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Red River Technology Center to offer free New Business Tax Workshop

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Red River Technology Center is offering a free New Business Tax Workshop from 9 a.m. to noon on Wed., June 6, in the Business and Industry Services Center at RRTC. 

Dewey Brandon, of the Oklahoma Tax Commission, will present several different topics including:  new business registration, different types of business structure, completion of business tax forms, record keeping requirements for sales and withholding taxes, and sales tax deductions and exemptions.

For more information, please contact Jacob Johnson at 580-255-2903, ext. 275, or by email at jjohnson@rrtc.edu. 

For more information about Red River Technology Center and its programs, visit www.rrtc.edu or call 580-255-2903. 

Native Art Frames 2018 Artesian Arts Festival

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SULPHUR, Oklahoma — Vibrant Native American art, diverse music, family fun and delicious fare drew a large crowd to the Artesian Arts Festival, Saturday, May 26.

More than 100 elite artists, representing 9 states throughout the U.S. took part in the fifth annual event.
A variety of visual art such as jewelry, sculpture, painting, basketry, metalworking, bead work, photography, textiles and pottery was featured in a six-block area of downtown.
The Artesian Arts Festival offers a juried competition with awards, and a marketplace where artists can display and sell their works.

Best in Show was awarded to Cherokee artist Troy Jackson, with the sculpture “Adapolisdi” which means prayer in the Cherokee language.

Mr. Jackson, of Tahlequah,Oklahoma, has participated in the Artesian Arts Festival for 4 years.

Tribal dance demonstrations from five Native American Dance troupes, including Chickasaw Nation Stomp Dance troupe, the Pueblo Enchantment Dancers and Oklahoma Fancy Dancers dazzled the crowd.

Music was provided by 10 bands and musicians throughout the day.

It is estimated more than 7,000 people attended the event, which is hosted by the Chickasaw Nation.

Since its inaugural year in 2014, the Artesian Arts Festival is conducted each Saturday of Memorial Day weekend.

For more information, visit Chickasaw.net/artesianfest.

Waurika Library News

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 On Saturday, June 2nd, the FRIENDS of the Waurika Public Library are having a used book sale.  For $3 we’ll have bags that you can fill with books!  DVDs will also be for sale for $1 each.  Proceeds will go to help programs and activities at the library.

Summer is right around the corner!  The Waurika Public Library invites elementary-aged children, those who will be entering 1st grade through 5th grade in September, to attend this year’s Summer Reading Program. A variety of weekday programming will be offered and lunch will be provided daily for any school-aged child.

The theme this year is Libraries Rock!  Programming will run each weekday, June 4-July 27 with the exception of the July 4 holiday.  Reading and activities will be from 10:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. with lunch served at 11:30 a.m.  Children attending the Summer Reading Program must be picked up by their parent/guardian at noon each day.

Children must be registered to attend. For more information or registration forms, visit the Waurika Public Library or call 580.228.3274.

The Summer Reading Program is free to attend.  The public library, community organizations and individuals care about your children. Together we raised funds to offer daily educational programs and week-day lunches to keep your children’s minds and bodies fed this summer. Whether keeping track of the amount of time your children spend reading or the number of books they’ve read this summer, children who attend the Summer Reading Program keep their minds active and enter the new school year ready to succeed.

For information about events, activities and more, visit our Facebook group at https://www.facebook.com/groups/WaurikaPublicLibrary/

Voters Should Apply Early for Absentee Ballots

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Voters in Jefferson County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the June 26 State & County Primary & Special Election for City of Waurika should apply now, County Election Board Secretary Tammy Richardson said today. Although the County Election Board can accept applications for absentee ballots until 5 p.m. on Wednesday, June 20, Richardson urged voters who want to vote by absentee ballot to apply early.  

Absentee ballot application forms are available at the County Election Board office located at 220 N. Main Street, Rm #203. An online version of the form can be filled out and submitted electronically at: www.elections.ok.gov. A print form can also be downloaded at that address.

Ballots must be in the hands of County Election Board officials by 7 p.m. on Election Day to be counted.

