August 26, 2020 Issue, Page 2 of 8

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The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Wednesday, August 26, 2020 Coronavirus time, and that medical pro- members and the care team. lessly to provide adaptive fessionals are still unsure In return, we appreciate the care plans that ensure the what long-term effects the community’s support in re- most up to date standards of Continued from page 1. virus that affects each pa- virus imposes to those af- specting the decisions our care are delivered.” She added, “As the ICU tient differently. Care teams fected.” facility has had to make to Lively also wanted to ex- director, I want the public to have successfully managed Corey Lively has been the ensure patient, team mem- press how grateful he is, know how serious this virus adaptive treatment plans to CEO of Great Plains Re- ber and community safety.” saying, “I would like to is. I would encourage the ensure patients receive the gional Medical Center for 6 He urges residents to fol- personally thank not only public to continue to protect best standards of care. Also, % years and wants the com- low CDC guidelines to GPRMC team members, but the elderly and vulnerable communication has been a munity to know that “we un- help curb the virus and use all professionals who have from this disease.” key component to care dur- derstand the difficulties fam- “proper hand hygiene, social worked countless hours to Felecia McClure is a reg- ing this time when family ilies are facing when a loved distancing and face masks assist patients during this istered nurse with a bachelor and visitors are not allowed one is hospitalized and they when recommended.” unprecedented time. As the of science in nursing who inside a facility. The effort are not able to be alongside He added, “This virus does days go by, we are reminded works in infection preven- to integrate families into pa- them.I am incredibly proud not discriminate and affects of our community’s strength tion at GPRMC. She has tient care via phone, telecon- of how our staff has worked each patient in unpredict- and resiliency and, more im- been a nurse for 15 years and ferencing, and video chats to ensure a clear communi- able patterns. GPRMC team portantly, those who care for worked at GPRMC for eight has been incredible.” cation line between family members have worked tire- us.” of those. She has seen severe McClure reiterated that cases, with some people “dealing with contagious Center agreement was among the removal from property. The needing to be on ventilators, pathogens is not new to the city, Beckham County and city owns the properties. and cases running the gamut medical field, so all staff is Oklahoma Department of “They needed to be ei- when it comes to symptoms. familiar with airborne and ‘Transportation, and com- ther torn down or removed; She said a knowing sign droplet isolation protocols.” Continuedfrom page 1. missioners approved the they need to be removed that a patient has the virus Still, she said that “ICU 14 percent over this time last year. city’s matching funds for form those lots,” Ivester said before receiving test results nursing staff did complete At the meeting, commis- the railroad signal improve- Monday. “One is just west of back was “a loss of taste or additional acute respiratory sioners approved: ments for $32,568.20. The the museum and the other is smell they also typically distress syndrome training” +A resolution authorizing commissioners approved the present with shortness of to help them battle this vi- just south of the fire station OMAG to do a distribution city taking part in the proj- breath or low oxygen lev- tus. She wants the public to parking lot.” of escrow account funds of ect, whose entire costs are els.” know and keep in mind two The fire station wants to $66,455 toward the Workers $467,549. When asked what she has ideas: “First and foremost, expand its parking lot, and Compensation Policy Pre- ¢ A buyout on contract learned working on the front YES, this virus is real. There the museum wants to have lines with COVID patients, are ways you can protect mium. The city has had an with NEC Financial Ser- vices LLC of Saddle Brook, some extra space in the fu- she said, “This an unpre- yourself and others without escrow account with OMAG NJ., for the NEC $V9100 ture, Ivester said. dictable, rapidly evolving living in fear at the same for several years and this is a Phone System for the city The commissioners tabled continuance of that. * A project agreement for for $59,478. roof repair replacements for have a lot of people earning astate poor Latino and Black a federal aid railroad proj- * Declared as surplus two the cemetery maintenance a relatively low or modest households in Los Angeles, amount, and then a much