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Blaine County Courthouse News

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Watershed Restoration Act Passes House, Moves to Senate

OKLAHOMA CITY – Rep. Mike Dobrinski, R-Okeene, today passed a measure in the House that would expand a program to eradicate harmful trees and shrubs in certain watersheds statewide.House Bill 2162 would create the Terry Peach Watershed Restoration Act.

Water Nitrate Warning Issued

A water sample collected from Watonga on March 12 showed a nitrate level of 13 mg/L. This is above the nitrate standard or maximum contaminant level (MCL), of 10 mg/L. Nitrate in drinking water above the MCL is a serious health concern for infants less than six months old.

SENIOR CENTER NEWS

EWSOne thing you can say about Oklahoma weather is that if you don’t like it, wait 15 minutes and it will change! Isn’t that true about this past week! We had temperatures in the 80s, winds up to 70 miles per hour and lows in the 30s.

Ferguson Features

First, thank you to everyone who attended the T.B. Ferguson Birthday Luncheon and membership drive and to the First Christian Church for hosting.Continuing the theme of women who married the Fergusons, Lucia Loomis Ferguson was the daughter-in-law of T.B.

Today in History

March 19 is the 78th day of the year (79th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 287 days remain until the end of the year.1277 – The Byzantine–Venetian treaty of 1277 is concluded, stipulating a twoyear truce and renewing Venetian commercial privileges in the Byzantine Empire.

City To Double Number of Storm Sirens

Part of the City of Watonga capital improvement plan was an upgrade to public safety. That would include modernizing the storm sirens for the town. Previously, the four sirens were copper wired, a configuration from Pioneer Telephone that has been phased out.

Meet Your Candidates Ward #4 and At Large

For the next two weeks the Watonga Republican will be running candidate profiles. Ward #4, a twoyear unexpired term and at large, also a two-year unexpired term, will appear first, arranged alphabetically.#4 Gerald Forney is a candidate for Watonga City Council Ward #4.

Upcoming Events

*Geary citywide cleanup (No Sundays) March 15- March 23Dumpsters will be behind the City of Geary swimming pool. *Geary Public Scools Spring Break March 14-21 *Watonga Public Schools and Calumet Public Schools Spring Break March 17-21 3/20-FIRST DAY OF SPRING!