January 15, 2022 Issue, Page 3 of 8

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January 15, 2022 3 News/Obits Last week to request Casey granted Make a Wish Absentee Ballots for blessed to know that we will get to continue to fight through February 8th Election this thing we call life with our amazing son! God definitely placed you all in our path for a Canute Sample: reason! We are so grateful for each and everyone of you!” Thank you to the Elk City High school staff and students for hosting a very special set of events taking up donations. Also, allowing the family to sell shirts and ribbons at the Homecoming game. Thank you for 3 days with a 21 day off for helping Ryan through ad- schedule, as to insure his body justments of his schedules and wouldn’t also require Dialysis making him feel so welcomed to keep his kidneys function- and loved. ing. Ryan just completed what Thank you to Misty Varnell, we hope will be the last of his Anna Fitzgerald, Mary Barker, chemo on December 22, just Nancy Gentry and the incred- in time to spend the holidays ible staff of Payzone and Elks with his family at home. What Inn for helping organize the a blessing! first Poker Run and Silent auc- Erick Sample: be submitted several ways. She contacted Dr. O’Brien of After Ryan’s multiple surgeries tion which was held on Oc- “In Oklahoma, no excuse is Dear Editor the Dean McGee Institute to following the tumor removal, tober 23. They worked very hard to gather donations from needed to vote by absentee bal- see what they could do about he will be going straight into our community and were so lot, and it’s easy to apply! Vot- By Britteny Casey getting him in sooner. That was the New Year with several diligent in making the event ers can submit their applica- when Dr. O’Brien advised Brit- more appointments to help as wonderful as they could! tion online, in-person, by fax, Local 16 year old boy, Ryan teny to rush him to Children’s with his continued blurry vi- Thank you to the band the mail, or even email.” that minute. She did just that. sion and will begin radiation. Tone Junkies for playing for Casey, has been granted a Upon arrival, Ryan was admit- He will have multiple weeks the crowd and the Karaoke djs, Voters can apply online us- Make a Wish. On September ted right away to the hospital, straight of radiation before he Ronald and Melinda Henson of ing the OK Voter Portal at 23, Ryan was diagnosed with will have another scan to de- Weatherford, for finishing the oklahoma.gov/elections/ovp. a malignant Germinoma Brain where they ran a number of termine what the next steps night! You all made this family Applications are also available Tumor, along with Adrenal tests for 5 days straight. That will be in the process! We pray feel special and loved beyond Insufficiency, Diabetes Insipi- is where Dr. Andrew Jea, Dr. that this will be the last of the measure! at the County Election Board dus, Hypothyroidism and Hy- Monica Marin, Dr. Edward El treatment with the help of our Thank you to Mattresses and or can be downloaded at okla- popituitarism. He is currently Rassi, and Dr. Rene McNall- Lord and Savior, who is the ul- Furniture of Oklahoma City homa.gov/elections. Knapp were able to show and undergoing chemotherapy and timate healer. for donating an electronic bed Manning reminds voters explain all of the many things Ryan’s family would like to for Ryan to be able to get com- radiation to eradicate the can- that only the applicant can causing Ryan’s body to be so thank all of the amazing people fortable and help his family cer. submit his or her own absentee out of whack and how they in our community for their do- get him in/out of bed during Ryan was so excited to learn ballot application. It is against that the Jimmy Everest Cen- were going to help make him nations, help, and many many his weakest times. As well the the law to submit an absentee ter at OU Children’s hospital, better. prayers. The family has been donation of the Recliner and ballot application for another where he is currently undergo- He was released on September overwhelmed by the amount Mattress that was used for the person. Voters who submit ing his treatment, nominated 17th with orders to return Sep- of love that came from all this. Silent Auction. their application in-person at him to receive a wish from the tember 21 for the removal of This process is never easy on Continued donations are being the County Election Board will Oklahoma chapter of Make a his brain tumor. They removed any family or one person. The accepted for Ryan and his fam- be asked to provide proof of Wish. Make a Wish is an amaz- Ryan’s tumor through his nasal amount of love and support ily. There is an account at the identity. ing organization that grants cavity. They also had to graft has certainly been a true bless- Great Plains Bank under the terminal children with a wish his belly fat to his spinal cord ing to help the Casey family name: Ryan Casey Trust Voters with questions about to do something they may not in the cavity due to a CSF leak while they are off work in order You can also mail any words of absentee voting should contact get to do in life, because of during surgery. He remained to be with Ryan in Oklahoma encouragement or checks to the County Election Board at their conditions. in ICU for 10 days following City during his treatments. Ryan and the family at: 580-928-3314 or beckham- surgery. Ryan was allowed to The family would like to say a He has not quite made up Ryan Casey Trust [email protected] go home until October 11th special thank you to the doc- P.O. BOX 162 his mind on his wish, but he The Beckham County Elec- to regain some of his immu- tors who found out what was Foss, OK 73647 certainly has a few things in tion Board is located at 306 nity in order to prepare him going on with Ryan during this The family has shirts available The deadline to request ab- mind. He would like to get a E. Main St., Sayre and is open new truck, travel overseas to for chemotherapy. From there difficult time. Without those for $20. If you are interested in sentee ballots by mail is ap- proaching. Applications must from 8:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m., Germany