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y Serving r4 Western Oklahoma Since 1901 turday, July 9, 2022 Third Street Automotive Becomesa Part of the Community . Ba 4 ‘The Elk City Chamber of Commerce welcomes 3rd Executive Director of the Chamber, Susie Cupp and Karen Touchstone sell Route 66 Festival t-shirts during the Block Party. Staff photo by Sheryl Ponce. Street Automotive to town. Pictured are from left Dakota Holley, Frank Brown, Nick Archer, Nicholas Thomas, CEO Shawn Holley, Steve Holley, Kimberly Holley, Zachary Day, Kenny Langley, Matt Hansen, Chris Flores, Dakota Estes, Executive Director of the Chamber Susie Cupp, and Max Morrison. Not pictured are Chandler Basgall, Robert Chafins, and Jerry Williams, along with Rolling Thunder staff Caylon Varnell and Dennis Guerst.; The owners and operators of 3rd Street Automotive and Rolling Thunder Transportation, LLC are Kimberly Holley, Shawn Holley, and Steven Holley. Staff photos by Sheryl Ponce. By Sheryl Ponce ‘The Elk City Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Shawn, Steven, and Kimberly Holley, to commemorate opening the doors on their new venture, 3rd Street Automotive. located at 2222 W. 3rd St. The business is part of their established Roll- ing Thunder Transportation, LLC. business, in which the three transport or deliver RV's across the United States. “My son Shawn actually called us one day, me and my husband and said, ‘I’m going to go haul campers for living.” I was like, okay, but how’s that going to pay the bills? I was really skeptical of it at first. He took a load to Goshen, Indiana, and picked up this camp- er. Then he hauled it to California. We saw that that was working. I told my husband I said, ‘It would be a good way to make money some lives around,” she continued. for us.’ At our age, we could make money and see some country. ‘The Holley’s have tried to employ young people who are try- That is how we got started, me and Steve kind of jumped in with ing to get their start in the automotive industry. While some are Shawn. We have been doing that for over a year, going on two = already ASE certified, others are working toward their certifica- years now,” Kimberly explained. tions. Elk City’s Tommy Weldon and his daughter A.J. enjoy As Steven and she were out on a delivery, they began to con- “We do detailing and have several different packages. We offer the Block Party. Staff photo by Sheryl Ponce. template how much they needed to save to purchase a building for the business. They wanted to see the business grow and try to from just exterior to exterior and interior. We do what we call ‘See more Block Party photo on page 8. the Platinum that gets your vehicle as close to show quality as help other people get out and enjoy what they were doing. we can. Zachary Day is our mechanic on board. He will be do- “We actually stopped in (2222 W 3rd) just out of curiosity and talked to Bob (Maine). I told him, ‘We will have to crunch some numbers, and we will get back with you’. At about 6:30 that eve- ing other things as we expand. Right now he's doing oil changes, brake changes, and transmissions. He’s changed clutches for us, and he’s ready to get up and going. He is so meticulous with his Commissioners Introduce ning, Bob called and said, ‘T've got your paperwork done’ I re- ally think it was a God thing. He’s a great man. He has helped us far beyond, above and beyond, what anybody would ask. We work, I'm very proud of all the guys. They have worked hard,” Kimberly said. Ordinance Changes and ‘Third Street Automotive opened June 1st with a soft opening, thought, ‘Well, we've got this big building with all these bays. but they scheduled their grand opening for July 4th. Since the Let's see if we can’t do something for the community and give See Automotive page 2. Purchase Playground some people some jobs.’ Maybe we can actually try to help turn Equipment for Lions Park Weekend Races Bring Out USRA Cars By Sheryl Ponce ‘The Elk City Commissioners met for their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, July Sth, at 7 p.m. in City Hall. All were By Sheryl Ponce present except Rocky Andresen. Mayor Nick Archer opened the meeting with an invocation, while commissioner Rick Shelton USRA Modifieds highlight the coming weekends agenda at the led the group in the Flag Salute. Elk City Motorsports Park this Saturday night (July 9th) with First, Archer open a public hearing brought by petitioners $2250 going to the night's feature winner. Also running will be Cole and Christine McCollum to rezone 1306 S. Pioneer from 1-1, Light Industrial District to A-1, Agricultural District. This the USRA/Mid-America Factory Stocks, USRA Limited Modifieds item had been brought before the commissioners last month, and USRA Tuners. Gates open at 5:00 PM with racing set for a but was postponed due to a change in the placement of a house 7:00 PM start time. in the petition. Tom Johnson, chairman of the Planning and Below is the night's itinerary: Zoning commission spoke to the commissioners about the is- July 9: USRA-sanctioned Modifieds will compete in a 40-lap, sue, stating the commission had unanimously approved the $2250 to-win, $200 to-start feature with USRA points awarded. petition. Cole McCollum was present to ask if there were any Driver who towed the furthest to compete in the USRA Modified questions or concerns. He told the commissioners that he was division will receive a $100 fuel card. This will be a USRA-sanc- ready to move to Elk City and his family to be a part of the tioned event and series points will be awarded. community. USRA Limited Modifieds will compete for $600 to-win and will ‘The meeting then opened for the commissioners to approve be $100 to-start the feature. the minutes from the June 15th meeting, and then they went USRA/Mid America factory stock rules and format will be exact directly to the introduction to Ordinance No. 1244, which same as opening night (July 2) would change the zoning classification as addressed by McCol- Jum and Johnson. The change will be voted on at the July 20th USRA Tuners will be a sanctioned event. Commissioners’ meeting, *More Race Tidbits - Chris Whaley at Lizard Lit Pit Lights has Item number two on the agenda was the introduction of Further questions can be answered by contacting Elk City Mo- donated $50 certificates towards products for all classes on each race night. torsports Park promoter Rod Fauver (530) 591-5428. 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