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Weekday Edition Commissioners table decisions 47th Annual Fall on roof repairs Festival in Elk City Caitlyn Bray, top, owner of Stellar Seconds, a custom arts and gifts establishment in Elk City, and Karla Tracy of Cheyenne, operator of the Readers Digest Books Made Into Memories table, show off their wares at the 47th Annual Fall Festival held Saturday at the Elk City Convention ‘ Center. The festival also » was held on Sunday. Staff Jim Brown, left, receives recognition for his 50 years with the Oklahoma Bar Association photos by Don Munsch. from city attorney Steven Holloway. Tom Ivester, right, takes the oath of office as city manager for Elk City. Staff photos by Don Munsch. By Don Munsch, Editor reconstruct existing concrete pavement beginning 0.1 mile The Elk City City Commission tabled someroofing jobs at south of East 7th Street and extend north 0.4 mile to south its meeting Sept. 16 meeting side of the I-40B junction. The commissioners also ap- Commissioners tabled decisions on roof repairs to the proved a resolution authorizing the execution of a project cemetery maintenance building to Martinez Metal Buildings agreement between city of Elk City and Oklahoma Depart- of Elk City for $13,800 and tabled consideration for roof re- ment of Transportation. pairs to the landfill office [$8,000] and the park maintenance Commissioners approved a quote from Culver Electric to building [$14,600] to Patriot Roofing & Windows LLC of install a generator for refrigeration/freezer units at the Ar- Elk City. mory building for $10,438.37. The units are part of the Help City Manager Tom Ivester told the commission the city Inc. food pantry. Through the repair, the food bank will be hasn’t had many bids come for roofing jobs, explaining able to maintain refrigerated foods when the electricity goes many roofers are busy right now and are not interested in out. smaller projects. A look at the trio of Also approved by the commission was a $20,275 quote “T think we'll be fine if we wait on some of these until the from Meadows Concrete Construction of Elk City for a con- business slows down,” Ivester said. “That’s kind of the gen- Trump front-runners eral consensus, but it’s up to you all.” crete drainage and erosion project at the Elk City Police Gun While discussing the first roofing item on the agenda, Range. Assistant Police Chief Kennie Shirey discussed the Commissioner Cory Spieker supported tabling the item as project with the commissioners. long there was no leaking occurring from the roof. Ivester Commissioners also: for the Ginsburg * Approved a payment to Wright House Moving of Reydon sioners then agreed to table the next item featuring the next for the moving of a house at 216 S. Washington for $10,000. Supreme Court seat told him he had heard no reports of leaking. The commis- two roofing jobs. * Approved a first pay application of $421,719.50 to Joe Also at the meeting, the commission approved an Okla- D. Hall General Contractors LLC for the indoor activity By David Yaffe-Bellany and Josh Wingrove, Bloomberg homa Department of Transportation project agreement to See Meeting page 2. News Since Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg died Friday night, Schools receive thermal scanner donation President Donald Trump has largely winnowed a list of doz- ens of potential replacements down to three front-runners: Appeals court judges Amy Coney Barrett, Barbara Lagoa and Amul Thapar. Barrett, Lagoa and Thapar all appeared on a long list of possible high-court picks that Trump updated earlier this month, And Barrett and Thapar were among the nominees whom Trump considered before selecting Brett Kavanaugh for the court in 2018. The three judges also have something else in common: They’re young, and have the prospect of serving on the top US. court for decades. Trump will also see inherent politi- cal advantages in the nomination of each. The president said Saturday he’s likely to select a woman for his third top court pick, and complimented Barrett and Elk City Public Schools and Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes and Lucky Star Casino Lagoa. representatives pose for a picture Friday at Elk City Elementary School after the donation of Amy Coney Barrett, 48 the thermal temperature scanners. Pictured here are, from left, Jamie McClure, principal at Elk A favorite of social conservatives, Barrett was appointed City High School, Pam Joy, assistant principal at Elk City Intermediate School; Richard Moran, principal at Elk City Middle School; Haley Price, principal at Elk City Elementary School; Rick to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit in 2017 after a tough confirmation battle. Trump has said privately Garrison, Elk City Public Schools superintendent; Byron Byrd, Tribes and Lucky Star; Lindsay before that he was saving Barrett as a nominee to replace Marks and Sarah Senger, Elk City district nurses [bottom row]; and Jissena Fulsom and Clara Ginsburg, further suggesting he’s leaning toward picking a Bushyhead, Tribes and Lucky Star [top row]. Staff photo by Don Munsch. woman as his next nominee. By Don Munsch, Editor by the elementary school to meet with district and campus Senate Democrats argued that Barrett’s Catholic faith Each of the four campuses in Ek City Public Schools has officials Friday afternoon to donate the scanners. would sway her legal analysis, especially on issues like a thermal temperature scanner after the Cheyenne and Arap- “We're very grateful for them to think of us,” Elk City abortion. “Dogma lives loudly within you,” Sen. Dianne aho Tribes and Lucky Star Casino donated them to schools Superintendent Rick Garrison said. “[They’re] much needed Feinstein, a California Democrat, said in a widely reported on Friday. and will be well used.” exchange that enraged conservative groups. Each machine is valued at close to $3,000, the district said. He said campuses will use the scanners just as “another Barrett opposes abortion, a key test for several Republican The scanners can read the temperatures of people on the Elk tool tool in our tool chest. I don’t know whether we will test senators, but said in a 2013 speech at the University of Notre City Public Schools campus sites, which include the elemen- every kid; it just kinda depends on how they work.” He said Dame that it was “very unlikely” the Supreme Court would tary school, intermediate school, middle school and high he wasn’t familiar with the scanners yet. ever overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 ruling that established school. 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