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Serving Western Oklahoma Since 1901 Weekday Editi Grandmother and Granddaughters Get rad) Baptized Together Be, ELK CITY OKLAHOMA but I'd kind of like to be bap- tized again’ So, it started from there,” McGlone said. SWOSU President Dr. Diana Lovell was the guest of Rotarian Basil Weatherly. Courtesy photo. Her granddaughter, Mele- na, who works as the Resident By Sheryl Ponce What has been given to them will help to establish a new rural Services Coordinator for the healthcare center on the Weatherford campus. This is called the center, had recently started During last Thursday's regular noon meeting of the Elk City Jerry and Margaret Hodge Pharmacy and Rural Health Center. going to church. She told Alma Rotary Club, Southwestern Oklahoma State University Presi- ‘The approval came with the combination of $10 million in that she would like to be bap- dent, Dr. Diana Lovell, was the guest speaker. She was the guest ARPA funding and $5 million in private donations by the Hodg- By Sheryl Ponce tized with her. of Rotarian Basil Weatherly and told the group about SWOSU’s es. There was an additional $7 million in support by the “Yes” “So that started that. I accomplishments and goals. During a conversation Weatherford economic development sales tax extension initia- called my granddaughter, Lovell started off by talking about being back on campus with tive. Lovell said that because of the support coming from the with Billy Smithey, the pastor Dyndi, who lives in Moore. I graduation and how special it was compared to the two previous various partnerships, the legislature found the project solid and years. She then spoke about the new relationships that the uni- for Elk City’s Baptist Village said, “Dyndi, I'm fixing to be funded it. Retirement Center, 103-year- baptized and Melena is going versity has been developing in the Yukon area. ‘The president continued to talk about the need for students “The population is booming there. We have strategic relation- to go into engineering. She encouraged them to take advanced old Alma McGlone verbalized to be baptized with me. I said, ships with the schools in Yukon, and we are building a small cam- math classes in high school in order to enter the engineering pro- a desire to be baptized again. I'm going to ask you a personal pus there. We want the metroplex to know that we are there,” She invited her granddaugh- question. Are you baptized?’ gram. With this encouragement, Lovell presented a short film Lovell said. ters, Melena McGlone and She didn’t say anything. The that documented the university's Rocket Dawgs win over Okla- She continued to talk about the number of graduate programs homa State University and 18 other teams from across the nation Dyndi (McGlone) Gibson to day before (the baptism) that have been developed with an online platform. Lovell men- of the Argonia Cup. join her in the re-dedication whenI talked to her, she had tioned such degrees as counseling, education, mass communica- ceremony. a reaction to a shot. She didn’t ‘The competition took place in Argonia, Kansas, and put tion, and history. She also said that they offer the least expensive high-powered rocketry to the test. Each rocket had to go in ex- “He (Billy Smithey) came say whether she would come. Masters in Business Administration (MBA) program in the state into my room one day, and we About ten minutes before time that is online. There is also a Master of Science in Nursing that cess of 8000 feet in the air and land as close to an x as possible. ‘The Rocket Dawg's rocket was 10 and 1/2 inches away from the got to talking ... one thing led to go in to be baptized, she can be earned completely online. showed up. Both granddaugh- ‘The LPN program that transitions to a BSN is of interest to desired target. In 2021, the team came in second to OSU, and in to another. He had brought area employers because it can also be done online. This is helpful 2022 they got their revenge by coming in first and OSU ranking me in some books, and we ters were here, and we did it to women who may have a full-time job, single, or with children third. talked for quite a while lon- together,” Alma explained. at home who want to continue their education. SWOSU offers She was impressed with the team, who were all undergraduate ger. In the conversation Isaid, ‘The event left her this program. students. ‘This type of win proved that SWOSU is a force in the “Well, I am already baptized, See Baptized page 2. Lovell told the Rotarians about the $10 million that the leg- engineering area. Lovell concluded her talk on this accomplish- Nick Archer islature has given the university for the new pharmacy school. ment that put the university first among the larger universities. New Curator Settles In holds fundraiser his Bachelor's degree from the sionally. That's why I'm here collections are artifacts that University of Oklahoma in personally, it is to learn how are organized by theme,” he history and obtained his Mas- to really take a leadership type said. ter’s degree in history from position in the museum field He continued to talk about University of Central Oklaho- in curation,” he said. how that fits with what he has ma, Wren was part of a study He worked in the Okla- done in the past. aboard program, a two-week homa Hall of Fame for the “So it could be a bundle of stay in London, where he con- past two years as an archive artifacts. Like in my last job, ducted research for his thesis. specialist. In that position he it was mostly paper artifacts. I Wren’s focus in both his was working on organizing was going through newspaper undergraduate and graduate archives, looking over Wiley dippings, in all these scrap- work has been mainly in Brit- Post's collection. Because of book pages. But it is all part ish history, more English his- his experience in archiving of the single scrapbook ... that _ tory than Scottish or Irish. He collections, Wren sees this is a would be its own collection. Charles Wren specifically likes 16th and 17th need for the Elk City Museum ‘They were all about Wiley Post century studies. Complex. and his world flights in 1931, He also taught 5th grade at “We need an archive. We where he flew around the By Sheryl Ponce Mustang Horizon Intermedi- world in eight days and broke a need collections. I saw it al- ate school, while also working flight record,” Wren explained. most like the first day I got Charles Wren began his in the food industry as a serv- here. I’m still learning, but I While compiling collec- post at the National Route 66 er. Wren found out that teach- think we really need that, be- tions and archiving are top on and Old Town Museum Com- ing was not in his future, and cause if we're going to curate the museum’s needs, he has to plex on June 1st. He moved to then began working part time exhibits, and if we're gonna do focus on maintenance, so the Elk City from Oklahoma City, at the Oklahoma Hall of Fame. it right, we need collections to ttifacts are preserved. Republican candidate for HD 55, Nick Archer, visits with the having graduated from West- “I came here as an oppor- draw from to explain the arti. “OF time now is to look daughter of U. S. Representative Frank Lucas, Ashley Yager, moore High School. He earned tunity for me to grow profes- facts. From what I'm seeing, See Curator page 2. from Cheyenne. Staff photo by Sheryl Ponce. «AQUA Weather tomorrow /60 Vol. 120, No. 46 75 cents, 8 pgs. Mail delivery 580.225.3000 View online elkcityoknews.com