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v. Serving 4 Western Oklahoma Since 1901 Weekend Edition Elk City Chamber Are you sure it’s a tornado? + Can you see the clou d bas e and the ground under it? Announce Western ? + |sitconnected to the cloud base + |sitin contact with ground? lop? OK Bridal Walk + Isifin the part of the storm where tornadoes deve + Isitrotating? Pe + Can you segely debris? Bs Describing the ‘bindtiOh -| ’ * Report exactly what you see * Choose your words wisely — Meteorologist Max Ungar. National Weather Service Conducts Intro to Storm Watching By Sheryl Ponce ‘The Elk City Chamber of Commerce will be hosting The By Sheryl Ponce see ina given year,” he explained. ‘Western OK Bridal Walk on Saturday, March 9th, from 11. February of last year was the largest Oklahoma tornado out a.m. to 5 p.m., athe Civic Center.There will be vendors for all Meteorologist Max Ungar from the National Weather Service break on record. Two of them were in Western Oklahoma. One brides in the region. Those may include photography, beauty in Norman came to Western Technology Center in Elk City to was in Erick and the other one was in Cheyenne. The most signifi- ‘services, printing or stationary needs, bridal and wedding talk to those interested in storm observations and watching. Al- cant tornadoes since 2010 took place in Roger Mills County on gifts, gowns for everyone, tuxes and suits, bridal registries, 3/8/2010; Blaine and Caddo Counties on 5/24/2011; Beckham/ though the crowd was light, he emphasized how important local event venues, and catering. reporting is to the meteorologists in the center who are moni- Washita and Roger Mills Counties on 5/16/2017; Kiowa/Washi- For more information about the event, contact the Elk toring the weather. He pointed out that they do not see what is ta Counties on 5/7/2019; Greer County on 5/20/2019; Custer City Chamber of Commerce, located at 102 S. Main St. or call on the ground and depend on the public to report what they are County on 5/15/2019; Caddo County on 10/10/2021; and Roger 580-225-0207. Anyone planning a wedding or party should Mills County on 2/26/2023. eyeing. make plans to attend. ‘The first thing that Ungar said was safety first. He repeat- ‘The National Weather Service is the one who monitors weath- ed the warning throughout his talk, wanting everyone to take er and provides warnings. They are in constant communication storms seriously and get out of harm's way. He said that this with various management partners and media across the state. Ungar said that the key piece to their communication is the warn- two-hour course was the basics of storm spotting. Ungar started ing team who are the people reporting back to them. The actual BLESSED ~~" nd sg with local statistics of storms over the past year. observations on the ground in local communities are important “So in the United States in 2023, there were a little over 1400 to what substantiates their reports. tornado reports, and that is just a little bit higher than the av- MEASURE At the center, they look at the satellite observations and co- erage yearly report count. There were 83 deaths. Forty-nine of ordinate with the Storm Prediction Center. Part of their job is to those were in mobile homes. For Oklahoma there were 74 torna- dos in the year 2023. And this is about 17 more than we normally See Weather page 2. Church of Christ Rotarians Get Library Update Presents ‘Blessed Beyond Measure’ and Gospel Meeting By Sheryl Ponce ‘The 2nd and Adams Church of Christ will be hosting a La- dies Day called “Blessed Beyond Measure” on Saturday, March 23rd, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The program will feature Shenia Dindy, from College Station, Texas. Registration will begin at 9 a.m., and those wanting to attend need to RSVP to Librarian Shannon Pirus and library director DeAun the church by calling 580-225-0718. Brunch will be provided Jennifer Rainey Ivester that morning. ‘The women’s event marks the beginning of their Gospel By Sheryl Ponce have been successful at the library, along with upcoming events. Meeting that will start on March 24th, and run through the “At the library, we do many outreach efforts, as well as what 27th, with Terrance Dindy being the guest speaker. This is ‘The Elk City Rotary Club met for their regular noon meeting we do in our buildings. A library is not just between those four their Spring Meeting, and it will start at 9:30 a.m., with Sun- on Thurs., Feb, 22nd, in the Elks Lodge. In the absence of Pres- walls. We have a lot of early literacy efforts. Our 1000 Books Be- day Class. It will be followed by the Morning Sermon at 10:30 ident Lake Carpenter, Kelci Werner took over for the day. She fore Kindergarten program is one with the Friends of the Library, a.m., and the noon luncheon. began by reminding members about the upcoming deadline for who do a lot of fundraising things to support these efforts. We Sunday evening at 7 p.m., the evening sermon will take Rotary Youth Leadership Award (RYLA) camp applications. have the Dolly Parton's Imagination Library. A child can receive place, called “He Has Established His Church.” On Monday at 7 ‘The 2024 RYLA Camp will take place June 17th through June abook a month until they turn age five. Parents will need to sign p.m., they will take up again with the topic, “He Has Given Us 21st, at Goddard Youth Camp in Sulphur. Rotarians provide the up for those, Then there's Bundles for Babies. Those are bags that Hope.” Tuesday at 7 p.m., the topic will be “He Will Punish the transportation to and from the camp for those attending. The the Friends make. Every newborn in the hospital is given one,” Wicked,” and then on Wednesday at 7 p.m., they will study “He program is open to juniors. Werner also talked about the Rotary Ivester explained. Has Prepared a Place.” Scholarship given to seniors. Those are due March 31st. Some other programs she mentioned included the Magic Li- ‘The church announced the events, which are open to the Jennifer Rainey was the Rotarian for the day, and her guest brary, the Lego activities, the chess club, and the cardboard cre- public. 2nd and Adams Church of Christ is located at 216 N. speakers were DeAun Ivester, library director and librarian Shan- Adams, and for more information call 580-225-0718. See their See Library page 2. website at www. 2acoc.org. non Pirus. They gave the Rotarians an update on programs that 8 04879 "13151 6 Weather tomorrow /53 Vol. 120, No. 12 75 cents, 14 pgs. Mail delivery 580.225.3000 View online elkcityoknews.com