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Look Inside! Winners and Runner Ups are an- nounced in today’s edition! Be sure to congratulate everyone the next time you stop in at of one their businesses! a1 v. Serving Western Oklahoma Since 1901 Wednesday, September 2 Commissioners Take on Dilapidated Structures Ladies Day Slated for Saturday By Sheryl Ponce RSVP to 580-225-0718. They will be serving a baked potato The Second and Adams bar with brisket and chili. Church of Christ is offering On Sunday, church services & P a Ladies Day on Saturday, will begin with Bible Classes at Pictured are the aerial views of the aquatic center’s construc- Oct. Ist, featuring, “Living in tion progress. City Manager Tom Ivester said that Joe D. Hall the World, but not Like the 9:30 a.m., morning worship at Construction’s manager Van Storm is pushing the project for- World!” Pam Clark of Athens, 10:30 am., and evening wor- ward while the weather is good because they want the project Alabama, will be the guest ship at 5 p.m, Wednesday Bible completed by summer. Courtesy photos. speaker, talking about Ro- study classes will take place By Sheryl Ponce mans 12:1, 2. Registration will at 6:30 p.m. Shepherds of the ‘The Elk City Commissioners met for their second meeting of hhurch are HaroldBussey, Da- take place 9:30 a.m., and the Racer Cndiam ee vid Miller, and Rodney Minor. the month last Wednesday. City Manager Tom Ivester reviewed with lunch at noon. _ the meeting that focused on dilapidated buildings and the finan- The event will take place in The ministers are Rodney Mi- cial health of the city. the Fellowship Building at 216 nor, Gantt Carter, and Bran- ‘The meeting opened with a public hearing concerning the an- N. Adams. Everyone should don Tibbits. nexation of Mouse Family Holdings at 2100 block of E. 7th. The property's proposed zoning is C-2, Commercial and Commercial Wayne Morris Recreation District for 3.11 acres and A-1, General Agricultural ‘The commissioners continued to approve the purchase of re- District for 52.27 acres. The second property from 4 Star Storage placement computers for various departments from Innovative Plus, located at 1224 S. Eastern Ave., was proposed to be zoned Technology in the amount of $31,950, a budgeted item, and a quote for 30 ipads, protective cases and mounts in the Elk City of Hear Gear as C-2, highway commercial and commercial recreation district. ‘That hearing was closed. Police cars from Dana Safety Supply, $7040 and GovConnection, ‘The public hearing for dilapidated structures was opened. Inc, $24,070.20 for a total of $31,110.20. ‘Those hearings included 300 N Van Buren - Wolfley, 1122 W. 1st, ‘The next financial approval was for a bid payment to Wise Honored Locally 2010 W. 3rd (old Pedro’s Restaurant), and 604 N. Jefferson. Electric Co. for pay application #5 $60,613.80 and pay applica~ ‘Those hearings were closed, and the meeting was opened. The tion #6 Final $38,792.65, and payment to Lockner for invoices commissioners then approved the minutes of September 6th. 18429-T001-06 for $21,166.77, 18429-T001-07 for $12,769.01, ‘They continued to introduce Ordinance No. 1246: An Ordinance 1849-T001-8 for $13,477.27 installing LED MIRLs, PAPis, Elec- of the City of Elk City, Oklahoma annexing a 55.38 acres tract of trical Duct Bank, AWOS, which are budgeted items. Oklahoma Hearing Aid Dispenser’s Association is the asso- property, and Ordinance No. 1247: An Ordinance of the City of Mayor Nick Archer’s reappointment of Donna Alford to the ciation for of all the hearing aid dispensers in the state of Okla- Elk City, Oklahoma annexing a 1.85 acres tract of property. See Structures page 2. homa who choose to be a member. Wayne Morris, Hear Gear LLC, is the past president and the current vice -president of the organization. They were honored recently by being named the ECHS FCCLA Officers Receive National Chapter of the Year for International Hearing Society. “This is a huge honor for us. It might not mean anything to anyone else, but we know how much work went into that,” Leadership Training Morris said. ‘The chapter was recognized for several reasons, but one of those reasons was for their continued growth during the Pan- demic. They were able to do that by figuring out a way to have pact on the organization”, said their convention with a virtual and an in-person component, Brittani Phillips, FCCLA State it was a blended convention. The membership actually went up Adviser. Dustin Galyon was the the two years of COVID instead of going down. “Last February there was a freak snowstorm that basical- keynote speaker for the con- ly shut down the eastern side of the state (Oklahoma). That ference. Galyon has years of happened the exact days of our conference. We were slated to leadership training and pub- have about 70 people to attend the conference, but six made lic speaking experience and it there. Because we had planned the virtual component, the brought a message of encour- in-person attendees switched to a virtual attendance. There- agement and perseverance to fore, we did not lose any members, but gained new members the FCCLA members. during that time. This was a result of the team of everyone in- ‘The ten State Officers led volved,” Morris pointed out. the workshops, which focused Hear Gear employee BB Waugh is also on the Board and on enhancing student leader- Pictured are the Elk City High School FCCLA officers who attended the Leadership Confer- on the Conference Committee, making more local employees ship, building a strong team, ence in Duncan. From left are vice president Rylee Cooksey, vice president of public relations time management, FCCLA involved in the association. Emma Mason, secretary Carli Coy, and president Bianca Rivera-Noblitt. Courtesy photo.Staff history, and avoiding burnout. International Hearing Society is an international associa- photo by Sheryl Ponce. Officers from each region led tion that does the same thing that is done in the state associ- Sept. 8th at the Simmons Cen- lic Relations, Emma Mason. ation. Three years ago Morris was elected to be the Southwest Four officers from the Elk ter in Duncan. “Lead Conference is a great the Opening and Closing Ses- Territory Governor for the association. He represents Arizona, sions. City High School's Family, Ca- Attending from ECHS were opportunity for our FCCLA Oklahoma FCCLA serves New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana as the reer, and Community Leaders Chapter President Bianca Ri- chapter officers to gain leader- approximately 15,000 mem- Southwest Territory Governor. of America chapter recently at- vera-Noblitt, Vice President, ship experience, network with bers in 400 chapters in both ‘The role as governor is to legislatively find out what is going on that the members need to be aware of, such as a new rule tended the 2022 Lead Chapter Rylee Cooksey, Secretary, Carli other officers in their region, Officer Training Conference on Coy, and Vice President of Pub- and learn how to make an im- See FCCLA page 2. 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