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Community 8 - The Elk City News February 3, 2024 Specialty Crop Block Grants Now Available OKLAHOMA CITY — The just the individual applicant,” tree nuts efit an individual grower or ODAFF website. Completed ed through Feb. 28, 2024. For Oklahoma Department of Harvey said. “Specialty crops culinary herbs and spicesbusiness are not eligible. grant applications must be additional information about Agriculture, Food and For- are a vital part of Oklahoma nursery, floriculture, and For more information emailed to Jason.harveye the Specialty Crop Block Grant estry is accepting applications agriculture and applications through the Specialty Crop will be evaluated on how proj- horticulture crops about the Specialty Crop Block ag.ok.gov. Program, contact Jason Har- Block Grant Program. More ects enhance the competitive- Applications that only ben- Grant and to apply, visit the Applications will be accept- vey at 405-606-1477. than $542,000.00 is available ness of Oklahoma's specialty crop industry.” February is Career and Technical in competitive grant funding to enhance the specialty crop Proposals may be for, but industry. not limited to research, pro- ‘The program’s funding op- motion, marketing, nutrition, portunities are made possible food safety and security, edu- Education Appreciation Month through the U.S. Department cation, increased knowledge In a year of continued state's plan to meet employ- common vision. signed to put students on the of Agriculture's (USDA) Agri- and consumption, improved growth and new leadership, ers’ demands for skilled work- “The goal is to create a more path to FAA mechanic certifi- cultural Marketing Service. efficiency and reduced costs of Oklahoma CareerTech af- ers. Oklahoma CareerTech has streamlined and_ responsive cation. ODAFF Market Develop- distribution systems, conser- firmed its reputation for pur- almost half a million enroll- workforce system that empow- To commemorate Career ment Coordinator Jason Har- vation, product development, suing innovative ideas that ments and is planning to add ers job seekers and employers,” and Technical Education Ap- vey said eligible applicants in-food agricultural practices, break from tradition and the and expand programs to reach Haken said. preciation Month, Oklahoma dude non-profits, local, state, good handling practices and accepted paradigm. even more Oklahoma students In 2023, enrollment in CareerTech will be sharing and federal government enti- good manufacturing practices. Recognizing the grow- and businesses. adult education and family lit- a wide range of information ties, for-profit organizations, Projects involving the fol- ing importance of workforce “Preparing students for eracy grew 13%; CareerTech about its programs and mis- and colleges and universities. lowing specialty crops are eli- education, Gov. Kevin Stitt careers has become a higher served 8% more businesses; sion throughout February on “Projects must bolster com- gible: recently issued a proclamation priority for more Americans,” and 991 students graduated its social media channels, in- cluding Facebook, LinkedIn, X petitiveness of specialty crop fruits declaring February to be Ca- said CareerTech State Direc- from Skills Centers programs. and Instagram. reer and Technical Education tor Brent Haken. “The need for In addition, membership in Oklahoma CareerTech: Ed- markets and benefit more than vegetables Appreciation Month in Okla- educational opportunities that Oklahoma CareerTech student ucation that works for you homa. emphasize career readiness organizations ~ Business Pro- The Oklahoma Depart- Workforce development is is growing, which means our fessionals of America; DECA; ment of Career and Technol- a higher priority for state lead- mission to provide Oklaho- Family, Career and Commu- ogy Education provides leader- Send to elkcitynews@gm: ers, and CareerTech expects mans career training has never nity Leaders of America; FFA; ship and resources and assures with a description! to play a starring role in the been more relevant. To meet HOSA; SkillsUSA; and Technol- standards of excellence for a employers’ demands, a serious ogy Student Association -- hit comprehensive statewide sys- investment in workforce edu- an all-time high as member- tem of career and technology cation must be made to expand ship exceeded 98,000. education. The system offers One Hundred Years Ago, programs.” CareerTech Enrollment isn’t the only programs and services in 29 enrollment way Oklahoma CareerTech is technology center districts op- has risen in all of its delivery expanding. In January, voters erating on 60 campuses, 397 February 1924 arms for the second consecu- in Beaver County approved an- PK-12 school districts, 16 Skills tive year. Systemwide enroll- nexation into the High Plains Centers campuses that include February was a month of mixed news. Ex- Deputy found some barrels, mash and other im- ment was 489,635 in fiscal Technology Center district. three juvenile facilities and 32 President Woodrow Wilson died after an illness portant evidence. ‘The two culprits lived about year 2023, up 9.5% from fiscal Students in the Panhandle adult education and family lit- of four years; 10,000 people gathered at the fair halfway between Hammon and Elk City. 2022's 446,940. Technology county will be able to attend eracy providers. ground in Oklahoma City to pay homage to the ‘The election for a twenty-five-year light center enrollments were up an in-district tech center for ‘The agency is governed by former president. Measles and pneumonia were plant franchise in Elk City carried 491 votes for 13.5% and 42.3% of all ninth the first time in Oklahoma Ca- the State Board of