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Page 2 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Friday, December 20, 2019 to attend, but a donation box to Christmas to do the event of economic status you’re in Dinner other things,” McArthur Round Town said. “And then we’re also will be available for people last year. at this point. If you’re a 30- going to be giving away all to give money. That money “And we just needed more year old person that doesn’t December 20 the decorations — the center- will go toward general needs time,” she said. “I talked to have anywhere to go, come Participating businesses Conitnued from page 1. pieces — on the tables.” and homeless services done some churches and some and hang out and eat with open late until 7 p.m. A door prize, such as big The centerpieces all will by LCF. other community members, us.” basket full of items, will be have a theme. The Christ- McArthur said the idea people here at the {West- She said the same holds December 21 given away at the event. mas dinner event will not for a Christmas dinner was ern Oklahoma Family] Care true for anyone, such as se- “Jesse & the Outlaws “There will be a $100 Visa sell anything and people do discussed at a board meeting Center, and they just said it nior citizens or people with gift card in it with some not have to pay for anything last year, but it was too close was a big need, that people children. Holiday Ho-Ho Hoe- really needed a place to “Especially this year it’s down” Kids show4 p.m., go. Our motto for this year really tight and people can’t Boar d Member Pioneer Center. is don’t spend Christmas afford to travel to be with alone. And that goes for family,” she said. “And so December 24 anybody. It doesn’t matter being with your community who you are and what kind is the next best thing.” Christmas Eve Service 6 Conitnued from page 1. discipline and curriculum. Randle said she appreci- p.m. First Baptist Church High School, and two “As a mother, I’ve had a ates Superintendent Rick ing on the board. She will be dle said she enjoys getting grandchildren, Jamarcus, child who’s been in trouble Garrison introducing her to sworn in next month. a chance to represent a sec- Christmas Eye candle a fourth-grader at Elk City in school, so it’s important staffers at the administration “['m looking forward to tion of the community that light Service 6:30 p.m., Elementary, and Daidreon, for me to be able to relate to building and sharing infor- being a part of it,” she said. “maybe is not always been a freshman at ECHS. Ran- people who have children in mation about the district and “T’m looking forward to see- represented.” She has vol- EIk City Eastside Baptist Church. dle’s other two children are school that have difficulties its budget. ing what goes on in a board unteered at or participated in Danyelle and Derek, both of in the school system —I want “I was impressed to see meeting, and hopefully as 1 various community entities whom graduated from high to be able to relate to that,” that he took the time to do get more knowledge on how or functions, including Faith December 25 school last decade. she said. “Also, I'd like to that to kind of get me knowl- things work, I can maybe Hospice and Arimathea. She Community Christmas Randle said there are a see what kind of curriculum edgeable about what goes share some things as well.” attends Grace Temple Wor- Day Dinner, enjoy a free couple issues that she par- is coming into the school on,” she said. In joining the board, Ran- ship Center. ticularly cares about: school system as well.” She is excited about be- traditional dinner 4-7 p.m. three daughters, Carys (13), brary System board, West- Now a tribal court judge are leaving for better-fund- Maya (10), and Danica (5) Garcia at the Convention Center. ern Oklahoma Football Club and private practice attor- ed classrooms, and young and are active members of ney, Garcia said he is frus- people are leaving the state board, Board of Bar Exam- MERRY CHRISTMAS! St. Mary’s Catholic Church. Conitnued from page 1. trated with the lack of leg- for more opportunity. Mary iners, Custer County Bar Garcia earned a_histo- December 5 “Tm the second of four islative action in the face of Fallin may no longer be gov- Association, and Clinton Ki- ry education degree from “The Best Christmas children,” he said. “We withering resources, as well ernor, but our Legislature SWOSU and a law degree wanis Club. Pageant Ever” 7:30 p.m. started in a two-bedroom, keeps operating like she is. from Oklahoma City Uni- as a lack of vision for local “My parents showed me one-bathroom house. My