SB)—Enid Public Schools Board of Education will meet this evening. The board will discuss issues related to this week’s end of the school year. The meeting will be held at 6:00 in the District Administration Building at 500 South Independence and is open to the public.
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CC)--The Enid Mayor and Board of Commissioners will meet on Tuesday. The Study Session will be held at 5:00, followed by the Regular Meeting at 6:30. During its regular meeting, the commission will consider approving the city’s 2023-2024 FY budget. Also, commissioners will consider appointments to the public library board of directors, and approval of the Community Development Block Grant five-year consolidated plan. Both meetings will be held in Council Chambers of the City Administration Building on West Garriott and are open to the public.
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On Monday, May 8th Medford Volunteer Firefighters Tony Garcia and Michael Smith were awarded the Oklahoma State Fire Associations’ Medal of Valor at the Medford City Council meeting. Garcia and Smith were honored for performing their duties in a courageous and selfless manner in July of 2022 whenever an explosion occurred at the ONEOK Medford Natural Gas Liquids Fractionation Facility. With flames visible from over a mile away and secondary explosions possible, these men advanced into the inner zone to rescue six individuals who were still in the facility following the explosion. Upon arriving at the entrance to the facility, firefighters found locked gates and had to use irons to force them open. The firefighters then extracted the individuals and moved them to medical care with no additional injuries or loss of life. The OSFA Medal of Valor has been in existence since September of 1995 and can be awarded to any firefighter who performs acts of courage, bravery and/or valor, who goes above and beyond the call of duty, who performs an extraordinary act of bravery or who shows exemplary action while on or off duty.
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HSG)--It’s High School graduation season. Several Enid-area high schools held graduation ceremonies over the weekend. Waukomis, Kremlin-Hillsdale and Cimarron High School graduates received their diplomas on Friday. Chisholm High School graduated 63 seniors on Saturday. Drummond Public Schools' graduation will be 7:00 p.m. May 19 in the gymnasium. Oklahoma Bible Academy will graduate its 22 seniors at 7:30 p.m. May 26 in the high school auditorium.
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EH)--The commencement ceremony for Enid High School’s Class of 2023 will be at 7:30 p.m., Friday, at D. Bruce Selby Stadium. There will be several student speakers with 46 students being honored with valedictorian commendations and diplomas presented to all graduates. Additionally, EHS will celebrate 119 honor graduates. General Parking will be available in the south parking lot of the stadium as well as newly paved parking on the west side of the stadium. The EHS parking lots, located on the school campus, also will be open. Those who use the south stadium parking lot are asked to enter the south gates and follow the east sidewalk to the north-side seating. Limited handicap parking will be located on the north side of the stadium. Once the spaces are full, vehicles with passengers who require handicap parking will be allowed to drive to the entrance of the stadium to drop-off passengers. Guests are welcome to sit on both the north and south sides of the stadium. Enid Public Schools appreciates the support of community members, parents and fellow students as we honor the Class of 2023. We ask that those attending please not bring air horns or other items of distraction during this special event. Your cooperation is appreciated.
In the event of inclement weather, the following dates and times are reserved as alternative times for the ceremony:
*Saturday, May 20, at 10 a.m. at D. Bruce Selby Stadium
*Saturday, May 20, at 7:30 p.m. at Chisholm Trail Expo Center
The district will communicate with families and the community at least two and half hours in advance of the designated start time, in any changes are necessary.
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EY)--The Enid High School Senior Awards Assembly will be 6:00 p.m. Tuesday in the EHS auditorium. EPS Middle school eighth-grade promotion ceremonies will be Wednesday in the EHS gym, with Longfellow at 9:00 a.m., Emerson at 11:00 a.m. and Waller at 6:30 p.m.
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LBT)--Award-winning country music group Little Big Town will perform in Enid this week as part of its Friends of Mine tour. Tickets for the Enid concert, which will be at 8 p.m. Thursday at Stride Bank Center, are on sale now. Little Big Town, previously performed in Enid in March 2015. The band first entered the music scene more than 20 years ago with hit songs "Boondocks," "Bring It On Home," "Good As Gone", "Little White Church, “Pontoon,” “Tornado” and “Day Drinking,” as well as the best-selling country single of the year (2015) “Girl Crush." For more information, visit https://littlebigtown.com/tour/#/
or https://www.stridebankcenter.com/little-big-town.
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