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August 4, 2021 Ne nia in 1977, when 17-year-homes and cars, and pursue about new tool releases, visit skilled trades teachers and Round Opening old Eric Smidt began trans- their hobbies. HarborFreight.com/email or their programs with $1 mil- forming his father's small With core values of excellence, text ‘TOOLS’ to 34648. sales business into a success- continuous improvement and Giving Back lion in cash awards. This year’s winners will be announced in Continued from page 1. ful mail order company. That doing the right thing, Harbor Another of the company’s core October 2021. For more infor- Town first year, Eric cut out the mid- Freight Tools is working to values is giving back to the mation, visit harborfreight- Harbor Freight stores have dlemen and sourced tools constantly improve the quality communities it serves. toolsforschools.org. implemented more frequent rectly from the factories, real- of its products and is introduc- Harbor Freight Tools is a major August 6 Harbor Freight Tools also sup- cleaning and are following the izing that if he could buy tools ing hundreds of new tools and supporter of Harbor Freight ports non-profit organizations Block party Elk City - guidelines from the Centers directly for less, he could pass accessories each year with the Tools for Schools, an initiative Downtown Elk City for Disease Control. Any indi- the savings on to the customer. features, performance and du- of The Smidt Foundation, es- that serve K-12 public educa- vidual who has any COVID-19 Harbor Freight has more than rability of the best brands on tablished by Harbor Freight's tion, first responders and vet- symptoms is asked to shop 1,200 stores across the coun- the market—but at a fraction founder Eric Smidt, to advance erans. To learn more about the Oklahoma No Tax try with over 24,000 employ- of the price. company’s charitable giving, Weekend, Clothing and on our website, www.harbor- excellent skilled trades edu- visit harborfreightgivingback. footwear under $100.00 - ees. The company is still fam- In addition to providing cus- cation in public high schools freight.com rather than in our stores. HARBOR FREIGHT ily owned and remains true to tomers everyday value, Harbor across America. The program’s org. Retail District TOOLS 26677 Agoura Road its humble beginnings while Freight Tools frequently offers flagship program is the an- For more information about Calabasas, California 91302 serving more than 40 million special deals and promotions nual Harbor Freight Tools for Harbor Freight Tools, visit “Movies in the Park” Company Background customers who depend on Har- that offer even more savings. Schools Prize for Teaching harborfreight.com. Follow the sponsored by One Church, Harbor Freight Tools was bor Freight’s quality and value To receive the latest exclusive Excellence, which honors 18 company on Facebook, Twit- Ackley Park founded in Southern Califor- to earn a living, repair their deals, and be the first to learn outstanding public high school ter, Instagram and YouTube. Felony Elk City author’s audiobook shoots August 7 Oklahoma No Tax Weekend, Clothing and up to the bestseller list footwear under $100.00 - Retail District Continued from page 1. August8 Oklahoma No Tax During the probable cause Local radio deejay provides voice Weekend, Clothing and work now heard by thousands search of DeWilde’s vehicle, footwear under $100.00 - the officer located $100. Retail District During this time, the officer learned that Harkness had By Shonda Little Randolph has been a long- August 11 time friend of Chad Roper, a ‘Western Oklahoma a valid felony warrant from To say that Elk City resi- musician and radio deejay for Christian School back in Custer County and that they dent Matt Randolph is a re- KECO, session. wished to place a hold upon naissance man is an under- “When I was starting my Harkness. statement. podcast, “The Truth Teller, I August 12 He spent decades in the had talked with Chad about Elk City School back in Harkness was then taken into oilfield industry, working how I could create an intro,” session. custody. nearly every spectrum of the Randolph recounted. “Chad DeWilde was advised that she vital field. At one point, he knows that stuff in and out Merritt School back in was being placed under arrest. even took the risk of starting and, he will laugh at this, but session. ‘The officer explained to her his own service business from he does have a soothing voice. scratch before selling the suc- ended up figuring out how to Canute School back in that introducing contraband cessful venture and taking a make the podcast’s intro on my session, into the jail would result in ad- position as a subject matter own, But when I published ‘Ku- ditional charges. expert with the Shell Corpora- winda,’ I knew I wanted an au- August 16 At this time, DeWilde report- tion. diobook to go with it. I mean, I Teacher Appreciation Still, asif balancinga family could have read. You could have Dinner 6 p.m. Elk City, edly admitted to having a pipe and a demanding career wasn’t read it. But, that voice work is Merritt, Canute, Hammon, concealed in her bra. enough, Randolph decided to a lot harder than any of us can WOCS and Bums Flat/ A female officer was present try his hand as an author. He imagine. Chad was willing to Randolph's audiobook version of “Kuwinda” recently