SF)--The number of free daily meals being served to children at Enid Public Schools sites has been climbing during the first week of the district’s month-long summer nutrition program. Enid News and Eagle reports EPS’ three school meal sites, Enid High School and Monroe and Garfield Elementary schools, served 106 breakfast meals and 320 lunches Tuesday, the first day of the program, according to the district’s nutrition services department. On Wednesday, 178 breakfasts and 387 lunches were served districtwide. Garfield Elementary served over 230 total lunch meals of hamburgers and chips Thursday, as well as 108 breakfasts, before running out of food before 12:30 p.m. Until June 23, free meals will be given at breakfast and lunch every day except Fridays to all children 18 and younger. Breakfast is served from 7:30-8:30 a.m., and lunch from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Garfield is located at 400 N. 7th; Monroe, at 400 W. Cottonwood; and EHS, at 611 W. Wabash. Students must be present with an adult to receive a meal.
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RL)--Garfield County’s 25th annual Relay for Life fundraiser will be held tonight. Held in conjunction with Main Street Enid’s First Friday, Relay for Life of Garfield County, raising funds for the American Cancer Society, will kick off with opening ceremonies at 7:00 on the downtown Square and will last until 10:00 p.m. All community members are welcome to attend Relay for Life, which also will feature music, games and food available for purchase. Cancer survivors will receive goodie bags and T-shirts and also are invited to take part in a “victory lap” around the Square. Members of the Relay for Life teams will follow them and walk around the Square throughout the evening. Relay for Life of Garfield County has a fundraising goal of $20,000. People are welcome to walk in support, donate to the cause or do both. For more information, to sign up or to make an online donation, visit www.relayforlife.org/garfieldcook.
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PT)--Enid Police Department’s new training center has officially opened and will hold an Open House this weekend. Enid Police Chief Bryan Skaggs said the “state-of-the-art” facility, which has a classroom that can seat 50 people and a virtual shooting simulation system, is helping EPD accomplish a goal to become the main regional training center for area law enforcement. Police officials said the center’s 300-degree, five-screen training simulator, which has around 300 scenarios, is the first of its kind in Oklahoma. The center sits on what used to be the city of Enid’s skate park in the 400 block of West Park. Community members will have the chance to tour the training center during an open house event from 10:00-11:30 a.m. Saturday.
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CT)--Enid Police Department will participate in the nationwide Click It or Ticket campaign through June 5. During this time, which includes Memorial Day weekend, EPD will have officers out day and night enforcing seatbelt and child restraint seat laws with one goal in mind, saving lives. In 2020, 54.8% of all vehicle fatality victims were not using safety belts or child restraint devices. Buckling up helps keep you safe and secure inside your vehicle, whereas not buckling up can result in being totally ejected from the vehicle in a crash, which is almost always deadly. Air bags are not enough to protect you; in fact, the force of an air bag can seriously injure or even kill you if you’re not buckled up. Improperly wearing a seat belt, such as putting the strap below your arm, puts you and your children at risk in a crash. The citation for drivers and passengers not wearing a seatbelt is $20. Having an unrestrained or improperly restrained child can result in a $115 citation.
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