July 12, 2023 Issue, Page 8 of 8

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8- The Elk City News Community July 12, 2023 Elk City Motorsports _TERRY EASUM Park Winners RILEY fon ct OLUSION REPAIR,SPECIAUSTS be ROBE LUI 106 E7th Stroot - Ek City, OK 73644 Phone: 680-243-1867" "Youn Hometown ae (580) 225-450 Observations About July 5th A Commentary by Basil back-to-school will soon com- Weatherly mence. Sports announcers, as seeks funding to ensure that all Oklahoma students attend- Public School Orchestras Fund, Quartz well as the man-on-the-street students attend tuition-free. ing OSAI were made possible Helon Whiteside LaGree Schol- Here it is, the morning af- will begin deliberating on ‘This allowed over 240 students through funding from the arship Fund, Jarrod Fergeson ter July 4th, and the big light chances of championships of Continued from page 2. across the state to travel to Oklahoma State Department Scholarship Fund, Richard show, put on every year at Ack- the upcoming college football Quartz Mountain for the ex- of Education, as well as the W. Moore Memorial Scholars ley Park has come and gone. season as the start of school would have seen otherwise.” perience of a lifetime. Applica- Darryl Rodriquez Scholarship Fund, Dr. and Mrs. Gilbert ‘My cousins have all packed up seems ever closer, Toward the ‘The cost of attendance for tions for the 2024 Oklahoma Fund, McCasland Foundation Gibson Scholarship Fund, and and left for home, after our end of this month bodies will Summer Arts Institute will Scholars Fund, Community Jack and Judy Bryan Scholar- semi-annual Stinsen family re- start disappearing from the each student is valued at ap- open in December at www.oai- Foundation of Ardmore, Gwen ship Fund. Additional program union. Sixty-eight of them de- local “drag” as our newly grad- proximately $4,200. However, quartz.org, Taft Memorial Scholarship support is provided by the scended on Elk City, thanks to uated young people will take the Oklahoma Arts Institute Scholarships for southwest Fund, PEEPS for Oklahoma Oklahoma Arts Council, Har- a great job done by my sister, their first steps into their fu- ris Foundation, OKC Midtown Lawanda, in organizing it ture and head off to college. Rotary Club, Inasmuch Foun- But it is the fifth. At this point ‘The final nail in the coffin will Western Oklahoma Christian dation, Jerome Westheimer in the calendar, one realizes be the Labor Day Elk City ro- Family Foundation, Samuel not only is 2023 half over, but deo that will mark the unoffi- Roberts Noble Foundation, as I remind my teacher friends, cial end to summer. summer is half over as So in the time left, enjoy the and the Anne and Henry their School (WOCS) Offering a Free Zarrow Foundation. This proj- ect is also supported in part well. Swimsuits in store front win- new Elk City Aquatic Center, last minute vacations, and by an award from the National dows will soon be replaced by sidewalk sales because the end Semester to New Families, Endowment for the Arts. winter coats. Shopping for is near. Adding Additional Programs Western Oklahoma Christian and kindergarten classes are Bill 1934 (Oklahoma Parental School is waiving the tuition limited to 14 students, Grades Choice Tax Credit Act). WOCS for the 2023 fall semester for first through sixth allow 18 will communicate details with new families making it more students. families about HB 1934 as they affordable than ever to attend. New this fall, WOCS in Clin- become available. Students must be first-time ton will be offering a three- enrollees to be eligible. This year-old program on Mondays, Classes begin August 10. For tuition waiver can be applied Wednesdays, and Fridays with more information contact at any of the WOCS campuses: the option of full or half-day WOCS at www.wocs.org or call Clinton, Weatherford, or Elk classes. The cost is $350 per 580.323.9150. City. month for a full-day and $300 Western Oklahoma Christian “We want to give families an for the half-day option. The School was founded in 1987. opportunity to experience limit is eight students. The tu- ‘The Weatherford campus was WOCS with little to no obliga- ition waiver does not apply to added in 2007 and the Elk tion,” said Dora Miller, WOCS the three-year-old program. City Campus in 2011. The Head of School. ‘The WOCS campus in Weather- school provides Bible-based Interested families can go to ford is excited to announce the academic instruction for stu- www.wocs.org to complete an addition of fourth grade this dents from _pre-kindergar- online application and sub- fall. A building campaign is un- mit a $30 application fee. The derway to aid in future growth ten through sixth grade. The deadline is July 31. for the campus. school offers computer, art, WOCS offers full-day or half- ‘The one-semester tuition waiv- music, physical education, and day pre-kindergarten at all er offered by WOCS should Bible in addition to the stan- Pre-kindergarten 15 Month campuses. not be confused with House dard curriculum, —~ Certificate §.00- APY SCAN FOR MORE @ Yidurance Federal Credit Union Paid for by: Oklahor INFORMATION Department of Mental ABOUT 105 Regional Drive - 225-2690 ‘and Substance Abuse PREVENTION Prevention Services, Substance The 15 month certificate special Annual Percentage Yield (APY) is 5.00% and applies to the ‘Abuse and Mental Health EFFORTS IN initial term of the certificate. Rate effective 5/15/2023. Advertised rate is for the duration of Services Administration, the YOUR COUNTY the terms and is subject to change at ce: ificate maturity. Limited time offer. 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