communities. We can’t keep electing sta- versity, and he began work- that hard work is at the root January 11 father drove a truck in the “The Legislature contin- tus quo candidates with no ing in the District Attorney’s of progress, and each day, I Double Down at the oil patch, but to make due, ues to dry up opportunities vision for our local commu- office just two weeks after Boomtown Throwdown our family also chopped cot- for rural Oklahomans,” he nities.” work to honor that legacy. I taking the bar exam. He Livestock Show, Elk ton. Starting at 6 years old, said. “By cutting career tech Born and raised in Clin- will call things as I see them, has served the community City FFA host show and I carried water to the other and higher education fund- ton, Garcia married his high through numerous organi- advocate for every commu- Concession, Convention ing, they are shifting the school sweetheart, Sep- zations, including Clinton workers and, as I got older, nity in the district, and work Center Barn. I chopped with them. As a burden onto working fami- tember. Currently a stay- Public Schools Foundation, just as hard for the citizens teenager, I worked as my lies and burying students in at-home mom, September Multi-County Youth Ser- of District 57 as we did in January 12 father’s swamper, deliver- debt. Each year they refuse taught public school for vices board, SWOSU Alum- those cotton fields all those Double Down at the ing drilling fluids to wells. to accept Medicaid expan- nine years. She co-founded ni Foundation Board of years ago,” he said. Boomtown Throwdown These experiences — along sion, they waste over a bil- and serves as president of Trustees, Action Associates Livestock Show, Elk For more information on with my parents’ encourage- lion of our tax dollars. As Kids In Care Resources, board, Washita/Custer Drug City FFA host show and ment — drove me to work a result, our hospitals are Inc., which connects foster Court Team, Oklahoma Juan’s campaign, visit gar- Concession, Convention hard as a student and suc- struggling, our infrastruc- children with local services. Vocational _ Rehabilitation ciaforhouse.com or the cam- Center Barn. ceed as a citizen.” ture is falling apart, teachers Juan and September have board, Western Plains Li- paign Facebook page. Impeachment United Fund January 14 institutional practices to in- CofC Annual Banquet stead partake in a flawed, RSVP required, FBC partisan probe. There’s only Activity Center. one thing that’s been made Continued from page 1. today, those needs have been clear by today’s partisan im- Conitnued from page 1. average amount raised each January 18 comes from the House’s put aside in favor of partisan peachment vote: this unjust presence. year — about $56,000 — they G&S Productions Gun ability to legislate on be- politics. impeachment is a disservice “Being on the United Fund have assisted the United half of the American people.“For months, Americans to the American people. Show, Convention Center. For more than 200 hundred have witnessed impeach- for at least 25 to 30 years, Fund in raising over $1.4 “Our institution deserves you don’t realize how many million. years the U.S. House of ment proceedings unlike Representatives has stood any other in modern history. better than this. Oklahomans people you touch,” Albert “That’s a lot of people to January 19 as a testament to that notion From the very beginning, deserve better than this. And said. “And certainly, Lindy, help,” he said. G&S Productions Gun and has served the needs of House Democrats blatantly our nation deserves better Nita and Marilyn have given He appreciated the people Show, Convention Center. a great nation. Regrettably disregarded historical and than this.” their time and talent for over who contributed over the Officially impeached, Trump must learn to 30 years.” years. He said if one takes 25 “T can’t say enough — years of being on United thank you, thank you so live with ‘black mark’ on his presidency Fund and considered the much,” he said. By John T. Bennett, CQ- at the very least you're ac- The House Judiciary Com- impeachment," the Demo- how voters consume their can members sparred all day Roll Call mittee, in a report released cratic-controlled committee news from the media. ... We Wednesday over the articles quitted and not removed, WASHINGTON - Don- the first paragraph of your Monday describing the ar- wrote. also have a dramatic decline ald Trump frequently boasts obituary will say the word ticles, accused the longtime Bruce Schulman, a history in the power of the political and charges Wednesday dur- about accomplishing things ‘impeachment.’ So it will New York real estate execu- professor at Boston Univer- establishment." ing often-animated hours of other presidents failed to change his place in history," tive and former reality tele- sity, said Trump's impeach- Democratic and Republi- debate on the House floor. do, although he frequently said Barbara Perry, direc- vision personality of crimi- ment _ in terms of serious- bends the truth. But after be- tor of presidential studies at nal bribery and wire fraud. ness of charges and political Ronald Raymond Kamphaus ing impeached Wednesday the University of Virginia's "While there is no need impact _ likely lies some- by the House, he can accu- Miller Center. "There will for a crime to be proven in where between Clinton's Ronald Raymond Kamphaus, rately say he joined a club 42 always be a black mark on order for impeachment to be actual rebuke and the one 75, of Clearwater KS, passed away Saturday, December 14, of his predecessors managed his presidency." warranted, here, President Nixon was headed toward. 2019. Ron was born April 25, to avoid. Trump's impeachment, Trump's scheme or course "Andrew Johnson's im- 1944 in Elk City OK to Leo and Andrew Johnson. Bill however, is a symbol of the of conduct also encom- peachment was a post-Civ- Dorothy (Winkler) Kamphaus. Clinton. And, now, Trump. movement that put him in passed other offenses, both il War one-off," he said. Ron enjoyed hunting, fishing, The 45th chief executive the Oval Office in the first constitutional and criminal “What we see from Nixon woodworking, riding his mo- often says only one presi- place. in character, and it is ap- to Clinton to Trump are dra- toreycle, attending his grand- dent, George Washington, kids sporting activites and "You have that 35% or so propriate for the Committee matic transformations in our spending time with his family. got a higher percentage of of the electorate that's rock- to recognize such offenses politics, in the electorate it- judicial nominees confirmed solid behind him," Perry in assessing the question of self, and in the media and He is preceded in death by his parents, brother Larry by the Senate during his first said. "He sold himself as and granddaughter Lanie Ro- term. Now he joins a differ- not-of-Washington and as driquez, ent kind of exclusive club, someone who operates dif Faye Lucile Chrisman He is survived by his wife of along with only the 17th and ferently. ... That's what a lot Chrisman, Faye Lucile 98, re- 52 years Paulette, daughters 42nd presidents. of people wanted. They just tired Licensed Practical Nurse, Christina Wiseman of Wichi- Wiseman of Wichita KS, Cruz Often compared to Rich- accept it." passed away on Friday, No- ta KS, Valerie Rodriguez and Rodriquez and Sunny Rodri- ard Nixon, Trump is poised The House approved, vember 15, 2019. husband Shannon of Elk City, guez of Elk City OK and Eldon to do something the 37th mostly along party lines, ar- Preceded in death by her hus- OK and son Cris Kamphaus of Wiseman (due in March 2020). band, Calvin Chrisman of 57 Haysville KS. Grandchildren Brothers Wayne and Steve o president failed to do: stay ticles of impeachment that years. Michael Wiseman and wife Canute, sisters Karen Dy and in office through his term. charge Trump with abusing Survivors include her daughter, Libby, Andrew Duerr, Zachary husband Charlie of Colorado Trump was able to keep his power and obstruction of Jennifer Ream, and her grand- Wiseman and wife Alexis and Springs CO, Janice Warnke o: GOP lawmakers solidly on Congress. Both charges stem children, Eric, Jason and Sarah CHrles Wiseman, all of Wich- Canute OK, Susan Haynes and his side throughout his im- from his July 25 call and his Ream. ita KS, Cameron Rodriquez husband Barry of Oklahoma peachment saga, while Nix- broader push for Ukraine's Her life was devoted to her fam- land wife Derisha of Elk City City OK and nuemrous nieces ily and her career as an LPN. (OK and Axel Kamphaus of and nephews. on ultimately was persuaded president to launch inves- Haysville KS, Great grandchil- He was loved by all who knew, to resign by his fellow Re- Private graveside service at a and Rivercross Hospice for her tigations of his political ri- later date. final care. dren Tate Richards and Samuel him and will be missed dearly. publicans. vals, chiefly former Vice Special thanks to the staff at Tributes may be Sent to the "No matter if you are ex- President Joe Biden and his Brookdale East, where she re- family via www.downingand- Email obits to onerated in the Senate, or son Hunter Biden. sided the last 6 years of her life, lahey.com. obits @ ecdailynews.com