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August 13, 2022 Round Town August 13 Elk City Motorsports Park, Races. August 15 ‘Teacher Appreciation Din- ner Dinner 6PM - Conven- tion Cneter Featured on Discover Oklahoma, Cathy Shirey demon- August 20 strates her cake decorating specialty. Courtesy photo.; Hang- ing on the wall behind the showcase are Kennie Shirey’s 12th Annual Fit and Fun cutting boards. Staff photo by Sheryl Ponce. Bike Ride, Arrowhead yond the tracks.’ This building Sugar Center. sat beyond the tracks, and it is August 27 crazy because it’s at an angle. WGA Diamond in the Continued from page 1. the economy, we were scared. I Shirey loves what she does, bakery. I would love the oppor- Rough Golf Tournament, It was just like it supposed to really didn’t advertise my busi- especially making a cake for tunity to just pay this forward Elk City Golf Course. sumable than just wood crafts. happen. I said, ‘I’m going to ness to open, We were a low someone. She is able to trans- People would come back for an- so I could give the next bakery have a bakery named the Sugar time in the country, so I did form an idea into reality, which EIk City Motorsports Park, other birthday cake year after Shack.’ I hope to heck I could what I needed to do to open,” has been what has made her a all of my 21 years worth of cus- Races. year. Kennie’s mother (Shirley buy this building. I had never she added. success. She learned at an early tomers,” Shirey concluded. Griffee) made cakes and had a done anything like that in my Shirey made it a family affair age to work hard, but it is cre- ‘The next baker can stop by September 2 store in Canute during the oil life. Okay, great but It’s not for with her kids working in the atinga memory for people that the store and talk to her about 84th Annual PRCA Ro- boom. She even taught cake sale although it had been sit- bakery through high school. has been her passion. the endless possibilities that deo of Champions, Beutler decorating classes, and it was People were willing to purchase When Dino Lolli came to her ting empty for like ten years,” a cake when their families film her store, featuring it on could be on the horizon. Shirey Brothers Arena. called the Cake Box,” Shirey Shirey said. needed one. The business took Discover Oklahoma, she told has a gift that she wants to continued. She contacted the owner, September 3 Before she found the Sugar off from there with families him how much she loved to be pass on, not the name Sugar and he was not willing to sell it. PRCA Rodeo of Champi- Shack building, she had an coming in, induding parents apart of the whole celebration. Shack, but the love that she ons Parade 10AM Down- Shirey was disappointed, but and grandparents to get a cel- Creating the cake has been a idea of what she wanted and has had for each creation, each town Elk City. told the man, Leo Hayden, that ebratory cake. huge part of the bakery. Her what it was going to be called. if he decided to sell to contact “Grandparents coming in artistic ability to create a vi- vision, and each celebration. It came from the song, “Sugar her. It wasn’t too long and she 84th Annual PRCA Ro- to get cakes really helped my sion is what keeps customers Cathy and Kennie are par- deo of Champions, Beutler Shack,” that went, “that crazy got the call that he was ready business. To know that it really returning year after year. ents to two daughters, Chaun- Brothers Arena. little shack located beyond to talk. The rest is history. She was important to them to have She makes an average of 25 the tracks known as he Sugar got the building and had to a cake for the kids. Honestly, to 40 cakes a week, but will dra Klein who is married to September 4 Shack.” work day and night cleaning it that’s been the happiest thing, soon turn that energy into Bryant, and Crystal Oakes who 84th Annual PRCA Ro- “ was looking for some an- to open on Oct. 1st. when little kids come in and gardening and traveling. The is married to Steven. They are deo of Champions, Beutler “T fell in love with the build- they see that there is a cake couple plans to spend time proud grandparents to nine- tiques, and I was at an antique Brothers Arena. ing and finally got to buy it. We with their name on it. When with their grandchildren and store when found a stack of 45 cleaned on it from June until it is the colors they wanted or her parents, but her biggest year-old Camden Klein and six- Do you have an event or records, playing them on a lit- we opened October one. Two that they love, like Spider Man concern now is being able to year-old Heidi Klein. Kennie tle player. There was the ‘Sugar something else you would weeks prior to that was 911. or whoever they like, Then all pass on her passion to another will continue to make cutting like to share with the Shack? I put it on the player, Oh, gosh, I had to step back of the hard work goes down baker. boards and other woodwork- community in the Round and I listened to the song. I and question what I had done the drain. You don’t mind do- “[pray for us to find someone ing items, but the couple will Town Calendar? had been looking for buildings, during this time in our history. ing the work when you're go- to rent the building. Because Email the information and I saw this building, but it What have I done? We turned ing to make someone who is as Johnny Womack passed on soon find their next adventure for the event to elkci- was not for sale. The song goes, the sign over to ‘open’ on Oct. that happy with what you have her customers to me, I want to traveling on the back of their [email protected] ‘there's a crazy little shack be- 1. We all had that feeling about done,” she said. pass that forward to the next motorcycle. Policy getting on a bus. Some stu- Bond this is for them to spend more “We have guidelines that we ic number. He also has five new dents depend on the route quality time in class, continu- can use for certain situations, teachers in the building among buses to get to school. But, Continued from page 1. ing their education,” he added. and they are all going to be a other changes. aside from that, this isn't only In his building the students With larger numbers and little bit different. We are not Continued from page 1. about our sports team. We will be allowed to keep them on trying to go take everybody's new policies, McClure and Mo- that for every $1,000 in an- also send other groups like our ‘The first day of school was their person, but