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Wednesday, July 28, 2021 WeekdayEdition Beckham County Sheriff’s Office is investigating of a Physical Therapy Central celebrates ten years the 2019-20 fiscal year. $17.2 million figure is with in Erick five months ago and that the child’s information was put into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons were not released by our office - regarding a NAMUS entry The district could not find Dr. Bintz gives examples of proper eyewear that is both safe and trendy. Courtesy photo. the fiscal year ended. He Elk City eye doctor Department of Human Services officials are working with Hunt, payroll/insurance to the current fiscal year, but continues, and a final gives advice for48 years, with 40 of EYE ON THE PIE…left, PT Dale Boren Jr took a pie to the face at PTC’s anniversary celebration; FACE PAINTING… above, Melissa Larson was kept busy practicing her craft during PTC’s anniversary event. Courtesy photos. July’s Traumatic what he wanted to do. “You just have more time with your pa- Eye Injury Later on Tuesday on the sheriff’s office FB page, Manning said sheriff’s officials had found documents that confirmed tients, you get to have relationships with them because you see people several times a week for weeks on end. It’s a different kind of relationship that I can have with my er medical professions,” he explained. flawless, andcompared patients that doesn’t to oth- Awareness By Burgundy Lee Hanrahan Originally from Leedey, Boren received his bachelor’s degree By Shonda Little from Southwestern Oklahoma State University in 2002 and his Dale Boren Jr. PT, MPT, OCS explains that Physical Therapy Cen- master’s in physical therapy from the University of Oklahoma Dr. Daniel Bintz, a well-known local eye doctor, began his Health Sciences Center in 2005 before working two years in De- satisfied that the circumstances through which he came to tral (PTC) is a group of physical therapist owned partnership clin- ton – 1978, 1982 and 1984 – and one state practice in Elk City fresh out of optometry school in 1984. ics located only in Oklahoma that started in 2004. His clinic was catur, Texas. Boren shared, “Within that first year, my dad came A Guymon native, Bintz had always felt called to use his down with cancer and we were having our first kiddo, so my wife education for rural western Oklahoma. So when a local eye the eighth to open and there are currently thirty-three in opera- been a coach for 48 years – a head football and I decided to move back closer to Western Oklahoma. How- doctor who was considering retirement first contacted Bintz tion. Boren’s PTC location opened ten years ago in June of 2011. coach for 40 years – and has an overall re ever, there really wasn’t anything in this area at the time.” So with the proposition of moving to Beckham County, he was Boren went to work for cord of 307-147 and a playoff record ofin 44- It has been at the same address, 2103 S. Main St. Suite G in Elk Physical Therapy Central in Norman intrigued. Upon visiting the working-class community, Bintz City, for the entire ten years it’s been open although it did expand 24. He played football at Oklahoma 2007. He spent four years there and became the clinic director State. “Our strength is going to increase dramati knew Elk City would be a good fit for his practice. in size from 1,500 square feet to 3,000 square feet after it had of that clinic. He clarifies that he had the option of staying there cally,” he said. “The [players’] confidence in In those nearly forty years of Elk City doctoring, Bintz has been open for a year. and taking over ownership of that clinic – he says he knew since attended to unexpected eye injuries on more occasions than Boren has been a physical therapist for sixteen years, beginning PT school that he wanted to own his own clinic – but, he can count. Almost 2.5 million people in the United States though he says that originally he wanted to be a pharmacist until “my wife and I checked some places out and this seemed to be suffer eye injuries every year, many of which result in partial participating in some job shadowing and realizing that he wasn’t the best place for us, I think, with some connections I had family or total vision loss. At least 50% of these injuries occur at that into it. It was when he took his dad to physical therapy ap- home. See Celebrate page 2. Officials pointments and watched what they did that he realized it was during an interview in the athletic office at In fact, BintzinsaysBeckham that he County typicallyhavesees cut nearly at least one$1 million patient from their estimated budget this year, with the final a day who has suffered a traumatic eye injury. The causes of approval of the 2019-20 fiscal year budget coming in the these afflictions are as vast as the injuries they can cause. Elk City man arrested on multiple “Almost daily, we see something,” Bintz explained. “This last Thursday, we saw two kids on Thursday who were seeing dou- 2019-20 ble. the budget Theirisinjuries search at their came on to find anfrom weekly meeting different offensive Monday. things, but coordi we The alwaysfina The accident Occurred just after 6 p.m. in a hay field 3 charges after ECPD receives report of feel that urgency to see someone in these circumstances. over One oftothethe state kids hadbybeen the hit firstinofthe eye October.with a pool noodle. Cain tried to repair something under his 1986 Ford F350 The other had taken an elbow to the eye. There are really man waving a firearm, report states His starting date is the first Monday after tricky, thin bones in the obit of the eye between the nose and excise eye. We willboardgetgives scansthe final done approval because theseand signs types can lead to an infection from the outside air. The most typical of off on it injuries Hartman, CountyBeckham County Clerk. our first phase of the CAPS is Beckham a County fracture.Sheriff’s