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Western Oklahoma Since 1901 Weekend Edition Road switch for Elk City native appears as Highway 6 bridge over contestant on game show 1-40 coming next week By Manda Smith particular show, Potter explained, “There are a couple of dif- By Don Munsch, Editor Contributing writer ferent websites anyone can go on and see what is filming on Motorists who travel on Highway 6 will have a new Kambra Potter's view of re- any given day that has a live audience. If you want to be in roadway to drive on beginning early next week. ality television shows won't the audience, you sign up for it, and it’s free. ‘Let’s Make a Oklahoma Department of Transportation officials an- be a shock to anyone, Deal’ was one that was taping when mom was here, so we nounced Wednesday that northbound and southbound She appeared on a game signed up for it.” traffic on Highway 6 over Interstate 40 in Elk City will be show, which is a form of a After reading that dressing in costume gave you a bigger diverted onto the newly constructed bridge and roadway reality program, so she has chance of being chosen as a contestant, Potter wore a 1970s on Tuesday. The new road will have two-way traffic first-hand knowledge about dress from her college sorority days. Temporary striping will be done on the new road Mon- what happens behind the The process of becoming an audience member is lengthy. day or Tuesday and then traffic will be diverted afterward, Kambra Potter scenes. There were lines, security, paperwork and group interviews said Stan Hinds, construction inspector specialist IV for Potter, formerly of Elk City by producers looking for potential contestants. ODOT, who is based in Clinton, and now living in Los Angeles, recently appeared on televi- Out of approximately 200 audience members, producers Starting Jan. 29-31, demolition phase 2 of the bridge sion’s “Let's Make a Deal.” chose eight to be possible contestants, and Potter was one and roadway will be done from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. each day. Last July, Kyra Albright, an Elk City resident, flew to of them. 1-40 traffic will be diverted to on/off ramps during the Los Angeles to visit Potter, her daughter. The visit included “The taping lasted about an hour and a half, I think,” Pot- night-time demolition, so motorists should use extreme birthday festivities for Albright that evolved into Potter be- ter said. “It was hard to tell because they took all our phones. caution, ODOT said. ing a contestant on the game show. It went by fast because of all the excitement.” “The thing is with television, even reality shows, is they Unfortunately, Potter did not win any prizes on “Let's are not as real as they seem,” Potter said. “Everything has to Make a Deal,” whose episode with Potter recently aired. Teachers of the sands of dollars on the line per episode.” be partially controlled because there are hundreds of thou- “If you watch the episode, I won a trip on Donkey Air- lines. I zonked basically," she said with a light-hearted Being on the show started when Albright wanted to be part year announced laugh. “Even though I lost, it was fun to be on TV.” of a live studio audience. When asked why they chose this See Make a deal page 2. Elk City Public Schools named their building teachers of Updated CPR the year this week. The district’s Teacher of the Year will be announced in April. Sarah Pierce, who teaches at Elk City equipment for Elementary School, was last year's district Teacher of the Year. Elk City Schools) Buildings teachers of the year are: Elk City Public School Nurses re- Elementary PK-1: Kim Simpson ceived a grant that allowed them Elementary 2-3: Leslie Kennedy to update CPR training equipment, Intermediate School: Charlotte Fuller including these devices. They put Middle School: Cheyenne Chapel the equipment to immediate use by teaching CPR to ninth-graders on High School: Holli Manning Tuesday. Photo courtesy of Elk City Public School Nurses Facebook page. Foundation announces grant winners By Don Munsch, Editor The Elk City Education Foundation announced grant Elk City High School reunion group winners this week to district educators. Educators received the awards on Monday at the Pio- neer Center. The Elk City Education Foundation awarded begins plans for get-together $65,000 for grants to Elk City educators. Recipients: By Don Munsch, Editor center on Aug. 7 and a golf outing will be held that same District-wide Preparations have started for this year’s Elk City High day. That evening will include a meal, music, dancing and Students Can Save Lives School reunion, to be held Aug. 7-8 at the Elk City Conven- socializing. Events on Aug. 8 will conclude the reunion with Staff; Sarah Senger and Lindsay Marks tion Center. individual get-togethers, meal, class pictures, music and CPR Kit with AED and Mini Annie Replacement Lungs The reunion is for people who attended the school through dancing. Elementary School the year 2000, said reunion chairman Basil Weatherly. So the The convention center is the only place in town large Building Problem Solvers Through Exploration reunion involves multiple classes. enough to hold the event. Kristin Walter “Tt’s a great time to reconnect with your old classmates,” “We're talking 800 people on Saturday night and we're Kiwi Crate: a subscription to a monthly classroom Weatherly said about the reunion, noting how one is able to pushing the limits, let me tell you,” said Weatherly, who STEAM project, including all materials see people from other classes at the event, including those graduated from ECHS in 1968. classes that finished just below or above one’s class. “And Slim Pickins, a local band, will perform at the reunion. Exploring and Expanding Through iPad Experiences through the years, as I've gone to reunion over the years, The Elk City Rotary Club will assist with the event and all Armstrong & Sutton 8 iPads wih cases, two tabletop storage container I’ve made new friends of people who graduated 10 years proceeds will go to Elk City High School scholarships. before I did or 20 years before I did.” “In the last three years, we've given out around $50,000 Communication for Non-Verbal Students Those who live away from Elk City and haven’t been back in scholarships to graduating seniors at Elk City School,” Kim Simpson PECS (Picture Exchange Communication System) starter ina long time are astounded by the changes in Elk City since Weatherly said. they were in school, he said. The reunion committee requests that people who attended kit and strips; 36' mini foldable trampoline with handrail “This reunion goes back close to 50 years,” Weatherly ECHS through the year 2000 and have new addresses should Speech and Language Immersion said. “They do the reunion every three years, and every year forward them to Weatherly at 580-821-2795 or Linda Cook Christy Buckmaster we pick three more years of classes, so this year we go to the at 580-799-0432. Language and Articulation Resources (cards) year 2000. The people of the class of 2000, this will be their Weatherly said anyone who hasn’t received an invitation Zoom Zoom-Digital Number Talks. 20th year out. They'll have their own little party on Friday in the past should contact him or Cook, too, because there Bridgette Shelton and then they will be welcomed into our group on Saturday.” are people who have been missed. 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