ONEOK presented contributions of more than $100,000 to Goshen County institutions in Lingle on Wednesday. Area representatives at the event included Jeff Logsdon, Bob Taylor and Rachelle Anderson of Benchmark; Lingle Town Council member Joe Welte; Lingle Mayor George Siglin; Lingle Clerk-Treasurer Michele Sussex; Lingle Deputy Clerk-Treasurer Nakisha Garner; Megan Brittingham of Goshen County 4-H; Goshen County Economic Development Corporation/Chamber of Commerce’s Lisa Miller, Sandy Hoehn and Sondra Dent; Tracy Pragnell of the LaGrange Volunteer Fire Department; and Sid Castellaw of Yoder Volunteer Fire Department. Willie Martindale, Joshua Hunt, and Gunnar Hansen represented ONEOK. Lingle Clerk-Treasurer Michele Sussex, front left, and Deputy Clerk-Treasurer Nakisha Garner hold a $75,000 check from ONEOK, as represented by Joshua Hunt, back row, left, Willie Martindale, and Gunnar Hansen, as Lingle Mayor George Siglin and council member Joe Welte look on. The funds will go toward the town’s proposed new community center. “I don’t think you understand how deeply appreciated it is …” Siglin said at the event last week. Lingle officials also noted Goshen County Economic Development Corporations’s role in helping secure the ONEOK funds.
