September 23, 2020 Issue, Page 2 of 8

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Page 2 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Wednesday, September 23, 2020 Round Meeting ven Holloway“Histoldfriendship 40 years,” city attorney Ste- the com- mission. and compassion. I repeated- ly have to tell people we’re friends, but I don’t get any ¢ Heard from City Treasur- er Lisa Church that the sales tax was down 8 percent from years. She landed a job with South Western Oklahoma Development Authority. means great deal to [me]. undue advantage because this time last year. Use tax Town Continued from page 1. center at Ackley Park About 38 of those years we he does his job just like he’s was down 22 percent over During public comment, West. served together in municipal supposed to.” this time last year and ciga- Elk City police Chief Eddie * Recognized local attor- court, He was the municipal * Saw Ivester receive his rette tax was down 8 over Holland said he appreciates October2 ney Jim Brown for his 50 judge when I started, and he oath of office as city man- this time last year. the way the city court runs Western Oklahoma His- years of practicing law from still is. ... I can tell you he ager for the city. Ivester had Commissioners also heard with Holloway and Brown, torical Soceity Flea Mar- the Oklahoma Bar Associa- has always performed his been the interim city manag- Church was leaving the city tion. duties as municipal judge er until he was hired by the for another job. She had as he praised their honesty ket. Located in Ackley “T've known Jim for about with sincerity and fairness commission two weeks ago. worked for the city for 15 and integrity. Park. Admission is free. Court She was confirmed in De- she said. The biography sub- versity of Virginia School of signals as somebody who is cember. She served in pri- mitted to the Senate ahead of Law and at Vanderbilt Law basically waving a flag say- October 17 vate practice and as an As- her hearing said she’d been School. ing, ‘I’m ready to play by G&S Gun Show located sistant U.S. Attorney before a member of the conserva- In questioning, Illinois those rules, I’m willing to Continued from page 1. being appointed to Florida’s tive Federalist Society since Democrat Dick Durbin tule for Republicans in every a legal right to an abortion at the Elk City Conve- Third District Court of Ap- 1998. She was confirmed by said that Thapar had been single political contest case in the U.S. tion Center. Admission sis peal by then-Governor Jeb the Senate by a vote of 80- a part of “pretty conserva- that we get?”” Democratic “The fundamental ele- Bush. 15. tive groups when it comes Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse of $7.00. 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. ment, that the woman has a Lagoa’s legal bona fi- Amul Thapar, 51 to conversations about the right to choose abortion, will Rhode Island asked Thapar. des hold some political ap- Thapar is the first South Constitution and how it’s probably stand,” she said, The nominee said he fol- peal for Trump as the elec- Asian Article III judge. He treated.” In that hearing, October 18 according to an account of previously served on the lows the letter of the law. tion bears down - a woman under questioning from her remarks in the student “T’m my own judge, and I G&S Gun Show located of Hispanic heritage from USS. District Court for the Democratic Senator Richard newspaper. “The controver- Eastern District of Kentucky hope my track record speaks Florida is a trifecta of forces Blumenthal of Connecticut, at the Elk City Conve- sy right now is about fund- that will help make or break and as the U.S. attomey for Thapar agreed that Roe v. to that,” Thapar said. tion Center, Admission sis ing. It’s a question of wheth- Trump’s fate this fall. the Eastern District of Ken- Wade is long established and Thapar was nominated to er abortions will be publicly He’s trailing Biden in tucky. Thapar has ties to Sen- well accepted precedent, but the district court by George $7.00. 