June 5, 2021 Issue, Page 8 of 8

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8 June 5, 2021 Community Route 66 Festival next weekend e -S t a t t he A e t ’s R r 5K Route 66 Pup Run to be held for Animal Shelter L ts The Elk City Route 66 Festival shops will be open until 8 p.m. show will be held during the try with additional entries be- is scheduled for June 12 in Elk Ponce Productions is sched- Festival. Registration will be at ing $20.00. Pre-registration is City’s Downtown Retail District. uled from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. 8 a.m. at the Main Street Cof- closed. The festival activities will kick A Cornhole Tournament is fee & Cafe located on the corner Prizes will be awarded by a off at 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. There planned by the First Assembly of Main Street and Broadway. panel of judges. will be food vendors, live mu- of God Youth. Registration the morning of Saturday eveing there will be sic, inflatables and participating A car, truck and motorcycle the show will be $35.00 per en- a Free Cruise Night beginning at the Route 66 Museum and a group photo will be taken at at R r Block Party is back 7:30 p.m. Cruise to begin at 8 p.m. and run until 10 p.m. A 5K Benefit run is planned ed C a pet “““w T he a e for the Elk City Animal Shelter. A one mile Fun Run option will be offered. You can bring your Join us for an evening of entertainment pups and kids with you to run. The 5K to begin at 7 a.m with “Re-Stat the Arts” a $25 entry fee per runner. The Fundraiser Variety Show on Saturday, June 5 at 7 p.m. startng line is at the Route 66 Featuring talent from western oklahoma Museum, Registration begins at 6:30 a.m. You can pick up an ear- ly registration from at the Block Red Carpet Theater 422 N. Jefferson, Elk City Admission is by donation. All proceeds go towards the funding of our facility and upcoming productions. Party held on June 11 from 6 p.m. until 8 p.m. The Block Party will be return- on, Mountian Man’s Axe Throw- tional Bank and Trust of Elk City, ing on Friday, June 11. Activites ing and Grub and Gas Inc. 96.5 KECO, 580 Threads, Everett are set to begin at 6 p.m. and last Community sponsors for the Blake Society, United Country until 9 p.m. in Downtown Elk Block Party are The Vogue Bou- Exploration Reatly, Oak Creek City. tique, H&R Block, DJ’s Rentals Floral, First Baptist Church, There will be food trucks, a car & Sales, Anne Bliss Photography, 101.7 The Zoo and The Elk City cruise and kids activities. Live Jamac Ventures, Great Plains Chamber of Commerce. music featuring The Tone Junk- Regional Medical Center, BTB’s The Block Party will kick off a ies and Tyler Wilhelm Band are Records and Rarities, Crow In- fun weekend in Elk City, leading being presented by Barber-Dys- surance/Local AFR, First Na- up to the Route 66 Festival on SWOSU plans in-person and virtual enrollment sessions for incoming freshmen this summer Southwestern Oklahoma ger require the use of masks or Students must apply and be State University will now offer social distance on campus. And accepted to SWOSU before they face-to-face New Student Ori- SWOSU is returning to more can attend an enrollment ses- entation sessions for incoming normal operations this fall se- sion. Each of the enrollment ses- freshmen on the Weatherford mester. sions offers students the chance campus. Taler Alexander, coordinator to meet current SWOSU stu- The sessions will allow soon- of SWOSU’s NSO, said students dents and new freshmen, visit to-be SWOSU freshmen the op- can keep virtual session options and enroll with a faculty advi- portunity to enroll for the 2021 if they desire during the weeks sor within the major they have Fall Semester. In-person ses- of June 7, June 14, July 12 and sions are planned June 21, June July 19. If a student has already selected, and obtain answers to 29, July 20 and August 11. enrolled through a virtual ses- any of their questions. The sessions were originally sion earlier in the year, they are For more information, visit planned to be held virtually welcome to attend face-to-face www.swosu.edu/nso or contact because of the pandemic, but NSO sessions to hear informa- New Student Orientation at university officials made the tion from departments and tour (580) 774-3233 or orientation@ decision on May 24 to no lon- campus. swosu.edu Make Dad Famous! In honor of Father’s Day, Elk City News wants to make your dad famous in our Father’s Day tribute edition that will publish June 19. Simply email your dad’s most famous photo, silly or otherwise, along with your name, his name and town to [email protected] Include “My Dad’s Famous” in the subject line or send to us on Facebook. Each dad entered will be put in a drawing in partnership with Galleria Furniture for a chance to win a Recliner!