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KGWA Local News Monday

DL)--Enid School Superintendent Darrell Floyd will talk about a new plan for the district’s COVID-19 protocols at tonight's school board meeting. He will recommend that the district no longer follow the Oklahoma State Department of Health Friday reports of new daily positive case averages when determining whether in-school classes will be held. Distance learning will continue for Enid Public Schools until the new year. As it stands right now, the earliest date for in-person instruction would be Tuesday January 5 following the Christmas Holiday break with the beginning of the new quarter. The board will meet at 6:30 p.m. Monday at the district Administrative Services Center.

 

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CC)—The Enid Mayor and Board of Commissioners will meet Tuesday. During their regular meeting, commissioners are scheduled to consider approving and appropriating funding for the contract with Garney Construction for Phase 4 construction on the Kaw Lake Water Pipeline project. In other business, the commission will consider renaming a portion of South 5th Street to “Pastor Alfred Baldwin Jr. Way”, address a number of routine business items, and meet in executive session to discuss the annual performance review for City Attorney Carol Lahman and City Manager Jerald Gilbert. The Study Session will begin at 5:00 p.m., with the regular meeting at 6:30 in the Grand Ballroom of the Stride Bank Center. Both meeting are open to the public.  

 

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CV)— Eight new virus-related deaths and 2,099 new COVID-19 cases were reported in the state since Sunday, according to daily numbers released late this morning by the Oklahoma State Department of Health. The health department said 35,163 cases are considered currently active in the state, with 1,614 people currently hospitalized for treatment of the virus. A total of 239,767 Oklahomans have tested positive for COVID-19 and the total number of virus-related deaths increased to 2,072, the state health department said on Monday.

 

COVID-19 Oklahoma Test Results

12.14.20

 

Cases

239,767

*Total Cumulative Negative Specimens to Date (As of 12/11/20)

2,110,479

*Total Cumulative Number of Specimens to Date (As of 12/11/20)

2,350,120

Acute Care OSDH Licensed Facility Hospitalizations (As of 12/11/20)

1,494

Other Types of Facilities Hospitalizations (As of 12/11/20)

120

Total Cumulative Hospitalizations

14,362

Total Cumulative Deaths

2,072

 

*The total includes laboratory information provided to OSDH at the time of the report. Total counts may not reflect unique individuals. Data Source: Acute Disease Service, Oklahoma State Department of Health. As of 2020-12-14 at 7:00 a.m.

 

There have been 4653 positive COVID-19 cases, and 40 deaths in Garfield County. 4196 of those cases and 38 deaths have been in Enid. In surrounding counties: Kingfisher County has reported 1118 cases, Alfalfa 685, Major 622, Blaine County is at 537 cases, and Grant 286.

 

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RC)--A portion of Rupe will be blocked off Saturday evening for the Christmas in the Park event at Meadowlake Park. City of Enid officials said Rupe will be blocked at Van Buren, Field, Wallace, Carter, Hudson and Pontiac. The closures will be 5:00-8:30 p.m. on Saturday. To access the north side of Meadowlake Park, attendees will enter Rupe from Cleveland. Eastbound Rupe at Johnson will be closed to through traffic and only used for park entrance. To access the event area in South Meadowlake Park, attendees will line up on Van Buren in the southbound outside lane.

 

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SD)--City of Enid officials have announced that progress has been made by contractors in the removal of tree limb debris. More work remains throughout the city. To better manage the storm cleanup effort, brush drop-off will be accepted at no charge at the landfill through December 31st. Residents can request a pickup of tree limb debris the following ways:

 

*Online: Submit a Request at: www.SeeClickFix.com; Choose “Tree Debris Pickup”

 

*SeeClickFix Smartphone App: Choose “Tree Debris Pickup”

 

*Phone: Call (580) 616-7300 or (580) 616-7301

 

City officials have asked residents to stack the tree limbs near the curb away from fire hydrants, mailboxes, trash cans and water meters to assist in the clean-up.

 

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IR)—The Downtown Ice Rink is open. As title sponsors, Jiffy Trip and Williams Media Group (My Country 103.1 and Talk 100.9 KGWA) are joining Main Street Enid, the Stride Bank Center and Visit Enid in bringing an outdoor ice rink to downtown Enid. It is located at 400 S. Independence in the parking lot between the Stride Bank Center and the art installation Under Her Wing was the Universe. The rink will be open to the public through January 3.

 

Operating hours will be 3:00 pm-9:00 pm Monday through Thursday, 3:00 pm-11:00 pm Friday, 12:00 pm-11:00 pm Saturday and 12:00 pm-9:00 pm Sunday. Single day tickets will be $12 for general admission, which includes skate rental. A $60 Season Pass and special group and holiday party rates are also available. Tickets are available through the Stride Bank Center ticket outlets including area Jiffy Trips, or on site. Stride Bank Center general manager Kevin Boryzcki adds the arena will provide concessions on site. Visit the ice rink website, SkateInEnid.com, or look for the ice rink on Facebook and Instagram at SkateInEnid.

 

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