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{ y Serving | ¥. Western Oklahoma 4| Since 1901 turday, November 12, nS Weekend Edition Archer Steps Down and Spieker Steps up at Commission Meeting COMMUNITY SHARING CARING Eighty Years Later United Fund Continues Funding Local Agencies By Sheryl Ponce ‘The Elk City United Fund is celebrating 80 years of continued support for local agencies that serve the residents of Elk City and surrounding communities. They are now on the path to By Sheryl Ponce present to speak on the behalf of the owners. raising money for another year of funding. Their goal for 2023 Following the hearing, Archer opened the meeting for busi- is $47,300. Members of the Board will be contacting local busi- At the conclusion of the Elk City Commission’s regular meet- ness in which the commissioners approved the minutes from the nesses and individuals for donations and/or pledges. Those can be sent to P.O. Box 801, Elk City, OK 73648. ing, Mayor Nick Archer officially resigned his position to be in- Oct. 19th meeting. They then voted to approve Resolution 2022- stalled as District 55 State Representative on Nov. 16th. Imme- 14: Authorizing the application for the American Rescue Plan Chairman Mark Albert looked up the history of the organiza- Act (ARPA) Grant from the Oklahoma Water Resource Board. tion to find that it was born in the late 1940s, just after World diately following, Cory Spieker was voted in as the interim mayor and sworn in by City Clerk, Cheryl Sipes. Spieker will serve un- City Treasurer Jennifer Rainey said this resolution was needed War II. There was a group of local citizens who got together to in order to apply for the grant. decide that if several agencies and their good causes could be til the next election in April. At that time he will have to decide ‘The next item on the agenda was the vote to approve the funded by a single campaign, it would be a more efficient way to whether to run for the office. structure at 420 N. Calloway to be declared dilapidated, ordering bundle the various fundraising efforts. The community backed ‘There were another 25 items on the agenda for the evening, the building to be removed. The commissioners then approved the idea, believing it would make the dollars for the causes to but the meeting opened with a public hearing concerning a di- a purchase and sale agreement between Homestead of Elk City, go further. lapidated building located at 420 Calloway. During the hearing LLC and the City of Elk for the purchase of 15.59 acres of land ‘That belief started the Elk City United Fund, and now 80 years City Inspector Jackie Addington stated that the owners intended later it is still bolstering the same goals. The fund has given to to release the building to the city to be torn down. No one was See Commission page 2. See Fund page 2. ‘Little Women’ Opens at RCCT By Sheryl Ponce ‘The cast and crew of the latest production of the Red Carpet Community Theatre would like to invite the public to see their holiday show, “Little Women.” They have been working hard for the past month to bring this classic novel to the stage. It opened Friday, Nov. 11 and will run through the 13th and again the following weekend, coming to a close on Nov, 20th. Get tickets at www.rcct.org, before they run out. This should be a sell-out show. Directed by Christie Russell-Dobbs the cast include younger Jo - Jocelyn Kos, older Jo - Gini Smith, Younger Amy ~ Rose Carter, Older Amy - Cassidy Crabb, Younger Beth - Emily See RCCT page 2. Weather Vol. 120, No. 89 Mail delivery View online «AANA tomorrow / 31 75 cents, 12 pgs. 580.225.3000 elkcityoknews.com