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{ y Serving | my, Western Oklahoma a 4 | Since 1901 & aturday, March 27, 2021 Weekend Edition Elk City FFA is in Blue and Gold mode Elk City revenue Proceeds to support leadership, battling back workshops and National Convention City Manager con- Pierce explained that fix- ing the vehicle made the Press Release firms ECFD EMS most sense. model for the state in ‘The item was approved. Elk City FFA members ‘Agenda item #2 addressed are selling 2.5 pound rolls mobile vaccines roof repair to three buildings of sausage for $8; 3 pound By Shonda Little owned by the city. slabs of bacon for $18 and For the Park Maintenance 5 pound bags of breaded ‘The Elk City commission- Building, Patriot Roofing chicken strips for $22. ers met for the second regu- would receive $24,000. Orders & payment must be received by April 1. De- larly scheduled meeting at 2 For the Civic Center Barn, livery and/or pick up will be pm on Wednesday, March 17 ‘Axtell Roofing would receive in the commissioner's hall at $100,000, and for the Snips sometime the week of April Building, Axtell Roofing 12, Elk City’s City Hall. ‘The meeting started with would receive $36,025. The products and prices ‘The Snips Building is the are the same as earlier in the Commissioner Rick Shelton school year but this is the offering a prayer and asking old hair salon on the corner last call to stock up before “God to help us do what is of third and main. proper in sight.” City Manager Ivester ad- summer. If an FFA member doesn’t ‘The commissioners then vised that the Snips Building did the Pledge of Allegiance, was not insured. personally contact you, you Commissioner Corey are welcome to email or- lead by Commissioner Jeff ders to dillinger.karie@elk- Jackson, before approving Speiker noted that the price the last month’s minutes. of steel is rapidly increasing. cityschools.com. Checks can be made to Elk City FFA and ‘The first agenda item was ‘The commissioners ap- Sophomores Hailey Buie and Jill Meador. Courtesy photo for the commission to con- proved this item. left at the high school office Commissioners approved sider engine replacement anytime. city-ffa-alumni.square.site for summer leadership camp, & registration for National for the Elk City Fire Depart- a budgeted item toward the Orders & payment can also These sales will help pay showmanship workshops Convention in Indianapolis. ment's Medic 5. continued improvements to be submitted at: https://elk- the Elk City Municipal Air- Elk City Fire Department's Inside Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Public Information Officer port. and Assistant Medical Of- ‘The payment is to Loch- ficer Brian Pierce addressed ner for $7,900 and comes the commission related to through a federal grant. Former Elk City Treasurer Former Elk City News owner discusses the issue before the vote. Pierce explained that the second newest ambulance Elesia Church spoke to the commission that this was ba- awareness for the disease had suffered a “catastrophic sic housekeeping to ensure failure” to the engine while all businesses get the oppor- en route. He also said that a tunity to make bids. By Shonda Little out of nowhere.” local dealership had recently During the city manager’s Wade hails from a storied serviced the vehicle. report, Tom Ivester detailed Long before the sunlight history of the western Okla- When the second incident the efforts of ECFD EMS in was peaking its pesky head homa newspaper industry happened, the ambulance the Covid vaccine rollout. from the east, Elizabeth Wade that created the Elk City News. He said that Channel 4 had went to Cummins, Cummins walked by herself into the Her grandfather Paul did a diagnosis evaluation come to Elk City to feature St. John’s Hospital on Santa jumped on a train from In- and learned that the failure the ECFD EMS rollout of mo- Monica Boulevard in Los diana to become the Elk City bile vaccines. was no fault of the local deal- Angeles. Within a few short News's publisher in the 1930s. hours, she would go into sur- ership’s. All-State Band will be com- Her father carried the banner Still, one commissioner ing to Elk City on March 29. gery for a hip replacement — and gave time and money to questioned how this was a ‘Sales tax came up 8% over the first of many that could causes like the United Way. budgeted item since the fail- this time last year, though come from having Ehlers- Wade's family history runs ure had recently occurred. the year still has shortfalls Danlos Syndrome. deep in western Oklahoma. Tt was explained to the due to economic realities be- After all, each patient with Her cause now, though, is commission that there is yond the city’s control. EDS has the unpredictable to teach others about EDS and a surplus for maintenance Use tax was down 14%, journey of not knowing when learning to exceed the diagno- funds. and cigarette tax was down and where the disease will sis. 8%. strike next. The hope is each Elk City man charged with issue addressed will put it at bay at least temporarily, but there is no guarantee. It could pop up in many places and not all within joints. “There are almost 20 types Elizabeth Wade assault By Shonda Little and battery of this,” Wade said. “They all pulled her out of the Jeep,” the my past where they said it knee on