12:10 To The Top

12:10 to the Top: Tara Deavours

12:10 to the Top: Tara Deavours Assistant Vice President Business Development Officer, BancFirst

News Staff

Thursday, May 28, 2020

After graduating from Eisenhower High, Deavours moved to Denton, Texas, where she worked her way up to manager of a small bank that was acquired by Wells Fargo. At age 20 she had become Wells Fargo’s youngest branch manager in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. “I’m pretty proud of that,” she said.

12:10 to the Top: Spencer Brown Founder of Sanctuary 212

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Thursday, May 21, 2020

“There is no way this is right. This has to be wrong,” exclaimed Spencer Brown, founder of Sanctuary 212, an initiative to help the homeless students of Lawton Public Schools.

12:10 to the top: Ashley Ghrayyeb

12:10 to the top: Ashley Ghrayyeb, Teacher of the Year Lawton Public Schools

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Thursday, May 14, 2020

“There’s something that happens every single day in my classroom that tells me I made the right decision and I’m where I should be,” Lawton Public Schools’ Teacher of the Year Ashley Ghrayyeb said.

12:10 to the Top: Zack McGill

12:10 to the Top: Zack McGill, Engineering Manager HSI Sensing and President of Chickasha Public Schools Board of Education

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Tuesday, April 28, 2020

Aside from being the engineering manager at HSI Sensing, the Chickasha-based company that manufactures custom-made sensors and components for the medical, oil/gas, and aerospace industries, Zack McGill relies on his God-given talents and leadership skills to improve the community around him.

12:10 to the Top: Scott Chance

12:10 to the Top: Scott Chance, Field Representative U.S. Rep. Tom Cole's Office

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Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Joining Congressman Tom Cole’s Lawton office in January 2019, Scott Chance, field representative and campaign manager for the congressman, began working with the community “to get feedback on issues important to southwest Oklahoma and let constituents know what’s going on in Washington, D.C.

Amanda Nuñez United Director The Salvation Army's Boys and Girls Club of Lawton- Fort Sill

12:10 to the Top: Amanda Nuñez United Director The Salvation Army's Boys and Girls Club of Lawton- Fort Sill

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Wednesday, April 15, 2020

When The Salvation Army’s Boys and Girls Club of Lawton-Fort Sill temporarily shut its doors in an effort to help reduce the spreading of the novel coronavirus COVID-19, Amanda Nuñez and her team stepped up to help the community.

Josh Woods

12:10 To the Top: Josh Woods

News Staff

Wednesday, April 1, 2020

“Helping others is what it’s all about,” said restaurateur, retailer, and U.S. Army veteran Josh Woods, co-owner of Chickasha’s Interurban restaurant, Urb Express food trucks and Two Vets Clothing Company-a patriotic clothing and accessories outlet.

12:10 to the Top: Tiffany Martinez Vrska

12:10 to the Top: Tiffany Martinez Vrska, Community Relations Director Lawton City Government

News Staff

Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Helping the community stay connected, Tiffany Martinez Vrska, the City of Lawton’s first Community Relations Director, relays information between city officials and citizens while overseeing public affairs for many of the City’s major departments. “I love what I do,” she said.

12:10 To the Top Jeff Elbert

12:10 To the Top: Jeff Elbert

News Staff

Tuesday, March 17, 2020

Sitting in the back of an Oklahoma Highway Patrol cruiser on New Year’s Eve 2012, Jeff Elbert had nowhere to look except up. Homeless at the time, he had just been arrested for driving under the influence. Elbert had joined the U.S. Army in 2005, serving in Afghanistan.

12:10 to the Top: CPT Justin Hayes Judge Advocate United States Army

News Staff

Tuesday, March 10, 2020

Not many children know what they want to be when they grow up; and far less know what steps to take to achieve their career goals. But Captain Justin Hayes, U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps, currently serving at Fort Sill, was not like most children.

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