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September 16th, 2011
Rick Swartz, 61, of Tyrone, passed away Sept. 12, 2011 at his home.
Rick was born December 6, 1950 in Beaver, Oklahoma, the son of James Stephen and Betty LoRie Booth Swartz. He attended school in Miami, Arizona and Tyrone, Oklahoma graduating from Liberal High School with the Class of 1968. He then attended West Texas State College in Canyon, Texas and finished his education at Seward County Community College in Liberal, Kansas, graduating with first graduating class.
Rick began working for Mid American Diesel and was with Central Detroit for 33 years in Liberal.
On Sept. 12, 2011, John Franklin Simpson left this home here on earth to go to his heavenly home, where his pain and suffering are no longer felt.
John-Frank was born on Jan. 28, 1933 to Stella and Bill Simpson. He served in the military for three years and then returned home to find his young bride Marjorie Boling. They were married 44 years before she passed away. He later married Lillie Simpson and they were married for nine years.
Irene Smith, 96, of Guymon, passed away Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2011 at the Dunaway Manor.
The daughter of Grisham B. and Nevada (Etter) Godley, she was born on Dec. 5, 1914 in Hardesty.Â
Irene was united in marriage to Robert Benny âBobâ Smith on Dec. 21, 1940 in Cherokee, Okla. In 1944 they moved to the farm North West of Guymon where they were engaged in farming and ranching. He preceded her in death on May 25, 2008.Â
Rick Swartz, 61, of Tyrone, passed away Sept. 12, 2011 at his home.
Rick was born Dec. 6, 1950 in Beaver, the son of James Stephen and Betty LoRie Booth Swartz. He attended school in Arizona and Tyrone, graduating from Liberal High School with the Class of 1968.
He then attended West Texas State University in Lubbock, Texas and finished his education at Seward County Community College in Liberal, being a part of the first graduating class.
James Clinton Price Buck, 86, of Elkhart, Kan. died Sept. 14, 2011, at Morton County Care Center in Elkhart. He was born June 28, 1925 in Kirbyville, Mo. the son of William Aua and Julia Lovida (Gibson) Buck.
Charles âCharlieâ Wilson Brown, 83, of Texhoma, Okla. died Saturday, Sept. 10, 2011, at The Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center in Albuquerque, N.M.
Charlie was born July 24, 1928, in Elmer, Okla. to Samuel Jefferson Brown and Addie (Wilson) Brown. He attended schools in Keyes, Okla., Mt. Ida, Ark., and later in Texhoma, where he graduated from High School in 1947. After High School, he completed two years of study at Panhandle A&M College in Goodwell.
The Hardesty school system is planning for the future, and voters are going to help it do it.
Hardesty voters on Tuesday passed two school bond propositions in a special election.
Proposition One passed 42-15 and Proposition two passed 42-14.
The bonds, totaling $215,000, will benefit the future needs Hardesty School could face in the next five years.
The two parts of the bond are $195,000 for building bond side and $20,000 for transportation side.
Area residents may not quite be ready for jingle bells, but when it comes to making sure less fortunate kids have a good Christmas, the Sons of the Resurrection and Christian Motorcyclist Association (CMA), Chapter No. 794Â starts preparing early.
This Saturday, Sept. 17, the motorcycle group will be holding the 8th Annual âIt's All about Christmas for the Kidsâ Toy Run in the Living Word Fellowship Church's âLiveâ building.
Rumors of counterfeit bills circulating Guymon have had some area residents concerned.
Guymon Police Chief Eddie Adamson said he was aware of a couple of counterfeit bills here and a few in Liberal in the past couple of months but has not seen a large number popping up.
Adamson explained counterfeit bills can be created in various ways, including printing on other types of paper or bleaching out a $1 bill and turning it into a larger number. As for how realistic the counterfeit bills can be depends on range from whether the printing done by kids to an elaborate scheme.