ect at the at-grade crossing structures, one located at building, the landfill office she said. smaller amount of com- of Farmrail Corporation at 2806 W. 2nd and one at 216 and park maintenance build- “We owe something to Continued from page 1. munities that are really, re- 7th Street in Elk City. The S. Washington, to be bid for ing. these workers, who are mov- Weill said. ally far out on the high end,” Wealthier people became Springborn said. ing L.A. forward so that Joe Harold Britton Non-wealthy people’s the rest of us can shelter in Joe Harold Britton, 96, of sixty years, and he then was the least mobile because they can adapt their work increased coronavirus ex- place. We have to respond Elk City, Oklahoma was born a member of the First United and consumption, said Mi- posure fits alongside their with resources in those com- on November 19, 1923 in the Methodist Church. He was a chael Springborn, a UC Da- higher rates of preexisting munities that are most se- Taylor Community south of member of the American Le- vis professor who worked health conditions and de- Elk City. His grandparents gion for sixty-five years and verely impacted,” she said. had settled in Retrop area be- the Elk City Masonic Lodge with Weill and studies envi- creased access to quality Springborn and Weill, fore statehood. He was the #182 for forty-five years. He ronmental and resource eco- health care, Springborn said. son of Dewey Otto and Mattie served as Worshipful Mas- whose research team also in- nomics, “Tt’s becoming clear from cluded academics from UC (Carrol) Britton. Joe went to ter of the Lodge in 1969 and “Flexibility almost cer- various lines of evidence be with his Lord and Savior on again in 1979. Joe also con- tainly increases with your that poor communities are Santa Barbara and Stanford, Wednesday, August 19, 2020 ducted Masonic Graveside level of income. . The bearing a disproportionate said their findings should in- at the Elkwood Assisted Liv- services for other forty years more income you have, the share of the burden of the form policy decisions, too. ing Center in Elk City, Okla- and was awarded the “Mr. Ma- pandemic,” he said. homa, son” honor in 2001. Joe is a more flexibility you have,” “These type of findings He attended Highway High member of the York Rite and City, Oklahoma, Springborn said. “Lower- In Los Angeles, communi- should urge them to really Cherishing his memory is ties with higher poverty rates School but did not graduate has served as the head of the income communities tend to consider prioritizing lower because he volunteered for the Chapter and Council at one his daughter, Linda Brown- have jobs that are typically have three times as many United State Navy in Decem- time. ing and her husband, Ronnie communities in the distri- considered essential work cases as wealthier commu- bution of vaccines,” Weill ber of 1941, immediately after Joe was presently serving of Canute, Oklahoma; two and lend themselves less to nities, Advancement Project the bombing of Pearl Harbor on the board of the Westen grandsons, Bryan Steffes and work from home.” senior fellow Maria Cabildo said. Worker protections, by the Japanese. Joe did not Oklahoma Historical Society his wife, Sarah of Tulsa, Okla- “They may have less li- said. Cabildo foresaw the information campaigns and get his High School diploma and was the Vice-President homa and Mark Browning of quidity and less cash on coronavirus’ spread to Los masks could also be targeted until 2002 at Carter High of the Oklahoma Chapter of Canute, Oklahoma; two great hand, and that may force Angeles’ poorer areas back toward poorer communities, School which had consolidat- the Great Western Cattle Trail grandsons, Conner Funk and when the virus was reported ed with the Highway School Association. He was instru- Donovan Funk of Oklahoma them to do more trips to they added. City, Oklahoma; one great District. mental in that organization in buy groceries, for instance,” to primarily affect wealthy Back in the Westwood Joe served in the Navy for marking the route of the Great grandniece, Michelle Funk Weill added. people. Hills, a driver parked his forty-five months which in- Western Cattle Trail in Okla- of Tulsa, Oklahoma; great- The economists identi- “You couldn’t even get sleek gray van on the side of cluded thirty-nine months on a homa from Doane’s Crossing great granddaughter, Celeina fied the trend after splitting a test unless you’d been submarine tender in the South to the Kansas line south of Browning of Mustang, Okla- traveling. You need to have the road and got out to de- Pacific. In 1945 Joe returned Dodge City. Joe also served homa; —Sister-in-Law, Joy America’s counties and cen- sus tracts into five different been in China or have been liver a package. He said his to Oklahoma and married on the board