April McGehee
April McGehee who lives in the Wildhorse Mountain Community has a job of keeping Sequoyah County clean, “when it comes to clothing,” she says.
McGehee, who grew up in Haskell County, has been working for ABC Cleaners in Sallisaw for the past four months. She began working parttime and the position led to a fulltime job and can usually be seen there Monday through Fridays.
“I enjoy it. It‚s hard to take one part of it and say I enjoy it the most. I like the people who are fr...
April McGehee who lives in the Wildhorse Mountain Community has a job of keeping Sequoyah County clean, “when it comes to clothing,” she says.
McGehee, who grew up in Haskell County, has been working for ABC Cleaners in Sallisaw for the past four months. She began working parttime and the position led to a fulltime job and can usually be seen there Monday through Fridays.
“I enjoy it. It‚s hard to take one part of it and say I enjoy it the most. I like the people who are friendly here. I also enjoy working for my employers and working with the girls in the back. I also enjoy meeting and greeting the people who come here, some on a regular basis, to get their clothing cleaned and ironed,” she said. “A lot of them like to visit. Sometimes it becomes like the local barber shop here.”
Although most people opt to dress casual these days, McGehee said there are still teachers, attorneys and other professionals who bring their clothing to the cleaners on a regular basis.
“We get a lot of cowboys in here. They like their jeans double-starched,” she said. Her job includes waiting on customers, tagging the clothing, computer entry and finding the garments on the rack when customers come in to pick them up.
“I worked as a postal clerk for about 12 years, mostly in LeFlore County and the surrounding towns. My husband, Jason, worked as a traveling coal miner. When they began shutting down coal mining operations, he decided to go to work for a gas pipeline company in North Dakota and we ended up moving there,” she said.
The couple moved back to the area recently and chose to live in Sequoyah County because both have families living nearby and they liked the location, she said. They have six grown children and seven grandchildren.
“I work during the weekdays. My favorite things to do at home include spending time with the grandchildren,” she said. “We also have a family reunion coming up this weekend and I‚m looking forward to it.”
McGehee said she and her husband also enjoy camping and fishing.
“His job now is picking up campers in other states and making deliveries to where they need to go so he still travels quite a bit doing that,” she said.
McGehee said she is glad the couple found a home in Sequoyah County.
“It‚s pretty peaceful especially where we live. North Dakota was cold but once, we traveled back here during the winter and although the temperature was minus eight degrees there, it seemed colder here and it was in the 30s. I think because the air is drier in North Dakota,” she said.
McGee said since ABC Cleaners will be closed Monday, she will not be working.
“I would be if it was open. I really do enjoy working here. I believe God provided this job for me at the right time. I just love it,” she said, smiling.
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