May 7, 2022 Issue, Page 10 of 10

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10 Community May 7, 2022 ) Elk City Chamber of Commerce Oil & Gas Industry Appreciation Golf Tournament Committee donates to area golf teams ‘The Elk City Chamber of Com- boys and girl’s teams along with merce Oil & Gas Industry Appre- the Merritt girls team. Not pic- ciation Golf Tournament Commit- tured is the Merritt boys. tee recently donated $500 each Committee members include: to the Elk City and Merritt boys Debbie Smoot, Co-Chairman; and gitls golf teams for a total of $2,000. ‘The committee is happy Ricky Nagle, Co-Chairman; Susie to help with their yearly expenses Cupp; David Dyson; Aaron Kauk and proud of all the hard work Rob Muncrief; Quint Nichols; Jus- they put in daily to better them- tin Robinson and selves. Pictured are the Elk City Jordan Williamson. SWOSU Physics Students Honored with Awards alirore AIR & SPACE SWOSU’:s Brewer Joins Weatherford Museum Board Southwestern Oklahoma State University physics students were recently presented awards at an end-of-year banquet held in Weatherford. Winning awards included (from left): Emma Bollinger, Stillwater, $2,000 J.R. Pratt Scholarship; ‘The Heartland of America Museum in Weatherford has added Tanner Smith, Erick, $2,000 J.R. Pratt Scholarship; Tayler Valdez, Adams, J.R. Pratt Award for Outstanding Student Southwestern Oklahoma State University History Assistant in Physics and medallion presentation for graduating with honors; Andres Arrieta, Weatherford, $2,000 J.R. Pratt Professor Landry Brewer to its board of directors. Scholarship, Outstanding Midclassman in Physics Award and Sigma Pi Sigma induction; Chris Svebek, Siloam Springs Brewer, the 2018 recipient of SWOSU's prestigious Bernhardt (AR), $1,250 Ray Jones Scholarship, $750 McClelland Memorial Scholarship and Outstanding New Physics Club Member Award; and Raistlin Hiner, Anadarko, Sigma Pi Sigma induction. ‘Academic Excellence Award for outstanding achievement in teaching, scholarship and service, teaches at the SWOSU Sayre Southwestern Oklahoma State University’s 2022 Physics ‘This was followed by the handing out of Sigma Pi Sigma gradu- location and has been published in multiple academic journals, Spring Banquet was held recently at the Stafford Air & Space ation regalia to graduating seniors who are members. has addressed academic and civic groups in Oklahoma, Texas Museum in Weatherford, and several SWOSU students were pre- Academic achievements, contributions to the physics program and Kansas, and has written two books, Cold War Oklahoma sented awards. Physics alumni, students and their families joined faculty and and scholarships for the 2022-23 academic year were recognized. and Cold War Kansas. His next book is scheduled to be pub- administrators to celebrate students’ achievements and to recon- At the end of the banquet, physics students gave updates on lished in August. nect with each other after a two-year hiatus because of the pan- a few of the projects going taking place in the department, in- “I was humbled by the invitation to join the museum board demic. and am honored to be a part of a wonderful institution dedi- cluding a report from the Rocket Dawgs and their winning effort After tours of the museum and dinner, the honors and awards cated to preserving the history of West-Central Oklahoma, the were handed out, including an induction ceremony for new mem- at the 2022 Argonia Cup rocket competition, some insights on heart of the Heartland,” Brewer said. bers of SWOSU’s chapter of Sigma Pi Sigma, the national physics deploying drones from rockets, and the latest news of efforts to Brewer's research has focused on the impact of the Cold War honor society. build printed circuit-board badges. on the Plains states, especially Oklahoma, Kansas and Texas, and the roles those states played in national security policy dur- ing that 45-year conflict pitting the United States and the Dem- ocratic West against the Soviet Union and the Communist East. He presented a poster about his project to place a historic marker at the Willow Atlas F Intercontinental Ballistic Mis- sile launch site in northern Greer County—one of 12 Atlas ICBM launch sites attached to Altus Air Force Base in the early 1960s—at the 2017 meeting of the National Association of State and Local History on the campus of the University of Tex- as at Austin. Brewer also co-hosts “The Early Morning Show” on KECO Ra- dio in Elk City with his twin brother Nathan. Brewer joins a board that includes SWOSU President Dr. Di- ana Lovell, Zella Gifford Brown, Ray Reed, Linda White, Nedra Smith, Dr. John Ludrick and Dr. Paulette Woods. Located at 1600 S. Frontage Road, between Exits 82 and 84 on Interstate 40, Weatherford’s Heartland of America Museum preserves the history of life here in the nation’s Heartland. Artifacts from the late 1800s through the 1960s are show- ‘he Talented and Gifted (TAG) students from Sayre El- “Tlove to have the TAG students visit our classroom each cased in 32 major historical exhibits and nearly 40 smaller ex- ementary School visited Susanne Silk’s Business Technol- year to learn new things in technology”, Mrs. Silk the Busi- ogy classroom at Western Technology Center in Sayre to hibits inside the museum's 12,000 square-foot main building. learn new and innovative things in technology. ness Technology instructor said. “This was a great group of In addition, three historic-themed buildings and a restored Students attended four sessions after school where they kids. We had tons of fun while also learning valuable skills Huey Helicopter flown during the Vietnam War are also avail- participated in hands-on activities on the computer. on the computer.” able to view outside the main building on the museum erounds.