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Expressions of Western Oklahoma life & culture Latest GoWest inside! Shortgrass Playhouse Hobart Playhouse has rich history PG7 Elk City Museum Gets New Curator PG11 Center Helps Those In Need PG21 FREE PUBLICATION Winter 2021 Wednesday, January 12, 2022 Weekday Edition Beckham County Sheriff’s Office is investigating of a OSU’s Bullet Trained by Family Benefit planned Longtime sports reporter Kerry Hookstra suffered a seri- Friend of Spirit Rider the 2019-20 fiscal year. ous medical event late last week. Hookstra has been a devot- ed contributor for the Beckham County Record and Elk City News for many years. Even while undergoing medical treat- $17.2 million figure is with ment, he has remained dedicated to reporting on sports in in Erick five Beckham months ago and that the child’s information County. was put into the National To honor him and assistMissing and Unidentified with medical bills, SayrePersons Public Schools will host a benefit for Hookstra at their Friday night hometown game. Plans for the event are still being made. were noto the Look released Elk by Cityour office News and- regarding Beckham a NAMUS County entry Record’s Facebook page later in the week for more details. The Beckham County Media team has been overwhelmed The district could not find with well wishes and prayers for Hookstra’s recovery from coaches and athletic dirctors of our area schools. the fiscal year ended. He Department of Human Services officials are working with Hunt, payroll/insurance to the current Cadlyn Smith,fiscal year, but OSU Spirit Rider takes care of Bullet throughout the year. She is pictured with him on the Stone Ridge Ranch in Tulsa.; At right, during Christmas break in Arizona Darcey Smith is pictured with her longtime friend Jamie Lowe and Bul- continues, and a final let’s trainer Dan Byrd. Courtesy photos. By Sheryl Ponce horseback background. “When we moved to Elk City, we brought a couple of horses A story that began with Darcey Jackson Smith’s longtime with us. We didn’t have intentions to continue to rodeo. I don’t friendship with Jamie Lowe turned into a horse connection that think it was our path, but we got into rodeoing. While teaching 48 years, with 40 of neither dreamed would happen when they were growing up in swimming lessons, I taught the Kimzey children. Jennifer Kimzey Later on Tuesday on the sheriff’s office FB page, Manning Tempe, Arizona. Smith rode horses all of her life, competing in encouraged us to bring our kids (Cadlyn and Dalen) to the rodeo. said sheriff’s officials had found documents that confirmed barrel racing and being around rodeos. She lived three doors down That’s how we got started in the rodeo. We did the MRCA rodeo from Lowe, both riding horses, remaining friends, although they with our kids for years. From there they went flawless, and to junior that rodeo. doesn’t took separate paths when they went to college. Cadie continued to rodeo in college and Dalen went the sports “My parents had horses. My mother had backyard horses, route,” Smith said. but my father grew up in Colorado where they had a pack outfit, Her children got their love of horses growing up in Elk City, where they packed mules and horses for hunters to go into the which leads up to the story about Bullet. Cadie went to OSU, de- mountains. Dad (Ronald Jackson) was always around horses and termined to be the Spirit Rider. She told other students that she satisfied that the circumstances through which he came to then he started rodeoing, becoming a bull rider. Actually, he was would be the Spirit Rider one day and would not graduate until a PRCA bull rider for years. After my parents got married that’s she accomplished that dream. how he was making his money, even when I was first born,” Smith “Cadie got into the rodeo queens, where she was able to carry explained about her background. flags which helped her get on the Spirit team. She was the flag She had horses growing up and when she was in junior high girl for the I Pictured is Magaly Bieri, owner of E & E’s Garage located or high school she began getting into the rodeo arena. When she FR a couple ton of years ago. – 1978, She 1982 andknew 1984some – and girls who had been one state on North Main. Staff photo by Sheryl Ponce. met her husband Will, they enjoyed the love of horses. His fam- the Spirit Rider, and that’s how she got the love for it,” she ily was a big ranching family, who worked on the Four Six’s and been a coach for 48 years – a head football Bar T Bar among other known ranches. He didn’t rodeo, but had coach for 40 years – and has an See Bullet overall re page 2. cord of 307-147 and a playoff record of 44- 24. He played football at Oklahoma State. Starting with Garage “Our strength is going to increase dramati Saturday Morning with Coffee and Cars cally,” he said. “The [players’] confidence in Sales and Growing Officials in Beckham County have cut nearly $1 million from their estimated budget this year, with the final into a Boutique approval of the 2019-20 fiscal year budget coming in the during an interview in the athletic office at By Sheryl Ponce 2019-20 budget at their weekly meeting Monday. The fina The accident Occurred just after 6 p.m. in a hay field 3 over to may Some wonder the state by why the new the first children’s store located on of October. CainStreet N. Main tried tois repair something called E & underIthis E’s Garage. 