Richardson said any registered voter may vote by absentee ballot in any election in which he/she is eligible to vote. However, a voter must be registered and reside at an address within the geographical boundaries of a school district or a municipality to be eligible to vote in school district or municipal elections. It is not necessary to give a reason for voting absentee.

“While anyone can vote absentee without giving a reason, the law still provides several advantages to absentee voters in some categories,” RichardsonSt said.

By stating one of the following reasons on their applications, absentee voters can activate special conditions that make it easier for them to use absentee ballots. The reasons are:

• Voters who are physically incapacitated and voters who care for physically incapacitated persons who cannot be left unattended may vote absentee. They may apply only by mail, by fax, by email, online or via an agent who is at least 16 years of age and who is not employed by or related within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity to any person whose name appears on the ballot.

• Voters who are confined to nursing homes in the county may vote absentee. An Absentee Voting Board actually goes to the nursing home a few days before the election, sets up a small polling place and allows these persons to vote under circumstances similar to those at a regular precinct polling place. They may apply only by mail, by fax, by email, online or via an agent who is at least 16 years of age and who is not employed by or related within the third degree of consanguinity or affinity to any person whose name appears on the ballot..

• Military personnel and residents of the county living overseas and the spouses and dependents of each group are eligible receive absentee ballots. These voters may apply only by mail, fax, or by email. Military personnel should contact the Voting Service Officers in their units for application forms and additional information or visit the Federal Voting Assistance Program website (www.fvap.gov/oklahoma) for more information and instructions. Residents of Oklahoma living overseas can obtain the same materials from any United States military installation and from United States Embassies and Consulates as well as on the FVAP website.

Memorial Day Celebration at Grady

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There will be a Memorial Day service at the Grady Cemetery on Monday May 28th at 10:00 am. 

Following the service there will be a meal at the Grady Community Center. 

The speaker will be Retired Sergeant First Class, Jeremie Gray Wilson. Jeremie spent 20 years (1991-2011) in the US Army retiring in December 2011. While enlisted he served in multiple Combat Zones. His tour of duties where served in Bosnia, Tunisia, Iraq (twice), Kuwait, Korea, and Germany. His Military Occupational Specialties (MOS’s) were 14S Avenger Air Defense Crew Member, 68DN2 Aircraft Powertrain Mechanic/Non Destructive Tester, 79S Career Counselor. 

In 2005 he began his career in Law Enforcement as a Reserve Deputy for Cotton County.

In 2009 he became a deputy for Jefferson County.

In 2011 he transferred to the City of Waurika and served as a Reserve Police Officer.

In 2017 he was elected as sheriff of Jefferson County. 

He is the husband of Cari Wilson, a father of four children: Jessie, Jordan, Cecillia and Nicholas Wilson.

His hobbies consist of team roping, riding motorcycles with his wife, and playing music in his church. 

Round Ryan May 24 2018

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Ryan Main Street

We are so blessed around here.  We’ve had several pretty good rains this past week.  We’ve been so fortunate not to have any really bad weather around here.  You drive north on Hwy 81 up to Duncan, and look at the trees and branches that have been either uprooted or broken off of trees.  I don’t know when they had winds that did all of that damage in the park across the street from Homeland Grocery store.  There was a big tree laying across a creek there in that park.  If we had winds here in Ryan, I must have slept through them. 

I missed the hamburger/hot dog feed they had at our county barn this past Saturday afternoon.  Ricky Martin was hosting this event to display the barn that they built.  They worked hard on it to get it done, but they did a good job. I’m sure Ricky had his hands in on it, too.  Ricky, along with his county employees, are all very hard workers. 

