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Page 2 The Elk City News, Elk City, Oklahoma Saturday, June 13, 2020 comfort when we go out He said there were a couple The board also approved Fall where in there he will see us fer the remaining balance of and say we’re going to to do through this.” of projects — air conditioners activity funds and use re- $1,545.51 of that account to these things,” Garrison said. Garrison said he can’t and teacher computers — that ports for the 2020-21 school the Miscellaneous Activity Continued from page 1. “It’s not a committee of predict what the pandemic he will manage by using year. Any budgeted money Fund Account. Adult educa- weathered the initial one on this — it has to be an will look like here in Au- money from the elementary not used from the end of this tion was discontinued after storm,” Garrison said. assortment, so we can feel gust, and so if the numbers bond fund. Those costs can past school year for activity “We'll see. We're slowly this past school year because comfortable,” Garrison said. are exploding then, then the be justified in using the el- will be rolled over into the getting out and we’re going The district’s decision on district will be back to the ementary fund because they 2020-21 school year. Trust- it was not cost-effective in to see how that goes.” whether to educate children distance learning that it did are long-term expenses. The ees also approved making time or money for the low Coping with the pandemic at home or at school is es- in the spring. By the time the HVAC units would be done the Adult Education Activity attendance in the program, means trying to find a way pecially critical given the end of July arrives, the dis- at the intermediate school. Fund obsolete and to trans- Garrison said. to deal with the risk, as there stakes, trict will knowa little more Also at the meeting, among “If we guess wrong, we about what needs to be done other action, the board ap- are some people who think educators are taking the vi- damage a whole generation concerning how business proved continuing services Sheriff’s Office arrests tus too seriously while some of kids,” Garrison said. others think those in power Because of the unknowns will be conducted. with Oklahoma School As- Also during his Superin- surance Group Workers two after pursuit are not taking the threat seri- with the pandemic, adminis- tendent’s Report, Garrison Compensation and approved Two men were arrested the passenger, who had re- ously enough, Garrison said. trators would have to figure said doing any school build- OSIG Building Insurance Wednesday after a pursuit mained in the car,” Manning Educators here are mixing out what to do with a grade ing improvements will de- for the 2020-21 school year. involving Beckham County said. “It was quite a parade 2,000 students together each level or campus if a child pend on where the district is Trustees also approved the Sheriff's Office deputies there for a minute or two. It day when schools are op- contracted coronavirus. The at financially and what the Open Transfer Students for and Elk City Police Depart- also made it easier to keep erating normally, Garrison district, in addition, has to district can afford to do this the 2020-21 school year. ment officers and Oklahoma an eye on where he went.” said. A safety and wellness follow federal guidelines summer. Twenty-six names were Highway Patrol troopers. The driver was arrested a committee exists at the dis- on those employees whose “It’s going to come down on the open transfer list, Beckham County Sheriff few minutes later by a dep- trict level, he said, and any health is compromised, Gar- to the wire,” he said. “Hope- from grades ranging from Derek Manning said the two uty who had driven to the decisions that are made can’t rison said. fully, by the end of this the 3-year program to 11th. men arrested are being held other side of the field to head be done by one person, that a “There’s just a lot [to deal month, we'll see what our Resident districts for the stu- on several complaints. Their cross section of the commu- with],” he said. “At the end total collections are and dents were Canute, Merritt, names are withheld pending him off, Manning said. nity must have input. of the day, I put my trust in make some final decisions Sayre, Burns-Flat, Sentinel, formal charges, the SO stat- “We also impounded the There has to be “some God and hopefully some- on that.” Sweetwater and Hammon. ed in a release on its Face- vehicle, which had pack- book page. ages inside that are com- Reading The drawing for the bas- are looking for something to the progress they made dur- Sheriff's Office personnel monly used to throw con- kets will be done on Face- do in light of the pandemic, ing that school year whenev- responded to a pursuit that traband over the fence at the book Live at the end of the Ivester said. resulted when a Department prison,” Manning said. “Our er they don’t read for two or Continued from page 1. July, which is the conclu- “And I believe parents re- of Corrections investigator detectives and deputies will want for the