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The Sayre Record & Beckham County Democrat
Beckham Co. Democrat
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Volume 25,
Number 15
Wednesday, October 29, 2014
City Council head-strong to
clean up Sayre’s properties
By Dayva Spitzer
Record-Democrat Editor
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The Sayre City Council opened the proceedings with a public hearing, with five properties
subjected to dilapidation proceeding or public
nuisance.
Those properties include: Theo Ann Haney at
1303 N. Fourth Street, Kimberley Helker at 205
N. 12th Street, Anna B. and Teddy R. Ellis at 308
Fifth Street, Anna B. and Teddy R. Ellis at 311
North Fifth Street, and Donna Vermillion at 1101
North Second Street.
The City agenda began with a report from
the Beautification committee. Debbie Duncan
reported on the two projects with curb appeal.
Folks from the North Fork Correctional Facility
are helping to complete the next project.
Zane Sharum, told the Council that he has been
busy monitoring weeds and trash, along with several public nuisances.
City Manager Guy Hylton provided a lengthy
list of projects, including the City Pool which
has been repaired with piping and they have also
replaced the deck. The concrete parking at the
Chamber of Commerce location is finished. The
Operating Suite was held up, but the dirt work is
done. At the Park, the tennis courts have been
painted. The Watts Street is at a snail’s pace. The
former Harts’s Variety Store is being updated so
that a tenant can find a much larger space for their
company.
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Katie Robinson is newest addition to SMH staff
Katie Robinson-APRN,NPC
Katie Robinson APRN, NP-C is the newest addition to Sayre
Memorial Hospital Staff.
Katie will begin seeing patients the first part of November in
the Sayre Family Medical Clinic located just up the road from the
hospital at 1002 NE Highway 66 in Suite 1.
Katie graduated from Elk City High School and then went to
OU for her Nursing Degree and on to Texas Tech for her Masters
and completion of the Nurse Practitioner Program. She is married
to Utah Robinson who is employed by First National Bank of Elk
City and Sayre. They have two daughters, Madison age 8 and
Lyla age 4. They make their home in Elk City. Katie is spending
this month familiarizing herself with the hospital and prepping the
clinic space.
For more information regarding the opening and for appointments calls can be made to the hospital 580-928-4466 or the main
hospital number 580-928-5541.
TRAGIC...The Sayre Child Advocacy Center on Fourth Street burned at about 3 a.m. last Friday.
Dannie Sanders reports that a faulty heater was to blame. The Center had just opened a few weeks
ago. City Manager Guy Hylton says that the CAC will be rebuilt. Most of the damage was in the
front of the office. Sanders added, “We will have a Child Advocacy Center.” --staff photo by Dayva Spitzer
Voters eager for the polls on November 4
The long awaited November 4 General Election, has several races,
including Governor, Lt. Governor, Superintendent of Public Instruction,
Commissioner of Labor, Congressional Officers, State Senate, U.S.
Representatives, State Senator District 26, District Attorney District 2
and several Judicial retention questions on the ballot.
Voters should take notice of three state questions which are on the
back side of the ballot.
Many voters chose to mark their ballots earlier, on Thursday, October
30 and Friday, October 31 from 8:00 to 6 p.m. Saturday the first of
November will have voters registering their votes from 9 a.m. to 2
p.m. This takes place at the Beckham County Election Board.
Fall “back” on Sunday, November 2
Get ready for the end of daylight saving time.
It’s “fall back” time on Sunday, November 2 at 2 a.m.
Clocks should be turned backward 1 hour to Sunday, November 2, 2014, for local standard time. Sunrise and sunset will be
about 1 hour earlier on Nov 2, 2014 than the day before.
This is also a great time to make sure your home smoke detector is working properly!
At stake in the November 4 General Election
• For Governor: Mary Fallin-R; Joe Dorman-D; and Richard Prawdzienski-I
• For Lt. Governor: Cathy Cummings-D; Todd G. Lamb-R
• For Superintendent of Public Instruction: John Cox-D; Joy Hofmeister-R
• For Commissioner of Labor: Mike Workman-D, Mark Costello-R
• Congressional Officers (State Senator) Matt Silverstein-D, Jim Inhofe-R, Aaron DeLozier-I, Ray Woods-I, and Joan Farr-I
• State Senator Unexpired Term: Connie Johnson-D, James Lankford-R, and Mark T.
Beard-I
• For United State Representative: Frankie Robbins-D, and Frank D. Lucas-R
• For State Senator District 26: Kevin Black-D, and Darcy A. Jech-R
• For District Attorney District 2: Tom Ivester-D, and Angela Marsee-R
• Several Judicial retention questions will also be on the ballot. Also, three state questions
will be on the ballot--on the back page of the ballot.
The Election Board has ballots available for voters to view.
Six skeletons from Foss Lake
identified by Medical Examiner
TOTAL LOSS DUE TO FIRE...Just after the Fire Prevention information provided by the Sayre
Fire Department personnel, three young children knew what to do when they smelled the fire in
their house. The fire was reported about 3:30 last Monday.
--photo provided by Tammy Stafford
Another happy subscriber!
The Record-Democrat would like to thank one of our many subscribers
who renewed their subscription. A huge “Thank You” to
Ronnie Nicholson of Sayre
who receives one of our 2,375 newspapers mailed locally and to 36 states in
this great country! Thanks for being part of the Record-Democrat team.
Six skeletons found in two decades-old cars
pulled from the muddy depths of an Oklahoma
lake appear to match the descriptions of six
people who went missing in separate incidents
in 1969 and 1970, officials said.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol found the
cars in September while testing out new sonar
equipment in Foss Lake in western Oklahoma.
Divers hauled a 1969 Camaro and a 1952
Chevrolet from the lake, and found three skeletons inside each.
State medical examiners said that the blue
Camero matched the description of one that
belonged to 16-year-old Jimmy Williams, of
Sayre, who vanished with friends Thomas
Rios and Leah Johnson, both 18, on Nov. 20,
1970.
The 1952 green Chevy was the same make
as a one owned by John Alva Porter, 69, who
went missing along with Cleburn Hammack,
42, and Nora Marie Duncan, 58, on April 8,
1969.
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Jimmy Williams stands by his Camaro that
he owned only six days before the three teens
disappeared.
Family Moving On
Gary Williams and his family are making arrangements for a Memorial Service for his brother, Jimmy. Tentative plans are to have the service
on November 20, which coincides with the 44
years that Jimmy and his friends went missing.
Gary has worked with authorities to try and
find the truth of why the teens died on that fateful
night in 1970.
Scripture of the day...
““Since then we have a great high priest who has passed through the heavens, Jesus, the Son of God, let us hold fast our confession. For we have not
a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who
in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin. Let us then with
confidence draw near to throne of grace, that we may receive mercy and find
grace to help in time of need.” -- Hebrews 4:14-16