around 50 Elk City choir singers in Singers and Chamber Choir, both directed by Daniel Farris. “We help people with medical and dental care,” said grades seven through 12 went to Woodward High School Brenda Short, WOFCC executive director. “We have free Performing from Elk City will be the 6th Hour Select Cham- to audition for the Western Oklahoma Choir Directors As- clinics here — a medical clinic and a dental clinic — for ber Choir, directed by Justin Ediger. “It’s kind of a nice privilege to be invited to go that,” Edi- sociation Honor Course. people who don’t insurance and are not able to get the care “So they’ve been working on this music for a long time, that they need. We have volunteer doctors, dentists and ger told The News. Ediger and Lori Daubenspeck are choir co-directors. since summer time, and they’ll do audition on Saturday on hygienists and so forth that come in and take care of these The release stated the program will feature two move- their individual voice parts and they'll get scored by a panel people for us. “ ments from Sir John in Love by Ralph Vaughan Williams; of judges,” Ediger said Friday. “And then at the end of the Short said WOFCC furnishes supplies for the doctors the first three movements of Charles Villiers Standford's A auditions — this is schools from all over Western Oklahoma and others who deliver the services. WOFCC also helps Cycle of Songs, op. 68; Hugo Alfvén's Aftonen; and other — then they’ll choose students for each voice part to repre- people with other needs, such as utility bills. WOFCC also works. Elk City High School choir will sing Musick's Em- sent honor choir and be in the honor choir that’s going to be helps people with non-medical needs. Other agencies are pire by Lloyd Pfautsch and other works. ECHS choir will held located in the WOFCC building, such as Salvation Army. sing Aftonen with Southwestern singers, Ediger said. See Elk City choir page 2. See Boots and Bling page 2. Flea market mats] Brent Meador of Elk City takes water from Vincent Arvizu, a coming to Elk City ow wis ie ‘ete member of the Elk City High School By Don Munsch, Editor Interact group, early Friday usually brings the most people to the Western Sunday morning dur- Oklahoma Historical Society Flea Market, Charlie Joy said. ing the half marathon Shoppers tend to want to be the early birds, it seems. But portion of Run Elk they will have all weekend to find something at the flea mar- City. The event also ket, to be held Friday through Sunday at Ackley Park. There featured a marathon, is no admission cost. 5k and fun run. Staff “This is actually one of the fundraisers we have, and basi- photo by Don Munsch. cally, all of our funds from the flea market and anything else goes out to the museum projects and so forth,” said Joy, flea market chairperson who lives in Elk City. Benefit breakfast to help former firefighter More than 200 spaces will be available for vendors at the flea market, and spaces, which are rented, are available for individuals, commercial enterprises, civic clubs and food booths. Joy thought there would be 125 spaces occupied this Calverley is battling stage four lung cancer and is receiv- year. ing treatments at MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. Spaces are available on a first-come, first choice basis. The fundraiser will help Calverley defray medical and travel The market opens at 8 a.m. Friday and vendors are not given costs. strict opening and closing times, Joy said. But space holders T-shirts also are being sold, and more information on are asked to stay until at least 4 p.m. Sunday. There will be them can be found at https://www.facebook.com/SayreFire/ plenty of parking for visitors, Joy said. posts/2380502241997330 . The flea market, which has been held for more than 40 Calverley is from the Sweetwater area, Billey said. He years, features a range of products, from clothes to antiques started out on the Sweetwater Fire Department and then to collectibles. moved to Sayre and was at the Sayre Fire Department for a When the flea market first started, it used to held where the dozen years or so and then retired. He still owns a couple of museum complex lies now, Joy said. houses in Sayre, but he has moved to the Lone Grove area. Flea market goers and participants hope for better weather By Don Munsch, Editor After some tests were conducted, Calverley was diagnosed this year, as last year’s event was rained out, Joy said. Ven- A benefit pancake breakfast for a former Sayre firefighter with stage four non-small-cell lung carcinoma, Billey said. dors come from all over the state, but they also come from battling cancer will be held beginning at 6 a.m. Saturday The Red Knights Motorcycle Club of Oklahoma will over- neighboring states such as Texas and Kansas. at the Beckham County Activity Barn in Sayre, next to the see the pancake breakfast, Billey said. Calverley is a chapter “T tell [vendors] what it boils down to is what you have to courthouse. president for a Red Knights group in this area. Sayre Fire sell and what people are looking for,” Joy said, noting that The breakfast for Tommy Calverley will go until 10 a.m., Department also will help with the breakfast, which also fea- sales can fluctuate from one place or market to another. or until food lasts, said Carl Billey, who volunteers at the tures a raffle and a door prize giveaway. For more information, call Joy at 580-225-3788. 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