December 9, 2023 Issue, Page 2 of 10

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2- The Elk City News News December 9, 2023 because of the dim lights. The ‘The next item on the agen- 943 W. 2nd, had been ap- Ivester's City Manager re- Commission commissioners then approved da was the consideration of de- proved at a previous meeting port was brief. He mentioned Round Continued from page 1. the bid from Culver Electric for installation and materials claring the structure located at 523 S. Van Buren dilapidated. to be dilapidated and the struc- ture torn down. The owner and the city employees’ Christmas party and invited the commis- for lighting improvements in City Inspector Jackie Add- ‘a contractor were present to sioners to the event. He also Town ers and replacing them with the amount of $115,900. Cul- ington spoke on behalf of the discuss the structure because it said that they are working on a aluminum. ver expects to be completing property and the work that has was previously approved to be new road at the landfill. Ivester December 9 Brandon Culver of Culver the job in the middle of Janu- been completed. He said they removed. The contractor went reported that there were 118 Electric then spoke to the com- ary, depending on arrival of have done a great job, and he over the items that were going kids at the library to see Mrs. Toy Drive Signups at City missioners about the current materials. recommended releasing the to be repaired and asked them Claus where there were only lighting equipment and what The commissioners also property from being on the to allow the owner the time to 58 in attendance last year. The Hall. it would cost to upgrade it. He approved the bid for the 2012 list. The commissioners dis- fix it. They commissioners ta- next thing he talked about was said that he was playing ball Vancon Brand Vacuum Truck approved the item, freeing it bled the item until Feb. Sth, to a grant that was approved for with his college aged son, and from Smith Hydrovac Services from the dilapidated list. make sure they will be moving a CNG trash truck, and they he was unable to catch the ball in the amount of $65,000. The structure located at forward with the renovations. have not been available. Now The commissioners ap- the city can purchase a diesel Christmas in the Park Ac- proved the Purchase Orders FY trash truck, and they will be on school property, misde- to the high school to see if they 23-24 and recurring invoices looking to purchase one. The tivities Open. 6PM-9PM. Gun meanor. needed help. “Juvenile law in Oklahoma Sparks wrote a public letter for Dec. 4th. There was discus- last thing Ivester talked about Continued from page 1. only allows a judge to autho- saying how grateful he is for sion concerning the cost of was the activity at the Arrow- tize the physical incarcera- the work of the SRO officers, streetlights and the number of head Center that included kids’ been reports of an armed tion under the most extreme them that are out. Ivester told tournaments and the Bulls’ ECHS Basketball, Away at administrators, and the ECPD. shooter or an unidentified per- situations, mostly limited to He added that Elk City is his the commissioners that PSO game, son whose whereabouts were heinous felonies and violent home and the safety of his was under the franchise con- With no public comments, Childress, Invintational unknown, then all campuses crimes,” the update said. children and family are just as tract to maintain the street- the meeting was adjourned at in the area would have been It continued to say, “The important to him as every stu- lights. 7:42 p.m. locked down. With the infor- District Attorney's office re- dent and staff in the system. mation available at the time, quested an immediate hearing “While the events yester- Hometown Christmas the police and school person- nel focused all their attention before the court. The court de- termined that the situation did day and rumors that have fol- lowed are deeply troubling, I Susan Schmidt Promotion on the high school campus.” not meet the current statutory want you to know that ECPS ‘There seems to be a lot of requirements for physical in- Susan Elaine Schmidt was has not stopped working in born November 20th, 1952 in buzz on social media about carceration, and the only legal order to bring safety and nor- the consequences of the teen alternative was to release the Clay Center, Kansas to Ruth 14-year-old juvenile to his legal malcy back to our schools. Elk Ann (Adams) and William J. who brought the gun to