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8 Community June 23, 2021 Elk City woman honored for her role in rodeo Pictured from left to right, Nancy Lisle, Second Vice Re- gent, Teresa Cales, Oklahoma State Regent, and Carol Ann Batterton, Washita Chapter Regent. Courtesy photo. Washita DAR Land of the free and the and the Oklahoma City SAR home of the brave in Oklahoma Chapter Color Guard posted the City they celebrated 244 years new flag. Spectators as well as of the Stars and Stripes flying members of Oklahoma Daugh- over our land on June 14, 2021 ters of the American Revolution Vickie Shireman receives a buckle from Buffalo Bill Rodeo chairman Jack Morris and co-chair Shelli Arensdorf, while Randy at Scissor Tail Park. The event Corley announces the rodeo. Photo by Don Christner. attended the ceremony that had was the replacing of the Ameri- been planned by the Oklahoma During the June 19 perfor- She was presented with a “Last year, she went way above has secretaried the North Platte can Flag that had been placed by the Oklahoma City Chapter City DAR chapter. mance of the Buffalo Bill Rodeo Montana Silversmith buckle, in and beyond. She just takes care rodeo nearly every year since in North Platte, Neb., Vickie honor of her work, “for all the of things, and she goes unrecog- then, except for a few years of the Daughters of the Ameri- Attending from the Washita Shireman was honored for her help she’s been over the years, nized a lot of the time.” when her children were small. can Revolution some time ago. Chapter were Carol Ann Batter- nearly 50 years as rodeo secre- especially last year,” said com- Shireman got her PRCA card She and her husband Dennis Members of the Scout Troop ton, Ellena Womack and Nancy tary at the rodeo. mittee chairman Jack Morris. in 1971 and estimates that she live near Elk City, Okla. 6030 retired the previous flag Lisle. SWOSU To Receive Largest-Ever Single Donation for Healthcare Education Center Longtime Southwestern Oklahoma State University bene- factors Jerry and Margaret Hodge of Amarillo (TX) have gen- erously committed a record-breaking $5 million charitable gift to the university, which is the largest single donation in the history of SWOSU. The gift will be used for a state-of-the- art facility dedicated to healthcare education and pharmacy, named in honor of the Hodges (plan, at left), and a new en- dowment benefitting students enrolled in the SWOSU College of Pharmacy. The Hodges are with SWOSU President Randy L. Southwestern Oklahoma “We are extremely grateful cation institutions. These part- from Tascosa High School. Beutler. State University (SWOSU) in and excited about the oppor- nerships could lead to SWOSU Following his graduation from Weatherford is set to receive the tunities that this provides for students having access to a Phy- SWOSU, he purchased Maxor largest single donation in the SWOSU,” Beutler said. “This Drug Company, Inc., in Amarillo ing: President of the Texas Mu- sician’s Assistant program and history of the university. incredibly generous gift from and transformed it from a small Chairman and vice-chairman nicipal League Region II and on the possibility of a dual degree Longtime SWOSU benefac- Jerry and Margaret Hodge and community drugstore into Max- of the Texas Department of the Economic Advisory Com- program through the SWOSU tors Jerry and Margaret Hodge the long-term, positive benefits or National Pharmacy Services Criminal Justice Board mittee of the U.S. Conference of College of Pharmacy. This is a of Amarillo (TX) have generous- it will provide to our students, Corporation, a company that at Chair of the Mayors’ Advisory Mayors ly committed a record-breaking long-term goal and priority of one time employed nearly 500 faculty and programs is truly a SWOSU that will be powerfully Committee to the Governor of Director of the Texas Munici- $5 million charitable gift. watershed moment in the 120- people in Amarillo and more Texas pal Retirement System The Hodge donation will en- and positively impacted by the than 660 people nationwide. year history of this institution.” Hodge gift. Personal advisor on utilities Jerry and Margaret have four able SWOSU to take the next Hodge served as Maxor’s chair- “I am deeply indebted to The endowment component