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Serving Western Oklahoma Wednesday, June 3, 2020, Weekday Edition Elk City library reopens, Elk City native earns OSU kicks off summer reading program Commencement Marshal award By Don Munsch, Editor By Elizabeth Gosney, cause everything was so interesting.” The Elk City Carnegie Library reopened Monday to the Oklahoma State University Hernandez continued taking CDIS courses and “ended up public, with a summer reading program being offered to Like many freshmen, not being able to choose between majors, so I did a double people of all ages. Oklahoma State University major,” she said. “And it all started with that first class.” The Summer Reading 2020 program, with a title of graduate Corina Hernandez Since her initial foray into Communication Sciences and “Tmagine Your Story,” will be offered for children, teens took a few semesters to ce- Disorders, Hernandez has graduated with degrees in CDIS and adults. ment her chosen major of and HDFS. And just this spring she added a master’s in But even as the library was closed to patrons the last Human Development and speech language pathology. Her work as a graduate student several weeks because of the coronavirus pandemic, resi- Family Science in the Col- landed her one of two university-wide Spring 2020 Honorary dents could still do business there. lege of Human Sciences. Graduate Commencement Marshal awards, which includes “The library’s remained staffed during the whole time But then, while looking a monetary prize and the chance to lead her fellow graduates and you could still check out books; we were just closed for electives to fill out her into commencement. However, because COVID-19 forced to the public,” librarian DeAun Ivester said. Corina Hernandez. schedule, she enrolled in an graduation to the virtual sphere, Hernandez will return in When the library was closed to the public, people could Photo courtesy of Co- _ intro to communication dis- December for the latter duty. place a book order and have their books to be placed in rina Hernandez/Lexie orders course in CAS’s De- “T'll be happy to see everyone again,” Hernandez said, who a bag that can be picked up at the library. They can still enjoy that option, Ivester said. Brooke Photography partment of Communication is moving to Ardmore, to start her career. “For six years, it Sciences and Disorders. will have been the longest I’ve been away from campus.” Tables will be spread out in the library in order to com- ply with social distancing recommendations, so there will “T loved everything about it,” said Hernandez, who hails According to her former supervisor, Scott King, Hernan- be fewer computer stations available. from Elk City. “And once I got my feet wet in [CDIS], it was dez’s connection to OSU campus is strong thanks to years of “Tf it becomes necessary to limit the time that someone straight ahead from there. I was so engaged in every lecture. mentoring students and then other mentors in the P.E.T.E. is on the computer so that more people will have access, Iremember telling people how easy it was to go to class be- See Award page 2. we'll do that,” Ivester said. “We won’t set a time limit un- til it becomes necessary. Because of the fewer computer stations, we might have to set a 20-minute time sessions or something.” Patrons will be encouraged to get their books and to avoid lingering in the library at this time. “So, come in and conduct your business and then go,” Ivester said. See Library page 2. Deadline to register to vote set for Friday Beckham County residents wanting to vote have until Fri- day to register for an upcoming election, Beckham County Election Board Secretary Sherron Manning said late last Elk City High School running back Jason Crouse looks for daylight during a drill at a football week in a news release. fundamentals camp Monday morning. The team planned to have the camp through Friday. Friday is the last day to apply for voter registration in or- Staff photo by Don Munsch. der to be eligible to vote in the June 30 state and county primary and Erick, Sayre, Hammon, Mangum, Sentinel and Sweetwater school board elections. Michigan couple arrested in alleged homa and at least 18 years old may apply to become regis- kidnapping case in Beckham County People who are United States citizens, residents of Okla- tered voters. Those who aren’t registered or need to change their reg- Editor's note: This story and an adult female out of the truck and found the little girl istration may apply by filling out and mailing an Oklahoma f contains graphic details hiding in the sleeper cab.” Voter Registration Application form in time for it to be post- { about an alleged kidnap- Marguerite Marie Smith, 39, and Wayne Eugene Allen, marked no later than midnight Friday. ping of a minor child that 40, listed with the same address in Allegan, Michigan, both Applications postmarked after that time will be accepted i may be disturbing to some face up to 10 years imprisonment on charges of kidnapping and processed, but not until after June 30, Manning said. readers. All details are al- of a child and conspiracy. The County Election Board responds in writing to every Smith legations at this point un- The probable cause filed by the BCSO says that at 10:39 person who submits an application for voter registration, Allen til the suspects are either a.m. May 12, dispatchers said that they received a 9-1-1 call See Register page 2. found guilty or accept guilt in a court of law. from two juvenile females stating that their sister and baby- By Shonda Little, The Beckham County Record sitter was missing. Two Michiganders were arrested on charges of kidnapping The BCSO deputies were dispatched to a Beckham Coun- Sayre man killed of a child and conspiracy last month in Beckham County. News first broke on May 12 via the Beckham County ty residence. Deputies arrived and were unable to locate the juvenile in crash Sheriffs Office official Facebook page that a missing juve- at the residence or in surrounding houses. A 6-year-old ju- venile advised deputies that the missing juvenile had left at nile had been located safely in the cab of a truck at Sayre. An out-of state trucking company had been contacted by BCSO approximately 1 a.m. that day and had been talking with an By Don Munsch, Editor detectives for GPS location on the truck. older male subject through Facebook. BCSO reported the A Sayre man was killed in a motorcycle crash in late May “That information, along with other information deputies juvenile was 14-years-old. on Interstate 40 outside Elk City. The collision occurred just before 5:10 a.m. May 23 had developed which firmly identified the man as a suspect, This subject was reportedly identified as Allen, who had a ended up giving us an exact location on the vehicle. The Facebook name of “Thunder Wolf.” on I-40 MM32 westbound, 3 1/2 miles west of Elk company told us they were pinging the truck at the Flying The reporting BCSO detective was able to look on Allen’s City. William C. Lowe, 45, who was riding a 1995 J Truck Stop south of Sayre,” Sheriff Derek Manning said. Facebook page and saw that he currently worked for Total Honda motorcycle, died at the scene, according to the “We rushed out there, located the vehicle, pulled the suspect See Kidnapping page 2. Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Lowe’s body was trans- ported to Martin-Dugger Funeral Home in Elk City. OHPsaid inarelease that Lowetraveling weston I-40 atMM32 and failed to negotiatea left-hand curve and departed roadway Addition to Brown and White scholarships tothe right, laying the bike down. He was not wearing a helmet. The Brown and White Award winners published on May 23 did not include a student’s name, which the school inad- The collision was investigated by Trooper Tyler Smith and vertently did not include. Elk City High School senior Dylan Anderson received the Volunteerism Lions Club Scholar- he was assisted by OHP Lt. 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