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Wednesday, October 12, 2022 Merritt Public Schools Listed Among Top College Success School By Sheryl Ponce percent low-income families and 46 per- students who choose to attend college for cent college enrollment. This is compared. rigorous post-secondary pursuits. This is The Oklahoma State Department to 36 percent of Oklahoma’s student pop- an important component to building a of Education announced Merritt Pub- ulation. Sixteen percent of the students in strong economy for the future.” lic Schools as one of 90 Oklahoma high the district are reported to need remedi- Other schools who were named in- schools that were awarded a College Suc- ation, while they have a persistence aver- cess Award from GreatSchools.org. The age of 85 percent compared to the state's cluded Lomega High School, Big Pasture High School, Stillwater High School, Fort organization searches for schools that average of 75 percent. excel in preparing their students for col- ‘The organization is in its fifth year Supply High School, Kiowa High School, lege, which is determined by data that is of recognizing outstanding schools, and Thomas Fay-Custer High School, Mustang collected about schools in each state. Merritt has received the award twice. The High School, Okarche High School, Betha- According to their website https:// first time was in 2020, and the second was ny High School, Weatherford High School, www.greatschools.org/oklahoma/col- in the 2022 school year. Hobart High School, Piedmont High lege-success-award/ the school received According to the press release from School, Hydro-Eakly High School, Deer a summary of nine out of ten. Their test Joy Hofmeister, “Oklahoma's recipients Creek High School, Duke High School, scores were above average at a rating of are among 1742 winners nationally that Arapaho-Butler High School, Mounta- nine out of ten, and college readiness was have demonstrated successful track re- inview-Gotebo High School, Vici High listed as above average with an eight out cords of graduating students who enroll of ten. Equity was ranked as ten out of in two-or four-year colleges, are ready for School, Yukon High School, Cache High ten, above average. college-level coursework, and persist on School, Cordell High School, Kingfisher ‘The school is listed as a public school to their second year.” High School, Mangum High School, Al- having 177 students in grades 9 through Hofmeister said,” These schools are tus High School, and Leedey High School 12. They reported the school as having 58 doing the important work of preparing among others. WOHS Hall ofFame Nominations Due By Sheryl Ponce ducted into the WOHS. This will include communities which he or she may live, and what communities they served in. Captain Goodman with Colt Lowry. Western Oklahoma Historical Society is accepting nomina- ‘The information should include the dates, titles, honors, lead- tions for the Hall of Fame until Oct. 15. According to chairman ership achievements, among other notable accomplishments. Cory Spieker, the form needs to be printed and sent to him or a board member of WOHS to nominate a deserving person of the Any other helpful documentation could also be attached to the nomination. ECPD Promotes honor. Return the application to PO Box 542, Elk City, OK, 73648 ‘The nominee must be living and able to attend the WOHS Hall. of Fame Banquet. The person nominating must be a member of or email it to Cory Spieker at [email protected]. Although the Three Officers the WOHS and can still join as an individual for $20, a family for application says that the deadline is Oct. 1st, it has been extend- $35, Pioneer for $100, Business for $500, or Lifetime for $1000. ed to the 15th. Elk City Police Department Promoted three officers to the Checks should be made payable to Western Oklahoma Historical The annual WOHS Hall of Fame Banquet will be held Nov. rank of Sergeants. Society and returned to P.O. Box 542, Elk City, OK. 15th at the United Methodist Church in Elk City. ‘Those include from left Greg Chaney, Colt Lowry, and ‘The form has been simplified from previous years by provid- Last year’s recipients were Randy Haggard, Ron Nagle, and Jason Harris, who are pictured with Chief Eddie Holland. ing the nominating person’s contact information first. Then he Maureen Hallmark. Due to Covid there was no banquet or Hall of Chief Holland and CaptainGoodman made their promotion or she must attach a summary of why the nominee should be in- Fame honorees in 2020. late last week. Courtesy photos. Wansty Nissan Celebrates One-Year Anniversary with Ribbon Cutting “Thisis our anniversary grand opening party. We never had a grand opening, so we are havingit now. There are four locations in Oklahoma, and we are still growing. This is our only Nissan store, and then we have Ford and two Chevy stores. We are grow- ing and rapidly expanding,” Steinbacher said. According to Crutsinger the dealership has been fortunate with Nissan. They have been able to get extra inventory, and they are selling everything that has been coming in. “We have a really good flow of cars right now. In our invento- ry we have about 100 cars on the ground. I think last month was the best used car month we've had since we opened. We sold 27 used cars last month. It was the best we have seen since we've been here. Typically, we've been selling in the 20 range but to knock on 30s door for used cars in one month is great,” he said. Steinbacher said that Windy Nissan is community driven and every Friday they select a small business to recognize on Face- book. They give away a gift card for that business. They also have what is called Nissan Dealer day and mark-it-down Monday. “I really want to make it clear that we are delighted with the Elk City community. They have embraced us. We are very active in the community, sponsoring the Elk City sports and football. Elk City Chamber of Commerce celebrates the grand opening and celebration of one year in Elk City. Pictured from left are We sponsored “Kick It” in the Elk City/Clinton game, after the Chamber member Teresa Kilhoffer, sales manager Ty Birmgham, general manager Corey Crutsinger, owner Tony Booth, mar- keting manager Caleb Steinbacher, and executive director of the chamber Susie Cupp. Staff photo by Sheryl Ponce. first quarter we sponsored the field goal. We are giving them a check for $500,” Steinbacher said. ‘The dealership also bought all of the elementary students’ By Sheryl Ponce trucks, live music, and prizes for the occasion. Marketing man- tickets to go to the game. They are also sponsors of the Motor- ager Caleb Steinbacher and executive manager Corey Crutsinger sports Park and take a truck to the races each Saturday. Last Wednesday Windy Nissan dealership invited the pub- put together the event to recognize and thank the community for lic to their one-year anniversary celebration, bringing in food supporting them over the past year. See Nissan page 8. 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