and utility rates for Texas Gov- children, nine grandchildren steps toward construction of a man and chief executive officer state-of-the-art facility dedicat- SWOSU and the College of Phar- of the donation is $500,000 and until he retired in 2016. ernor W.P. Clements and five great-grandchildren. ed to healthcare education and macy,” Hodge said. “Without my the Pharmacy Foundation will He served on the Texas State pharmacy, named in honor of pharmacy degree, I would not honor the endowment by rais- Board of Pharmacy from 1981 the Hodges. have been able to purchase Max- ing equal amounts of the match- to 1987, including a stint as ought "I've b g hearin The gift will also establish a or in 1966, and Maxor would not ing funds. SWOSU has commit- president from 1984 to 1985. substantial new endowment ted to working on matching that He is a past president of the Tex- m a n y t these have been able to contract with benefitting students enrolled Johns Hopkins Hospital in Bal- portion of the gift, according to as Panhandle Pharmaceutical s , b u in the SWOSU College of Phar- Beutler. The Hodge gift and re- Association and was a charter aid est I've macy. timore to run their out-patient member of the American Soci- t h e b pharmacies in 1991. It was at lated endowments will be collab- are ad." ever hon Howard Jerry Hodge, former chair- oratively stewarded by SWOSU’s ety of Consulting Pharmacists. man and chief executive officer John Hopkins Hospital that I long-time institutionally-relat- In 1973, Hodge was first of Maxor National Pharmacy met Margaret, and we married ed charities—the Southwestern elected to the Amarillo City -Eld Services Corporation, is a 1965 in 1994. With her support and Pharmacy Alumni Foundation, Commission at the age of 30. graduate of the SWOSU College her medical background, Maxor Inc., (SPAF) and the SWOSU After serving two 2-year terms of Pharmacy and a long-time began to grow nationally. So, Foundation, Inc. (SWOSUF). as City Commissioner, at the supporter of the university. He now you understand why I feel The two Foundations will part- age of 34, he was elected the was inducted into the SWOSU so indebted to SWOSU and the ner in raising matching funds youngest mayor in Amarillo his- Distinguished Alumni Hall of to help further the ability of the tory, serving two terms. School of Pharmacy. This gift is Fame in 1979 and was honored Hodge gift to provide financial In 2018, Hodge was named by the SWOSU College of Phar- from the two of us.” the Amarillo Globe-News Man assistance to SWOSU College of macy as Outstanding Alumnus The Hodge donation will com- Pharmacy students. of the Year for his many civic, in 2008. plement the $7 million in re- In 2005, the Jerry and Mar- business and charitable contri- SWOSU President Randy Beu- sources provided by the recently garet Hodge Endowed Scholar- butions to Amarillo. Known as tler said the goal of the building passed sales tax by the citizens ship was established at SWOSU. a person always working behind project is to establish SWOSU of Weatherford with a focus on Since its inception, the fund has the scenes to improve Amarillo, as the center for rural health rural health sciences and educa- provided a total of $60,000 in Hodge was honored for being CARING - HEARING AID SERVICES education in the region. An in- tion. scholarship awards to 52 phar- a great asset to the city, region tegral part of the center will be As SWOSU continues to ex- macy students. and state. One friend described components of the College of Hodge was born in Carnegie him as a problem solver, tough Pharmacy and other health-re- pand its health sciences offer- businessman and to his family and attended a two-room coun- lated fields at SWOSU that will ings, the Hodge donation will try school outside of Mountain and friends, a real sweetheart. (Inside Family Medical Practice) further the university’s mission enable the university to proceed View through the eighth grade Hodge has also been involved 601 W. 3rd Street, Elk City of enhancing outreach efforts with planning for strategic part- before moving to Amarillo, in many past positions at the 580-821-2299 • Lowest Prices across western Oklahoma. nerships with other higher edu- where he graduated in 1960 state and national levels, includ-