drawing. sion of the summer reading alize the great importance three months. You just lose attempted to stop two men be working with the Office who appeared to be trying to “They can enter for differ- program, Ivester said. of reading, of keeping their some of that progress. If you of the Inspector General at ent baskets or they just can She expects the summer kids reading with school keep them reading, you'll get packages over the fence DOC to try and determine put their tickets in the same reading program numbers letting out early,” she said. at Northfork Correctional who the bundles were in- see a big difference in the Center near Sayre. basket every time,” Ivester will be the same if not higher “That summer slide is a real tended for.” “The DOC investigator said. this summer because people thing. Kids will lose some of fall when they go back.” Manning said the contra- chased the vehicle at speeds of up to 100 mph, eventually band drops are usually di- Eight things we got wrong — at losing sight of the vehicle on a county road northwest of benefit of, various prison rected by, and done for the first — about the deadly pandemic EIk City,” the release stated. gangs. Sheriff's Office personnel “Which is why we take found the vehicle a few mo- them so seriously,” he said. By Lisa M. Krieger, East Europe. Domestic travel laxed behaviors are contrib- ver lining: Not a single Cali- ments later just about a mile “These drops are a danger Bay Times was also to blame: Of the uting to transmission rates fornia child died. from where the investigator to our local residents, and A lot of our early assump- 20 first travel-related cases over 1.1 in Utah and South While kids make up 22.5% lost sight of it, the release they’re a danger to staff in- tions about the new corona- at UCSF, 14 were linked to Carolina. of the population, they’re stated. virus have flip-flopped. side the prison, so we go af- travel within the U.S., in- IT’S NOT JUST A RE- only 5.7% of COVID-19 “The investigator had This is normal. That’s how cluding six from New York. SPIRATORY DISEASE cases. And their illnesses are given a very good descrip- ter them pretty hard when we science works - it’s a process IT’S LESS DEADLY Many early symptoms milder. tion and last known location receive information they’re of being less and less wrong THAN WE FIRST FEARED seemed to involve the But the emergence of a of the car,” Manning said in occurring.” over time. COVID-19 is Early on, death rates var- lungs. Patients had pneumo- rare complication shows that Manning said the pursuit ied widely by geography - nia, coughed and couldn’t youth are not completely the new, so there’s lots of uncer- release. “That allowed us to set up in the right location itself reached felony levels tainty. And the pandemic’s but they were all scary, rang- breathe. spared. The CDC reports and to know what we were when the fleeing vehicle al- size and scale caught us by ing from 2% in South Korea, Now we know that the vi- surprise. As we learn more, 4.3% in the U.S. and 13% tus can attack other parts of that a serious inflammatory looking for.” most struck at least two oth- reaction - called “multi- Manning said the car er motorists at intersections our understanding of the vi- in Italy. While we assumed the body. In April, the CDC system inflammatory syn- pulled over to the shoulder rus continues to change. the risk would drop as test- added new symptoms, such drome in children” (MIS-C) during the pursuit. Here’s what we now ing expanded and infected as sore throat, muscle aches about a half mile away when people recovered, we didn’t and fever. Gastrointesti- =fever, causes rashes, a persistent OHP and Elk City PD also know: it saw a Sheriffs Office pa- abdominal pain and responded to the pursuit, MASKS ARE USEFUL have reliable numbers. nal problems, such as diar- trol truck. AFTER ALL With more data emerging, thea and nausea, have also diarrhea. There have even Manning said. been cases of heart failure. “The driver then bailed out Were you dubious about the CDC has revised the es- been reported. Some people on foot and ran across the “This was definitely a the U.S. Centers for Disease timate downward. The cur- complain of loss of smell YOU WERE SMART TO group effort, like they usu- pasture, which was kind of Control’s early assertion that rent U.S. death rate for those and taste and neurological STORE TOILET PAPER interesting to watch because ally are,” he said. “It’s not mask “leakage” meant that it showing symptoms ranges symptoms, like dizziness. The panic-stricken rush on very often that you look up wouldn’t protect you from a from 0.2% to 1%, with a An infection can even cause toilet paper was one of the the cows in the pasture be- virus? Join the crowd. “best estimate” of 0.4%. mysterious and painful le- most bewildering moments came curious when they saw and see just one kind of uni- The CDC has since re- That’s still much higher than sions on the toes, weeks af- of February and March. him running and took off form at the scene when these versed its position. And an the seasonal flu’s 0.1% death ter acute illness. We were