Kim invited me to attend a church service with her Sunday over at Corum Assembly of God Church.  She and I joined Lynn and Joyce Plant, Calvin Hampton, and Stacy Dalton, in Waurika to ride the rest of the way to Corum in their van.  When we got to the church, Kay and Jim Shults were there.  They have been members of this church since October.  Jim played his electric guitar, and later in the service, they sang a song together.  It was a blessing to get to listen to their talent, as well as some young girls that sang. Calvin played the piano for the service and he is blessed with a terrific musical talent, too.  The main reason I wanted to go though, was that Kim told me that she was going to give her testimony during this service.  She got up and did such a great job.  Her dad, Rash, was there to witness her during this special occasion.  Kim has given her life to Christ, and what an inspiration she is.  I wish there had been more young people present for this service to hear her talk about the life she left behind, to find a new life that has been filled with the Holy Spirit. Kay told me that she has retired from teaching now, and looks forward to getting to spend more time with Jim.  Kay has been a special education teacher for the Ryan Public School for many years. I hope that they find someone that is as dedicated to their profession and most importantly, that loves and cares about the students as much as what Kay has.  It certainly takes a special person to teach students that have special needs. Prayers to Kay as she begins her retirement.

This past week, Ryan teachers had a retirement get-together to honor Frank Holland.  He has been a janitor for Ryan Public School for many years.  Prayers for Frank as he begins his life of retirement.

This next Monday is Memorial Day and our banks, post office, Ryan Drug Store, Ryan Medical Clinic, Ryan Family Care clinics, and Ryan City Hall will all be closed that day.

On Friday, June 1, our local merchants will be having a sidewalk sale.  How long has it been since Ryan had a sidewalk sale?  A long time. 

This Saturday afternoon, Brionna and I will be going to attend the wedding of Morgan Good and Jim Roberts in Henrietta, TX.  Congratulations and God’s blessings on their marriage.

If you missed the Royal wedding this past Saturday morning, it was fantastic.  What a wedding!  They said that there were more people watching this wedding than did Prince William and Princess Kate’s, or Princess Dianna and Prince Charles’s weddings.  Megan was a beautiful bride.  It’ll be interesting watching their lives together unfolding over time.  She is 36 and Prince Harry is 33.  They are very excited about starting a family together. 

Kim’s news for this week:

I am blessed to be able to have coffee at the Cowboy College Table.

Taking care of a horse or a cow, sitting there, one can learn how.

Thanks Mollye for riding with me Sunday to Corum to give my testimony. I was also glad to see my dad.

Everyone have a blessed week. Pray for rain and for each other.

Westbrook Nursing Home News May 24 2018

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Nursing Home Week was a blast.  We enjoyed dressing up and so very tasty food.

We had a cow chip throw, Opal B. was our big winner in that; Pitched pennies -Sandy C. was our big winner.  We enjoyed Hawaiian Fruit Trays on Wednesday.  We played Bingo,

Sandy was our black out Bingo winner.  On Friday we enjoyed a cook out with grilled burgers and that afternoon enjoyed soda pop ice cream floats and had a drawing for door prizes.  We had several merchants donate door prizes: Gaines Quik Mart, Sheltons

Grocery, Eck Drug, Bills Fish House, Action Fitness, Beaver Lumber, Garretts Flower Shop,

Mesquite Blooms, Sonic, JW’s Travel Stop, The Markette, Small Town Creations, Dollar

General, Family Dollar and Daylight Donuts.  A Special thanks to all of these merchants.

Also special thanks to Cora and Eric Bailey and Connie Whitsett for all the extra cooking  and things they did.  Thanks to the staff, residents, and everyone who helped make our

Nursing Home Week so special.

This week we are looking forward to going shopping and redeeming our certificates.

 A special thanks to all of our visitors and volunteers. Again thanks to everyone who help make Nursing Home Week so special.

 May God Richly bless all of you.

Waurika Head Start Graduation

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Waurika Head Start 2018 Graduates are Genevieve Borsch, Dalaynie Campiche, Cassly Childress, Kylie Garrison, Isaac Houston, Brynlee Lantrip, Brynleigh Lindsey, Kadence Lindsey, Travis Miller, Camdyn Morris, John Overstreet, Blaikley Taylor, Mya Torres. Photo by Curtis Plant

Waurika’s Head Start is ready to begin their educational career.

