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May 4, 2022 News Certified Healthy Awardees Announced SWOSU for Southwest Oklahoma Commencement LAWTON - The Oklahoma The Oklahoma State De- Basic Jackson County Events Set State Department of Health partment of Health (OSDH) Cosmetic Specialty Labs Business (OSDH) today announced awardees for Certified Healthy protects and improves public health through its system of Jim Taliaferro Community Mental Health Center Excellence for May 6-7 97 Medical Group Oklahoma, a public health local health services and strat- Campus Jackson County Health De- Southwestern Oklahoma State University graduation cer- initiative launched in 2003 to egies focused on preventing Merit emonies are planned May 6-7. recognize businesses and orga- disease. OSDH provides tech- Cameron University partment nizations that implement best nical support and guidance to Community Olustee Public Works Au- Allceremonies will be held at the Pioneer Cellular Event Cen- practices and policies that sup- 68 county health departments Excellence thority ter on the Weatherford campus and will also be live streamed at port improved health and well- in Oklahoma, as well as guid- City of Lawton Merit https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=leNuvSEkGGO ness. ance and consultation to the Early Childhood Program Jackson County Memorial Certified Healthy Oklaho- two independent city-county Excellence Hospital All pharmacy graduates will graduate on Friday evening, ma ~ a collaborative effort of Crossroads health departments in Oklaho- Beginnings NBC Oklahoma (Merit); May 6, at 7 p.m. OSDH, The Oklahoma Acad- ma City and Tulsa. Learn more Academy Early Childhood Program All 2022 undergraduate ceremonies are on Saturday, May 7, emy, Oklahoma Turning Point at Oklahoma gov/health. Crossroads Children’s Cha- either at 10 a.m. or 2 p.m. Council and the State Chamber Certified Healthy Oklahoma teau Excellence Graduate degrees will be conferred on Saturday, May 7, at Altus Child Development 12 noon. of Oklahoma ~ offers certifica- awardees for OSDH District Crossroads Education En- No tickets are required. Other information is available on tions in seven categories: Busi- gine 5 (Beckham, Caddo, Coman- Center - Lincoln Head Start the SWOSU graduation website: https://bulldog.swosu.edu/ ness, Campus, Community, che, Cotton, Greer, Harmon, Crossroads First Start June Bailey Head Start Cen- commencement/index.php Congregation, Early Childhood Jackson, Kiowa, Tillman and Crossroads Summit Ridge ter Program and School. Washita Counties) in south- Merit Wilson Head Start Center Join SWODA More than 1,300 Certified west Oklahoma include: Kids Under Construction Restaurant Healthy Oklahoma applica- Beckham County Kreepers and Crawlers Day- Basic tions were received statewide Business care (Merit) Bru for 2021. Excellence School Aging Services Pecan Street Bistro “Organizations and indi- Beckham County Health De- Excellence School viduals that earn Certified partment ~ Elk City Crosby Park Elementary Healthy Oklahoma certifica- Excellence Beckham County Health De- Freedom Elementary School tion at any level should be very partment - Sayre Altus Elementary School in strengthening Lawton Public Schools proud of the accomplishment Early Childhood Program Learning Tree Academy Altus High School and deserve to be celebrated Excellence MacArthur High School Altus Junior High School for their efforts as a leader in Elk City Head Start Center - MacArthur Middle School Altus Primary School Oklahoma health,” Interim Commissioner of Health Keith Reed said. “These champions Southwest OK CAA School Basic Woodland Hills Elementary School Merit Navajo Elementary Navajo High School our community Navajo Junior High of health are helping pave the Merritt Elementary Flower Mound School Olustee-Eldorado Elemen- By Tangela Benton, SWO- ticipation opportunities. way to an elevated quality of Merritt High School Eisenhower Middle School tary DA Information Assistant, Access: Make home im- life for all Oklahomans.” Caddo County Cotton County Applicants received a com- Business Business Rivers Elementary School 580-562-5026 provements and modifica- prehensive assessment to Excellence Excellence Merit Older adults play vital, gauge how effectively they are Caddo County Health De- Cotton County Health De- Altus Early Childhood Cen- positive roles in our commu- tions, use assistive technolo- nities - as