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4 Serving Western Oklahoma Since 1901 , August 2, 2019 Weekend Edition Annual Car and Motorcycle Show Classic cars such as these from last year’s car e : vee == show day at will be on display at the car show Satur- the Baptist Village of Elk City. Submitted Duke Drake of RJR Enterprises of Rogers, Ark., looks over the tes 1g of the features of the new splash pad Tuesday at Ackley Park West. The splash pad will have a ribbon-cutting today. Staff photo. photo by Don Munsch. By Don Munsch, Editor City set to open splash Car and motorcycle enthusiasts will motor into Elk City this weekend for the Third Annual Car and Motorcycle Show and Party. The car show will be from 10 a.m to 2 p.m. Saturday at pad, finish bridgework Baptist Village of Elk City, 1500 W. Country Club Bivd. KECO radio will broadcast live at the free public event. Later, the car show party will be held at 7 p.m. at Ackley Park and will feature the Dean Jackson Band, wiffleball and horseshoes. KECO and KOOL radio stations will host the By Don Munsch, Editor in the future, additional splash pad could be built in parks car show party. The splash pad at Ackley Park West in Elk City will open around town. Cathy Henderson, campus director for Baptist Village of today, with a ribbon-cutting scheduled this morning at the With 22 features, the splash pad at Ackley is free and will Elk City, explained the genesis of the event. pad, located south of the parking lot next to Thunder Court. be open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. after it becomes operational. “We really started it for our residents because they like Also, a street that closed because of bridge work will open This splash pad is not motion-activated, so if someone to remember the old cars and so we had our first annual car this weekend in Elk City. wants to use something, they have to operate it by pushing a show thinking we might have 10 or 20 cars, and we ended City Manager Lee Litterell said a few months ago that the button, said Jim Mason, director of economic and commu- up having over 75,” she said. “But we do it for our residents. city responded to public demand for the splash pad, whose nity development for the city. It’s for their enjoyment. It’s a life enrichment opportunity features were tested earlier this week in preparation for its A closing date for the splash pad later in the year has not for them, and it’s just grown every year.” opening today. been determined, Litterell said. Benches will not be installed The car show features two categories for the cars and “People have been asking for a splash pad for several for safety reasons, but there will be room for lawn chairs if motorcycles: Before 1950 and After 1950. A contest will years now, and this is not part of the CAPPs project,” Lit- parents and others want to use them. There is not an estab- be held, and a Best in Show prize will be awarded. Vehicle terell said, referring to the Community Action Project Plans lished capacity at the pad, as it functions on a first-come, owners can register their cars and motorcycles the morning approved by voters in February. “This was funded by money first-served basis. of the event or call today at 225-5555. Vehicles will be set put in the budget last year.” No plans have been made to add on to the pad, but the pad ‘See Annual show page 2. The splash pad was already in the works, Litterell ex- was designed to add more features in the future if needed, Continued from page 1. Blood drive plained later in an email. The city stated on its Facebook Litterell said. page that the project has been in the works for a couple of Also this week, bridge work on 20th Street between Wash- years, and with a partial grant from the Midwestern Okla- ington and Randall avenues is expected to be finished, homa Development Authority, the city was finally able to “Tt’s just the bridge and the approaches to the bridge [be Northfork 80th Annual Meeting being held build this splash pad. The CAPPs program was set up so that See City updates page 2. By Don Munsch, Editor according to a news release. Because Northfork is a coop- Members of Northfork Electric Cooperative Inc. will meet erative, its customers are also its members and are therefore Aug. 17 for the organization’s 80th Annual Meeting at Sayre encouraged each year to attend the annual meeting and take City Park. part in the democratic process of running their business en- Because NFEC is a cooperative, its customers are also its terprise, the release stated. The cooperative has nearly 3,300 members. All NFEC members from the co-op’s service ter- members and is spread out over seven counties in Western ritory in Western Oklahoma may attend, with prizes being Oklahoma. given away. Registration for the event begins at 9 a.m. Members will “The purpose of the meeting is actually required in our by- need to register by 10 a.m. to be eligible for the grand prize laws,” said Ashlee Carr, communications intern with North- drawing. fork Electric. “We have a business meeting to inform our members of the changes we made in the past year and [mem- Annual meeting gifts will be given to all members at regis- bers] actually elect [the nomination committee’s choice of] tration. All NFEC members who register at this year's meet- board members. And then this year, we’re going to make a ing, will receive a steak knife and NFEC hat. Children who few changes in our bylaws.” register will receive a $1 coin. Four children, ages 10 and NFEC is an electric cooperative that energizes more than under, will win free bikes. Registered children, ages 11-16, 2,523 miles of distribution line across Western Oklahoma, See Meeting page 2. SWOSU enrollment Jill Warnke of Elk City, right, discussed her ex- perience in receiving blood while delivering her Enrollment continues for students who want to begin or trar on the Weatherford campus, in the release. baby three years ago. She spoke at the Elk City continue their education at Southwestern Oklahoma State Online enrollment is also available through the SWOSU University in Weatherford and Sayre, according to a news website for students who have completed at least 60 hours Rotary Club last week. Warnke spoke to Emma release from SWOSU. and the prior semester at SWOSU. Students must already be Meyer, left, account consultant from the Okla- Fall semester classes begin Aug. 19. fully admitted to the university and have no holds on their homa Blood Institute in Oklahoma City. OBI will Incoming freshmen have one more enrollment opportu- account, officials said. For a complete listing of courses, see have an Elk City Community Blood Drive from nity if they plan to attend SWOSU this fall. An enrollment the university website at www.swosu.edu. session is planned for Aug, 14. Additional information is available by calling the Weath- noon to 6 p.m. Aug. 20 at First Christian Church Students can enroll at the Registrar’s Office on either the erford office at 580-774-3777 or the Sayre campus at 580- in Elk City, 1500 N. Randall Ave. Staff photo by Weatherford or Sayre campuses, said Shamus Moore, regis- 928-5533. Don Munsch. LAMM Weather tomorrow 93/71 Vol. 117, No. 62 75 cents, 12 pgs. Mail delivery 580.225.3000 View online elkcityoknews.com