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Current: $27,035 Goal: $47,300 turday, November 19, 2022 Weekend Edition Elk City Commissioners Eye Dilapidated Structures Again and Fill Vacant Seat Signup At City Hall Elk City Police Officers November 2lst To December 2nd, 2022 Accept Awards for Heroic Actions Throwing & Grub & We: By Sheryl Ponce Anyone wishing sign up to receive toys for children in need, please stop by City Hall (320W. 3rd Street). Parents or During the Elk City Commissioners meeting Wed. Nov. 16th, four Elk City Police officers were awarded Lifesaving Medals ‘The Elk City Commissioners met for their regular meeting legal guardians must have name, age, gender and address ofa from the Oklahoma Association of Police Chiefs. Those offi- Wed. at 2 p.m. in City Hall. After approval of the minutes from city is going to apply for the grant. cers included Corporal John Currid, Lieutenant Brad George, the Oct. 19th meeting, they voted to fill the vacancy of the of ‘The next item was skipped and returned to later in the meet- Sergeant Colt Lowry, and Lieutenant Detective Sam Weygand. fice of Commissioner Ward 1 until the next regular election on Chief Lewis Flowers from the Weatherford Police Department ing because the owner of the property was in transit, which led April 11, 2023, with Jeff Waters. He was immediately sworn in the commissioners to item 5. This was previously tabled from and Kevin McLough from the Oklahoma Municipal Group and by City Clerk Cheryl Sipes and took the seat vacated by Mayor retired Oklahoma City Police Department came to present May 18, 2022, and August 17, 2022. The structure located at 219 Cory Spieker. S. Howard was to be declared dilapidated and order its removal. these officers the awards. ‘The commissioners approved Resolution 2022-16: Resolution City Inspector Jackie Addington spoke on this building, saying ‘The summary of their actions was recited to recollect how of Project Sponsorship for Transportation Alternatives Program they have been working on it and there has been a lot of im- fast they responded to someone in need, saving one man's life. Application and Maintenance Commitment. Elesia Church was provement. The owner was present, telling them that he is trying “On Tuesday, May the 26th of 2020 Lieutenant Detective present to speak on this resolution. She told the commission- to finish the project. They tabled the item until Jan. 3rd. Weygand was contacted about a video on social media depicting ers this was a continuation of the downtown streetscape project ‘The structure located at 1016 W. 8th was the next item on a subject who had been severely beaten and appeared to have that they already have on the books, but construction has not the agenda to be considered dilapidated and removed. It was been held captive by members of the Aryan Brotherhood in an started. This grant is for phase two of the project because phase previously tabled on May 18 and August 17th. The owner has unknown location. The quick collaborative actions by Detective one has already been funded, which gives them a better chance Lieutenant Weygand, Corporal Currid, Lieutenant George, and of being approved for phase two. This resolution says that the See Commission page 2. See Awards page 2. Miss Elk City and Queen of the West Crowned Saturday "x b/ Angela Nichols Gabrielle Clayton Gabrielle Spieker Isabella Butcher Kaysa Carpenter == >) — Emily Gill Emma Place Kiele Leroy ‘The annual Miss Elk city and Queen of the West Compe- tition will be held Saturday, Nov. 19th at 7 p.m. in the Kelli O'Hara Center of Performing Arts. Tickets may be purchased at the door for $15 each and programs will be $5. This will be the 61st year for the event under the leadership of Ex ecutive Director Ronda Mikles. The 2022 Miss Elk City was Hannah White, and the Miss Queen of the West was Alana Hughes. The Miss Elk City/Miss Queen of the West Scholar- ship Competition is sponsored by the Miss Elk City Board, a not-for-profit organization helping young women obtain scholarships, life skills and opportunity, while providing its jf Mackenzie McIntyre Mia-Clarie Chu Jones annual performance competition for the community. Weather Vol. 120, No. 91 Mail delivery View online ‘ IAM $ tomorrow / 30 75 cents, 10 pgs. 580.225.3000 elkcityoknews.com