1986in is not Ford F350 a garage nor does it look like a garage, but it was born out of a garage. the search is on to find an offensive coordi exciseBieri Magaly board givesEthe named final & E’s approval Garage afterand signs off her two on it daughters, four-year-old Eliza and two-year-old Ellie Bieri. Hartman, Beckham “Th e name Beckham County County Sheriff’s garage was Clerk. Office, because Carter I kind of Fire, startedElk City with Fire, garage our first phase of the CAPS County officials said in sales. I was selling used clothes and April that changes then I said, in thedo ‘just budget it.’ I His starting date is the first Monday after started at my own house in the backroom with consignments and then began running out of room. I had a lot of people com- ing in, bringing me clothes. I asked my dad (Sergio Quezada) if can I use his shed to store clothes in there. There were different Coffee and Cars group ate breakfast at Poppy’s after driv- sizesElk tion scheme for the and The seasons offense. county Oncutthat the deneeded from $998,696 to be sorted,” BieriHartman its budget, said. said ing from Elk City’s United Methodist Church parking lot.; Being afraid to go into a boutique, she decided to go for it Scott Garrison and son, Sam, check out Shea and Mark and started in her father’s shed, located behind his house. She Whiteskunk’s 2015 Chevy Silverado. Staff photo by Sheryl department posted on socialormedia everywhat official givesdoing she was theirand estimate peopleof what came. they’re “I triedneeding it beforeforin the the year,” past, butHartman I guess said. I kind“The excise of psyched Ponce myself out, saying this isn’t going to work out, so I just stopped. By Sheryl Ponce could stay on the floor the Then, I did it again. The first couple of months when I was do- Local 2011 Shelby GT 500 owner, Scott Garrison went to Downtown Diner,” he said. ing consignment, I started stocking up on my clothes, buying what is called, Coffee and Cars in Dallas ten years ago. His dream Although last month it was Garrison, along with Robert materials, hangers … all of those things. So, then I started fix- a.m. with together is to bring western Oklahoma car enthusiasts Hot Hash andsec- every ing up thedon’t ‘she shed’ Cloud in his 2006 yellow Corvette, who went on the premiere “We know(herthose father’s figures shed),” yet,” she shecontinued. said. “We’re kind ond Saturday of the month to recreate the experience he had at trip. This second occasion brought out four cars and around 11 The result was a small boutique that was located behind her the one in Dallas. He began the local Cars and Coffee event last car enthusiasts. parents house. Her parents’ are Sergio and Teresa Quesada. month with a trip to Weatherford and continued last Saturday “We bought our car (1971 Plymouth Roadrunner) about Sheyear before posted on and socialcurrent media and yearfound figures andbehelp it to the county successful, but with a short trip to Poppy’s south of Elk City. 20-years ago, but haven’t been too many places the last couple of understood that not everyone wanted to come to the shed to “I went to Coffee and Cars ten years ago and had a great time. years. It’s more of a show car, but gets driven regularly,” Sherry “But we’ve purchase made 20 the children’s percent clothes shecuts; some offices offered. It was more my style than hanging out at a car show all day long. Logan said. “I opened Christmas Eve, about four weeks ago. I sell girl Going in, checking out the cars, mess around a little bit and then Logan and her husband Dale brought Teri Cloe and Brad and boy’s clothes from newborn all the way up to 14/16 sizes. get those final figures from them, it’s kind of wait and go do something else with our friends, not spending the whole Thompson with them to have coffee and check out the cars be- I sell accessories, bows, knick knacks, toys, and blankets. It’s A fire day,” that burned Garrison the Team Chip Tae Kwon explained. cause they are all interested in the classic cars. actually almost always the same prices. Dresses are usually $17 a definite date set for the Commissioners gave their final approval for the figures DoHe wants the event toafternoon building Tuesday encompassinallthe of 1400 western Oklahoma, and my sets are usually from $20 to $22,” Magaly said. The Roadrunner is more or less as it was when it came out, including the Texas Panhandle. The plan is to get people coming while they have repainted it the original green. It is a four speed, She prides herself in providing beautiful clothes at an af- from all over. first weekend in November. fordable price. Because she is a mother, too, she understands that runs on racing fuel. Dale has projects he is currently working fire chiefsome “I have for the Elk City buddies fromFire Department. Weatherford No they would that said there, that if sheat least cannotone account afford there,” clothes to buyinexpensive Hartman forsaid. her girls, injuries occurred. Two people in the build on, but will eventually sell those, keeping the Roadrunner, which like to come, most of them have Harley’s so it will be in the sum- seems to be their favorite. there are other’s who are in the same situation. ing escaped unharmed. The main part of the Hartman could not provide an exact figure. The public mer when they start. We will pick a different place each month. Others that came into Poppy’s were Scott’s son, Sam Garrison fire occurred in the hot water heater area. 75 pick children $12,130. See Garage page 2. Which will be the second Saturday of each month. We will a this year. That figure was up from 40 last year. The insurance company also is investigating. See Cars page 2. place to go. Last month we went to Weatherford and ate at the Weather Vol. Vol. 117,120, No.No. 54 4 Mail delivery Home delivery Viewonline View online tomorrow 66 / 35 99/70 75 cents, 8 pgs. 75 cents, 12 pgs. 580.225.3000 580.225.3000 elkcityoknews.com elkcityoknews.com