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July 2, 2022 Local Officer 2022 8U Canute Trojanettes Finish Attending D.A.R.E. The Season With A 31-5 Record Academy Elk City School Resource Officer, Melissa Javorsky is attend- ing the Oklahoma Drug Abuse Resistance Education Academy in Norman. According to their website, the D.A.R.E. programs have been around since the 1980's but have undergone many changes since their beginning. ‘The latest program, ‘Keepin’ It REAL, is evidence based, interactive, flexible, and tries to “sup- port good decision making for a safe and healthy life.” At the two-week academy, Officer Javorsky is receiving train- ing in all the D.A.R.E. Programs that will equip her to provide prevention programming to all ECPS grade levels. She will be learning presentation skills and techniques to engage students and help them get the most out of ‘Keepin’ It REAL’ ‘The Beckham County Coalition for Drug and Alcohol Preven- tion applauds Officer Javorsky, the Elk City Police Department, and the Elk City Public Schools for their efforts to prevent Sub- stance Use and equip students with skills to make the best deci- sions in life. Keep up the great work. Why do we need prevention programs? Today's students face several challenges, one of which is the choice to use or refuse drugs or alcohol. Nationwide, students show a changing atti- tude toward Marijuana use, deeming it to be less harmful than other substances such as Alcohol or other illicit drugs. This con- trasts with the presence of high potency Marijuana that is avail- able and the many risks it presents. SAMHSA reports indicate that Marijuana today has 3X the Pictured front row left to right: Rhoegyn Patterson, THC content compared to 25 years ago. Marijuana users risk Annie Shuster, Zoe Montoya, Taber Gray, Bracket Ridling, addiction, impaired memory, and poor educational outcomes. Jaycee Allen. Second row: Lainey Gray, Hattie Cox, Layne Driving skills can be impaired and using Marijuana while preg- Allen, Kenzie Talbert, Katie Atha, Ivy Cortez, Parker nant can harm your child. The Beckham County Coalition urges Duke. Back row: Coaches Jeremy Gray, Nicole Allen, Kristi everyone to educate yourself about High Potency Marijuana and Talbert, Jared Atha, Ryan Ridling. Courtesy photo. engage in local prevention efforts. For information on signs and symptoms of Marijuana use, how to safeguard yourself and your family, and where to find help and treatment for Cannabis Use Disorder, please visit www. What to expect from a financial advisor okimready.org You can also contact the Beckham County Co- alition to learn more about efforts happening locally to prevent and decrease Marijuana use. To learn more about the Coalition, please call 580-562-5043 and ask for Steve. If you know how important Technology - A financial ‘The Beckham County Coalition is funded by a grant from the advisor can employ a variety it is to invest for your future, Substance Abuse, Mental Health Services Administration, the but you're unsure of the road of software programs to help Center for Substance Abuse Prevention, and the Oklahoma De- to follow, you may want to get dients. For example, a finan- some guidance and direction cial advisor can determine the partment of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services. The from a financial professional. rate of return you might need grant is administered by South Western Oklahoma Development But if you've never worked to attain specific goals, helping Authority in Burns Flat. with one before, what can you shape your investment strat- expect? egy. But there are also a lot of Here are some things to look “what ifs” in anyone's life, so SWODA Aging Services offers respite to caregivers for: Assessment ~ A financial an advisor can use hypotheti- cal illustrations to show you advisor will assess your cur- By Tangela Benton, SWO- if they can get away from the other mental impairment.” years old) to provide respite rent financial situation — as- where you might end up if you DA, 580-562-5026 responsibilities of providing Also served are grandpar- services. There are no income sets, income, debts and so take different paths, such as Many caregivers struggle care even if it’s for only a few ents 55 years of age or older or resource limitations. on — but that’s just the start. retiring earlier (or later) than hours. Respite does just that. It caring for grandchildren, step- to provide care for their loved ‘These services are funded in ‘These days, advisors recognize you had planned or putting in ones on their own. 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How would ers know they are not alone services to go to a doctor's ap- to serve all individuals who are scenarios can prove valuable. eligible for its programs with- you judge your risk tolerance? the child (custody, guardian- in their struggle to help their pointment, to get their hair ship or raising child informal- What are your individual fi- Above all, a financial advisor loved ones. done, to visit friends at a cof- ly). The child must be no older out regard to race, national nancial goals? What hopes and can help you feel more confi- SWODA AAA provides for fee shop, or even go to a movie. than 18 years. origin, ancestry, color, religion, dreams do you have for your dent as you pursue your goals. respite services for eligible Caregivers are defined as To apply for respite ser- gender, age or disability. family? 