Archive - Feb 2012
February 8th
LIBERAL - In both games against Liberal last night there were moments it seemed the Tigers would pull away for the win. For the Tigers those moments wouldnât last as the girls lost 38-33 and the boys lost 64-51.
The Lady Tigers started things off quickly, shots were falling and defense was causing turnovers. At the end of the first it seemed as though Guymon had things completely under control.
âI thought we started off well. We were aggressive offensively and we started just how we planned,â said coach Tim Hofferber.
FELT - On January 27th Felt traveled to Goodwell for games, which the Eagles won handily. Monday night Goodwellâs travels to Felt did not go quite as well. The Lady Eagles once again were able to beat Felt, 33-31, but the boys were unable to win the 53-45 game.
Both games on Monday were close ones that could have ended with either team getting the win. The boys game was just a one point game at halftime and the Eagles were only down three with a minute to play.
February 7th
The American Legion is gearing up to sponsor several area youth for the Girls and Boys State.
American Legion Auxiliary Girls State is a nonpartisan program that teaches young women responsible citizenship and love for God and Country. Since the inception of the Girls State program in 1937, nearly one million young people have had the opportunity to learn first-hand how their state and local government works.
Warner McKinnon has been named the Main Street Guymon Board Member of the Year for 2011. McKinnon has served as Secretary of the Board since the organization began in 2005.
âIf the board were a building,â says Main Street Director Melyn Johnson, âWarner would be the foundation. His legalistic mind holds information (past and present) that we need to know and be reminded of. He is certainly up to the task.â
Newt (Nikalus Urias) and Floyd Pinkiss (Michael Patterson) with Leona Livingston (Claudia Winters) and Scoop (Chris Urias) perform a scene from the Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre production âMurdered by the Mob.â Once again a group of talented performers and eager community volunteers are putting on a very special show to raise funds for the local emergency youth shelter. This yearâs event is another murder mystery dinner theater complete with a prime rib dinner, drinks, musical entertainment and a chance for the audience to influence the outcome.
February 6th
Earlene Schaefer served as the Yucca Girl Scout Council Executive Director for over 20 years, but when asked to tell her Girl Scout Story, the story she chooses to tell is about her mentor and the first Yucca Girl Scout Council Director Liz Martin.
The admiration Schaefer holds for Martin is obvious in every word she speaks while telling the story.
Elizabeth Buster Martin, a Guymon native, became a Girl Scout in the mid 1940s when she led the troop that had daughter Marilyn (Grider).
The Texas County Election Board has ballots for both the Democratic and Republican Candidates for the Presidential Preferential Election.
The names listed on those ballots are as follows:
Democratic BallotÂ
â˘Barack ObamaÂ
â˘Jim Rogers
â˘Bob Ely
â˘Darcy G. Richardson
â˘Randall Terry
Republican Ballot
â˘Ron Paul
â˘Rick Perry
â˘Rick Santorum
â˘Mitt Romney
â˘Michelle Bachmann
â˘Newt Gingrich
â˘Jon Huntsman
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Voters need to know that some of these candidates may have withdrawn from the race before the Election date; however, their names are still on the Ballot.
Elbert Larry Toombs, age 76, died Tuesday Jan. 17,2012 at Covenant Specialty Hospital, Lubbock, Texas, due to complications of diabetes.Â
He was born Aug. 20, 1935 in Brownsboro, Texas to Elbert Miller and Ollie Buena Toombs.
Mr. Toombs is survived by his wife of 55 years Roena Marie Toombs, three children: Sherry Lynn Pittenger, Larry Dale Toombs and Martina Marie Bauer. He also leaves behind a sister Linda Sue Caldwell of Campo, Colo., 11 grandchildren and 7 great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by Juanita Montoya, Erma Ruth Toombs, Jonell Kittle and Bob Toombs.
Gary Wilson Knowles, 63, died peacefully in his nursing home in Thornton, Colo. on Feb. 4, 2012. He was born in Texhoma, Okla. on June 19, 1948 to parents Jeanette and J.D. âJerryâ Knowles and older brother Don.
He graduated from Texhoma High School in 1966 and was a talented French hornist in the Red Devils Marching Band.
He earned a bachelorâs degree in architecture from Oklahoma State University and designed several banks, schools and commercial buildings during his career.
February 5th
Dene Ward Olney, 86, of Tyrone, passed away Feb. 3, 2012 at Southwest Medical Center in Liberal.
Graveside services will be at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012 at the Hooker Cemetery with Rev. Jack Jacobs officiating. Military services will also be conducted under the direction of Roberts Brothers Funeral Home, Inc. of Hooker.
Condolences may be left at www.robertsbrothersfuneralhome.com