be- Dill City. First Baptist and performed the search of jokes now that plunging into do it, and I believed he would came a best seller. Courtesy photo. Church Activity Center. writing his first book about a do better than anyone else.” DeWilde’s person. think it is a great story. I'm Chelsea,” he stated. “If you fictional serial killer named Ed Audiobook Creation Ex- August 21 She allegedly found the glass Lee Curtis was more to strike change (ACX), which Randolph proud of it and proud that are going to be a realtor at her Fit & Fun Bicycle Ride pipe and a medium-sized zip- something off his bucket list described as the sister compa- readers and listeners agree,” level, it is a seven-day-a-week and Disk Golf Tourna- lock baggie containing a “sub- and pass the time on his little ny to Audible, requires a metic- Randolph said. job. I was busy with my job, ment, Elk Lake. stantial amount of metham- downtime while working away ulous upload of each chapter. Once again, Randolph said too. But, I thought if I was at from home. “Not only does that voice that he has no upcoming books home, I could help her out ifI August 28 phetamine.” Maybe it was a surprise to work require a certain kind of planned. knewa little more. Well, some Women’s Golf Asso- ‘Thomas reportedly was in pos- Randolph that the first book inviting cadence of the voice, However, he also coyly ad- things changed, and I decided ciation, Diamond in the session of 4.45 grams of meth- was a success. Maybe it wasn’t. but uploading each individual mitted that could change in a to change with it. I will say the Rough Golf Tournament, amphetamine. You would spend all day file sounds like a pain. ACX matter of days. real estate test was the hard- Elk City Golf Course trying to pry that answer from has a stringent recording stan- “Now I'm getting ideas ac- est test that I have ever taken. DeWilde was reportedly in tually emailed to me from fans, his knowing lips. dard. The decibel level cannot I was surprised that I passed September 3 possession of 19.63 grams of Regardless, the book change much at all. The con- and some of them do sound in- it since over two years had Annual PRCA Rodeo of methamphetamine. pleased his readers so much versation you and I are having teresting. One may take root, passed since I took the course.” Champions, Ackley Park Both were packed for submit- that he wrote two more about now would never work. Then and I could call you and say Randolph has now joined the murderer. it is speaking into a mic for that I have written another. It tal to the Oklahoma State Bu- his wife as a realtor with Moxy September4 “When the Ed Lee Curtis four hours and maintaining doesn’t have to be written per- PRCA Rodeo of Cham- reau of Investigation. trilogy was completed, I said that range. There is a lot of re- fectly to be a good book if you Realty. DeWilde is being held on a have a good plot,” he said. “We are going to be working pions Parade, 10 AM that I wasn’t going to write petitive work in it. If that isn’t And, in true Randolph together, but I willbe doing my Downtown. $20,000 bond. a book again for a while. I tasking enough, each piece has started the podcast because to go through a separate audio fashion, he is already self-rein- own stuff, too,” Randolph said. Court records do not indicate “You don’t start at her level. I Annual PRCA Rodeo of that was also interesting to file and be named. Chad had venting. at what amount the bond for think there are things that I Champions, Ackley Park me. Then one day, the idea for to do the intro that includes After decades in the oil and ‘Thomas has been set. ‘Kuwinda’ came to me, and I author information, the book, gas industry, the 1992 Sayre can provide that are unique, September 5 DeWilde is due back in court couldn't let it go until I wrote listing himself and make sure High School graduate recently though, especially in the in- Annual PRCA Rodeo of on September 13, and Thomas it,” Randolph laughed. to say that this is a fictitious left the industry to join his dustrial area, With my years in Champions, Ackley Park is due back on August 12. By this point, Randolph work. We can’t have someone wife in real estate. the oilfield, I can walk into one had self-publishing down to thinking it was about them. “I took the real estate of these old yards and tell you anart. They go through and make course two and a half years what you could or could not do “ElkCituNews He envisioned the many sure there isn’t any plagiarism. ago really just to help my wife, with it.” metaphoric underlying issues ‘Then after doing all that, if it Expanding he could address when pen- isn’t uploaded just right, he ning his tale of lifelong friends has to start all over. My hats (USPS # 173-020) who set out for Africa on aoff to him. Chad did a great 580-225-3000 tourist hunting trip. job,” Randolph gushed. Is published twice weekly by Beckham County Media, LLC The twist comes fairly In June, Randolph learned Continued from page 1. 109 W. Broadway, Elk City, OK 73644-4736 body is doing cool and exciting Periodicals Postage Paid at Elk City, OK 73644 quickly when readers learn that the audiobook edition had new things. But, the good stuff that, in “Kuwinda: The Hunt,” reached the bestseller list. I'm seeing so much good stuff POSTMASTER: Send address changes to 109 W. 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