Garber News

An earthquake measured at 3.6 on the Richter scale has hit Garfield County in northwestern Oklahoma.

Filing period begins for Garber election Candidates for mayor in Garber may file for office beginning at 8 a.m. Monday.

Covington Clark-Perrin American Legion Post 190 met June 11 and held an Everlasting Service in memory of Doyle Meyer, who recently died, under direction of Dick Powers, post commander.

Harvest is nearing an end in many areas around Enid and while it won't be a good year, yields and test weights are higher than originally believed.

Candidates for mayor in Garber may file for office beginning at 8 a.m. Monday. Lue Ann Root, secretary of Garfield County Election Board, said the filing period ends at 5 p.m. Wednesday.

A community retirement reception will be 2-4 p.m. May 31 for two Kremlin-Hillsdale teachers who have a combined 67 years experience.

Several area high school junior girls have been selected to attend Girls State, a program of American Legion Auxiliary.

Glenwood Elementary School teacher Jena Bolt was named Thursday as Enid Public Schools Teacher of the Year.

Travis Nyle Hawkins, of Garber, attended a national security seminar April 15-17 in Lexington, Va., after being named the top Army ROTC cadet at Troy University in Alabama.

Garber Lions Club will be having its annual chicken noodle and ham dinner 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Garber school cafeteria.

Voters can still cast absentee ballots in April 7 elections Registered voters in Garfield County who want to vote by mail absentee ballot in the April 7 elections have missed the deadline, but they still can cast absentee ballots in person.

A Texas man was hospitalized in critical condition Friday after his tractor-trailer wrecked west of Enid.

Enid Public Schools Board of Education held its regular meeting Monday evening and approved a "utilization agreement" with The Commons Methodist Retirement Center to create a 4-year-old program classroom at the center.

Cherokee Strip Transit logs a lot of miles with its fleet of 42 vehicles, but the rural transportation service is about to get a stimulus boost that will make those miles stretch a lot farther.

The Great Depression! Nowadays when the going gets tough, we invariably compare conditions to that other toughest time of the century just past - that big black hole in the economy that opened up in the 1930s and swallowed just about everything.

It is the best barbecue in the world, or is it? About 20 people learned Saturday just how to judge if it really is the best barbecue.

THURSDAY MARCH 5, 2009 Pontotoc Technology Center announced the test dates for the 2009 August Nursing Program.

TUESDAY MARCH 3, 2009 Wings of Hope grief support group will hold its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. at 530 E. Main.

A 10-foot bronze statue of Sequoyah greets visitors to Northeastern State University, arm extended and holding a quill.

No real losses were sustained during a grass fire that burned approximately 80 acres Friday morning.