April 13, 2022 Issue, Page 3 of 10

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April 13, 2022 News Lance Carpenter, his uncle's especially the Durham fire. The where the fire was coming to. the fire down. They work as a the best part,” he reported. Volunteers home, Lake Carpenter and his size and weather conditions So, we set up in the Custer team, whether they are in the If someone would like to Continued from page 1. grandparent’s house, L.D and were sporadic, causing the fire County Task Force on the same county or not. support them, he said that do- Ladenta Carpenter. to run north one day and the north side of 66 and the cafe. “We have a good relation- through a lot of my family’s “firefighters were there next day running a different ‘That contained it away from ship with the surrounding fire nations are always appreciated. 24/7, for days as wind direc- land. There were a lot of dif- direction. that structure,” Carpenter said. departments. So when they Because Butler is a volunteer ferent volunteer departments tions changed. The fire came “So it was pretty hard to call, we will go help them. fire department, they are self- He told how they set the and paid departments there. at us from both directions, contain, as big as it was. The trucks up, in a line, so when When it is severe, we will talk sufficient. They have an annual After seeing that, and what and those guys were there the most recent fire I have been the fire came to them, they to other firefighters, request- fireworks show for Butler that they did for us, I wanted to vol- whole time. They kept it off our on is the one at Foss. We were could push it back. He was ina ing help. It’s usually just word brings in money, but they ap- unteer my time. Because it was houses and helped us move requested to come join by the brush pumper that was used to of mouth,” he said. something I could do, and local livestock, anything we needed Foss Fire Department. When help stop the movement. Carpenter looked at the preciate any help. departments are always short to do they were right there. we got there, it was on the “There were trees in the current situation and the fire “You can donate. That’s our handed. I am able bodied and ‘They were jumping in and help- north side I-40, south side of way, so we couldn’t get trucks threats, indicating that being biggest means of income, do- I'm able to help,” Carpenter ex- ing us,” he continued. Route 66. We went into struc- in there. Then we got toa point able to control them is his big- nations. Monetary donations plained. Since he started as a volun- tural protection at that point where we couldn't really fight gest concern. are good, but we will take any- He saw them fight for his teer, he said that this season because there was a business it. So we had to stand back and “We are extremely dry. We let the fire come to us. This is got lucky yesterday with a fire thing. We have had donations land, saving his father’s home, has been the worst he has seen, on the low side of 66 that was something we don’t necessar- which burned into a wheat such as water, Gatorade and ily like to do. That’s the hard- field. 1 mean if that wasn’t snacks. We've also had people Red Dirt Pigeon Racers Club Results est part of it. All you want to there, we could have been donate parts for the trucks and do is get there, and when you looking at lot worse damage. to fix tires. It is voluntary, and get there, all we want to do So the biggest fearI have is not donations come in all shapes is figure out a way to stop it,” being able to stop them. Hav- Carpenter added. and sizes. We are thankful for ing structure loss, or life loss is All of the local fire depart- the worst outcome, We can see them all,” Carpenter conclud- ments work together to bring that it didn’t escalate. That is ed. Elk City Chamber of Commerce Annual Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, April 16th Chills Wien, Ye Wes I pm °¢ Ackley Park Lg * Over 11,000 Candy-filled eggs Pictured is David Bell with his 6785 cock, named Big Rudy who flew 283 miles. This was his third consecutive win with Big Rudy.; At * Visit the Easter Bunny at Ackley right, is Dusty Davis with his winning hen from Saturday’s race at his Elk Creek loft. Courtesy photos. Park,for pictures after the Easter ‘The Red Dirt Pigeons flew Second - David Bell, AU- 1735.476 yards per minute. Egg Hunt. again on Saturday morning, 2021-ARPU-6775, with Second - Cory Spieker, from West, Texas on a 280 1759.229 yards per minute. 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