or Ireland, or even go due to his many other issues he doctors, this could be a much purchasing one please contact be received by the County Monday through Friday. to all of the amusement parks was only allowed to do chemo worse situation. “We are truly Britteny at 580-799-5678. Election Board no later than 5 A Special Election will be he can, while riding the largest p.m. Monday, January 24th. held on February 8, 2022, for coasters known to man! As he Beckham County Election Board Secretary, Sherron Man- ning, says absentee voting is available to all voters and can Erick Public Schools for a bond proposition. Also, Canute Pub- lic School, Board of Education Primary for Office No. 2. is not yet certain what he will get or be able to do, he is still searching through magazines to get more ideas for what he would like to do. Thank you! Ryan first started having Thank you to all of the businesses that made everything Frances Cotton symptoms in early Novem- ber 2020. What started out as possible for Ryan Casey’s benefit. Without all of you and your Frances “Frannie” Elena heartburn, nausea, vomiting, generosity none of this would have been possible. You all Cotton was born January 6th, and constant stomach pains, came together in helping this family raise the funds to help 1943 in Compton, California to quickly led to his first surgery Dorreen Cora (Miller) and Gor- cover a portion of the things no family should have to worry which was removing his gall- don Marion Woten. She passed bladder in February of 2021. about while trying to take care of this sweet child. away Monday, January 10th, When that didn’t seem to stop From the family, “We are sincerely grateful for 2022 in Elk City, Oklahoma at the age of 79 years and 4 days. his side effects, and he started everything. We can’t say thank you enough and we hope that showing further symptoms of Frannie, as a young girl, someday we can repay you all in some way. We are so moved to Mira Loma and Cres- headaches, mood swings which tline, California where she at- were uncontrollable, confu- blessed to be a part of this wonderful community. tended school. She remained sion, blurred vision which in the Riverside County area came and went, along with ex- Anheuser-Busch Champ’s Graphics Epic Energy where she met and married treme exhaustion, thirst and Roma’s Italian M&P Liquor Force Nutrition Dennis A. Baker on April 24th, lack of appetite; his parents Restaurant Ladonna’s Wine & Off the Hook- OKC 1961. To this union 2 children became very concerned. Tim’s Trucking Spirits McDonald’s- Sayre were born, Dennis D. Baker and 1 son, Timothy R. Baker and Toby Keith Foundation Top Shelf Liquor Britteny, Ryan’s mom took Culver’s- Clinton Timothy R. Baker. After their 2 sisters, Marjorie Reeves and Main Street Coffee Simon’s Catch him to see Dr. Royal Whinery Thomas Trucking marriage dissolved she later Linda Michalk. Beck Trucking Bitter:Sweet Massage met Charles Marvin Cotton in of Elk City. They ran a series of Varnell’s Powerline Frannie is survived by her Slick’s Quick Lube Barber Dyson 1967 and they were married on lab tests to discover that Ryan Shrader Dental- O’Reilly’s Auto Parts Page Jewelry October 3rd, 1970 in Riverside, 2 children, Dennis Baker, Ban- had a number of things going Yow Auto Supply Mane Attraction Cheyenne California. They continued to ning, CA and Rebecca Cotton on, his lack of a healthy thyroid AutoZone Broadway Flowers Lillian McCaskill make Riverside their home un- being what seemed to be the Sonic The Parlor Jewelry and spouse, Jillian Holden, Elk til moving to the High Dessert worst of all. A few days later 580 Threads KKZU The Zoo Chad Eastman in the late ‘70s and their family City, OK; brother, Robert Wo- Rent a Center Tractor Supply Retro Country he was complaining of a com- grew with the birth of, Rebecca ten and wife, Diana, Charles- plete black out and horribly Roger’s Meat Market Merrifield Office Farm Fresh Kids R. in 1980. They remained in town, IN and a host of grand- blurred vision, to the extent Sassy’s BBQ Supply Westers w/ a Little the High Dessert area where he couldn’t make out shapes Oak Creek Floral & Puckett’s-Sayre Affair children, nieces, nephews, she worked at the local school Gifts Rowdy Trucking Doug Gray Dealership other relatives and friends. or even things directly in front in the cafeteria and also vol- Pampered on 66 Keith’s Butcher Shop Lion’s Club unteered anywhere she was Her wishes were to not have of him. From there Britteny Blow Out Nutrition Bazaar on 66 got him in to see Dr. Scott El- United Methodist needed. They made their way any services but condolences to New Life Nutrition Country Dove to Elk City, Oklahoma in 2006 lis on September 10. He ran a Red River Nutrition Attic Door Church to be near their daughter. Fran- the family can be made at www. number of tests that showed Ok West Nutrition Lug a Jug Liquor Store Insane Nutrition nie spent her time enjoying arts classicfunerals.com. Arrange- the mass on his Pituitary gland Full Blown Nutrition Sweet Leaf Meds Kathy’s Hair Salon- and crafts, cooking and spend- ments are under the direction was smashing his optic nerve Bison Nutrition 420 Farmacy Sayre ing time with her family and and restructuring his skull, Epic Energy Natural Way Pink Pixie of Chris Whinery and the staff friends. thus explaining the cause of a Homeland Hemp Hill Lupe’s Mexican She is preceded in death by of Affordable Cremation Ser- United Galleria Furniture Ace Hardware lot of the other issues. He be- her parents; husband, Charles; vice-West. Wal-Mart Grandview Pharmacy Butcher’s- Weatherford gan contacting Dean McGee’s Elite Quick Lube Napa Auto Parts Institute of Ophthalmology in 5G Metal Art Fred’s Steakhouse Tool Box A & C Pools & Spa Oklahoma City. Bar S Wilson Music Start your subscription today! September 13, Ryan called his mom complaining of a mi- BoomTown Grill Terry’s Furniture Safety Flow Barbwire & Lace Janice’s Cafe Call 580-225-3000 or stop by graine causing him to feel the KECO Radio Thomas Family Farms A host of so many families 109 W. Broadway in Elk City worst he had ever experienced. Green Healer El Patio- Weatherford