If you couldn't make it downtown we want to wish you Happy Holidays and hope you enjoy the end of the show...

Enid Lights Up The Plains

It may be a little chilly this evening on the Enid Square but the activities should keep everybody warm. Santa Claus will be spreading holiday cheer and carriage rides will be transporting people about the town. There will also be live music at the Gazebo with food vendors and other fun happenings.

State Sen. Patrick Anderson will kick off the events with an official welcome at 5 p.m. The holiday fireworks show will be presented around 7:15 p.m. by Western Enterprises.

Shops and restaurants downtown will be open tonight so be sure and add dinner and shopping to your plans.


Bedlam Baby!

Oklahoma State and Oklahoma will be battling for bragging rights Saturday night at 7 p.m. in Stillwater. The game will be nationally televised on ABC for those that will not be trying to stay warm at the stadium.


A Celtic Christmas

The Enid Symphony Orchestra will be presenting A Celtic Christmas on Nov. 29-30 at Enid Symphony Hall, 301 W. Broadway. Performances are 8 p.m. Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday. General admission tickets are $30 or $15 for a student with valid ID and available by calling 237-9646.


Santa's Showcase

The 30th annual Santa's Showcase, art and craft show, will be 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Nov. 29 at the Cherokee Strip Conference Center, 123 W. Maine.

When the associate editor of Midwest CEO Magazine went looking for the latest professional to feature in his December issue, he went straight to the Internet. Dayne Logan was looking for a cartoonist to feature in the magazines Goatlocker section.

Each month a person is selected and their unusual or unique working environment is focused on in the magazine section. Logan ended up on the blog of local cartoonist Curtis D. Tucker and found several photos of his fun cartoon studio. Tucker was contacted and agreed to a short interview about his cartoon company and an in-studio photo shoot.

After the phone interview Logan needed a photographer to head to Enid to take the picture for the magazine. He didn't have to go far because he found Muncy Photography in Enid and asked photographer Dawn Muncy to take the photograph for the magazine.

Being that Tucker and Muncy knew each other the photo shoot went well and the photo above was the one selected for the magazine.

Midwest CEO Magazine is a regional magazine and can be found in most large book stores. From Denver to St. Louis, Kansas City to Oklahoma City, businesses in the Midwest all face a similar set of challenges and can learn from each others solutions. These solutions, tips and articles are what you will find in each issue of Midwest CEO. Visit their site.


Read the short article here.

Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the whole gang are on tonight!! Yippee!! It's officially the holiday season. Gather the family around the TV and watch this fun holiday classic.

Tonight, Tuesday, November 25 at 7:00 p.m. on ABC (Channel 5).

Watch as Charlie Brown wants to do something special for the gang. The dinner he arranges is a disaster when the caterers, Snoopy and Woodstock, prepare toast and popcorn as the main dish. Humiliated, it will take all of Marcie's persuasive powers to salvage the holiday for Charlie Brown.

A bonus cartoon is 'This Is America, Charlie Brown: The Mayflower Voyagers.'

Waverley Historic District Neighborhood Association has published a 2009 Calendar which features the historic homes of Enid's Waverley Historic District. The calendar displays a variety of home styles popular from 1906 through 1945.

The calendars make excellent holiday gifts and are sure to become collector's items. Calendars cost $12 and proceeds go to fix failing sidewalks in the district.

To purchase a calendar, call (580) 234-2197. Shirley Marquardt

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Every year the YWCA relies solely on community donations to provide a wonderful holiday to not only their clients in the Crisis Center and Halfway House, but to low-income families throughout Enid.

In answer to the many questions from the community, they have prepared a YWCA Christmas packet for this year. Please review the PDF information page below.

YWCA Christmas Help List.pdf

We would like to thank Kenneth and Robin McDaniel for contributing this story which was first posted on the Vance web site. We hope you enjoy.

by Robin McDaniel

11/22/08 Read the BLOG for updates

9/10/2008 - VANCE AIR FORCE BASE, Okla.

Military bases all over the world host hundreds of distinguished visitors every year, but this year some bases will be hosting a DV unlike any other. Her name is Kealoha, she is 18 inches tall and is an American Girl Travelling Doll.

Kealoha belongs to my daughter, Katherine McDaniel, age 7. Her father is Tech. Sgt. Kenneth McDaniel, assigned to the 71st Flying Training Wing at Vance AFB, Okla. Kealoha left Vance AFB last March on a trip that will last until the end of this year. By the time she returns she will have visited hosts in 12 states as well as England. Six of those hosts are fellow military families.

American Girl travelling dolls originated with the Society of American Girl Doll Collectors. The idea is simple. A collection of "hosts" welcome a doll as a guest in their home and community. The visiting doll takes part in daily family life - outings, dentist appointments, school, parties, etc. - which is documented with pictures and often commemorated with small souvenirs. At the end of her visit, usually about two weeks long, the doll is shipped on to the next host.

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Willie Nelson and Billy Bob Thornton will be in town twanging it up on Saturday night.
The concert begins at 8 p.m. on Saturday at the Chisholm Trail Coliseum. Tickets are $40-50 and are available at the Expo Center Box Office or by calling 237-0238.