blowoutofficials We see said aOffice, lot of in April Carter these that inFire, changes Elk City Fire, sports.” in the budget If convicted, District Attor- cepting that plea agreement, with his hands in the air. Lud- Though Bintz has treated these types of injuries in football, ney Angela Marsee stated that the Elk City Police Department wig complied with that order. he said that helmets do help prevent them in that sport. Robert Ryan Ludwig Jr. faces received a call at approximately Ludwig was then brought to tion scheme Other for though, sports, the Elk offense. On thehazard. hold a higher de up to ten years’ imprisonment 5:53 p.m. on July 13 about a the rear of the vehicle and was “Think about basketball. First of all, a lot of kids don’t want for the count of possession of male subject allegedly waving a secured in handcuffs. The offi- to wear their glasses on the court because Mom might get a firearm after a felony convic- gun in his truck. cer searched him, and no weap- The really county cut aggravated $998,696 if they breakfromthemits budget, while Hartman playing. There’s asaid tion, up to five years for the Officers with the Elk City Police ons were found on Ludwig’s reason why so many professional athletes wear sports gog- count of actual physical control Department were dispatched person. gles. Blunt trauma from a fall or a forceful hit from an ob- department or every official gives their estimate of what of a vehicle under the influence to the area of the call’s origin Ludwig allegedly stated that ject or a person can cause sight-threatening injuries. We can they’re needing for the year,” Hartman said. “The excise and up to six months for the on the 2000 block of West 7th the gun was under the dash of make goggles with a prescription in them. This is especially misdemeanor count of carry- Place. the truck. important for kids who only have one good eye. If they have could stay on the floor the ing a firearm while under the The reporting party stated that “While searching the vehicle, the kind of luck that I do, the injury will go to the good eye. I influence. the subject was driving a black an open bottle of Corona beer saw a student-athlete last year that developed hemorrhages a.m. with HotLudwig Additionally, Hash and faces GMC truck with a “MAGA” was located in the center con- in both eyes due to weight lifting. These hemorrhages, locat- sole. The beer was approxi- ed in“Wethedon’t whiteknow those part of figures the eye, are yet,” usuallyshe said. but harmless “We’re kind can Robert Ryan Ludwig Jr fines up to $500 for the mis- sticker on the back glass. demeanor and $2,500 for the Upon arrival at the listed ad- mately half empty and cold take days to weeks to recover,” Bintz said. to the touch. Additionally, a With western Oklahoma hitting high heat regularly, Bintz By Shonda Little felony charge of actual physical dress, the reporting officer year before and current year figures and help the county chamber-loaded 9mm pistol warned about the dangers of sun exposure. control of a vehicle under the noted that he observed a black was located under the dash- “You can actually burn your corneas in ways that are similar A 39-year-old Elk City man has influence. GMC truck that matched the “But we’ve made 20 percent cuts; some offices board of the truck. The pistol to a welding burn. Intense pain and blurred vision may last been released from the Beck- That charge, actual physical description. had one round in the chamber a few days but rarely is permanent damage done. Sunglasses ham County Detention Cen- control of a vehicle under the The truck was parked in the and nine rounds in the maga- A fire that burned the Team Chip Tae Kwon getwide-brim and those final figures hats offer from them,from protection it’s kind of wait UV light. UVand light ter after being charged with a influence, was enhanced to a residence’s driveway, and the zine,” the officer wrote. is also harmful to the macula, located at the back of the eye, Do building Tuesday afternoon in the 1400 misdemeanor count of carry- felony because Ludwig recently engine was running. a definite While date set speaking forLudwig, with the Commissioners and is responsible for gave yourtheir detailfinal approval and color for the vision. Somefigures of ing a firearm while under the received a one-year deferred The officer reportedly observed the officer alleged that he de- the worst of these types of burns can come from snow ski- influence as well as two sepa- sentence for driving a motor a male subject, later identified tected an odor that is associ- ing. The sun reflects off the snow, and it can be hazardous for first weekend in November. ratefire chief — felonies forpossession the Elk Cityof Fire Department. vehicle No He as Ludwig, in the driver’s seat under the influence. ated with an alcoholic beverage the eyes. You will hear me talk a lot about the importance of injuries a firearm occurred. after a former Two felonypeople was in thewith charged buildthat on April with his hands on the steering “emanating from his person.” there, at least one account in there,” Hartman said. goggles for sports and at home. We do have goggles available ing convictionescaped unharmed. and actual physical The mainand 7, 2021, part of the just accepted his wheel. The officer asked Ludwig if he fire of a control occurred vehicleinunder the hot the water heater deferment rea. plea in June. Ludwig was ordered to turn offup from 40 lastSee Hartman could not provide an See exact figure. AwarenessThepage public 2. 75 children this $12,130. year. That figure was year. Arrest page 2. The insurance company also influence. Just is investigating. over a month after ac- the vehicle and exit the vehicle Weather Vol. Vol. 117,119, No.No. 54 60 Mail delivery Home delivery Viewonline View online tomorrow 95 / 73 99/70 75 cents, 8 pgs. 75 cents, 12 pgs. 580.225.3000 580.225.3000 elkcityoknews.com elkcityoknews.com