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Weekend Edition At left are Aubrey and Chris Clark. Staff photos by Sheryl Ponce. Sherin and boyfriend. Courtesy photo. Dropped Out at 18 and at 26 Achieved a HSE By Sheryl Ponce By Sheryl Ponce participate with a 30 percent off section, along with a half off sec- Finally passing her HiSet High School Equivalency (HSE) tion on the outside patio. She is excited to have the public in to test, Terri Shearin is now taking steps to enrolll in college. Al- Anew men’s store, The Depot Trading Co., opened the doors for see the remodel and their selection of men’s clothing. Clark also though she does not know a specific career path, she seems pointed out that there is a small selection of women’s clothing business, Wed. July 27th. It is located at 318 S. Main in the old determined to further her education. railroad depot. Aubrey Clark and her mother, Mary Hawthorne and a small portion of little boy’s clothes. “Bighteen-year-old Terri.... I just wanna hug her today. I started on the building seven months ago with a dream of bring- “We have been really busy today, thankfully. The change has had just left my son’s dad, and a week later my cousin (Monty ing the building to life once again by creating more shopping been amazing, all of the woodwork is original. We just sanded and Walker), more like a brother, died. I used those excuses for choices for men in the area. stained it. The floors are all original. The company my son works years and years. [had dropped out of school and spent two and “I opened half the store today, and we are going to open to the for did the floors, and the company my other son works for built ahalf years strung out. But today, at 26, I finally finished tying other half of the store on August 20 with a big grand opening. The the deck. It has been a family affair,” Clark explained. up those loose ends from eight years ago. I finished my last Clark and her husband, Chris Clark, and Hawthorne pulled other part is going to be things for a man cave, test for my HSE and passed as well as applied for college. This together to follow through on a vision that began in December. and then we're going to have an outdoor area with grills, out- December I will also be six years clean. Moral of the story, have door rubs, spices, and drink mixes, things like that,” Clark said. See Depot page 2. a little faith in those drug addicts you love,” Shearin wrote on Saturday during the downtown Sizzilin’ Sidewalk sales, she will her Facebook page the day she passed her math HSE test. Shearin was a juniorin high school, 2014, enrolled in alter- WOHS Board Holds Monthly Meeting native education in Elk City Public Schools. Her time to use meth, She was not prepared to ever stop the drug. That was when she was 20 years old. She used for the next two years, By Sheryl Ponce along with the Stafford and Heartland Museums in Weatherford. until she entered rehab. ‘The new General Store logos are up on the building, although the name “| went to California for rehab. I spent 90 days there, and ‘The Board of Directors for the Western Oklahoma Historical Society when I came back, I moved to Texas for a while. I got Koleton has not been displayed. Volunteers were to meet on Wednesday to move held their monthly meeting at Western Technology Campus in Elk City (her son) back. He stayed with my friend while I was there. I artifacts from the Farm and Ranch Museum into the general store. It on Monday, July 25th at 11 a.m. Chairman Doug Haught called the got him back and then started off at square one again. I lived meeting to order and gave the invocation followed by the approval of was reported that Ron Nagle, Jim Coffey, Charles Wren, with family and friends. For the firstsix months they told meI last month’s minutes. Donnie Jordan, and Victor Weatherly were on hand to start the process. was not leaving. They said, ‘You're not going anywhere. You're Treasurer Beverly Jordan gave the treasurer's report, which was also ‘The display and move will be under the direction of museum curator, not doing anything. You're not going to have a job, and you approved. Haught then called on committee chairmen to give their re- Wren. don’t need anything but to just chill.’ I had to get used to being ports. The Flea Market report was given, noting that they are continu- here again,” Shearin explained. Vice-president, Judy Haught spoke about the new blog and encouraged When she started looking for a rehab, she began calling ing to receive entries, and although they have mapped out the booths, members to read it and contribute articles to her to post. Carla Garrison 1-800 numbers, and because she did not have insurance, nor they will probably have to change them, This is because of the construc- tion of the new aquatic center. The event will take place Sept. 30th, Oct. announced the need for more volunteers to substitute for the docents. did she have any money, she had to find a place that would 1st and 2nd. In Ackley Park. Anyone interested should contact Kenneth ‘There was discussion about a website for the WOHS, no decisions were take her on scholarship. She found that in the California rehab Hart. made on the subject. called Black Sheep Recovery. Chairman of the WOHS Hall of Fame, Cory Speiker, announced that Museum Board representative, Randy Haggard said that museum at- “{ didn’t go there to get sober. I had been dating a guy for a nomination forms will be out soon and mailed to all the members. A while, years actually. I chased him there. Basically, I thought, tendance is up. There was discussion about renaming the blacksmith ‘Til just go with him? You know going with my boyfriend, and person must be a member of the organization to nominate someone to be inducted into the Hall of Fame. Nominations are due by Oct. 1st. shop, it was voted on and will be revealed soon. There will be a new art- Tended up getting clean. We split up, but I still stayed clean. I ‘The National Chrysler Rally that was in town last week toured the mu- ist in the Education Building on Sept. 1. The meeting was adjourned at just had to do it for myself,” she said. seum complex. There were approximately 60 people that came through 12:30 p.m. The next meeting will be held the last Monday in August at See HSE page 2. on the tour. The group also toured the Route 66 Museum in Clinton, 11am. in the Elk City campus of WTC. Vol. 120, No. 61 «LA Weather tomorrow 174 75 cents, 8 pgs. Mail delivery 580.225.3000 View online elkcityoknews.com