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Thank You

Thank everyone who brought food, visited, called, texted and sent plants or flowers. We appreciate you thinking of us during this time. The family of Patsy Davis
SENIOR CENTER NEWS

SENIOR CENTER NEWS

SENIOR CENTER NEWS

Hi Everyone! I hope you all had a great 4th of July. Ours was pretty quiet, at least until the fireworks began. They were being set off everywhere. They are always so pretty to watch/Anyway, it was great to celebrate another year of freedom in America.
Senior Citizens Meet

Senior Citizens Meet

Senior Citizens Meet

Photo from Joe Bryan The Watonga Senior Citizens Club meets to exercise wearing masks. The idea of wearing a mask is to prevent spread of droplets that could carry the Covid-19 virus to others just as a surgeon wears a mask in the operating room to protect the patient.

Sweating in the Summertime

The hottest days of summer seem to have settled in and let me say this about that: I HATE IT! Listen, Mother Nature, and listen good: I don't like stepping out of my door and feeling like I've stepped into a blast-furnace. High temperatures and a hot wind do not mix.

OK State Grain Cash Bid Prices

Oklahoma City, OK Thu Jul 02, 2020 OK Dept. of Ag-USDA Market News Oklahoma grain elevator cash bids as of 2:00 pm Thursday. U.S. No 1 HARD RED WINTER WHEAT (BU): .08 to .14 lower. 3.86-4.19. Davis 3.86; Buffalo 3.90; Alva 3.96; Cherokee 3.98; Manchester 3.

Blaine County Courthouse

Civil Court Dan D Drilling Corporation vs Kingfisher Disposal Services LLC, And, A/K/A, John Doe(S), Blaine County Disposal Services, Nuera Disposals, New Era Energy, Indebtedness & Lien Foreclosure Onemain Financial Group LLC vs William Pittman, Indebtedness Linda Colbert vs 2005 BMW SUV,...
Oklahoma Shatters Previous Single-Day COVID-19 Record

Oklahoma Shatters Previous Single-Day COVID-19 Record

Oklahoma Shatters Previous Single-Day COVID-19 Record

Oklahoma has had another day with more than 500 cases of Covid-19 reported. The report for July 7 showed 858 new confirmed cases of the virus, jumping the total to 17,220 statewide. There were five more deaths reported, although none of them occurred in the past 24 hours.
Wheeler Bros. | Watonga Republican

Wheeler Bros. | Watonga Republican

Harvest Comes to a Close in Geary

The daughter-father team of (L to R) Regan Ellison and Jonny Ellison brought in the first 2020 load of wheat to Wheeler Brothers Geary.
Connie Burcham | Watonga Republican

Connie Burcham | Watonga Republican

Small Processors Stand to Gain From Lucas Bill

It came as a rude awakening to many residents when meat supplies grew short during the initial days of the Covid-19 pandemic. The large meat packing facilities were hard hit by the virus, passed among workers who often stand shoulder to shoulder on the production line.
A Bubble Off Plumb

A Bubble Off Plumb

A Bubble Off Plumb

By the time this appears in print, my youngest child will have enlisted in the U.S. Navy. I am not quite sure how I feel about that. He’s my baby. He’s not even old enough to vote. I am feeling, I am sure, what every military parent feels, has felt since the Revolution.