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{ Wednesday, February 5, 2020. Serving Western Oklahoma Local Girl Scout seeks to reach lofty goal in cookie sales for GSWESTOK, which is 23,647. said Katie Schmidt, ac- | Bailey Krajnik count executive with Price Lang Consulting. stands with Girl Scouts across the country are encouraged to sell cook- boxes of cook- ies door-to-door to friends and family. Booth sales begin ies now avail- Feb. 14 and end March 22. A list of cookie sales booths can able through lo- cal Girl Scouts. be found at www. girlscoutcookies.org. Booth sales begin at Staff photo by the Walmart in Elk City on Feb. 15. Don Munsch. “Cookie Time is our favorite time ofyear,” said Koshia Sil- ver, marketing and communications director for Girl Scouts Western Oklahoma, in a news release. “The girls get to learn about running their own small business, setting goals, makes sales and earning rewards. This process has been helping the next generation of female business leaders hone their skills for more than a century.” Lo Krajnik is in her 10th year of Girl Scouts and is in Troop Nate Jarel and Norie Flowers were named Elk 3095, based in Elk City. She wants to sell 32,000 boxes this City High School Basketball Homecoming year to reach the 100k mark. Her previous high was 23,647 King and Queen Friday night at the Pioneer boxes in 2017. In nine years, she said she has sold 68,061 Center. Photo by Terri Chervenka. By Don Munsch, Editor It’s cookie time. boxes. She goes door-to-door and also sells to businesses. A Which means it’s time for Bailey Krajnik to kick into high lot of businesses buy cookies in bulk. gear. Girl Scouts everywhere began cookie sales last Saturday, “It’s difficult,” she said, describing how she can sell all and Krajnik, 15, a Girl Scout from Elk City, will try to sell those cookies over several weeks. “It’s every day selling.” enough boxes of cookies to reach the 100,000 mark for her Making new friends and meeting people are the benefits career. she finds in selling cookies. Earning a fun trip also is excit- Price Lang Consulting in Edmond, which does public rela- ing, she said, as what occurs when a Girl Scout sells 3,500 tions for Girl Scouts Western Oklahoma, said boxes. She looks forward to going to Universal Studios in Bailey holds the record for the top sales during a season See Cookies page 2. GPRMC recognizes American Heart Month with speaker, calcium screenings By Don Munsch, Editor Great Plains Regional Medical Center will recog- is one in every four deaths, the CDC stated on its website. Dr. Nicole Tran, board certified cardiologist at Oklahoma Heart Hospital in Oklahoma City, is the guest speaker for a ae | Rebeca Sharum of Elk City poses for pic- ture with Dakota, left, and Jase during an nize American Heart Month the 2nd Go Red for Women event, to be held at 6 p.m. Feb. appearance by Billy Sims Saturday at Billy by having an Oklahoma City 10 at the Western Technology Center. Sims Barbecue in Elk City. Sims signed cardiologist speak about heart Last year’s event brought more than 50 women together to autographs and greeted fans. Staff photo by health on Feb. 10. learn more about preventative heart care, said Marnie Tosh, Don Munsch. The hospital urges people GPRMC director of marketing, in a news release. Tosh said the hospital received a positive response from attendees. in the community to learn more about heart disease this “Tt was such a fun evening,” Tosh said in the release. “Dr. Former OU star Tran is so personable and her insight on women’s heart discusses football, month to understand risk fac- Dr. Nicole Tran tors for heart disease and the health was invaluable.” steps people need to take now Women of all ages from across the community are invit- to help their heart. Heart disease is the nation’s leading cause of death for men and women, according to the Centers for ed to attend. Tickets can be purchased on the event web- site http://bidpal.net/gprmcGoRed or by mailing a check restaurant business Disease Control and Prevention. One person dies from car- diovascular disease every 37 seconds in the U.S. and about to GPRMC, Attn: GO RED, PO Box 2339, Elk City, OK 73648. during Elk City stop 647,000 Americans die from heart disease each year, which See Heart sceenings page 2. By Don Munsch, Editor Billy Sims said he didn’t see his barbecue business last- ing long — maybe ayear. Kiwanis Kids Karnival And he says baseball, not football, was his first love, as he was born in a baseball-crazy city — St. Louis — before moving to the East Texas town of Hooks as a boy. But Billy Sims Barbecue, based in Tulsa, enters its 16th Ryker Arnold of El year of operation. And Sims made a name for himself at Reno gets set to the University of Oklahoma, where he played football throw the dart in the and won the Heisman Trophy in 1978. After college, he dart toss at the played five years for the Detroit Lions. wanis Kids Karnival Sims appeared at the newly remodeled Billy Sims Bar- Saturday night at the becue in Elk City Saturday to talk to fans and sign auto- Elk City Convention graphs. Center. Standing with Before his scheduled appearance, he sat down and dis- Arnold are Zee Dixon, cussed the restaurant and his career in football. The first right, of Elk City and Billy Sims restaurant opened in Tulsa in 2004. The Elk grandmother Christy City location opened in 2011, The restaurant chain has Dixon of Clinton. units in seven states. Whitney Costello of This time last year, there were about 60 stores in the Elk City, left, was the franchise, but some downsizing occurred. A new restau- game stand atten- rant opened in November in West Bend, Wisconsin, which dant. Staff photo by is just outside Milwaukee. Don Munsch. See Sims page 2. Weather Vol. 118, No. 8 Mail delivery View online Pr NL « ~ tomorrow a 44/ 75 cents, 10 pgs. 580.225.3000 elkcityoknews.com