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See Inside for Valentine’s Day Specials and more! Serving Western Oklahoma Saturday, February 11, 2023 GPRMC Urgent Care Clinic Opens ‘Thu, February 9 £23 950'am.-3 pm. 301 Sheb Wooley Ave. Erick, OK , Districts & Southwest Oklahoma ‘ = Mobile Wellness Unit GPRMC Urgent Care Clinic ribbon cutting includes Susie Cupp- Executive Director of the Elk City Chamber of Commerce, Marnie Tosh-GPRMC Director of Marketing, Paul Kumpf-GPRMC Board member, Gary Naron - GPRMC Director of Radiology, Kyle Zybach-GPRMC Board member, Jeff Jackson-GPRMC Board member, Misty Beckham County Health Carter GPRMC CHRO, Jesse Champagne-GPRMC CNO, Aurora Yontz, APRN, Monica Scott-GPRMC CFO, Corey Lively-GPRMC CEO, Daniel Garbarino-GPRMC Board member, Teresa Kilhoffer-EC Chamber of Commerce, Joe Dept. Partners with Help Allen-GPRMC Board member, Carmen Nickle-GPRMC ACNO, Edward Albert-GPRMC Board member. Staff photo by Sheryl Ponce. Inc. for Senior Resources By Sheryl Ponce Alecia Malson, the Community Health Worker for Beck- ham, Greer, and Washita Counties announced the partner- ship between the Beckham County Health Dept. and Help., Inc. in Elk City to bring information for senior citizens about accessing state benefits. She will be at Help, Inc. located at 609 West E Ave. #1 on Monday, Feb. 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This will take place on the food bank side of the build- ing. “One of the reasons that we're doing this is that they (Help, Inc.) have referred several clients to me. ‘The clients are older and are having trouble accessing the websites to get Amanda Stout, aide and Aurora Yontz, APRN.; At state benefits. | have not had a lot of luck making connec- right, is an exam room. Staff photosby Sheryl Ponce. tions with them, so, I thought if I could partner with Help and meet their clients where they are, we might be able to help them get access to those benefits easier,” Malson said. By Sheryl Ponce gent. Their phone number is 580-303-5890. ‘There are a variety of Medicaid benefits that many senior “GPMC is proud to offer this new service to our communi- citizens, individuals who are 55 years of age and older, may The Elk City Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting for ty. We want to provide our community with the care they need be available to apply. Malson will be there to assist them in the grand opening for Great Plains Regional Medical Center when they need it,” CEO Corey Lively said. applying for those benefits. (GPRMC) Urgent Care Clinic, located at 404 S. Eastern in Elk According to the website the clinic will provide expert walk- “Ican make application for things like food stamps, Med- City, was held Wednesday at noon. ‘The clinic began seeing pa- in treatment for minor illnesses and injuries, “We always have a icaid, or I can refer them to programs to help with prescrip- tients Jan. 23rd, but Wednesday was the official opening. provider on staff enabling us to get you in, out, and back to your tion insurance. I can also help them if they already qualify ‘There are two nurse practitioners on staff. Either Mechelle life, Because when it comes to your health, there’s no time to for Medicaid and Medicaid Advantage waivers, which ex- Spikes, APRN or Aurora Yontz, APRN will be seeing patients sev- wait. With extended evening and weekend hours, you can walk pands their Medicaid benefits a little bit further to help pay en days a week. They are open Monday through Saturday from in when it's convenient for you.” for additional prescriptions,” she added. 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. ‘They also stress that if a person experiences life-threatening Medicaid Advantage waiver can help if they need to go “This clinic is for your everyday illnesses and injuries. We injury or illness at any time, he/she should call 911 or visit the somewhere for assistance, but they want to remain in their have basic lab testing available, and the main thing we want nearest emergency room. homes. The waiver can help seniors get assistance to stay in to stress is that no appointment is necessary. You just walk in ‘Ihe staff is ready for patients and to serve the community their homes longer. This is not the Medicare Advantage pro- seven days a week when your doctors are not available,” Marnie for minor illnesses and injuries. It is located between Starbuck's gram, but Medicaid Advantage, which is a state program. Tosh, Director of Marketing explained. and T-Mobile on Eastern. They do not take appointments at this “The qualifications just changed. A single person needs To find out more about the clinic, access gprmc-ok-com/ur- time, the clinic offers walk-in services. See Health page 2. Commissioners Hire Architect for Police and Fire Station Remodels and Approve Contract with Elk City Golf and Country Club C—P cerning the two items on the agenda. The first one they approved was the Golf Management Agreement between the City of Elk City and Elk City Golf and Country Club to manage the day-to- day operations of the golf course. Meacham said that both par- ties agreed to this management agreement. ‘The second item the commissioners approved was a Reciprocal Lease Agreement be- tween the City of Elk City and Elk City Golf and Country Club. ‘There was no discussion about either item or an explanation of the agreements. “The first piece is a document management agreement which outlines the payment of funds to them and moves the money for their work and their services or upkeep. And of course, the sec- ond agreement that you will have tonight is the lease agreement, whereby there's common areas out there. They have 6.9 acres, we've got the rest of the course, making sure that all of that is under one umbrella, and they're able to use all of the facilities to maximize those dollars,” Meacham said. firefighters listen to presentations for remodel ; ‘atie Archer explains ECPD remodel. Later in the agenda, City Manager Tom Ivester explained a payment to the country club saying, “Anticipating that you pass By Sheryl Ponce proposal followed by a vote by the commissioners to hire REES. the Golf Course Management Agreement, this is $25,000 for a Mayor Cory Spieker gave the invocation, while Rod Carver led first month’s management agreement to the Elk City Country ‘The Elk City Commissioners met for their regular meeting the flag salute as the meeting opened. It was to be followed by the Club.” on Monday, Feb. 6, at 7 p.m. in City Hall. Although the agenda presentations, but due to technical difficulties, they were pushed Item four on the agenda was Resolution 2023-3: A Resolution was light, the meeting was lengthy due to the presentations from to later in the meeting when those were solved. of the City of Elk City creating a Golf Committee was approved. REES Architect firm and Studio Architects for the police and fire The commissioners approved the minutes from the Jan. 8th Ivester said that this committee would be a continuation of station projects. Each firm was given 20 minutes to present their meeting. Then Russ Meacham spoke on behalf of the city con- See Commission page 2. Weather é Vol. 120, No. 10 Mail delivery View online «OL tomorrow 61 / . 75 cents, 14 pgs. 580.225.3000 elkcityoknews.com