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News March 9, 2024 The Elk City News -3 Dason Harman Selected to 2024 Sub-Junior All American MISDEMEANORS State of Okla vs Casey L Legrande DUI. TOC Trapshooting State of Okla vs Christal R Johns Possession of CS & para- phernalia State of Okla vs Joe A Ortiz Resisting an officer. Domestic SPARTA, Illinois—Dason Harman and he had to have competed in Merritt FFA and Merrit Livestock from 19 to 27 yards (according assault & battery of Elk City, OK has been selected at least three states. Selection Judging team. A ninth-grade stu- to averages and known ability) State of Okla vs Rachel I Elrod. Possession of CS & para- to the 2024 Sub-Junior (under was made based on All-American dent at Merritt High School, he and fire at one target at a time; in phernalia the age of 15) All-American trap- points accumulated while winning participates in baseball and track. doubles, two targets are released FELONIES shooting second team, according trophies and posting high scores He enjoys everything outdoors in- at the same time and each contes- State of Okla vs Seth P Pace Grand larceny. Concealing to the Amateur Trapshooting As- at tournaments throughout the cluding hunting, fishing and being tant, standing at the 16-yard line, stolen property sociation (ATA), which determines country during the 2023 ATA tar- with family. is allowed one shot for each. State of Okla vs Kayla $ Smith Burglary. 31 counts of the teams. The ATA is celebrating Established in 1923, the ATA Trapshooting celebrities have in- forgery 125 years in 2024. Trapshooting is get year. promotes and governs the sport cluded Annie Oakley, John Philip a competitive sport of shooting at Harman won a handicap sub-ju- of trapshooting, primarily in the Sousa and Roy Rogers. The sport's State of Okla vs Tommy L Copeland Failure to register nior award at the Southwestern United States and Canada. In stats and records are chronicled as a sex offender clay targets with a shotgun. The ATA hosts both the Grand Grand in Kansas. He won four cat- the 2023 target year more than and maintained by Trap & Field, 30,000 members participated in the official magazine ofthe ATA. MARRIAGES, €, DIVORCES egory awards at the Southwestern American (the 11-day world tour- Zone tournament including high- the sport, competing in one or If you are interested in trying nament which in August drew all-around and high-over-all. At more ofthe 6,000-plus sanctioned trapshooting, please call the ATA nearly 3,000 contestants to the his state shoot he racked up three tournaments (shoots registered at 618-449-2224 or visit the as- World Shooting & Recreational sub-junior trophies: one in handi- by the ATA organization) on the sociation’s website www.shootata. MARRIAGE LICENSES Complex in Sparta, Ill.) and a se- cap and two in doubles. local, regional, state, zone and com to find a local club near you. Matthew Janning, Elk City - Regina Savage, Elk City Kevin ries of “satellite” Grands (smaller, Further demonstrating his talent world championship levels. ‘The ATA was headquartered in Childs, Elk City - Dian Banks, Elk City regional tournaments providing for trapshooting, Harman also Trapshooters fire at clay targets Vandalia, Ohio, for more than 80 Grand American-style trophies earned trophies at the Colorado, (approximately 4-1/4 inches in di- years and in 2012 relocated offices DIVORCES and competition). The association Utah, Iowa and Texas state shoots ameter and 1-1/8 inch in height) to Sparta, Ill, NONE also sponsors five zone shoots. which accumulated points toward launched at varying angles. In To be considered for the All-Amer- making the team. singles events, all entrants stand Harman is active in Fellowship of at the 16-yard line and fire at one certificates Avaj, ican team, Harman had to meet a minimum target requirement, Christian Athletes, a member of target at a time; in handicap, par- the Carter First Baptist Church, ticipants are assigned a yardage One Hundred Years Ago, March 1924 March was a month of measles speak, Their representative very ‘There was not enough water pres- and oil fever (neither fatal!). Both forcibly explained the Klan's posi- sure to throw a stream across the the Ira and Will Cain families suf- tion and relation to the church in sidewalk and the fire chief had to fered from measles; Will's family that the Klan was anti-evil. Mr. order high pressure pumps put to Annuals ¢ Perennials * Succulents had seven cases at once! Sweet Alonzo E. Young who was the work. Mistress Spring proved fickle by custodian of the church and had Charles C. Miller won the envi- Hanging Baskets * Vegetables producing 4 1/2 inches of snow the previous misfortune of losing able reputation of making Elk on the level. It snowed all of one a limb, was called to the pulpit City the Broom Corn King of the day, but much melted as it fell. It Shrubs & Trees * Custom Pots and the speaker presented him world. He was connected with the was worth money to wheat and with an artificial limb. Mr. Young business for twenty years. When cats. deeply appreciated the gift and he was a small boy, he worked in Iron Plant Stands + Pottery ‘The Story Theater was closed for thought the KKK was composed one week as it was being com- of real Christian men, At the broom corn on his father’s farm Soil & Mulch « Large Selection Available! pletely overhauled and painted and later in large factories long end of the service, the Klansmen inside and out. The walls were filed out and disappeared into the enough to learn to grade corn finished in grey and the lobby in dark. and select the best grade corn delft blue, with the panels out- ‘The Carter Oil Co. added a third brooms with the least possible lined in mahogany. All woodwork producer to their wells with they waste. It was his aim to breed was finished in white. The cooling drilled on their Sayre location. the kind of fiber and head that as¥ system was enlarged so that air ‘The well was to be the best one manufacturers wanted for their in the theater would be changed drilled in that part of the field high-class brooms. He sold seed \ every thirty seconds. A colored and reportedly made about 600 electric sign eight feet long and barrels of oil daily. corn in 26 different states and Mexico. ‘The biggest seed crop five feet wide was added that an- Joseph D. Garnett’s building on Miller raised was in 1922 when he ‘804 nounced the nightly picture. Fifth and Main Sts. was destroyed sold 100,000 pounds. He planted 27 S.\8th St. * Weatherford African-Americans working on by fire early in the month. An oil 150-200 acres in broom corn and h1 303/N.|Madison™ i] Elk City, the Bob Keen ranch killed a lynx, stove exploded in the room oc- raised from 1500-2500 bushels fam” a “ shooting him twelve times before cupied by A. Granville Beck who according to the weather. killing him. ‘They had been hunt- ran the auto livery (taxi service). With the completion of Third ing it for several days as it had Other parts of the building were St. paving, Elk City boasted two been killing calves. ‘The cat mea- occupied by Maddox Tire Shop paved streets in the residential Providing comfort and Supportfor End of Life cholces sures 50 inches from nose to the and Earls Quality Print Shop. area and with pavement in the tip of the tail. It had been several ‘The firemen prevented the flames years since a lynx was seen in this from spreading but were unable business section made, in all, for- Hospice care provides medical services, emotional support, and spiritual re- part of the country. to save the Garnett building. This ty blocks of paving. sources for people who are in the last stages of a serious illness, such as cance ‘The Ku Klux Klan visited one of was one of the oldest buildings Luanne R. Eisler authored this or heart failure. Hospice care also helps family members manage the practical the Sun. evening Baptist church in town, finished early in 1902 article, which was taken from services. About 75 Klansmen in and occupied then by Bonebrake items published in The Carter details and emotional challenges of caring for a dying loved one. full regalia carrying the American Hardware. It was the first per- Express, The Elk City Press and Flag and Holy Bible entered the manent building in town and was ‘The Elk City News-Democrat; you For questions regarding hospice service or eligibility, contact: church, gave a liberal donation made of stone, The print plant can find these newspapers on mi- and quietly took their seats. 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