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yd Serving 27 Western Oklahoma | 4} Since1901 ‘hy AZ Tuesday, October 8, 201 Weekday Editi THE EXTRA-TERRESTRIAL THE 20 ANNIVERSARY "NEVER BEFORE SEEN FOOTAGE »ENMANCED VISUAL EFFECTS » NEW REMASTERED SOUNDTRACK will have its Homecoming on Friday. Shown here are, bottom row, Miguel Box and Remi Mur- ray, eighth grade, and Catch Geno and Maliah David, seventh grade. Middle row are Brendan Wilhelm and Hannah Jo White, sophomores; Felix Gonzales and Carlie McKinnon, juniors; Agency to hold and Aralyn Cummings and Kevin Schultz, freshmen. Top row are seniors Greg Muck, Haleigh Musick, Gavin Chadwick, Savannah Kauk, Francisco Quezada and Lexi Hargrove. Staff photo Outdoor Movie Night by Don Munsch. By Don Munsch, Editor Elk City High School Homecoming is Friday, with the Stadium. Moviegoers who want to see E.T. find his way home will varsity football team taking on Cache at 7 p.m. at Big Elk Here are the king and queen candidates. have a chance to watch Steven Spielberg’s classic sci-fi film “E.T. — The Extra-Terrestrial” on Oct. 18 at Garage Jenny Kauk Activities: Football, Parents: Shannon baseball, NHS, Key Bicycle Works, 1222 Lakeview Road in Elk City, as part Activities: Soccer, and Mike Musick track, cross-country, Club, student coun- Activities: Basket- of an Outdoor Movie Night that will benefit LIFE Com- Key Club, Interact, cil, FCCLA, senior ball. munity Foundation in Elk City. student council, FCA class office, FCA and Post-high school LIFE Community Foundation is a nonprofit in Elk City and NHS. United Fund ambas- plans: Attend South- that provides advocacy and case management services to Post-high school sador. western Oklahoma the homeless and those at risk of being homeless. Liberty plans: Attend Okla- Post-high school State University and McArthur, founder and executive director of LIFE Com- homa State Univer- plan: Attend Oklaho- [} major in psychology. munity Foundation, plans to use the funds raised Savannah Kauk sity and enter Allied Lexi Hargrove ma State University Haleigh Musick See Movie night page 2. Parents: Brock and Health program. Parents: Robin and and major in sports Jase Hargrove management. Parents: Ana Flores and Lupe Quezada Woman, child killed Parents: Amy and J.W. Chadwick Mucl oy ane arry NEe ] Oo os éActivities: Po Powerlift- ing, Culture Club, in Beckham crash Activities: Football Acti ; Football, and basketball wrestling, track and Spanish Club, band, By Don Munsch, Editor football and choir. Post-high school FFA. Post-high school A Louisiana woman and a child in her vehicle were killed Net plans: Attending col- lege to play football. Post-high school plans: Join the United States Marine plans: Attend the University of Central in a two-vehicle wreck Saturday on Interstate 40 near the 1 mile marker westbound, approximately six miles west Oklahoma and get a of Erick in Beckham County, according to the Oklahoma Corps. Francisco bachelor’s degree in Highway Patrol. Quezada Gavin Chadwick Greg Muck criminal justice. Chelsey Bradshaw, 26, of Lake Charles, La., died on scene from injuries suffered in the collision, OHP stated in Elk City choir students a release. Her passenger, a 3-year-old boy of Lake Charles, La., whose name was not released, also died in the wreck. Bradshaw was driving her 2015 Kia Optima eastbound in earn honors in Woodward the westbound lanes and collided with a westbound 2016 Freightliner driven by Heather Stuart, Age 44, of Pharr, See Beckham wreck page 2. By Don Munsch, Editor Elk City Junior High School and Elk City High School Man sentenced to life without parole for slayings choir students recently had a “banner” day in Woodward, By Shonda Little, The Beckham County Record totality of each charge, Killough will be required to serve one of their teachers said. A Sapulpa man pleaded guilty to seven felony counts, well over 100 years before the possibility of parole and will Fifty-two 52 students from Elk City Junior High and including two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of thus very likely die in prison. Elk City High School traveled to Woodward Sept. 28 for larceny of an automobile, one count of animal cruelty, one The charges were filed on April 25 after Killough killed the WOCDA Honor Choir Festival auditions, with 19 ju- count of possession of a firearm after a felony convictions Monique Smith in Elk City. Killough then stole her car and nior high students and 13 high school choir members being and one count of first-degree burglary, in Beckham County traveled to Sayre, where he shot and killed Smith's boy- named to one of the three choral groups. District Court on Sept. 25. friend, Gene Burden, in his bed after breaking into his home “Lori (Daubenspeck, ECHS choir co-director) and I In return for avoiding the death penalty, Gregory Eugene with a gun. Police tracked Smith’s cell phone to Burden’s couldn’t be more proud of how well our kids did,” said Killough, 49, was sentenced to life without parole for both residence, where he was found dead and his vehicle miss- ECHS choir co-director Justin Ediger, in an email. “Their counts of first-degree burglary. Additionally, he was sen- ing. Burden’s dog, a pit bull mix, had also been shot after hard work this first part of the school year has definitely paid tenced to four years to life for each charge of larceny, four Killough says he was startled by the dog. After a statewide off.” years to life for animal cruelty, four years to life for posses- manhunt, he was found with Burden’s vehicle and what was The students selected will travel to Weatherford on Oct. sion of a firearm after a felony conviction and 20 years to life believed to be the murder weapon in Tulsa. 21 for an all-day rehearsal with guest clinicians concluding for first-degree burglary. Standing before Judge Jill Weedon, Killough admitted to with a free concert for the public that evening. Each charge will run consecutively and require at least 85 each of these crimes and said that he had willfully commit See honored students on page 2. percent to be served due to the nature of the crimes. With the See Without parole page 2. 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