Career and rampant. Farmers were sowing their oats and to 105 opposed; over at Carter, the referendum through 12th grade students reerTech history. Technology Education and women were setting their incubators. carried 61 to 16. ‘The States Power Company in Oklahoma participated in a Last year, CareerTech works closely with the State Sheriff E. M. Green and his force captured expected to begin work on the plant very soon CareerTech program. also signed a contract with Department of Education and the largest still ever found in the county on the to provide twenty-four-hour service. The maxi- “The skills obtained in Ca- Choose Aerospace to provide the State Regents for Higher old Hiatt place north of Sayre! When confiscat- mum rate would be 12 cents per kw hour ($2.13 reerTech programs enable stu- free aerospace curriculum to Education to provide a seam- ed, it was cooling offer after just turning out a in today’s values). dents to become immediately high schools and technology less educational system for all ten-gallon run of what was said to be Number Mayor Sam Brown closed the domino halls employable,” said Haken, who centers. The curriculum is de- Oklahomans. One Corn Whiskey. Three vats of mash were in another step toward making Elk City a better took the reins in 2023 as the also found and destroyed. ‘The still and equip- town. People should be too busy to waste time ninth Oklahoma CareerTech ment were taken to town on a large truck and HEART oF EuROPE playing cheap amusement games when there state director. “For us, the goal displayed in the Sheriff's office. Two strangers was so much work to be done! who refused to give their names were taken into is to get students career and ‘The Canute Post Office was robbed of $80 custody, ($1418) but no stamps. Attempts were made college ready and to create a 15-day HEART OF EUROPE” Circle Tour of Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Emmett Morris's dogs ran a coyote into his to rob three other establishments without any talent pipeline big enough to Italy, France, Belgium & Holland by Image Tours garage west of Cheyenne. Some hogs loose in meet the workforce needs of eects the corral ran the dogs out of the garage and luck. Amateurs! A partial list of what was marketed out of every Oklahoma industry.” $5490 June 11 &25 departures $400 Zavis held the coyote at bay. Mrs. Morris who was Elk City from Dec 31, 1922 to January 1, 1924 Under the state’s plan to er home alone, telephoned her husband who was included 186,895 pounds of butter fat, whichimprove workforce develop- Includes AIR from OKLAHOMA CITY in town to come home and kill the coyote. Be- provided $71,404.65 in revenue ($1,266,074).ment, CareerTech is working Includes 21 meals,13 nts.hotes air taxes transportation and escortin Europe, fore he arrived, Mrs. Morris secured a piece of Other items marketed were 701,462 pounds more closely with other state per person, double occupancy. BOOK BY 3/6/24, Call fora FREE brochure, wire and successfully fastened it securely to the SW TRAVEL coyote’s tail, which was protruding through a of poultry (excluding turkeys and chickens), agencies to align partners, ser- 104,400 dozen eggs, 145 cars of broom corn, vices and resources under one Ph: 580-445-7215 crack in the garage door and then tied the wire to a two by four. She then secured a rifle and 53 cars of hogs, 37 cars of wheat and 64 cars of killed the critter. flour. In addition, 3550 mattresses were made Providing comfort and, Supportfor End of Life chotces The Ku Klux Klan paid for a membership and sold and the Merchants Belt Factory sold application printed on the front page of the $75,000 ($1,329, 824). Elk City News Democrat. They sought mem- ‘The Beckham County Interscholastic Basket bers who believed in Christian Religion, White Ball Tournament was held in Carter for the first Supremacy, Just Laws and Liberty, Free Public time. The best part of the occasion for the little Hospice care provides medical services, emotional support, and spiritual re- town was that both of their boys’ teams won Schools, Limitation of Foreign Immigration and sources for people who are in the last stages of a serious illness, such as cance Law and Order, among other principles. A spe- first honor in the finals and were awarded silver cial KKK train for Klansmen and their families loving cups. In the girls’ contest, Erick won in or heart failure. Hospice care also helps family members manage the practical was to leave Elk City for Oklahoma City to par- Class “A” and Elk City in Class “B.” The door re- details and emotional challenges of caring for a dying loved one. ticipate in the “300,000 parade.” ceipts amounted to over $100 ($1773) exclusive Mrs. Arthur Creach of near Hammon shot of the season tickets. For questions regarding hospice service or eligibility, contact: her brother-in-law, Owen Haddock, while play- Luanne R. Eisler authored this article, which ing with a gun supposedly unloaded. The gun was taken from items published in The Carter was a .32 caliber, and the bullet entered his Express, The Elk City Press and The Elk City Carrie Perry, RN/ Adminsistrator right side, piercing a lung. Mrs. Creach’s son, News-Democrat; you can find these newspapers on microfilm at the Elk City Carnegie Library; Elmer, was in line of the bullet and was shot in the hand. https://www.dollartimes.com, mountsinai.org/ Pat Welsh, RN/ Coordinator of Patient Car Deputy Sheriff Hibbler of Hammon came to health-library/diseases-conditions/mastoiditis, Elk City and arrested Hollie Bowman and Will and Ancestry.com provided supplementary in- Some of the most common conditions are: ———— Morgan on a charge of making hootch. 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