for the Okla- Rogers of Canute, Oklahoma; income groups based on in Italy. I had a sense, like, name was Matt, and paused Anna Leta Rogers on June 6, homa County Commission- Step-children, Phaon and median income. Using mo- this is going to happen ... this for a second as he tried to 1945 and they were married ers Association, SWODA and Brenda Maurey and family of thing’s going to spread into for fifty-nine years. She pre- the Beckham County Health Moore, Oklahoma; Alan and bile location data, they then figure out how to get past a Board. He served as the our communities,” the born ceded him in death on Febru- Lynn Lowder and family of compared income to the mo- house’s metal gate. ary 15,2004. Joe married Etta National Weather Observer Moore, Oklahoma; as well as bility of people living within East-sider said. Skyrocket- “If I didn’t have to be out Mae Smulligan on July 13, tracking the temperature and a special friend at Elkwood, each area. The results show ing mortality rates for Latino here, no, I wouldn’t be out 2008 in Elk City, Oklahoma. rainfall, He continued to vol- Shirley Carlson, numerous a stark difference between and Black Angelenos prove She preceded him in death on unteer his time as an officer in nieces and nephews. upper-class and working her expectations turned true, here. There’s no way I’d be April 24, 2017. HELP, at the Farm Museum He is preceded in death by people. she said. The coronavirus out here,” the 52-year-old After the Navy, Joe went on and for Hospice. He is a per- his parents, Dewey and Mattie “There’s a massive jump ravaged poor communities said. to run a dairy for four years. son that continually worked to Britton, wives, Ann Britton, as you get to that final cat- while slowing in wealthier The sun beamed. Matt was He then sold bread on routes make this community better. Etta Britton; one daughter, Jo to the area grocery stores and Joe will be remembered as Ann Steffes; grandson, David egory,” Springborn said, ones. sweaty. He said that even worked for Johnson Bakery, having a great sense of humor, Poor households - often Kendall Browning. referring to the elevated though he’s not worried Bond Bread, and other com- his honesty and for being lov- Memorials can be made to percentage of people stay- facing eviction, food short- about contracting the coro- panies for the next twenty-five ing person by all that knew the Clinton Veteran’s Center or ing completely at home in age and more unmet needs navirus, he understands that years. Joe then went to work him, He enjoyed swimming, The Elk City Cimarron Home America’s wealthiest cen- - don’t have the flexibility to for the County Commissioner fishing, playing cards and flexibility comes with high- building bridges. In 1981 he dominoes. His love for his in care of Martin-Dugger Fu- sus tracts, where median in- choose safety over money, come sits between $40,500 so they have to go out and er income - flexibility that ran for County Commissioner family superseded all things. neral Home, P.O. Box 707, Elk and $148,000. Among the face exposure, Cabildo said. would allow him to quit his and was elected, he served for Funeral services will be City, Oklahoma 73648. then years and retired in 1991, held Monday, August 24,2020 Online condolences can be three poorest quintiles, the “If they’re lucky enough grueling delivery job where He then was appointed as the at 2:00 p.m. at the Fairlawn sent to the family by using measure of people staying to have a family member “everyone walks around like State Highway Commissioner Cemetery Pavilion, Elk City, the online guest book at www. completely at home bunches that’s working, they’re out a zombie,” and maybe move by Governor David Walters Oklahoma. Rev. Danny Ring- martin-duggerfuneralhome. together at a rate nearly a working,” she said. “The for District Five and served er will officiate. Interment will com. back across the country to fifth smaller than the rich- consequence of that is peo- live by family again. for four years. Joe received be held at Fairlawn Cemetery, The family would like to est group’s, representing a ple come into contact with an award for the “Good Roads Elk City, Oklahoma. Services invite all that cannot attend large, mobile working class. many more people.” That “You know, wealth equals Association” for his work in have been entrusted to the care to watch the service live on “It’s a reflection of the increased exposure com- freedom,” Matt said. “Green the transportation field. of Richard and Tammy Dug- Martin-Dugger Funeral Home distribution of income level bines with other factors, like equals freedom. Money Joe was a member of the ger and the staff of Martin- Facebook page or on You- First Christian Church for Dugger Funeral Home in Elk Tube. in the United States. You higher home densitv. to dev- equals freedom.”