school. Pearce. She passed away peace- December 10 Sparks said that there will be guardian and place him under City is my home the same as consequences for the student, house arrest.” it is yours. All of us working fully at Elk City, Oklahoma on Sunday, November 26th, 2023 Christmas in the Park Ac- and he will be following school Sparks commended the together can help ensure that at the age of 71 years and 6 policy, as well as state law, for school resource officers, Officer events like this never happen days. tivities Open. the infraction in dealing with Chaney and Officer Valencia, again. As adults, our children Susan, known by most as what those consequences will for their ability to know the are counting on us,” Sparks “Sue", grew up in St. Joe, Kan- be. Because of privacy laws, students. He said that because said. sas and attended school at Clay those specific punishments these officers go to the athletic The rumors of possible Center. She graduated in 1973 are not allowed to be disclosed events, band concerts, and are problems are lingering. Be- and attended Cloud County Hometown Christmas publicly. seen on all the campuses, the cause safety is a priority, there Community College where she received her associates degree ing Association. Sue always ECPD Chief Eddie Holland kids know them. They are not have been additional police in nursing in 1976. During that enjoyed reading, photography, Promotion issued a statement concern- just there when something stationed across the district. time she was married to James vacations in the tropics, and ing the charges on which the is wrong, but they are a con- Although the situation has “Jim” R. Schmidt on May 21st, traveling to Europe but her pas- student was booked. Those are stant presence in the schools. been alarming, the continued 1976 at the St. John the Bap-sion was her family and spend- Title 21-section 1272 Unlaw- ‘They were first on the scene, diligence of each parent, teach- ing time with her friends. Sue tist Catholic Church in Beloit, December 11 ful carry of a weapon, misde- then the ECPD joined them. er, student, and administrator Kansas. After their marriage and Jim are long time members meanor, and Title 21 — section He added that an OHP officer seems to be priority through- she continued her education of St. Matthew Catholic Church 1280.1 Possession of a firearm was at the gun range and went out Elk City. and made their home in Beloit, and were involved in the youth Toy Drive Signups at City Kansas where she worked at ministries and Sue was a mem- Mitchell County Hospital. In ber of the Women’s Guild. Hall. 1986 they moved to Spring- She is preceded in death field, Missouri where she was by her parents; 1 sister, Sheryl employed with Cox South Fletcher; brother and sister in Medical Center. In 1989 Sue law, Stephen and Polly Pearce. and Jim made their home in Sue is survived by her hus- Hometown —_ Christmas Elk City where she worked for band, Jim, of the home; 2 chil- Great Plains Regional Medical dren, Shawn Schmidt, Spring- Promotion Center as a case manager and field, MO and Julie Western infection prevention nurse. Sue and husband, Wes, Elk City, received her Bachelors of Sci- OK; 4 grandchildren, Lindsay ence in Nursing in 2002 from Prince, Sophia Schmidt, Aeries Southern Nazarene University Western, and Aubrey Western; Do you have an event or in Bethany, Oklahoma before 5 siblings, Sandra Lyne and her retirement in 2020. It was husband, Leroy, Stan Pearce during her time in the health- and wife, Judy, Shelley Shiv- something else you would care industry she was amember ers and husband, Bill, Sharon of the Oklahoma State Nursing Pearce, Scott Pearce and numer- like to share with the com- Association and is still current- ous nieces, nephews, other rela- lyamember of the AEPIC Nurs- tives and friends. munity in the Round Town Calendar? Email the in- Elisha Price formation for the event to Elk City’s Masonic Lodge No. 182 donates $3000 to Meals on Wheels. Pictured are Glenn Elisha James Price, known Bledsoe and Jerry Lasiter from the Lodge, along with Lisa Langley from Meals on Wheels. to all as James, passed away at [email protected] Courtesy photo. the age of 75 on December 1, 2023, in Antlers, Oklahoma. Born on July 7, 1948, in the small town of Sneedville, Ten- Auditions for the Oklahoma Summer Arts nessee, he was a beacon of strength and joy to all who knew him. Institute Are Now Open On August 27, 1966, James married his beloved Thelma Jo Fergason in Tulsa, Oklahoma. 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