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December 11, 2021 3 News was unable to witness the to- Her service to her Lord and Youth Tour Oklahoma Fame tal destruction of the facility by fire just before completion, His church was also extremely important to Charlotte as she Friday, January 7, 2022. Continued from page 2. and then its ultimate rebuild, spent countless hours as a she certainly had a hand in its youth sponsor, Sunday School 4. DO NOT PUT YOUR also a successful basketball existence in the community. and VBS teacher, choir mem- NAME ON THE ESSAY! Attach Charlotte served several ber, and she was the director of player. She Graduated from a completed entry form to your Oklahoma State University terms on the Elk City School a youth puppet ministry in the essay with a paperclip. Please and then a Master’s Degree in Board offering her leadership 1980s that performed all over make sure that it is neat and Speech Pathology from Utah abilities and love of Elk City the State of Oklahoma. She legible. State University. Charlotte Schools. She served multiple also served on many commit- 5. Use only one side of the spent her professional career officer roles including Presi- tees in her time at First Baptist paper, double space and num- helping hundreds of people dent. She also became involved Church. In her later years, she with speech and swallowing is- with education on a state wide enjoyed teaching the Preschool ber the pages. Sunday School and serving as 6. Essays will be judged on sues in her storied career both level, being on the Oklahoma one of the church hostesses at in private practice and with State School Board, where Prairie View Baptist Church as knowledge of subject, original- various home health organi- she once again served as its well. ity, composition, and gram- zations. She married Kenneth President. At her honorary mar. When one thinks of Char- Walter in December of 1969, reception, she was the first to lotte Walter, what comes to 7. Four finalists will be se- and they had two children, request entertainment in lieu mind first and foremost is that lected by a team of indepen- Kyle and Megan, who both still of an open bar. Her request for contagious smile. She spent dent judges. Decisions of the reside in Elk City. entertainment was of course her life dedicated to the peo- judges are final. Her leadership skills were Elk City’s own Miss America ple, places, and purposes of the 8. Members of the imme- apparent and her drive and 1981, Susan Powell. city she loved…Elk City! diate families and/or persons determination to make Elk City better was on display in residing in the households of cooperative trustees, and/or her volunteer work and efforts Annual within the community. Char- Elk City Leadership employees of NFEC are not eli- lotte served many years with gible to participate in the con- the Education Foundation test or serve as winners. where she was proud to gather The Electric Cooperative sional delegation, and more. The four finalists will be and distribute funding for edu- Youth Tour has been bringing Youth Tour has earned a repu- required to attend NFEC's cational endeavors. She and high school students to Wash- tation as "a trip of a lifetime" Youth Tour banquet. The date Kenneth owned a successful ington D.C. since the early 1960s. After a two-year hiatus by former participants. Selection of the four final- of the banquet will be deter- mined once the finalists are cattle operation, Walter Cattle Company, and she was an ac- Induction due to the Coronavirus pan- ists will be based on the follow- announced. It will be at the tive member of the Chamber of Commerce, even serving in Honoring demic, coordinators have be- ing guidelines: banquet where they will pres- gun planning for an in-person 1. Students must cur- ent their essays and be in- the role of President. Charlotte was a found- Mark Stansberry session in June 2022. rently be classified as eleventh terviewed by a panel of inde- ing member of the board that Perhaps Northfork Elec- graders attending a school in tric's best-known and most an- Northfork Electric Coopera- pendent judges. The top two students will be awarded the established the Oklahoma National Junior Heifer Show Charlotte Walter ticipated youth program, the tive's service area. trip to Washington, D.C., and in 1981. She served on that FRIDAY, THE SEVENTEENTH OF DECEMBER Youth Tour is a week-long, all 2. Students must complete the two runners-up will attend board, most years as chairman, expenses-paid educational trip an entry form and prepare an for 33 years until the time of TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY ONE the 2022 Leadership Summit to Washington, D.C. in June essay of 500-600 words on and receive a $500 academic her death in January of 2015. of each year. NFEC annually the following topic: Electri- That show has impacted the • Reception • scholarship. More details will sponsors two delegates from cal safety is extremely impor- city of Elk City in many ways, 5:00-6:00 PM be provided to those selected Elk City Pioneer Center and recently celebrated its high schools within its service tant. What do you know about for the banquet. The Youth Hospitality Room 40th edition in November of territory. Students travel with staying safe around electricity Tour trip will be June 17-23, 2021. 1221 N Pioneer Rd | Elk City, OK the Oklahoma delegation (70+ and how would you apply that 2022. Charlotte was an integral students) to our nation's capi- knowledge if you were involved For more details about the part of the city acquiring the • INDUCTEE PRESENTATION • tal where they tour historic in an accident or situation in- Youth Tour call us at 580-928- Baptist Village complex as she Between the Elkettes and Elks sites and national landmarks, volving electricity? 3366 or visit https://www.nfe- served on that board for sev- Basketball Games eral years. And although she Pioneer Center Gymnasium meet Oklahoma's congres- 3. Deadline for all entries is coop.com/youth-tour. Oil & Gas Report for the State of Oklahoma for Nov. 30 - Dec. 6, 2021 Start your subscription today! Call 580-225-3000 or stop by 109 W. Broadway in Elk City