WEDNESDAY - last day of July 2019. It's been a busy month -- Oklahoma musician Chloe-Beth Campbell performed at the Chaparral Retreat; Kory Quinn from Oregon played at the Whirlwind Winery, and Merry Ellen Kirk
played at the Chaparral Retreat on a Sunday afternoon. There were
fireworks in town on the 4th, and more at Roman Nose State Park on July
6. Our rooms were full at the Retreat most of the month with new
visitors to our area celebrating anniversaries and birthdays, and
friends from Tulsa.
The
WATONGA ARTWORKS on Main St. has been open on Saturday afternoons for
"Community Art Club", a couple of hours when anyone can come in and use
our art supplies to be creative. We've had children from age 3 to 13
each Saturday.
I
led the 4-H group in a painting session, and suggested a "space" theme
in honor of the 50th anniversary of the 1969 moon landing and first man
to step on the surface of the moon. Each child painted something
different and they were very creative -- I look forward to seeing their
works displayed at the upcoming Blaine County Fair in August.
Phoenix
Circle Foundation is also continuing our work to encourage recycling,
reduce waste, and got volunteers to help with our GREAT AMERICAN CLEANUP
effort at Roman Nose State Park. We had several more volunteers than
last year come out to help this past spring, and more and more residents
are using the Keep Oklahoma Beautiful recycling bins we have placed at
the State Park General Store. AND, we are excited to get permission
from the Airport manager to place a recycling bin in their office. I
saw Jena and Shane Ohman going along the right-of-way along Hwy 8 one
day, picking up trash from along the highway, and stopped to thank
them! The Lend-a-Bin program through Keep Oklahoma Beautiful is
sponsored by Pepsico; Andy and I collect plastic and aluminum cans from
the bins and take them to the Weatherford recycling center regularly.
I
attended a workshop put on by Keep Oklahoma Beautiful with speakers
from OG&E, DEQ, Koch Communications, Republic Services, and the
Oklahoma Water Resources Board. These workshops are free and there is
always great useful information provided, in addition to networking
opportunities. A special surprise guest speaker showed up at this
seminar - former Governor George Nigh!
There
is lots of other stuff to tell you about what's going on in Watonga ...
some of the usual and some new things going on, but my eyes are tired
so I'll write more later. HAVE A GREAT DAY and try to stay cool!!
/Linda Barrett