scolded for being after him while we arrested things are all done.” influential study in the An- rate - but it’s better than we And, disturbingly, a grow- hoarders, accused of fear nals of Internal Medicine - which concluded that masks feared. Still, until there is a vaccine, we are all vulner- ing body of evidence sug- gests that patients are suffer- and greed. After all, CO- VID-19 isn’t a diarrheal dis- Linda Ann Allison do not effectively stop virus- able. And the death rates for ing from strokes as a result ease. How much toilet paper Linda Ann Allison, 75, of laden droplets - was retracted some people, such as elders of blood clots. does any one family really Amarillo, TX., died, June 5, due to statistical problems. and those with other illness- YOUR MAIL PROB- need? 2020. Now we wear them every- es, remain extraordinarily ABLY WON’T KILL YOU Here’s what we’ve come Services will be held 10:00 where - indeed, they’re often high. Remember wiping down to appreciate: It kept us A.M. Wednesday on June 10, required. While masks don’t IT’S SPREADING every letter, package and home. When infections were 2020 in The Church of Christ offer perfect protection, any MORE SLOWLY groceries? It made sense, at skyrocketing, we weren’t at The Colonies chapel, Ama- kind of impediment is better Initial estimates suggested the time. We were anxious wandering the aisles of CVS tillo, TX. Burial will follow than nothing. And if you're that each person with the vi- about lab studies showing or Costco. at 3:00 P.M. in Fairlawn Cem- sick, a mask can help keep tus could infect two to four the virus could live hours, etery, Elk City, OK. Arrange- And because we’re home, you from spreading the virus people - a rate that would even days, on surfaces. ments are by Boxwell Broth- to others. quickly accelerate an out- Now, with months of ex- we need more of it. With an ers, 2800 Paramount Blvd., She cherished and loved her DON’T JUST BLAME break, if nothing is done estimated three-quarters of perience under our belt, we the U.S. population under Amarillo, TX. family and friends. Linda had CHINA; OUR EARLY to reduce it. A subsequent know that it’s close contact Linda was born January 13,never met a stranger and loved stay-at-home orders, we're 1945, in Walla Walla, WA, to sharing stories over a good CASES CAME FROM ALL study from Los Alamos Na- with others _ often during not visiting the commode at cup of coffee. OVER tional Laboratory placed it gatherings of friends, family Eddie and Bertha Greteman. To be sure, the crisis first even higher: 5.7 or co-workers - that is driv- work, school, restaurants or Linda graduated from high She was preceded in death coffee shops. school in Elk City. She mar- by her parents, Eddie and Ber- emerged in the central Chi- Experts now calculate that ing the spread of the virus. nese city of Wuhan. So the nation’s current trans- Experts say the highest risk Toilet paper manufac- tied Larry Allison in 1963. tha Greteman. that’s where U.S. authori- mission rate ranges from .90 of infection is in enclosed, turer Georgia-Pacific calcu- Linda was a devoted Christian Survivors include two sons, ties focused their attention. to .95. That’s great news: A crowded and connected en- lates that home usage is up woman. In her younger years Keith Allison, and Brian Alli- In fact, the only way you value under 1 signals fewer vironments, such as house- 40%. To last just two weeks, she had taught Sunday school son and wife Mistie, of Ama- could get a test was if you new cases in an area, where- holds, meat-packing plants, a four-person household at the 2nd and Adams Church rillo, TX; daughter, Stephanie would need 17 double rolls. of Christ in Elk City. She was currently a member at The Allison, of Amarillo, TX; an had recently traveled there, as a value of over 1 means prisons, churches and nurs- more cases. ing homes. In a short six months, or had contact with someone we’ve learned a lot about a Colonies Church of Christ in aunt, Betty Avent, of Amaril- known to be infected. Your bag of lettuce is not Amarillo. Linda was a beau- lo, TX; and many cousins. What’s changed is our be- A new UC San Francisco havior, not the virus. Tough a main driver of the epidem- once-mysterious pathogen tician and had worked for The family will receive genetic analysis reveals that restrictions, such as stay-at- ic. Or that letter from Aunt and pandemic. friends at the funeral home California’s viral lineages Nancy. home orders, reduced infec- But much else remains AT&T for over 20 years as an are as diverse as we are. CHILDREN AREN'T tions. And if we let down maddeningly unclear - so Account Executive. Linda en- from 7-8:00 p.m. Tuesday, While some early infections our guard, it could pop back COMPLETELY SAFE many of today’s certainties Jjoyed playing Bunko and 52. June 9, 2020, can be traced to China, sev- up again. Already, there are In those dark days of the will be tomorrow's correc- She also loved basketball and Sign the online guestbook at eral others arrived here from hints that reopening and re- pandemic, there was this sil- tions. was an OU fan at heart. www.boxwellbrothers.com