Stacy (Grimes) Cline of Hennessey was elected to a three-year term on the Pioneer Telephone Cooperative Board of Trustees Friday night, April 7, at the county fairgrounds.

She will serve as the board’s at-large member and replace long-time trustee Linda Dich Randall of Omega, who resigned.

“I’m just so thankful for my community, family and friends who are always so supportive,” Cline said. “I look forward to this new adventure.”

There were 213 votes cast with Cline receiving 79; Wendell Prim Sr. of Kingfisher, 67, and Debbie Biehler of Omega, 66, and one ballot was blank.

The at-large board member represents all 12 of Pioneer’s districts and that seat is limited to a Pioneer member who “is a minority or female.”

Other Pioneer Elections

In the District 11 election held April 6 in Watonga, there were 101 ballots cast: Kari Cox, 49; Steve Lake, 33, and Donna Hoskins, 19.

Incumbent Leroy Lage did not file for re-election.

The District 4 election is Wednesday, April 12, at Thomas High School Auditorium between Jimmie Ice and incumbent trustee Gail Parker.

In District 9, an election is Thursday, April 13, at the Crescent First Christian Church Family Life Center between Gene Barker and Vickie Klopfenstein.

Incumbent Joe Kegin did not file.

About Stacy Cline

Cline was the Hennessey Elementary School’s counselor for 16 years and is currently a part-time counselor for the schools and also helps with sound equipment.

She is a 1986 HHS grad; 1993 OSU grad in interior design and earned a master’s degree in counseling and psychology in 2004 from Adams State (Colorado) University.

She and her husband, Perry, are fourth-generation farmers and have a working cattle ranch west of Hennessey.

Cline also manages the family-owned Mercantile at the stoplight on Hennessey’s Main Street that opened last year.

That historic building once-housed a C.R. Anthony store and now has an event room that has hosted barn quilt and wedding parties, two-act plays and graduation events.

She also partners with two cousins, Tina and Greg Miller, in the Hennessey Hemp Farm, where they have produced industrial hemp and CBD products for two years.

After college, the Clines also ranched in Colorado where she had a photography business.

The couple moved back to their hometown of Hennessey in 1991 to raise their children.

Community Work

Cline was named 2022 Citizen of the Year by the Hennessey United Association; has served as president of the service group for three years, and on the board for 12 years.

The group’s Farmers Market was started by her three years ago.

She is co-chair of United’s Legacy Fund Committee and a four-year member of the Leadership Hennessey Committee for HHS seniors.

Cline is also a long-time active member, and a lay minister, at the Hennessey First United Methodist Church.

Cline continues as a long-time organizer and rodeo announcer for the Hennessey Roundup Club’s twice-a-year rodeos and for Pat Hennessey massacre reenactment pageants.

Family

Both she and Perry (HHS 1981 and OSU football walk-on) grew up going to Pat Hennessey Celebrations.

That’s where they helped their parents (Chuck Grimes and Pat and Gwen Cline) and grandfathers (Don Grimes and Loren Cline) with buffalo barbecues, parades and Pat Hennessey pageants.

The Clines have two adult children, Tyrel and Charlie, who join in rodeos, parades and as riders in reenactment pageants.

They also help their dad hitch up the horses to his stage coach for rides during Lions Club events at Christmas.

Both Tyrel (NWOSU) and Charlie (OSU) are HHS grads and rodeoed in college. Tyrel and Hannah (Zimmers) were married in October. He continues to rodeo while his sister is making plans to continue her education after getting her bachelor’s degree.

Honors

On top of Citizen of the Year, Cline was chosen as Oklahoma’s “Young Mother of the Year” in 2010 where she competed at nationals in New York City.

“I had to sell a cow so we could stay in that New York hotel,” her husband told a group of HHS seniors when he was “roped in” to being on a United Leadership panel.