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. or privately funded.” W. Bush in 2007 before Florida and trailing widely ate Majority Leader Mitch was grilled over his conser- A Barrett nomination among women, but polls McConnell, of Kentucky, vative ties and presence on Trump nominated him to the October 22 would please staunch so- show he’s doing better who personally introduced Trump’s list. Sixth Circuit in 2017, where cial conservatives who were among Hispanic voters than him and praised him in his “Tell me why we should he was confirmed by the Moonlight Madnees. disappointed with Justice he did in 2016. Lagoa’s par- 2017 confirmation hearing. not see you from all of these Senate by a vote of 52-44, Located downtown Elk Neil Gorsuch’s decision in ents fled Cuba in 1966. In that hearing Thapar a high-profile gay and trans- “I owe my parents every- stressed that he believed “ju- City. gender rights case during the last Supreme Court term. thing,” she said in her 2019 dicial independence means fidelity to the Constitution Scanners $100,000 was spent on them to 40 different schools in confirmation hearing. And Trump has spoken and the rule of law.” the Lucky Star Casino ser- October 23 During that hearing, Fein- Continued from page 1. favorably about her in the stein questioned her over a Like Lagoa, Thapar’s legal “Usually, we do fund- vice area. The scanner will Tumblewed Quilting past. She clerked for former credentials may be bolstered announce an individual’s series of rulings that over- raising every year for the Retreat. Located at the Elk Justice Antonin Scalia - a turned damages awarded to by the inherently political temperature after they are schools for school supplies, connection that appealed to employees who'd alleged re- timing of Trump's appoint- tested, Bushyhead said. City Convention Center. but given COVID - what Trump when he considered taliation and discrimination. ment. He was born in Michi- we're dealing dealing iwth Patrons of the six casinos Admission is $35.00. 9 her for a high-court pick in She replied that she was fol- gan and raised in Ohio, two now - this is [an idea] that made a contribution to the a.m. until midnight. 2018, according to someone lowing the letter of the law battleground states. His sta- our COO had,” said Clara scanners’ donation. familiar with the process. tus as a trailblazing South in each case. Bushyhead, public relations “So it’s like the patrons Barbara Lagoa, 52 “To me, the term ‘judicial Asian justice comes also as manager for Lucky Star Ca- Trump and Mike Pence run and casinos together,” Bush- October 24 Barrett was initially seen activism’ means that a judge sino, who is based in Con- as the most likely pick but is reaching a result based on against Democrats Joe Biden yhead said. Tumblewed Quilting cho, “He said let’s give them by Saturday the stock of the judge’s own personal and Kamala Harris, a Black She said she hopes ev- machines that we use with Retreat. Located at the Elk Lagoa, a Cuban-American preference. And that is an- woman who’s also of South the casino to make it safe for erybody keeps safe and that from Florida, was rising in tithetical to what I believe a Asian ancestry. He’s a for- the scanners are part of the City Convention Center. all of our kids.” the White House, according judge should be,” she later mer member of the Federal- ‘The scanners were a way casinos’ partnership with Admission is $35.00. 9 to people familiar with the said. ist Society, and served as an to help school children, schools and towns in the re- fast-moving process. adjunct professor at the Uni- am. until 6 p.m. Lagoa said she sometimes she said, noting more than gion. The Miami-born Lagoa personally disagrees with has seen a quick ascent. her decisions, and that origi- Due to the Covid-19 Florida Gov. Ron DeSan- nalism is an important prin- Juanita Wham tis, a Trump ally, appointed ciple for judges in interpret- Pandemic many events Juanita Wham was bor involved with the Miss Elk her to the Supreme Court of ing the meaning of the U.S. have been cancelled, post- April 16, 1935 in Cordell, City/Queen of the West pag- Florida in 2019 - she was the Constitution. Oklahoma to Earlene (Killer) eant. She worked with the poned or modified. Please first Cuban-American wom- “Tf we are not bound by and GL. “Jiggs” Botchlet. pageant for many years before an to serve on the court, and what the Constitution means, She passed away Saturday, becoming the pageant direc- check with the event co- September 12th, 2020 in Elk tor and was currently the di- is bilingual - before Trump and it’s - it is ever-changing, ordinator to make sure of nominated her to the Elev- then we are no different than City, Oklahoma at the age of rector emeritus. Juanita was enth Circuit in September a the country that my parents 85 years, 4 months and 27 involved with many events. any changes. days. Among those events she was year ago. fled from which is Cuba,” Juanita grew up in Cordell instrumental in organizing the where she attended school choral camp at Southwestern Colleges become reservoirs of and graduated in 1953. After graduation she furthered her Oklahoma State University, member of the arts council education at the Oklahoma and was a contributing mem- COVID threatening to spill over City University where she as- pired to be an opera singer and ber of getting the summer arts program started. She also was law, Bill Wilson. Juanita is survived by her 