Here are this year’s graduate:

Waurika Head Start 2018 Graduates are Genevieve Borsch, Dalaynie Campiche, Cassly Childress, Kylie Garrison, Isaac Houston, Brynlee Lantrip, Brynleigh Lindsey, Kadence Lindsey, Travis Miller, Camdyn Morris, John Overstreet, Blaikley Taylor, Mya Torres.
Photo by Curtis Plant

Waurika and Ryan Baccalaureate Pictures

(l-r) Samantha Horner, Riley Hobbs, Scotty Showalter, Devin Dobbs, Reagan McKelroy, JJ Skinner, Seth Cathey, Emmy Jones, Tyler Grant, Dalee Barrick, Brooklyn Sampley, Katelyn Lindsey, Kamie Gilmore, Braden Woods, and Derick Scott Photo by Curtis Plant
(front row left to right) RIVER WILLIAMS, ABBIE BOLIN, MACKENZIE LEWIS, RANDI LINTON, ASHLEY BURDEN, MORGAN MCGHGHY.
middle row: ANTHONY MUNOZ, CARA WILLIAMS, MICHAEL GORE, TEDDY BROWN, JAMES ELLSBURY, CASSIDY CHARMASSON, DAWSON TOMBERLIN, KAYLYN SELF.
back row: JOSEPH MARTIN, KRIS BRINK, JESSE HELLOMS, CAMRON VILLARREAL, WESLEY CLARK, TATE KIMBRO, TY GARRETT Photo by Sheree Hanson.
Tate Kimbro – Photo by Sheree Hanson.
Dalee Barrick Photo by Curtis Plant
Teddy Brown and Pastor Mghy Photo by Sheree Hanson
Reagan McKelroy
Photo by Curtis Plant
Ricky Phillips
Photo by Sheree Hanson
Michael Bryant and Riley Hobbs
Photo by Curtis Plant
Emily Waid
Photo by Curtis Plant

Karlee Berthaiume is Waurika’s 2018 Salutatorian

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 She has become a familiar face on the sidelines at the Waurika football games where she took award winning sports photos of the Eagles in action.  

As a matter of fact, that’s one of the fondest memories she holds dear of her time at Waurika high school and what she will miss the most. 

She loves photography – it’s her favorite hobby.

When she is not taking pictures she is reading. Her favorite genre is interesting fiction, preferably romance. 

Karlee has attended Waurika public schools all her life. 

Besides being a member in the Oklahoma Honor Society, she is also a member of Gifted and Talented as well as the Beta Club and the National Honor Society.

She is grateful for the teachers who have taken time out of their lives to help her become who she is. 

She loves the color purple and just about any kind of music. 

She has already taken six hours of college and would encourage others to take concurrent classes to prepare for their future collegiate careers. 

During high school she was involved in scholastic meets, the high school newspaper, the yearbook, fast-pitch softball, and Skills USA.

She recently passed her cosmetology boards after completing 1000 hours of instruction.

Karlee has served her peers as a leader in many different organizations.

She has served as a treasurer for Beta Club, reporter for the National Honor Society, vice-president of her senior class, and editor of the yearbook. 

Karlee has also volunteered her time at VBS and Sunday School, assisting younger children.

Karlee has received many awards during her high school years. 

Some of these awards include a distinguished merit for online news reporting, excellent sports photo, superior online news photo, academic award for English II and English III, Skills USA local second place hair and second place make-up. 

Karlee also has a strong work ethic. 

She has worked during the summers at the reading program offered by the Waurika Library and is employed by the Duncan AMC Movie theater.

Working at the theater is very enjoyable for her. She loves being able to see the latest movies for free. 

She will continue working at the theater while taking summer courses as well as her fall semester at Cameron University. By the spring semester she will already be classified as a sophomore. 

Her goal is to finish her degree in three years. She says she is on a fast track and will take classes year around to accomplish her goal.

She plans on majoring in Elementary Education. 

She was inspired by her grandmother Bertha Bersherse, who was a long-time Elementary teacher at Waurika. 

She likes the idea of helping to shape and mold the minds of future generations. 

Education is something she talks about with a gleam in her eye. 

It’s something she feels called to do. 

Karlee will do well as an educator. She is great with kids. One day she will help inspire young people to be the best they can possibly be. 

We wish her well! 

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