VV)--National Vietnam War Veterans Day will be recognized this morning during a ceremony at the Vietnam Memorial Wall at Woodring Wall of Honor and Veterans Park. The event will begin at 10:00a.m. A pancake and sausage breakfast will be held at 9:30 a.m. There will be several speakers. According to Elaine Johns, executive director of the Woodring Wall of Honor and Veterans Park, Vietnam veterans or their families will be recognized with a 50th-year lapel pin. Today marks the 50th anniversary of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War. March 29, 1973, was the day the last U.S. combat troops left Vietnam, and the day North Vietnam released the last of its acknowledged prisoners of war.
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SW)--Cimarron Public Schools Superintendent Charles Lee Anglin turned himself in to authorities Tuesday after a warrant was issued for his arrest. The arrest warrant was issued Monday, and $5,000 bond set. Anglin is charged with one felony count of making a bribe offer to withdraw as a candidate. He is accused of trying to get a possible school board candidate to drop out of the race. Lahoma Police Chief Matthew Hankins told Enid News and Eagle, Anglin left the school after lunch Tuesday and turned himself over to authorities. Anglin reportedly said he would be returning to school today and has no plans to resign. An OSBI investigation reportedly determined Anglin asked Gary Naugle, a school board candidate, to withdraw from the race so the school would not have to pay for an election. Anglin reportedly told Naugle he would be appointed to the board later when board member Shannon Lee resigned due to moving out of the district. Ultimately, Naugle and Christopher Patterson both filed to run for the seat, necessitating an election. According to an affidavit, Patterson confirmed he had not been a registered voter in the district for six months prior to filing for the school board seat. That timeframe is a qualification to run for school board. He still is on the April 4 ballot, which also contains a $15.625 million school bond issue.
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EV)--In-person absentee voting, more commonly referred to as early voting in Oklahoma, for the Tuesday, April 4 board of education and statutory municipal general election will be this week. From 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. on Thursday and Friday voters can go to Garfield County Election Board, 903 Failing, to cast their ballots. No excuse is needed to vote early by in-person absentee ballot, but individuals must vote in the county in which they are registered. Voters in several Garfield County towns will have something to vote on, including City of Enid, Ward 2 Commissioner runoff between Derwin L. Norwood Jr. and Doug Boyle. There will also be races for voters in the Town of Kremlin, Town of Lahoma, Town of North Enid, and Town of Waukomis. There will also be school bond issues or board races for Waukomis, Pioneer-Pleasant Vale, Pond Creek-Hunter, Mulhall-Orlando and Cimarron. Polls will be open 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, and voters will have to go to their designated polling places. To find your polling place and view a sample ballot for your precinct, visit https://okvoterportal.okelections.us.
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S)--Dr. Cheryl Evans, Northern Oklahoma College president emeritus, will speak at NOC’s Women’s History Month celebration Thursday in the Gantz Center at NOC Enid. Evans became the 13th president of NOC in 2011 as the first female president in the school’s history. Prior to that, she served 17 years at Northwestern Oklahoma State University as a professor and in administration including seven years, leading the university’s Enid campus. Thursday’s program will begin at 11:45 a.m. and is open to the public. It is sponsored by the Northern Oklahoma College Diversity Committee.
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YE)--Enid Public Schools will welcome its newest students next week during four-year-old enrollment for the 2023-24 school year. Families must pick up informational packets at their student’s home school sites March 28-30. Enrollment will open on April 3 and will be completed exclusively online. Guardians enrolling their children as EPS students for the first time will need the children’s immunization record, birth certificate (no hospital footprints, please) and verification of address, such as a utility bill. Families who do not have access to a device to complete enrollment online are encouraged to contact their student’s school. Home school sites can be found by visiting enidpublicschools.org, clicking “Menu”, and clicking “Find Your School” under the enrollment tab. All EPS four-year-old programs focus on the social, academic, physical and emotional needs of children. Students must be four-years-old on or before Sept. 1, 2023.
Beginning May 8, full-day kindergarten enrollment for students who are new to EPS will be open online. Parents should enroll their student online at enidpublicschools.org/enrollment or visit the Welcome Center located in the Administrative Services Center, 500 S. Independence. Online enrollment will be open May 8. Students must be five-years-old on or before Sept. 1, 2023 to enroll. If a child is currently an EPS pre-kindergarten student, it is not necessary to attend kindergarten enrollment because their school will send out pre-enrollment for kindergarten via call, text or email.
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