4 Record-Democrat, July 23, 2014 living

Marriages &
Divorces
News from Quartz
Mountain
Sue Hokanson, Park Naturalist
Know Your
Neighbor
By Topper Robinson
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ROUTE 66
vintage market and craft show
Booth Space Available!
For vendors application, please email
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Location: Sayre Fair Grounds
Saturday, November 1, 2014
Baby GIRLS
Peggy (Dominguez) & Rigo Muniz 7/26
Verlinda (Garcia) & David Jones 7/26
Hayley Lindgren & Tyler Thiessen 8/3
Jennifer Harris & Adam Strobel 10/18
Alicia West & James McCullock
Devon (Abernathy) & Jeremy Cantrell
Amber (Tripp) & Bryant Howell
Darian Hargas
Angela (King) and Monte Dupree
Brittney (Phillips) and Ben Hill
Bobbi Rylant & Brandon Sage
Jai (Raney) and Ryan Barby
Jamie (Parrish) & Tyson Smith
Baby BOYS
Audrey (Adams) & Ryan Finnell 9/6
Chesney Wade & Dalyn Snyder 9/21
Mary-Kate (Brobst) & Hunter Boone TBA
Jenny (Evans) & Jesse Sharp
Megan (Werner) & Bryan Region
Carissa (Roed) & Bobby Kemp
Nicole (Thomas) & Trever Britton
Traci (OHara) & Kent Morgan
Rhenda (Tune) & Darren Bunch
Shower
Owner: Julie Skelton
218 W. Broadway Elk City
580-225-2187
This weeks neighbor is a
man who played a big part in
this columnists life for a long
time. He used to cut hair with
L.E. Mutt Kersey and his
name was E.S. Al Hunt.
This column wont be
written like most Know
Your Neighbor columns. Al
Hunt was one of this grateful
reporters grandfathers. He
was married to Pauline Hunt
over 60 years. Together they
had fve children. They were
Dewey Hunt, now deceased,
Vonnie Robinson, Randy
Hunt, Janis Campbell as well
as Billy Hunt.
Stories have been told about
him being a Church of Christ
preacher. This columnist
has many memories of
him quoting scripture and
singing old hymns, both
admirable qualities. Some
of this grandsons earliest
memories were going fshing
and swimming in the Washita
River up by Cheyenne.
Later those memories were
continued at Starvation Creek
west of Sayre.
As a youngster, this reporter
thought there wasnt much
his granddad couldnt do. He
took us on hikes to the red
rocks just north of Cheyenne
and taught me how to catch a
fsh with a grasshopper on the
hook.
Granddad also had a barber
shop in Cheyenne. Some of
the most painful memories
included razor straps and
switches. As severe as it
seemed at the time, all those
whippins were probably
deserved.
Granddad and grandma
lived with us on seventh street
for awhile. It was good to
have them both around except
for haircut time.
When they moved out on
the fve acres south of town
the good times didnt stop. In
the Summer there were lots of
nights spent sleeping under
the stars. This reporter picked
up a very valuable skill during
those early years, listening in
Hunt remembered for many talents
on party line conversations.
Some years later granddad
and grandma was a part of
one of the biggest surprises
of this young married mans
life. They traveled to Wasco
Ca. where this columnist was
living at the time with his frst
wife.
When Dewey called us to
come have cake one evening
we hurried over. When
we arrived, Granddad and
grandma came out of the hall
and became one of the best
Christmas presents yet.
There are many more stories
like these that have been
shared. Granddad used to pay
a nickel for every caterpillar
we would bring him out of
his garden. This young hunter
practiced his BB gun and later
410 gauge shooting skills at
granddads farm.
Last but not least there was
the call that you never think
about getting. It was the call
informing this squeamish
grandson that there was a dead
cat under the house. When
they asked this columnist to
extract the cat, they threw in
$10.00. Lets just say thats
not a career that this grandson
pursued.
Granddad is thought of
often when this appreciative
grandson drives around places
he used to live. Elmer Shirley
Hunt was a neighbor to lots of
people over the years. He also
had a big family. Granddad
you are missed!
Just one of the reasons we ask folks to slow down as they drive
through the park. This buck popped up over the guard rail, in the
hairpin curve on Lodge Road just as the sun was rising. There were
no cars on the road, so one might have been tempted to ZIP around
the curve-SURPRISE!
However my car was parked in the pull out and I was on foot
(taking sunrise photos). I do not know who was more surprised:
the buck or me! About one minute later a second buck crossed at
the same location and about 30 seconds after that, two cars went
whizzing by on their way to the Lodge.
Had anyone been speeding, it could have been a deadly accident-
the drop off there is over 80 feet to the boulder strewn shore below.
If you need to be somewhere at a specifc time, please leave fve
minutes early so you can arrive safely and have time to enjoy the
view. At Quartz Mountain Nature Park we know people come to
have fun with family and friends. The rules we have are to lessen
the chances your fun will be interrupted by a serious accident.
For example: -No jumping or diving from the rocks. Most years
lake water is taken for irrigation and the water level can drop
dramatically in a short time. Where it was safe to dive last week,
may have a boulder that you didnt see. -No glass on the beach.
There are plenty of rocks on the beach. If you accidently drop
the bottle it will surely hit a rock and break. Then if you dont get
every single glass shard picked up, sometime soon someone will
step on it and need stitches.
School starts in less than a month. They are predicting another
cool down and rain event at the end of the month.
