Entries for April 2010

Tri-State Music Festival is bringing more than 10,000 musicians to Enid today through Saturday. Take that number and multiply it by the number of nights the participants will stay in local hotel rooms. Then add on the number of meals each person will need through Saturday, and that amounts to a pre...

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Republicans turned out Monday night to honor Lew Ward for receiving the highest honor the political party in Oklahoma can present. Ward, an Enid oilman, was named 2010 Ronald Reagan Award recipient and honored during a reception and dinner in Montgomery Hall at Northern Oklahoma College Enid. The ...

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Twelve members of the Enid High School Constitution Team competed over the weekend in the national constitution competition in Washington, D.C. After two days of competition, the team found out it did not make the top 10 in the competition, but members still hope to grab a regional or unit award. ...

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Enid’s Mike Klemme helped Oklahoma celebrate its centennial in 2007 with his book “Celebrating Oklahoma!,” and now he is publishing another creation to celebrate the town of Enid. “It will be out in September,” said Suzanne Klemme, Mike Klemme’s wife. “He’s still working taking pictures. He’s got ...

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Enid will observe the National Day of Prayer noon to 12:30 a.m. May 6, in spite of a federal court ruling by a Wisconsin judge stating the observance is unconstitutional. The observance will be at Garfield County Court House Gazebo. The Rev. Terry Glaze, pastor of Living Word Fellowship and preside...

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On the north side of West Garriott near Oakwood sits a large, vacant building. The 66,396-square-foot structure, once home to Homeland, is one of the retail spaces Brent Kisling hopes Enid Regional Development Alliance soon can fill. Kisling, executive director of the alliance, wants to see Enid a...

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