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The City of Erick has approved the use of the old football field on Saturday,August5th,foraFlea&Farmer’sMarket. Gatheryour crafts and other items you would like to sell including garden vegetables, baked goods etc., or just your unwanted things as they might be someone else’s treasures.

The Rotary Park tennis courts were recently resurfaced, and they’re ready to host matches for the masses.

(Editors note: This piece is a contribution to Sheryl Ponce’s series on the opiate settlement and the fentanyl epidemic)

Western Oklahoma Pain Specialists are located at their new office on North Main in Elk City. Founding doctor, Brian Blick, M.D., is a Board-Certified Anesthesiologist, Fellowship trained in Interventional Pain Management. He and his other partners, David Sharrah, M.D., Terrell Phllips, D.O., and Luke Mosel, D.O. perform several procedures to help individuals eliminate their pain or achieve a higher quality of life after severe injuries.

A 30-year-old Elk City man was charged with second and subsequent DUI, child endangerment, driving with a revoked license, reckless driving without safety or regard for others, and expired registered in the Beckham County District Court on July 18.

Dear Abby

We live in a chemically-saturated culture. People take drugs–illegal, prescribed and alcohol–for many reasons. A common one is the desperate attempt to forget yesterday’s failures.

Derrell S. Peel, Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Marketing Specialist Cattle and beef markets are undergoing a sharp transition in 2023 with ever- tighter cattle numbers, declining beef production and sharply higher cattle and beef prices. These market conditions are expected to impact international trade of U.S. cattle and beef. Reduced beef supplies and higher prices are projected to lead to reduced beef exports and increased beef imports. The strength of the U.S. dollar and the impacts of exchange rates may further exaggerate or mute these underlying market forces. The relatively strong dollar in recent months has tended to dampen beef exports and support increased imports. Unique market factors in specific countries will also impact trade flows in particular markets. The most recent trade data confirms that the expected impacts are indeed developing.

This week we re-visit the potential benefits of creep grazing. While creep feeding, based on grains, has been studied in the animal science field for many years and quite a lot of data is available, typically when the question of whether creep feeding is cost-effective practice comes up. The simple answer for commercial cow/calf operations is “not in most circumstances”. This is particularly true for spring calving operations. Calf weaning weights can be increased anywhere from about 20 to 80 pounds. However, in most cases, the value of added weight gain will not cover the added expenses of creep feeding. Even so, not all operations make this decision based on the economics. For example, seedstock producers may have entirely different objectives when it comes to creep feeding. Chief among those include marketing and expression of genetic potential for growth.

With temperatures rising across the country, and record- breaking heat setting in this summer, the Oklahoma Department of Tourism & Recreation is sharing Oklahoma’s best watering holes, beaches and caves to help stay cool this summer.

TULSA – Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO) will soon start converting leased area lights in Elk City to new technology that will improve visibility for homeowners and businesses.

Time is running out to pre-register for the upcoming Elk City Schools reunion of all students who attended or graduated through the 2003 school year. Approximately 400 have already signed up for the event.