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The cludes municipalities, counties will a financial advisor recom- about their finances during Studies have shown care- bathing, eating, transferring, caregiver can then contract and conservation districts in mend any investment moves. the COVID-19 pandemic, ac- givers will give better care, toileting, or walking) and/or with any person of their choice Beckham, Custer, Greer, Har- There are no “one-size-fits- cording to a survey conducted maintain their own health, and requiring substantial assis- (other than someone living in mon, Jackson, Kiowa, Roger all” solutions. You may want in 2020 by Age Wave and Ed- have reduced levels of stress tance because of a cognitive or the same home or under 18 Mills and Washita counties. to steer clear of individuals ward Jones. And during times claiming to be financial advi- of market turbulence, such as sors who “guarantee” big re- we've experienced this year, a One Hundred Years Ago, July, 1922 turns with no risk. In the in- financial advisor can help you vestment world, there are few avoid overreacting to down- guarantees, and every invest- turns. When unexpected ment carries some type of risk. events crop up, such as a lapse July was a month for celebrations, new road. He was unconscious for about two a third. Communications ~ Financial businesses, and recognition of Sayre as the days but eventually revived. ‘The new Rotary Bakery used electric- professionals communicate in employment, a financial ad- next big center of oil field activities. Over near the Barker well outside of ity and gas to bake their fine cakes, cook- with their clients in different visor can suggest moves that Ten thousand out of town visitors were Sayre, the Magnolia Co. bought E. L. Mar- ies, macaroons, rolls, cinnamon buns and ways, but you should always may enable you to avoid major anticipated for the Fourth of July celebra- tin’s lease holdings for $15,000 ($260, bread. They baked fresh goods every hour. feel free to reach out to an advisor with any questions or disruptions to your financial tion! J. R. Shaffer ushered in the holiday 978 in today’s values) and a one-half roy- Angel food cakes sold for twenty-five cents concerns. Most financial advi- strategy. Conversely, when at sunrise when he shot an anvil into the alty. Martin anticipated drilling five rigs ($4.35). sors will want to meet with cli- a new opportunity emerges, air. This was a traditional activity in ru- at once. The gas was “very wet” with many ‘Through the efforts of John B. Buzbee, ents at least once a year, either perhaps from an inheritance ral America for celebrating special events. signs of crude oil in its spray. A small- the businessmen of Elk City organized a in person or through an online or some other windfall, your Children’s games including foot races, town site was plotted where business lots Gun Club. ‘The group shot once or twice platform, to review their i financial advisor can help you sack races, egg races and barrel rolling oc- sold for $50 ($870) each. A small refresh- vestment portfolios. Durit cupied the morning; these were followed ment stand had already popped up. a week at the trap grounds set up at the Beckham County Fair Grounds. At the the review, the financial advi- take advantage of it. by band concerts, baseball and basket Bert Barker, head driller at the Barker sor will help you determine if Navigating the investment lunches. Patriotic political speeches were oil well, dropped a bit and a heavy head of first shoot, Robert L. Reid got twenty-five any changes are needed. But landscape can be challeng- clay pigeons out of twenty-five shots and financial advisors won't wait given, including three by local Bolsheviks. gas flowed from a dry hole, throwing out Buzbee got twenty-three. All the mem- a full year to contact clients ing — but the journey can be a Of course, the culmination of the holiday piles of lime rock and dust half the height bers were nursing blue marks on their to discuss a particular invest- lot smoother if you've got the was the fireworks—skyrockets, Roman of the derrick! The next morning when right arms from the “kick” of the gun. ment move that might need right guide. candles, umbrellas, Cascade Fountains, drilling resumed, a still heavier flow was Helen Jo, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Jef- to be made. Also, depending Rose of Sharon, Floral Bomb Shells, magic found. By that afternoon, approximately M. Denby of Carter, was one of the on the firm you choose, you This article was written by Ed- wheels and others numbering nearly 200. 25 million feet of gas spewed through a ferson youngest eighth grade graduates. should be able to go online to Festivities lasted until 11 p.m. seven-inch hole spraying crude oil over the county's review your portfolio at your ward Jones for use by your local William Tumlin of Retrop threshed derrick and drillers! “It was a grand and She was eleven years old on May 17th and convenience. Edward Jones Financial Advisor. over 2000 bushels of wheat. His crop av- glorious thing...” “Hundreds of strangers took the eighth-grade examination the eraged a little over twenty-two bushels haunt [Sayre’s] poor and inadequate hotel next day, only missing one word in 250 in per acre! This exceeded his last year’s crop facilities, and their Packards and Cadillacs the final spelling test. by 150 bushels. Tumlin’s Fordson tractor are seen in flocks on Sayre streets.” ‘This article was written by Luanne R. pulled his disc harrow right behind his On East Broadway in Elk City, the old Eisler and taken from items published binder, cleaning the ground and creating a landmark Smallwood wagon yard passed in The Carter Express, The Elk City Press Edward Jones, Member SIPC mulch to hold the moisture—a real scien- into history as a big new cotton gin was and The Elk City News-Democrat; these tific farmer! under construction at the site; the gin of- newspapers can be found on microfilm at Cecil Thomas, a Carter baseball player, fice and main building were already built. the Elk City Carnegie Library. Supplemen- 2014 W. 3rd | Elk City, OK 73644 nearly lost his life in an accident while ‘The gin engine and four “80 stands” had tary information was taken from Heritage practicing. A ball was batted into the field and Cecil ran after it. As he looked up, he been shipped. 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