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SATURDAY, JULY 19, 2025 Weekend Edition Board Approves Proposal for Wind Damages and Sparks Reports District Financials By Sheryl Ponce meeting. trict over collects, especially in ad valor- thought we could be as low as $4 million, hold, you’re looking at a possible reduc- After Archer called the meeting to em and gross production. He continued and so we finished the year strong. We’re tion in state aid at the midterm. So know- The Elk City School Board met Mon- order, she asked superintendent Mike to say that this year ad valorem was about in really good shape.” Sparks said. “Just a ing that we’re in such good shape in our day evening at 6 p.m., in the Adminis- Sparks for any public comments, being $250,000 more than they had expected couple things to throw out. We have lost general fund, we can weather about any tration building’s boardroom for their none they went on to the consent agen- and over collected in gross production about $90,000 in federal revenue that we storm.” regular meeting. Three members, Katie da. The consent agenda included the by $50,000. The district will carryover know of. There could be more, and we Sparks went over the building fund Archer who stood in for president Bran- minutes from the June 24th meeting and about $5.2 million or as much as $5.3 did pay some salaries out of that. And carry over, which he noted would be $1.7 don Storm, Rodney Cloud, and Kris financial transactions. million, which is a decrease of carryover then also in our pre-K numbers, last year, million. This was after the district com- Waters were present, while Storm and Sparks then gave his financial report, by $715,000. we had 139 students. As of right now, we Yusuke Harase were unable to be at the in which he said that historically the dis- “There was a time last year that we have 94 to 95, and so if those numbers See APPROVES page 2 Beckham County Sheriff Canine Introduced to KECO Hosts ‘Pickin in the Park’ Rotarians By Sheryl Ponce By Sheryl Ponce It was a beautiful evening to pull up a Four members of the Beckham County Sheriff ’s of- lawn chair, sit back and listen to local art- fice were the guests of Rotarian Jessika Rainey during ists in KECO’s “Pickin’ in the Park.” The the Rotary Club’s regular meeting last Thursday, at event, held in Ackley Park, was a means of noon, in the Elk City Golf and Country Club. Kyal Ol- thanking the community for their support iver, Jeff Miller and Bran- over the years. It began three years ago and don Sims brought their seems to become a summer tradition of tal- canine, Amir, with them to ent and fellowship. This year they added a demonstrate the new addi- tion to the force. See PICKIN page 10 With the retirement of their previous canine part- ner, Boss, the department added the Malinois to the force in March. Oliver is his handler and trained with him for approximate- ly three months. According to Miller, he is a dual-pur- pose dog that can detect one of four odors. He is also trained in tracking and bite. If a suspect is running, where they set up a parame- ter while the suspect is trying to hide, the dog is trained See CANINE page 2 580 Threads Celebrate Eighth Anniversary By Sheryl Ponce The Elk City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting at 580 Threads located at 105 N. Main Street, Thursday, July 10th, at 1 p.m., to celebrate Brittini Flowers’ eighth anniversary as a locally owned boutique. Community members joined the chamber in See ANNIVERSARY page 2 Presidential Award Presented to Barber/Dyson By Sheryl Ponce a luncheon to celebrate their serve every day. We couldn’t commitment to service for the have done it without your sup- Elk City’s Barber/Dyson community and their loyal cus- port, your trust, and your ap- Ford was presented the com- tomers. petite,” the announcement on pany’s Presidential Award for “This award isn’t just ours – Facebook said. the eighth time in a row. Bruce it’s a reflection of the incredible Barber and David Dyson held people we get to work with and See AWARD page 10 Weather Vol. Vol. 117,121, No.No. 54 29 Mail delivery Home delivery Viewonline View online tomorrow 99/70 99 / 76 75 75 cents cents, 12 pgs. 580.225.3000 580.225.3000 elkcityoknews.com elkcityoknews.com