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A Taste of St. Joe's also takes place this weekend.
The fun event runs from 6-10 p.m. on Saturday at the Cherokee Strip Conference Center. The fundraiser features a silent auction, live auction and ticket auctions. Tickets are $25 each. Reserved tables also are available by calling 242-4449.

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Santa's Showcase Christmas Show will take place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday at the Hoover Building, 312 E. Oxford.
There will be a variety of crafts and goods at this year's Santa's Showcase. Admission is free.

Recently Gary L. Brown has also started investigating the history of what was once called the Grady Brock Zoo. EnidHistory.org has compiled a small amount of information along with the photo above and is now researching a scrapbook of a long time Park Superintendent for Enid.

The zoo was located near Government Springs where the Cherokee Strip Museum is being built and was open for 20 years. The zoo was closed in 1972.

If you have photos, stories or information about the zoo please contact us and Gary L. Brown at EnidHistory.org.

Today is the annual Great American Smokeout Day created by the American Cancer Society. Today is the day to drop your cigarettes for just one day.

It is estimated that 45 million Americans across the country still smoke. Hello?

Do yourself a favor, your relatives a favor and your friends a favor, STOP SMOKING and hang around for a few extra years.

Gosh!

Update!!

Commissioners voted to remove a stop sign recently erected for the eastbound lane of Randolph at the intersection with Johnson. The city was catching heat for throwing up the sign without any warning.

11/11/08
Wake up Enid!! You now have a new stop sign in town.

The City of Enid has added a stop sign in one of the oddest places I could ever think of. That really weird intersection at Randolph and Johnson where the railroad tracks are. It has been a three way stop for years but a new stop sign has been added, without much warning, for the eastbound traffic on Randolph.

I'm not sure a new stop sign is what that intersection needed. Especially since the city closed Cherokee and Maine to through traffic at the railroad tracks. It gets harder and harder getting around this town. Pretty soon they'll be a stop sign on EVERY corner. Were there a large number of collisions? What do you think?

And while we are on useless traffic stops, can we remove the light on west Garriott in front of the old Wal Mart? What a colossal waste of time. There's no sense in trying to get food from Wendy's because you never get home with warm fries.

Oakwood Country Club is about to begin a new era. It's out with the old clubhouse and in with the new. Oakwood will close the clubhouse doors on December 23 and will not open them again until June of 2010 when a new clubhouse is projected to be complete.

All golf, tennis and swimming activities will continue as usual at the club. The golf and tennis pro shops will remain open and operate as usual.

Dining for club members and catering events will be moved to Heritage Hills in the old Mickey's/Rooster in Wine location. The restaurant will not be open to the public but there will be outside events held at the location.

Club members agreed to an assessment to fund the new clubhouse and every penny will come from members. Oakwood not only attracts local families but is a vital factor in attracting new families and businesses to Enid. The club offers families and businesses from other cities the opportunity to play golf on one of the states top golf courses, indoor tennis year round and outdoor swimming in the summer.

Under the direction of Chef/Manager David North and the Oakwood board, Enid will have a brand new facility to be proud of.

...Thunder basketball that is. It looks like Enid is getting stiffed on viewing Thunder basketball games. Oklahoma now has a professional sports franchise and Enid won't be seeing any of the action.

With 74,000 Oklahoma customers, Suddenlink has decided not to carry the games. Suddenlink services Stillwater, Enid, Chickasha, Grove, Henryetta, Muskogee, Pauls Valley, Poteau, Purcell, Seminole and Woodward.

Suddenlink does not want to pay an additional fee to the network to carry the game package. The only way they will know that the package is valuable enough to carry is if enough customers call and voice their opinion.

So, if you want to see Thunder basketball in Enid, call Suddenlink and let them know your thoughts. 237-7373.

Holiday Marketplace 2008

Shop early this year at the Holiday Marketplace taking place from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday at the Chisholm Trail Expo Center.

The Holiday Marketplace is put on by the Vance Officers' Spouses’ Club and will feature a kids’ activities, arts, crafts and much more.

Proceeds from the event will go to the group's charitable contributions fund, which is used for donations to local and national non-profit organizations, contributions to school sponsored extra-curricular activities, to local families in need and to scholarships for graduating seniors and military spouses.

Here are more pictures of the Enid Mill & Elevator...









Does anyone know the date of this news story or what might have happened to the papers in the old mill?

Thanks to Shirley Marquardt for the pictures.

Today is the 90th anniversary of the armistice that ended World War I. Armistice Day began in 1926 to honor veterans from World War I, and was made a national holiday in 1938. Congress changed the name to Veterans Day in 1954.

Memorial Day is meant to honor members of the armed services who died serving their country. Veterans Day is intended to honor and thank living veterans who served during war or peace.

Enid Buzz would like to thank everyone that has served or is serving in the armed forces!

Fall Volunteer Seminar
Thursday, Nov. 13th 5:30-7:30 p.m.
YWCA Conference Room

Topics:
* YWCA programs & volunteer opportunities within each
* Holiday events & needs for clients
* Board member responsibilities
* Court-ordered community service requirements
* In-depth coverage of becoming a victim advocate
* Tour of the Crisis Center
* Refreshments provided

Volunteer Application.pdf

Now is the time! Mark your ballot or forever hold your peace. Get out and make this a historic election. Polls close at 7pm.

Remember where to vote.