Why not come out to Quartz Mountain and have some summertime
fun?
Beckham County
Marriages
Nathan Taylor, Elk City
Savannah Cooper, Moore
Dustin Estes, Sayre Shelby
Coats, Sayre
David Brooks, Elk City Sarah
Tucker, Elk City
James Merwin, Cheyenne
Angela Wise, Sweetwater
Tyler Rippetoe, Sayre Morgan
Shelton, Sayre
James Randell, Elk City
Donna Perry
Divorces
Nichole Mikles vs Jeremy
Mikles
Danielle Gilmore vs Michael
Gilmore
Kristy Butcher vs Brady
Butcher
Brooke Murphy vs Anthony
Murphy
Roger Mills County
Marriages
Billy Bennett, Ira, TX Emily
Bennett, Ira, TX
Divorces
None
Residents living in and
around the Sayre, Oklahoma
community can be screened
to reduce their risk of having
a stroke or bone fracture.
Broadway Event Center will
host Life Line Screening on
8/2/2014. The site is located at
200 N Broadway St in Sayre.
Nancy McNeil of Mustang, OK
attended a Life Line Screening
and said, I simply wanted to
Oklahoma parents can now
access a statewide program
designed to provide resources
and referrals for services across
Oklahoma.
Rainbow Fleet, a nonproft
child care resource and referral
agency, recently established a
statewide resource and referral
service designed to help parents
locate quality child care options
and resources in their area. The
service is offered at no cost to
Elk City Aglow Communi-
ty Lighthouse invites all to
Unity Ephesians 4, by An-
ita McDaniel of Hollis, OK
Tuesday, July 29, 6:30 pm at
Joshuas Crossing (Promise
Center) located on corner of N
Main and First St. in Elk City.
callers.
The statewide, toll-free
resource and referral telephone
number is 1-800-438-0008.
The resource and referral line
is staffed by experienced,
knowledgeable specialists with
access to a variety of programs,
care centers and resources all
across Oklahoma.
The agency previously
provided this service in
Oklahoma and Cleveland
Counties, said Carrie Bullard,
Rainbow Fleets executive
director, but a new grant
from the Oklahoma Child
Care Resource and Referral
Association lets us offer this
resource to parents in all 77
counties. This will allow us
to help parents all across our
state identify quality child care
options in there area as well
as resources like educational
activities for their children.
For more than 40 years,
Rainbow Fleet has provided
innovative child development
programs to families and
child care service providers.
Rainbow Fleet helps families
locate quality child care options
and assists child care providers
with a multitude of services
including licensing and
technical assistance as well as
age-appropriate activities and
curriculum.
thank you for actually saving
my life.
Four key points every person
needs to know:
Stroke is the third leading
cause of death and a leading
cause of permanent disability
80% of stroke victims had no
apparent warning signs prior to
their stroke
Preventive ultrasound
screenings can help you avoid
a stroke
Screenings are fast,
noninvasive, painless,
affordable and convenient
Screenings identify potential
cardiovascular conditions such
as blocked arteries and irregular
heart rhythm, abdominal aortic
aneurysms, and hardening of the
arteries in the legs, which is a
strong predictor of heart disease.
A bone density screening to
assess osteoporosis risk is also
offered and is appropriate for
both men and women.
Packages start at $149. All
fve screenings take 60-90
minutes to complete. For
more information regarding
the screenings or to schedule
an appointment, call 1-877-
237-1287 or visit our website
at www.lifelinescreening.com .
Pre-registration is required.
Agency will provide resources, referrals for parents
Stroke and osteoporosis screeings coming to Sayre
The cast has been selected
for the Summer Production
of Faith County by The Main
Street Players. Children grade
3 and up who would like to be
a part of the childrens chorus
should come to the Methodist
Church August 4 at 6 p.m.
Set in Mineola, somewhere
in the middle of nowhere in
the south, theres a place
where the bee-hive hairdo
is still the rage and Saturday
nights are reserved for the
tractor pull in nearby Pick-
ler. A colorful collection of
good ole country folk gather
round for this years county
fair, and theres stiff competi-
tion in the arts and crafts cat-
egory. Faith County enjoyed
a thirty-fve week run on
WLYX and was featured on
the television special, Date-
line.
Mark Landon Smith is the
Author of 9 scripts published
by Samuel French, including
Faith County. He is a 2012
AATE Distinguished Play
nominee. He has also written
commissions for The Forum
Theatre, Ceramic Cow Pro-
ductions, Arts Live Theatre,
Arkansas Travellers Din-
ner Theatre and others. His
work is produced through-
out the world and includes
two foreign translations, an
Off-Broadway production
and a flm adaptation. He is
the Executive Director of Arts
Live Theatre, co-founder and
co-producer of Ceramic Cow
Productions and co-director
of Phunbags Comedy Improv.
Childrens chorus needed...
Main Street Players to present
Faith County this summer
Colorado
Peaches
To be delivered to Sayre August 9!
Colorado Peaches
20 lb. box/$39
Olathe Sweet Corn
Box of 48/$25
Vine Ripe Tomatoes
24 lb. box/$40
To reserve your order call:
Lyle Barnard 580-799-1001
by Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Pick up will be August 9 from 8 -12 noon
across the street from the old Sonic
Tax Included In Prices
The late E.S. Al Hunt
Motorists are asked to drive slowly through the Quartz Moun-
tain park, as one never knows when an unexpected buck will dash
across the road.