family members, gies, and customize supports supporting health, with a spe- partment partment ter cial focus on strategies that ad- INTEGRIS Family Care Hin- Walters Family Care Basic friends, mentors, volunteers, to help you better age in place. dress physical activity, nutri- ton Greer County Altus Intermediate School civic leaders, members of the Connection: Maintain tion, tobacco use and mental Merit Business Blair High School workforce, and more. Just as social activities and relation- health. There are three levels of City of Anadarko Excellence Kiowa County every person is unique, so too Greer County Health De- ships to combat social isola- certification: Excellence, Merit Basic Business is how they age and how they and Basic. Wichita and Affiliated Tribes partment choose to do it - and there is tion and stay connected to Early Childhood Program Excellence “We know the environ- School no “right” way. your community. ments where people live, work, Merit Excellence Kiowa County Health De- partment ‘This year’s theme for Old- The Administration for learn, play and pray effect their Sunset Elementary Mangum Head Start health. Certified Healthy orga- Comanche County School Merit er American Month is Age Community Living (ACL) nizations are going above and Business Excellence Great Plains Youth & Family My Way and focuses on how leads the celebration of Older beyond to create environments Excellence Granite Elementary School Services older adults can age in their Americans Month, and SWO- where the healthy choice is the Comanche County Health Granite High School Tillman County communities, living indepen- easy choice, cultivating a cul- Department Harmon County Business dently for as long as possible DA Aging Services is excited ture of health,” said Julie Dear- Comanche County Memorial Business Excellence and participating in ways they to with our partners in the ing, PhD, state programs coor- Hospital Excellence aging community. Diverse dinator, community analysis Elgin Family Care Harmon County Health De- Tillman County Health De- choose, partment While Age My Way will communities are strong com- and linkages. ‘The Goodyear Tire & Rubber partment look different for each person, munities. Ensuring that older Awardees will receive formal Company - Lawton Early Childhood Program School recognition at a virtual awards Merit Excellence Merit here are common things ev- adults remain involved and ceremony on June 23. Town of Chattanooga Hollis Head Start Center Tipton Elementary School eryone can consider: Planning: Think about included in our communities what you will need and want foras long as possible benefits in the future, from home and everyone. One Hundred Years Ago - May 1922 community-based services to community activities that in- For more information, visit the official OAM website, terest you. Engagement: Remain in- follow ACL on Twitter and May was highlighted with final years severely damaged crops; ‘Meteor limousine equipped with a Quest, _inflationcalculator.com Facebook, and join the con- programs and picnics that ac- railroad tracks were washed out at Baumgardner stretcher, the most and _https://en.wikipedia.org/ volved and contribute to your companied the closing of schools. Clinton and Doxey and the bridge comfortable and practical one wiki/Railroad_speeder. community through work, versation using #OlderAmeri- Special church services honored at Carter was swept away. Conse- made. There was room for three volunteer, and/or civic par- cansMonth. Mothers. Weather was in the quently, there was no rail service passengers to accompany the pa- news. Memorial Day was observed for three days and passengers tient plus an extra person to ride at the First Christian Church and were marooned in Elk City. At with the driver. Adventure Starts with Oklahoma the cemetery. the height of the flooding, water Raymond Mayes was working A windstorm lifted Jim Cre- swell’s nearly finished house part- flowed down the streets of town with a dryer tumbler at his clean- almost like a river. Over on E. ing and pressing shop in Erick Blood Institute ly off its foundation and leaned it when the machine unexpectedly ‘Third St., water surged six feet OKLAHOMA CITY® Okla- and CEO of Oklahoma Blood Appointments to donate to one side. It also broke the platedeep and a quarter of a mile wide. started up, His arm and hand homa Blood Institute is offer- Institute. “We're so thankful to can be made online