they are not cell phone. That’s not the in- ran have some challenges to band and choir on buses. They ‘Thursday, Aug. 11, which was allowed to have them out. He tent of this. We want to try to face. Students will also have nual property tax, the annual are essential for any district,” property tax will be increased when they were introduced said that if they keep them put by approximately $47. Sparks said. work with our kids. It's more to adjust to a new way to com- On an unrelated note, to the new policy. Their reac- The district plans to pur- tion has not been noted yet, away and not going off, then about learning from them than municate throughout the day. chase seven new buses if Sparks said the district was but McClure expected it to be that would be acceptable. There it is trying to get them in trou- Other schools in the area who passed. among the state's fortunate are consequences for student ble,” McClure said. have also changed the policy, “The one thing we know is enough to be fully staffed. a shock. “Tt is going to be a little bit violations of the policy, but he ‘The enrollment numbers besides Merritt, include Sayre that no student will make it “This is a great time to be an from start to finish without Elk,” Sparks said. of a shock for our students, did not specifically say what seem to be increasing, up to and Clinton. Elk City students they will be. 625 in the high school at one- are not the only ones who will and we are going to work with them through it early on. We “There will be consequences. point last year. This year he have to get used to the new Bobby Nix don’t want to make it a fight. Like I said, we will try to work said that the Freshman class rules, it seems to be a trend in Bobby Ray Nix was born We are just trying to educate with our kids early on. We've is about 165 compared to 140 education. Learning first and February Sth, 1937 in Canute, our kids on the proper time talked to our teachers about last year. He has also seen an social media, texting, and mes- Oklahoma to Mary and Dewey and place to use them. When how we don’t make this a big increase in new student enroll- saging will have to take place Nix. He passed away Sunday, August 7th, 2022 in Elk City, they get out into the world, deal early on. It’s going to be ment but did not have a specif- after school. Oklahoma at the age of 85 there are times and places that a change for our students. If it years, 6 months, and 2 days. they can use and have their cell becomes a recurring problem, Jake Pierce “Bob” grew up in Canute phone out. And there are times then there will be some con- where he spent the majority of that they can’t, so we're going sequences that come into play. Jake Pierce was born on his childhood and was part of the graduating class of 1956. to try to stress that to them. ‘They will be sent to the office July 10, 1943 in Elk City, OK. After graduation, Bob worked We don’t want to make it a and that may include conversa- He passed away on August Sth for Kelly Dairy, driving a milk ‘gotcha’ where we're trying to tions with parents. They may at the age of 79. His only dream truck. He then moved to Okla- take their phone all the time. have to come pick up a phone as a kid was to be a firefighter. homa City, to work for Coca ‘That's not the goal. The goal of and some of those things. He worked for the Elk City Fire Cola, where he spent about 18 Department in the footsteps of years. After that, he purchased Maxwell (& Penny), daughter, his dad and paved the way for ‘a small quick shop near Shat- Carol Bivins Gatlin; son, Car- rElkCituNews an extendd family of firefight- tuck, OK which he owned and son Bivins (& Loretta); Grand- ers. Jake is preceded in death operated, before building a children, Faith Nix, Trinity Nix, new convenience store in Gage, Ruthanne Haight, John Shane by his father, Julius Pierce and OK, which he owned for many Witsche, Bryan Witsche, Den- son David Piecrce, Survivors in- years. Afterwards, he worked nis Maxwell, Tasha Maxwell, (USPS # 173-020) clude his mother, Hazel Pierce, for Coors Distributing Co in Chip Greene, Kimberly Bivins, 580-225-3000 sister, Charlotte Thomas and Woodward, Oklahoma, where Blaine Bivins, and Angela Biv- Is published twice weekly by Beckham County Media, LLC brother, Barry Pierce (Cathy), istrator ran a close second (he he drove a truck as a route ens; Great grandchildren, Dos- daughter, Kasey Estrada (Gus) worked for six mayors). salesman. Finally he owned sanna, Alexis, Tyler, Taelyn, Ky- 109 W. Broadway, Elk City, OK 73644-4736 and grandsons Luke and Samu- He will be sorely missed, a restaurant in Walters, OK lie, Trinity, Skyler, and Xander; Periodicals Postage Paid at Elk City, OK 73644 el, son, Cody Pierce and daugh- but he will surely rest in peace. named The Country Chateau, Nephews, Tim Kupka, Michael ter Callie Pierce and wife Katy. he will always be our hero. which seemed fitting, because Kupka, and Gary Nix; Nieces, POSTMASTER: Send address changes to PO Box 964, Elk City, OK 73648 In lieu of flowers, dona- in his spare time, Bob enjoyed Susan Kupka Brinkley, Gayla Jake will be remembered as akind, gentle man with remark- tions can be made to the Red spending time with his family, Nix and Deborah Pruitt; and going out to eat, and celebrat- special friends Thelma Vaughan SUBSCRIPTIONS Josh Umholtz....Publisher able integrity and humility. His River Fire Department or the ing for any reason at all. and Laura Philbin. Deliverd by mail: Shery! Ponee....Staff Writer passion was always firefighting Red River Valley Charter School He is preceded in death by Memorial services will be $75/yearly first and his commitment to (RO. Box 5 Red River NM his parents; wife, Ruth Nix; held Friday, August 12, 2022 $50/six months Neva Pyatt..Adverising Director public service as Town admin- 87558). daughter, Cheria Nix; one at the Church of God officiated Zadie Eakins...Advertising Director brother; George Nix, one sister; by Pastor Joe Thompson. Ser- No refunds on subscriptions. Viola Kupka, and nephews; Jef- vices are under the direction of D’Ann Brasuell..Production Manager frey Kupka and Randy Brinkley. Chris Whinery and the staff of [email protected] ekkcitynewsadvertising @gmail.com Nahka King...SR/Delivery Have an Event You Want to Share? Bob is survived by his son, Affordable Cremation Service- [email protected] Emails information to [email protected] Justice Craig Nix, Oklahoma ‘West. 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