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iy Serving 2 ©. _ Western Oklahoma | ‘4 | Since 1901 Tuesday, December 17, 201 Weekday Edition Wade Hayes sings a tune during “A Cow- Two students taken boy Country Christ- mas” Saturday in Elk into custody City. Staff photo by By Don Munsch, Editor Don Munsch Elk City police investigated an alleged threat made by two Elk City Middle School students at the school last week and took them into custody. Police, however, said no weapons were involved and “neither of the students had the means to carry out the threats,” according to a news release from Elk City Police Department Chief Eddie Holland. Elk City Public Schools Superintendent Rick Garrison said in a statement to parents that the students were “im- mediately dealt with” by school administrators, school re- source officer and Elk City police. He echoed the police in Hayes pays tribute to his dog saying that no weapons were involved and that no students or faculty were in any immediate danger. The police department was notified on Dec. 12 that a during Elk City concert student had come to them to report that on the previous day the student had overheard two other students at school discussing what the student suspected was a list of people By Don Munsch, Editor I’m ready,” Hayes said as the dog sat down in the vehicle. they wanted to do bodily harm to at the school, Holland When Wade Hayes met his dog Jack nearly about a de- Hayes and Jack have been inseparable ever since, and the said, “When confronted by the student who overheard them cade ago, the dog acted as if he and Hayes were meant to be title track of his album “Who Saved Who” is about how the talking about this list of people they wanted to harm, the together. dog has been a loyal companion for Hayes through the last two students also threatened [the student] with bodily Hayes was at a filling station that night, and the dog had decade. The album was released Dec. 13. harm,” Holland said. “This student then notified our school been foraging through trash bins and then spotted Hayes’ “He has been my best friend,” Hayes said to the crowd. resource officer, which prompted immediate action by of- truck and hopped in. Hayes was one of four performers at the show, which ficers who began an investigation into the matter.” “He just looked over at me and smiled,” Hayes told the au- also showcased Penny Gilley, Dave Alexander and Doug Police took the two juveniles into custody based on the dience during “A Cowboy Country Christmas” concert Sat- Allen Nash. Gilley hosts “The Penny Gilley Show” on the See Students page 2. urday night at the Kelli O’Hara Center of Performing Arts in RFD-TV. Saturday’s show included both country songs and Elk City. The dog, with pizza crust coming out if its mouth Christmas standards. from the trash bin, seemed to be communicating “all right — See Hayes page 2. Church still raising money for foster home ee en Crews work on the concrete poured at the northbound side of Highway 6/Main Street roadway north of the Highway 6/Interstate 40 bridge in Elk City last week. Oklahoma De- partment of Transportation officials expect the northbound lanes to be ready for public use by late December or early January. Staff photo by Don Munsch. Representatives of the Elk City United Methodist Church and Circle of Care visited the build- ME’s office releases Elk ing site for the new foster home in Elk City this fall. Picture here are Sarah Steffes, Vicki Chambers, Daniel Moore, Keith Howard, Josh Cook and pastor Scott Rodgers. Courtesy photo. City’s man’s autopsy report By Don Munsch, Editor By Don Munsch, Editor Oklahoma City. An Elk City man who crashed his car and whose body Fundraising continues for the Cimarron House, a foster “We have some in-kind gifts that we haven’t counted to- was found a quarter of a mile away from the vehicle died by home being built across the street from Elk City United ward that number yet,” said Scott Rodgers, pastor of Elk suicide this summer, the report from the Office of the Chief Methodist Church. City United Methodist Church. “We are working toward Medical Examiner in Oklahoma City said. So far, $143,000 has been raised, with a substantial gift getting all those secured before the end of the year. And we The report was released Friday to the News. coming from the Clinton District of the United Methodist still think there’s a couple or our donors who will give be- Christopher Todd Tomlinson, 51, died from multiple Church. The goal is for the church to raise $200,000 for the fore the end of the year.” sharp force injuries. The report, released by pathologist Dr. Lisa M. Barton, also said the “other significant contributing home, to cover its part of the costs, and then cede the prop- He expects to have the necessary amount by at least the factor” was recent methamphetamine use. erty — 1.5 acres — to Oklahoma United Methodist Circle of first quarter of next year. Sharp force injuries were found on the neck, forearm Care for Children and Youth, or Circle of Care, based in See Foster home page 2. and hand and ankle, the report showed. Amy Elliott, chief administrative officer for the Office of the Chief Medical if Charlotte Moler and Examiner in OKC, told the News in July that the manner ) husband Colton Moler of death was suicide and that the cause was multiple sharp | portray Mary and Jo- force injuries. The autopsy report was pending at the time. seph with baby Jesus Tomlinson crashed his vehicle on June 30 northeast of the [daughter Bella, 3 community of Grimes, in southwest Roger Mills County, months old] at the live and his body was found two days later. nativity Sunday eve- The News reported in its July 16 edition that a local land- ning at Elk City United owner found a deceased man on July 2, one quarter mile Methodist Church in from the location where the vehicle of Tomlinson was found Elk City. Staff photo by crashed on June 30, according to information from the Rog- Bon Munsch. er Mills County Sheriff's See Autopsy page 2. Weather Vol. 117, No. 101 Mail delivery View online | AMMEN. | gormorrow 129 cents’ 10 pos. 580.225.3000 elkcityoknews.com