at obi.org glass window and damaged a wall ‘The new laundry was filled with were badly broken, smashed in ing blood donors a chance to our loyal summer partners for or by calling 877-340-8777. at Hedlund’s Garage in Carter. A water nearly a foot deep. Many several places and nearly torn choose their own adventure helping us reward those who Blood donation typically takes bad storm barely missed town, bridges were out down the Elk from his body. this summer. make their summer a lifesav- only about an hour, and one passing within a mile of the east Creek. Miles and miles of fencing Raymond Custer purchased the All successful donors will ing one by donating blood for donation saves up to three side of Elk City; many sought shel- were gone. Jim Lewis had twelve first radio set in Elk City. He was receive an “Adventure Starts those in need.” lives. ter in their storm caves. shoats drowned in their pen. Six able to pick up interesting news *16-year-olds must weigh Here” t-shirt™ and their choice Oklahoma Blood Institute Baptists shoveled the first dirt bridges were out between Elk City from within a 2500 miles radius. of the following tickets: is the local, non-profit blood at least 125 pounds and pro- for their new $10,000 ($168, 879 and Sayre. Timber Creek nearly He anticipated adding a speaker so + One free ticket to the Sci- supplier, supporting the inven-vide signed parental permis- in today’s values) addition. wiped out the town of Doxey. his friends could enjoy the broad- ence Museum Oklahoma tory for patients in more than sion; 17-year-olds must weigh Mr. and Mrs. Roy Gillespie's As the C. & O.W. section crew casts. + One free ticket to Frontier 160 hospitals, medical facili- at least 125 pounds; 18+ year- three-year-old son, Leonard, was ‘was going to work, their speeder Mayor Samuel E, Brown deliv- City Theme Park ties and air ambulances state- olds must weigh at least 110 seriously injured when he fell and (@ small railcar used by crews to ered a moving Memorial Day ad- + One free ticket to the wide. pounds. Photo ID required. hit his head on a nail, which pen- move quickly to and from work dress at the First Christian Church. Oklahoma City Zoo etrated the back of his head. The sites), which was hauling a trailer, “These [heroes] died for us, they + Two free tickets to Safari little fellow walked in the house jumped the track on the curve are at rest, they sleep in the land Joe’s H20 Water Park with the board still hanging from north of Strong City, The crew of they made free, and under the flag As summer begins, Okla- his head. After its removal, the about a dozen men was thrown in they made stainless.... Earth may homa Blood Institute has less pain was so intense that he was every direction, injuring all. Mart run red with other wars, they are than half of the blood supply brought to Elk City where he un- Nichols was thrown underneath at peace in the midst of battle, in needed, threatening a critical derwent an operation. the speeder. His head caught in the roar of conflict they found the blood shortage for local pa- ‘The Story Hotel added a two- the cogs, inflicting mortal injuries. serenity of death.” tients, and creating an imme- story annex on the south side for Jake Fitzwater was also thrown ‘This article was written by Lu- diate need for blood donors. the Story family’s private apart- under the speeder and completely anne R. Eisler and taken from Anyone at least 16 years old* is Residential Commercial - Faucet Repair ment. ‘The old storeroom in the scalped; his right arm was cut to items published in The Carter Ex- encouraged to donate. + Drain Cleaning Gas Piping rear was remodeled for a spacious the bone. press, The Elk City Press and The Jason Jones Plumbing “Summer traditionally sample room and the old sample Eugene Grubitz brought a fine Elk City News-Democrat; these challenges our ability to col- room was cut into bedrooms. ambulance from Oklahoma City- newspapers can be found on mi- lect blood products, as many Large bathrooms modernized the - the only one in Western Okla- crofilm at the Elk City Carnegie 580-214-0404 or 580-323-0405 are vacationing and outside two parlor bedrooms. homa! It was a two-toned gray, Library. Supplementary infor- of their normal routines,” said Clinton Oklahoma One of the heaviest rains in six-cylinder, fifty horse-power, mation was taken from Heritage Jason Jones - Owner/Operator | [email protected] Dr. John Armitage, president