A Bubble Off Plumb

Well, Watonga spent some time this weekend showing what we’re made of. We showed we’re proud of our town by filling the roll offs an amazing 23 times (at last count) with bulk items and yard and lawn wastes. It was an awesome cleanup and the whole town looks better.

Tax Credit Proposals Slow Session to Crawl

OKLAHOMA CITY – The business with most policy work at the Oklahoma State Capitol slowed over negotiations about education tax credits for families with children in private schools, along with discussions over teacher pay raises and other public school funding.

SENIOR CENTER NEWS

Hi Everybody! I hope you had a great week. I hope your gardens, lawns and crops are doing well after the rain we got recently. Sounds like we could get some more on the weekend. I failed to mention some things in last week’s news.

Ferguson Features

After finalizing an agreement between the Friends of the Ferguson Home, a notfor- profit educational organization, and the City of Watonga, the owner of the Ferguson Home, at the April city council meeting, progress is being made at this important Watonga/Blaine County landmark.

Lucas On Debt Ceiling

Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) released the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 2811- the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023, a bill to address the debt ceiling and reduce federal spending. Lucas supported the legislation.

A Bubble Off Plumb

When I first arrived in Watonga five years ago this week, it was such a momentous event the town threw a tornado warning for me. I was in the Watonga Motel, wondering how far it was to the First Baptist Church where I could seek shelter. But the warning was vacated, and I can laugh about it now.

Ferguson Features

This Saturday, May 6, the Friends of the Ferguson Home are hosting a tea at 2 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church. There will be live entertainment, a reading from Mrs. Elva Ferguson’s Book “They Carried the Torch”, photo opportunities, tea and desserts.

Bonding for Grows Now Law

OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Darcy Jech, RKingfisher, said he appreciates Gov. Kevin Stitt after Senate Bill 913 was signed into law Thursday. Jech is the author of the measure, which will hold medical marijuana grows accountable by requiring them to submit a bond along with their application.

The Lankford Letter

Dear Oklahoma friends and neighbors: Many families and neighbors are still cleaning up the damage to their homes and communities from the severe weather in Central Oklahoma Wednesday night. We will be there with them through this as Oklahomans always are.

A Bubble Off Plumb

I thought maybe it was just me. But Monday night, in a room full of Watonga citizens and supporters, I changed my mind. It isn’t just me. There is something different in the very air here in town, and it isn’t from the grows.