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Wednesday, February 2, 2022 Weekday Edition Beckham County Sheriff’s Office is investigating of a Bella Vita Schedules Cooking Classes 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 the fiscal year ended. He Department of Human Services officials are working with Hunt, payroll/insurance to the current fiscal year, but continues, and a final At right is Kara Skelton. Courtesy photo. By Sheryl Ponce March class is called Low Country Cuisine and she will be teach- 48 years, with 40 of ing the skill of building better sauces. The menu will include Later on Tuesday on the sheriff’s office FB page, Manning Adult cooking classes are on the calendar at Elk City’s Bella chicken and sausage gumbo, shrimp with red eye gravy on cheese said sheriff’s officials had found documents that confirmed Vita, located at 108 S. Main. The first in a series of classes began grits, fresh biscuits and chocolate cobbler. Jan. 22 with Heritage Cooking Skills. The Seasoned Apron, Kara Skelton has Versatile Veggies planned to teach in April with Skelton , is the culinary expert who will be teaching the classes. flawless, and that doesn’t the skill of wild yeast and sourdough breads. The menu is black She is passionate about flavors and loves to create a variety of bean burgers, roasted lemony broccoli, mushroom and cheese ri- meals. sotto with best carrot cake. In May, the menu is Spring Celebra- Skelton’s fascination with cooking began when she was seven- tion Brunch and includes quiche Lorraine, salade nicoise, choco- years-old, as she began preparing meals for family and friends. late cake bite and rose apple tarts. satisfied that the circumstances through which he came to She has been fascinated by simple and exotic ingredients, putting Time-saving kitchen gadgets is the Heritage Skill focus for them together for dinner parties. She studied her trade abroad June and Skelton plans on a Garden Bounty: Summer Products. and has continued to learn new skills and techniques. Skelton The menu is roasted pork chops, dressed with plums, fennel and took master classes with Chef Darin Sehnert and his influence corn relish ratatouille tian and topped off with honey grilled translated into her hands-on style of hosting The Seasoned stone fruit. Skelton will be teaching small-batch traditional can- Apron cooking classes. Her goal for each class is, “to bring excite- ning with her, “Stay ton –Cool 1978,in1982 the Kitchen: and 1984 –Heatless and one Cooking” state class. ment and self-confidence, supported by skill to all.” Her menu is shrimp ceviche, Panzanella, quick gazpacho and Although her classes are on hold at the moment, due to CO- been asalad. creamy Indian Fruit coach for 48 years – a head football VID, they will continue as follows. February is “Romantic Dinner September iscoach the for time40to years – and learn has anwith cooking overall ricere around the for Two,” which she will teach participants the knife skills 101 cord of 307-147 world in Skelton’s “Sushi 101” and classa that playoff record will focusofon44-California with the Cocoa-Chili rubbed steak, herbed Hassleback potatoes, “Our strength is going to increase 24. He played football at Oklahoma State. See Cooking page 2. Carvin Jones.dramati Courtesy photo green beans with compound butter and dark chocolate mouse. cally,” he said. “The [players’] confidence in Officials in Beckham County have cut nearly $1 million Route 66 Museum Art Gallery Features Arnett Artist Blues Artist to Appear from their estimated budget this year, with the final approval of the 2019-20 fiscal year budget coming in the during an interview in the athletic office at on Stage in April 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 By the Ponce Sheryl state by the first of October. Cain tried to repair something under his 1986 Ford F350 the search is on to find an offensive coordi Director excise of the board Pioneer gives Center, the final Justinand approval Ediger, signsannounced off on it the upcoming show of the Carvin Jones Band in the Kelli Hartman, CenterBeckham Beckham O’Hara County of County Sheriff’s Performing Clerk. Office, Arts. TheCarter Fire,take show will Elk City Fire, place on our first phase of the CAPS County officials said in April that changes in the budget April 10th, and tickets are on sale at www.carvinjones.com/ His starting date is the first Monday after event-details/carvin-jones-pioneer-performing-arts-center-1. Jones