that same side of my officer wrote. “She also stated affect different parts of the body. I feel lucky that I don’t was something else, but the body. I had my first injection A 40-year-old Elk City man that she had been in her Jeep geneticist spent two hours on Monday. The disease has has been charged with domes- when Mr. Wilson puller her have the type that hits your progressed quickly,” she said. vascular health, but I have with me. They dived into hy- tic assault and battery after out of it, causing her to scrape permobility and looked at my experienced many difficulties joints. I could lay down flat, geles Wade moved to the Los An- an Elk City Police Department her leg. She showed me sev- with the type that I have.” area approximately three Officer said that he found eral scrapes that were bleeding For Wade, her type primar- and my knees buckle inwards. years ago after selling the Elk probable cause for the arrest. slightly on her left near her take my thumb and make City News, At approximately 11:01 ily attacks her joints and her itIcan touch my forearm. Those knee.” skin. Living in one of the areas hit am on March 20, Elk City Po- Based on the “It is all on the same side tricks some of us do in grade lice Department officers were first and hardest by Covid, she the alleged victim’s body and to show our flexible has become accustomed to be- of my body. My issues start school dispatched to the 700 block statements from the reporting with my neck and go down this disease oractually hands may indicate ing partially isolated. “My hobbies are first my of North Boone Avenue for a possible domestic dispute in party that stated that Wilson a disease like it. my spine, then to my hip and It is called hypermobility. was chasing a woman, the re- It is dogs, but the things I liked progress. knee,” Wade explained. porting officer concluded that Wade has dealt with health a fun parlor trick when you are been shut down,” she said. ‘The reporting party stat- most outside of that have SLACKER Wilson was the primary ag- issues for many years. Howev- in the fourth grade, though,” ed that they had observed a gressor. er, approximately three years Wade recounted, “But having these joint issues male subject chasing a female Wilson was then placed un- ago, the pain became impos- skin Within Wade's type of EDS, also keeps you from life. They through the alley, court re- der arrest for domestic abuse. sible to ignore. issues are also present. call it one of the invisible dis- cords indicated. Derek T. Wilson ‘The reporting officer noted “EDS is in your DNA, so you “My skin is really thin like eases because people can look “The caller later stated that that those charges with be are born with it. People be- an elderly person’s, and you at you and think you look they had observed both parties with the female,” the reporting filed in Beckham County Dis- can see it when you pull it out, young and perfectly healthy. enter a residence located at 7** officer added. trict Court. come aware of it at different stages in your life. For exam- and it gets paper-thin. This all Yet you are dealing with delib- North Boone,” the reporting As that officer approached “The injuries to (omitted)’s down to a collagen is- erating pain daily. It has kept the front door, Wilson report- leg are visible on my body cam- ple, if you were a gymnast, it comes sue both in the skin and joints. me from what I wanted to do officer wrote. Upon arrival, the reporting edly said that he did not want would probably appear earlier EDS keeps my body from mak- many times.” era footage. Due to (omitted) in life. For me, it became ap- officer observed a male subject the officer to go inside the resi- being uncooperative, no addi- parent in 2018,” she said. ing it as it should,” she added. Wade's advice to those suf- exit the front door of the resi- dence. tional photos were taken,” the At that time, Wade was deal- Wade's joint issues were fering from the same symp- dence. While speaking with the fe- reporting officer wrote. toms to see a board-certified male, she allegedly stated to ‘The second officer completed ing with the sudden onslaught first presented in 2018. “It started with low back geneticist. ‘That male subject was later the officer that the two had of pain in her neck, hips, and identified as Derek T. Wilson. the Safeline Lethality Assess- pain and has progressed to “There are also online sup- A second officer stopped ment with the alleged victim at been arguing and that Wilson back. Each was treated as separate issues rather than a here. They didn’t even have port groups,” she explained. “I Wilson and began speaking would allegedly not give her the reporting officer's request. single disease. to do anything beyond an x- didn’t need that, but I do get with him. the keys to the car. Court records do not indi- ray for my hip. From that, the weekly newsletter. I do “Lwent to the front door and “She further stated that Mr. cate when Wilson is due back “I started seeing a geneti- they could see it was bone-on- think it is good for many pa- entered the residence to speak Wilson had grabbed her and in court. cist at UCLA. I had issues in bone. I now have issues in my tients because it just comes on «OLA Weather tomorrow 145 Vol. 119, No. 25 75 cents, 8 pgs. Mail delivery 580.225.3000 View online elkcityoknews.com