2 By Janet Lorin, Emma River Falls ordered all stu- semester, facing cuts as tu- was majoring in vocal music. a member of Oklahoma and daughters, Carol Wilson, Elk Juanita was one of the original National Music Educators As- City, OK and Teresa Hintner Court and Keshia Clukey, dents to shelter in place after ition and fees plunged. Some and husband, Bill, Ninnekah, Bloomberg News a surge in cases, and Florida plowed ahead with lucra- members of the Surrey Singers sociation where she sent many and a member of the Gamma students to All-State Choir. OK; 5 grandchildren, Heather College administrators State University’s football tive football programs, de- Sutton and husband, Brandon, Phi Beta sorority. During this Her choirs received superior and government officials coach announced he had spite their potential to draw time, she met Don Wham on ratings and were consistent Amarillo, TX, Jon Wilson and summoned students back to tested positive. crowds. But as students a blind date and their romance Sweepstakes winners. She wife, Jennifer, Cordell, OK, campus. Now, they are pre- With many schools plan- returned, infection rates in- blossomed and they were mar- was also inducted into the Ben Wilson and wife, Wendie, siding over viral reservoirs ning to end their semesters creased. Many schools are ried on June 11, 1955. Juanita Western Oklahoma Historical Pond Creek, OK, Julie Phillips poised to release a flood of at the holiday, students will now running out of space transferred to Tulsa University Society Hall of Fame. She was and husband, George, Yukon, infected undergraduates at disperse across the country, to house those who tested where she received her bach- along time member of the Elk OK and Alicia Baughman and Thanksgiving _ if they make and some will bring the dis- positive. Administrators are elor’s degree in vocal music City United Methodist Church husband, Jason, Lawton, OK; it that far. ease with them. struggling to keep infections education. Along with obtain- for 30 plus years. During this 13 great grandchildren; 3 great Schools have turned into “This is beyond our wild- contained as students ven- ing her degree she also started time she was the Chancel great grandchildren and a host de facto sanitariums: COV- est nightmares,” said Gavin ture off campus for coffee or a family and continued to be a choir director and eventually of other special cousins, rela- ID-19 infections are sweep- Yamey, a physician who hang out at bars and parties. loving wife. In 1963 she and became the bell choir director. tives and friends. ing student populations, directs Duke University’s “If infected students go Don retumed to Cordell where She took the church choir to Funeral Services will be she started teaching at Dill Europe and they sang in many held Friday, September 18, though health departments Center for Policy Impact in home, there is a risk that City until 1969 when she be- cathedrals in several coun- 2020 at 2:00 PM. at Elk City are seeing relatively few hos- Global Health. “It has been they could seed outbreaks gan teaching at Elk City. In the tries, She enjoyed her Sunday pitalizations or deaths so far. a debacle, a national catas- all around the country _ out- summer she started working school class very much and United Methodist Church with Colleges that tried to hold trophe and, in many ways, breaks that are ultimately towards her master’s degree at loved her church family. Dur- Scott Rogers and Ben Pascoe classes in person have had to you could consider it a third caused by the university re- Southwestern Oklahoma State ing her free time she enjoyed officiating. Burial will be held send students into seclusion. wave. The third wave is a opening,” said Yamey. University in vocal music edu- reading, camping with friends, at Fairlawn Cemetery under Last week alone, the New university reopening wave. Michigan State University cation and obtained her degree being involved with the Red the direction of Chris Whin- Jersey Institute of Technol- It was a self-inflicted nation- changed to all virtual educa- in 1970. She remained with Carpet Community Theater ery and the staff of Afford- ogy quarantined 300 people al wound.” tion in mid-August to pre- the Elk City Public School and spending time with her able Cremation Service-West. after the virus was found in Universities were bleeding vent having to send students system for the better part of Steel Magnolias. Condolences can be made on- their dorm’s wastewater, the revenue when they called home, but many wound up 35 years until her retirement. She is preceded in death by line at www.classicfunerals. University of Wisconsin at students back for the fall in off-campus housing. During this time she was very her parents, husband, son-in- com