is said to be one of the greatest blues guitarist of all time according to Guitarist magazine. He has released four al- tion scheme for the bumsElk The offense. county - “What Oncut You the de (1999), $998,696 Need” from “TheitsCarvinator” budget, Hartman said (2008), and “Victory is Mine” (2014), and his new album release “What a At left, on display at the Edu- cation Building in Elk City. Good Day” (2018). He has shared the stage and toured with department or every official gives their estimate of what At right, painted from a time legends they’reincluding needing BBforKing, Santana, Jeff the year,” Hartman Beck,said. Albert King, “The Al- excise Brenda and her husband Brad bert Collins, The Animals, REO Speedwagon, Jimmy Vaughan, Word spent in Paraguay, she could stay on the floor the Double Trouble and many more. Carvin himself has performed was able to paint a local farmer. Courtesy photos. with Joe Cocker and the Fabulous Thunderbirds. a.m. with Hot Hash and Eric Clapton said, “Carvin Jones is a young cat out of Phoe- By Sheryl Ponce off. Her background was in pencil drawing, and graphics, but she “WeI don’t nix who think isknow those figures the next yet,” she up-and-coming said. blues “We’re kind player.” wanted to learn how to oil paint and see colors. Carvin has received accolades from the likes of BB King The third artist to display her artwork in the Education Build- “When I started, Jeff (Dodd) would say, ‘that’s a good under ing on the Route 66 Museum Complex is Brenda Word from Ar- painting.’ I had to learn how to see the picture. I was good at and year Buddybefore Guy.and current He has year opened figures shows for and help Carlos the county Santana, Jeff nett. She studied art at the Academy of Art in Chicago after high drawing and mixing colors, but I wanted to see the colors that Beck, Gary Moore, John Mayell, Albert Collins, Johnny Win- “But we’ve made 20 percent cuts; some offices school and continued into a career in publishing and textbook were there, in the picture,” Word explained. ter, Jimmy Vaughn, and many other Blues Legends throughout design. She took a break from art in the late 80’s, while she and She uses her camera to take the pictures and then puts the the world who have come to admire his immense talents. her husband traveled to Paraguay, South America as church plan- images to canvas. Dodd has helped her see that she needs to go a get thosespend He will final the figures from month ofthem, Februaryit’s kind of wait touring and throughout ning missionaries. When they returned to the US in 2013, they step further in her paintings. A fire that burned the Team Chip Tae Kwon Arizona and then on to New Mexico and some venues in Tex- made their home in Arnett, which is where she renewed her ar- “He always coached and has mentored a definitemedate along setthe forway. the He Commissioners gave their final approval for the figures Do building Tuesday afternoon in the 1400 as. He will start his tour in Tulsa, beginning April 6 and travel tistic passion. actually helped me pick out the pictures for this art show. He en- “In 2015 my sister-in-law and I started taking classes from couraged me to go back to my paintings to bring them up to qual- to Oklahoma City on the 7th, followed by the Vast Theatre in first weekend in November. Jeff Dodd, a professional artist who lives outside of Arnett. He ity, saying… that’s a good start. Now, when I go back and look at fire chief for the Elk City Fire Department. No Lawton. On the 9th he will be in Stillwater, at the Houston has become my mentor, painting with him about once a week,” those fi rst paintings, I can see what he was talking about,” she there, at least one account in there,” Hartman said. injuries occurred. Two people in the build Winfrey center, and then he will make his debut in Elk City on Word ing said. escaped unharmed. The main part of the continued. the tenth of April Hartman could not provide an exact figure. The public Although fire she in occurred began taking the hot lessons water with aarea. heater group of local artists Dodd helped her take a different approach to painting. Word $12,130. 75 children this year. That figure was up from 40 last year. This seems to be on a list of must see’s for many people. in a TheMonday night class, insurance companyshe has continued also is while others dropped investigating. See Gallery page 2. 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