As a current Elkhart resident I would like to say that for the most part your article is correct and highlights some of the greater things of our community.
However, I highly disagree with your comment "Fads, fashions, affectations: those are just things on TV and the internet, things in the big city, or on the shelves in cheap, homogenized forms at the WalMart in Guymon, Oklahoma, forty-five minutes away."
We pay attention to culture and fashion and although we are unable to purchase those items in our own town, does not in any way mean our homes and wardrobes are cheap and come only from Wal-Mart.
We shop at the same places you do for your homes and yourselves, either by going to Amarillo, Wichita, Oklahoma City, or Garden City.
Also, in regards to your section on healthcare, I would like to point out that if our hospital can't fix you, and they do fly you out, 90% of our patients are flown to Wichita not Amarillo. We generally transport you by ground to Amarillo.
Also, if you are flown out by our area Lifeteam based out of Liberal, KS, of the 10 medical team members that work for Lifeteam, 4 of those people live and work in Elkhart.
For the most part you did a pretty good job depicting life here, I would suggest on your next trip you try out the Mexican food at Jim-n-I's and go to the VFW for a few mixed drinks. Also you should play a round of golf and stop in at Country Cluck's if you're looking for something nice to bring home to your family.
~A current Elkhart resident and EMT-B active with Morton County EMS
Elkhart, Kansas
As a current Elkhart resident I would like to say that for the most part your article is correct and highlights some of the greater things of our community.
However, I highly disagree with your comment "Fads, fashions, affectations: those are just things on TV and the internet, things in the big city, or on the shelves in cheap, homogenized forms at the WalMart in Guymon, Oklahoma, forty-five minutes away."
We pay attention to culture and fashion and although we are unable to purchase those items in our own town, does not in any way mean our homes and wardrobes are cheap and come only from Wal-Mart.
We shop at the same places you do for your homes and yourselves, either by going to Amarillo, Wichita, Oklahoma City, or Garden City.
Also, in regards to your section on healthcare, I would like to point out that if our hospital can't fix you, and they do fly you out, 90% of our patients are flown to Wichita not Amarillo. We generally transport you by ground to Amarillo.
Also, if you are flown out by our area Lifeteam based out of Liberal, KS, of the 10 medical team members that work for Lifeteam, 4 of those people live and work in Elkhart.
For the most part you did a pretty good job depicting life here, I would suggest on your next trip you try out the Mexican food at Jim-n-I's and go to the VFW for a few mixed drinks. Also you should play a round of golf and stop in at Country Cluck's if you're looking for something nice to bring home to your family.
~A current Elkhart resident and EMT-B active with Morton County EMS
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