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ELK CITY – Girl Scouts Western Oklahoma will host an informational meeting for parents of girls interested in joining a local Girl Scout Troop from 2 to 3:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 7 at One Church, located at 200 E. Broadway Ave.

Families are invited out to the Merritt Football Field for a movie night. e senior class has announced the event to take place Friday, Oct. 6th, at 8 p.m. e cost is $5 per person, and the movie will be “Peter Pan & Wendy,” a PG rated feature.

September was “Workforce Development Month” and CareerTech is a leader in workforce development in Oklahoma. Western Technology Center celebrates this every day as it works with business and industry and high school and adult students to meet the needs within our communities with skilled training and a ready workforce.

Merritt Students Of e Month

DEAR ABBY: My 23-year-old daughter, “Chloe,” lives with me and refuses to acknowledge her grandmother’s emails and letters, which are delivered to our home. It has been four years since my mother has even seen Chloe. My mother is growing increasingly disappointed and is grieved by Chloe’s apparent distancing. (We live 20 miles apart.)

The Sayre All-Sports Association is dedicated to helping the school, coaches, and students bridge the funding gaps that sometimes appear when students are participating in sports.

I read an interesting article this week about the rigorous demands made upon the soldiers who guard the Tomb of the Unknown Soldiers. Applicants for guard duty at the Tomb must be between 5’ 10’ and 6’ 2’ tall; waist size cannot exceed 30 inches. They commit to two years; living in barracks under the Tomb.

A 31-year-old Sayre woman has been released from the Beckham County Detention Center on a $10,000 bond after being charged with child neglect.

The Sayre First United Methodist Church is offering a scholarship in the amount of $3000 for the spring semester. It is for adults seeking to further their education. This scholarship is for those residing in Beckham & Roger Mills County and may be used at a Career Tech school, University or Jr. College. Applications may be picked up at the FUMC in Sayre, M, T & Wed from 9 until noon or call 580928-2146 to have one mailed or emailed.

A 19-year-old Elk City man is being held in the Beckham County Detention Center on a combined $150,000 bond after being charged with first-degree rape.

The Sayre All-Sports Association is dedicated to helping the school, coaches, and students bridge the funding gaps that sometimes appear when students are participating in sports.

STILLWATER – U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Oklahoma State Director Kenneth Corn announced today that USDA will accept applications starting on Oct. 1 for grants to help agricultural producers and rural small businesses invest in renewable energy systems and make energy-efficiency improvements. USDA has made available $1 billion in grants under the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), with funding from President Biden’s landmark Inflation Reduction Act, which has made historic levels of investment available to Oklahoma and is recognized as the best way to grow the economy from the middle out and bottom up.