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Nonprofits get $18,300 in donations from SNB

The Enid News and Eagle
by Robert Barron
December 31, 2009

A group of Enid nonprofit organizations received donations from Security National Bank this week totaling $18,300. Receiving donations were Garfield County Child Advocacy Council, Hedges Regional Speech and Hearing Center, YWCA Crisis Center and Enid Community Clinic. SNB President Brad Blankenshi...

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City, county see changes in decade past

The Enid News and Eagle
by Robert Barron
December 31, 2009

It seems like yesterday we were entering the first decade of the 21st century. Now, we are starting another 10-year period. What has been Enid’s story? Some city and county officials weighed in on the subject. Daron Rudy, Ward 2 city commissioner, said he is confident about the status of Enid duri...

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Local officials looking at dynamic growth possibility

The Enid News and Eagle
by Cass Rains
December 31, 2009

Enid’s retail sector saw growth throughout most of the decade but was stymied by the economic downturn this past year. Greater Enid Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Jon Blankenship said the city has taken a step in the right direction by hiring a retail consultant to help add to the area’s ret...

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Benson: Enid in better economic shape than many other state cities

The Enid News and Eagle
by Robert Barron
December 31, 2009

City Manager Eric Benson is optimistic about Enid’s future in spite of a decline in sales tax receipts. Sales tax figures from Oklahoma Tax Commission show an average monthly decline in Enid of 5.73 percent through October 2009, compared to the same month in 2008. Benson said assistant finance dir...

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Energy industry sees wild price swings during volatile decade

The Enid News and Eagle
by Jeff Mullin
December 30, 2009

In the energy industry the past decade has seen wild price swings, with oil ranging from near $20 per barrel in the year 2000 to as high as $140 a barrel in 2008. It was not an unusual decade in regard to volatility, however, said Lew Ward, chairman of Ward Petroleum Corp. “I’d say that the last d...

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Callahan's is adding on a second level patio

The Enid News and Eagle
by Robert Barron
December 28, 2009

Ken Arnold has been a member of the Main Street Enid design committee since 1994 and when the owners of Callahan’s Pub and Grille approached him about an awning in front, he had a better idea. ’We’re creating a shaded area on the lower level that will give it a New Orleans feel on the lower level,’...

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