Happy Valentine’s Day! Hope you have all of your sweethearts taken care of! If you hurry, you can probably still get to the Blue Rose Flower Shop or Main Street Bakery and Café, or the many other options that were offering sweets and treats and snag something if you forgot!
Lots of school activities are kicking off this week, starting with the FFA SW District Stock Shows running now, and the Beckham County Stock show beginning on 2/25 and lasting through 2/27. The Regional Basketball Tournament begins on 2/15 playing at either Alex or Hammon.
Our sympathy is extended to the family of Ronald Charles Sibthorpe, of Erick. Services were held on December 8th, at the Jehovah’s Witness Kingdom Hall in Sayre.
Anniversary wishes are being sent out to Mark & Cathy LeGrand on 2/5 Chuck and Carol Griffin who will celebrate on 2/15; and to Rex and Jeanie Sanders Vencl who celebrate on 2/16 along with Keith and Molly Smith.
Belated birthday wishes go out to Shirley Sibthorpe, here in Erick, originally from Michigan. Her birthday was on January 8th. Birthdays to celebrate for this issue will be: 1/31-Dian Edwards, Jordan Perry, John Earl Francis; Chelsea Balough; 2/1-David Guy, Todd Holland & Cathy Alexander; 2/2-Scott Harris & Christopher Hooks; 2/3-Mary Oren, Makayla Kirkland & Melinda Olson; 2/4-Zach Brinkley, Ashley Cummins & Alice Martin Mize; 2/5-Beverly Gillum& Reed; and on 2/6-Melissa Crosby, Karen Francis & Andy Elizondo & Jordan Roberts. Birthdays to celebrate for this issue (2/14-2/20) will be: 2/14-Darrell Gamble, Terry Callen, Angie Clinton, & Christina Harkins; 2/15-Gayla Dunlap, John Snodgrass & Jamie Simpson; 2/16-Lexi Elizondo, Felicia Cummins; Kayla Bryant, Tyler Snowden & David Baldwin; 2/17-Ruth Clymer, Caty Perry & LuAnn Harbuck; 2/18-Lyndsay Gamble Coker & Clay Wilson; 2/19-Hunter Mayfield, Katie Miller, Scott Tidmore, Kathy Miller, Brandi Calcote & Valerie Reed McCauley; and on 2/20-Pam Baldwin, Jay Roberts, Logan Whaley & Elora Stephens.
Please be aware of the new deadline for items to be put in the paper which means that I have to turn this column in by 3:00 on Wednesdays, as they will be publishing earlier now. So, for me, I need anything you want in the column by Tuesday evenings each week. If you would like to help keep this interesting, please call me at 580243-8923, or mail your news to me at P.O. Box 773, Erick, OK 73645. Or, you can email your items to me at [email protected]. Again, please turn in your news by Tuesday evenings as of each week. A big thank you to all of you who do contribute as I really appreciate it so very much. Have a great week!
