April 1, 2023 Issue, Page 8 of 8

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Community 8 - The Elk City News April 1, 2023 ia 10U Canes Softball Team Kensley Acuna and Randa Thomas. Submitted by Cristal Barnett. Relay 4 Life One Hundred Years Ago, Custer and Beckham County April 1923 ‘This year the event is April 21, at 6 p.m. tillmid- Their goal is $20,000 this year, last year they Easter fell on the first day of 55,000-barrel tanks. A load- Mrs. Docie Rowe en- night at the SWOSU Wellness center. The theme is ended with $13,000 and have already exceeded April. Due to a blowing wind, ing track was to be laid, allow- tertained thirty guests at a Fight fora Cure (Boxing), and we will have free food that as of today! Contact Brianna Weber to donate, which kept dust moving most ing the company to ship tank surprise party honoring the and drinks, booths with games and prizes, games, sponsor, or sign up asa Survivor through weberbco of the day, few wore their new cars directly to their refinery at 50th birthday of her brother, luminary for sell, and more! student.swosu.edu Easter bonnets. Methodist Burkburnett, Texas. “Uncle Sid” Wingo. The host- Church, South was typical of About fifty new oil and gas ess served baked chicken with sites were roughed out during dressing, boiled ham, fresh Easter zeal as five children were OSU Four-year nursing dedicated and twenty-seven the last week in April. Thou- vegetables, pickles, fruit sal- people joined the church. Sun- sands of autos and rigs flocked ad, and several kinds of cakes day school recorded 284 in at- from across the United States and pies including a beautiful to the monstrous oil pool! The birthday layer cake baked by degree program tendance. On Good Friday, the Bella Vis- Rock Island added all-night Mrs. Orgain. Because “Uncle ta community walked into the Pullman service between Okla- Sid” was blind, there were no school completely surprising homa City and Sayre. Hotels candles on the cake; instead, it Stillwater campus to offer President Kayse Shrum. “As a in clinical experiences with wards the teachers, Mrs. Ruth Ed- and rooming houses were bulg- Bachelor of Science in Nursing physician, I learned firsthand health care partners in both and alland Miss Jane Martin, ing with transients in Sayre was frosted white with red sug- beginning in fall 2023 the immense value nurses pro- rural and urban settings. The the pupils. The room and Elk City. Newspapers be- ar across the top saying, “Un- vide in patient care. You cannot was quickly transformed into seeched our residents to offer cle Sid, 50 Years Today.” The STILLWATER— Oklahoma run a hospital or clinic without university is renovating space a marvelous cafeteria followed rooms in private homes to help afternoon was spent making State University will begin of- their expertise. Increasing the on campus to create a new, by an egg hunt. Mrs. Edwards make Elk City the headquar- “camera pictures” and listen- fering a four-year Bachelor of number of graduates in criti- fully equipped simulation lab treated her students to candy, ters for oil men. ing to music on the Victro- Science in Nursing (BSN) on cal areas is a key tenant of our for the program, targeted for and Miss Martin gave her little An engineer assessed vari- la. Mrs. Rowe showed several the Stillwater campus during land-grant mission, and I'm completion in 2024. ous projects to solve the on- novelties made by “Uncle Sid,” folks Easter baskets, which she the 2023-2024 school year. excited about the impact this Dr. Alana Cluck serves as the going water problem for Elk among them a wooden chain and her sister had made, con- The new degree program re- new program will have, cer- taining candy eggs. The boys City. The situation had been made from one piece of pine, flects OSU's land-grant mis- tainly for students, but also for director of the nursing pro- sion and will help meet work- patients and health care enti- gram. and married men played ball critical for some time; while the links interlocking without force demands and improve ties across the state.” In the semester prior to com- —19 to 7 in favor of the men. there was enough water for glue. health care in Oklahoma. The OSU is committed to preparing pleting the required 59 hours ‘The oil situation stabilized after household purposes in the Fred R. Hood of Erick earned program will be critical for the nurses who meet the dynamic of prerequisite coursework, four feverish weeks. The high- mornings, it usually cut off in the highest scholastic average state, which is facing an on- health care needs of individu- est price that investors paid the afternoon, and there was of any student who ever at- students will submit a com- the last week in April was $800 always the danger of fire. going and critical shortage of als, families and communi- tended the University of Okla- nurses. ties. Housed in the School of petitive application to con- an acre ($14,050 in today’s val- Henry Jones died from burns homa School of Pharmacy. He According to the Oklahoma Community Health Sciences, tinue professional coursework ues) with a bonus agreement he received at the Black Ho- was the only student of 130 Nurses Association, Oklahoma Counseling and Counseling toward the nursing degree. In if oil was produced. After the tel. Mr. Jones had been out of with a sufficient average to is ranked 46 among all states Psychology, which is part of the program’s inaugural year, Walker-Martin well south of town and stopped at the hotel the College of Education and OSU expects to admit 50 stu- Sayre was swabbed out, oil rather than disturb his family qualify for Rho Chi, the high- for the number of registered Human Sciences, the program dents to continue with nursing gushed over the derrick. One at alate hour. ‘The cigarette he est pharmaceutical scholastic nurses per capita. In 2021, the is accredited by the Commis- honor obtainable at the uni- hundred barrels of oil sprayed was smoking set fire to the bed versity. national average was 1,100 sion on Collegiate Nursing laboratories, simulations and nurses per 100,000 people; clinical experiences. ‘The pro- out in twenty-five minutes! It linens, and he awoke with his Education (CCNE) and will of- settled into a steady produc- ‘This article was written by Lu- in Oklahoma, there were only fer students the opportunity gram will grow the number of shirt aflame. His distress calls about 700. In 2021, 35% of the professional nursing students tion flow of 458 barrels every brought the hotel manager anne R. Eisler and taken from to focus on underserved and 24 hours. items published in The Carter who dashed a pitcher of water licensed nurses in Oklahoma rural populations and to infuse to 100 in year two. Magnolia Petroleum Co. on his burning clothes. The Express, The Elk City Press and were at or near retirement age, prevention and total wellness Applications for fall 2023 are exacerbating the issue. practices in health care sys- now open. Learn more about bought the Cousins farm flames had nearly burned the The Elk City News-Democrat; “The shortage of qualified two miles north of Willow, these newspapers can be found shirt off him, but Mr. Jones tems in Oklahoma. OSU admission requirements which adjoined the Wichita donned his coat, hat and shoes on microfilm at the Elk City health care providers in Okla- This program will provide a and how to apply at https:// Carnegie Library. Heritage homa is only going to intensify framework for collaboration Falls & Northwestern rail- and walked home before he without a focused effort to pro- with other health care profes- go.okstate.edu/undergradu- road tracks. They planned realized the seriousness of his Quest and www-dollartimes. vide pathways of opportunity sions, as students will have ate-academics/majors/nurs- burns. Despite medical ef- this quarter section as a tank com provided supplementary for aspiring nurses,” said OSU opportunities to participate ing html. farm and began building two forts, he died that same night. information. All Alumni and teachers are welcome Saturday- April 8th - visitation from 4:00-6:00 yRoEnt Dinner served at 6:00 RSUP to Ruth Whitledge at 580-729-4706. Advance tickets - $14... At the door, $16 Berlin Community Center Because when it The Berlin Alumni will be gathering at the Berlin Community Center Saturday, April 8th with visitation from comes fo your health, 4:00-6:00 and dinner at 6:00. All alumni and teachers are welcome to come. Advance tickets are $14 and tickets at the door are $16. there’s no time to wait! RSVP to Ruth Whitledge at 580-729-4706.