CS)--A number of activities will be held as part of the annual Cherokee Strip Days Celebration, presented by the Greater Enid Chamber of Commerce. Enid will be celebrating its 130th birthday. Today from 11:00 am-1:00pm the Lunch Rush will offer up an Indian Taco & Drink for $10 while supplies last on the courthouse lawn. On Saturday downtown, the Cherokee Strip Festival featuring food and vendor booths will be open on courthouse lawn 9:00am-1:30pm. Then at 10:30 am the Cherokee Strip Parade, featuring Rick Simpson as Grand Marshal, will make its way around the downtown square. There will be a number of other activities including a parking lot concert tonight at Stride Bank Center, induction of two new members to the Enid Walk of Fame Saturday morning 9:00 in the Stride Center Grand Ballroom, and the16th annual Great Land Run at the Chisholm Expo Center Saturday morning at 7:30. Plan on being part of the fun this weekend.
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WF)-- The Enid community is invited to attend the award ceremony to honor the 2023 Walk of Fame honorees Dr. Jerry Blankenship and posthumous veteran and educator Jewel William ‘J.W.’ Ridge. The 2023 Enid Walk of Fame (WOF) ceremony is scheduled for Saturday at 9:00 a.m. in Grand Ballroom C at the Stride Bank Center. Each year, this annual award is presented by the Enid Mayor and Board of Commissioners during the Cherokee Strip Days celebration commemorating Enid's early pioneer spirit and heritage. Many downtown streets will be barricaded for the Cherokee Strip Parade. Walk of Fame Ceremony attendees can access the Stride Bank Center by way of the preferred barrier at the W. Owen K. Garriott and Independence intersection or by any other police-assisted barricades. To view information about the Enid Walk of Fame award, past honorees, and biographies of the 2023 inductees, go to the following webpage: Enid.org/WalkofFame.
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LR)--More than 400 individual runners are expected to participate in the 2023 Great Land Run at the Chisholm Trail Expo Pavilion on Saturday, Sept. 16. The event will raise funds for the Great Land Run Education Foundation, which was founded in 2008 with the goal to support Chisholm and Enid public school districts. Presented by Triangle Insurance and Wymer Brownlee Wealth Strategies, the 16th annual Great Land Run race will be a fun-filled, rain or shine event featuring a USATF certified 5K and 10K course with a 7:30 a.m. start, and a half-marathon course starting at 6:30 a.m. All sponsor donations and net proceeds from the race are divided according to school district enrollment and distributed at the following year’s event. The Great Land Run Education Foundation has donated more than $500,000 to support local public education since its establishment. Race day registration begins at 5:30 a.m. Interested participants can register online at greatlandrun.com. Prices increase after Sept. 13, 2023. For more information on the Great Land Run, contact Sally Wall at (800) 894.5020, or go to great landrun.com.
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SP)--Enid’s “Gaslight Shakespeare in the Park” celebrates its 30th season this month as it presents Hamlet at 8:00 p.m. Sept. 15, 16, and 17 at Government Springs Park in Enid. The event is Oklahoma’s longest running free Shakespeare in Park and is sponsored this year by Park Avenue Thrift and Security National Bank. Audiences are encouraged to bring picnic blankets, camp chairs, coolers, and snacks and enjoy a night of free entertainment under the stars. Special VIP picnic suites are also available for purchase. These include charcuterie by Bite Box Enid, priority seating, and other treats. Finally, a limited edition 30th anniversary Shakespeare in the Park t-shirt will also be available for purchase on the Gaslight’s website. For complete details on VIP suites and t-shirts, please visit the Gaslight Theatre website at www.gaslighttheatre.org/hamlet2023.
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ST)--Advance Soccer Complex and Enid Soccer Club will host the "Northern Frontier League" which is part of the US Youth National League this Saturday and Sunday. Approximately 40 teams from Oklahoma and Arkansas will be competing. Concessions will be open and there is no charge to attend. Saturday's start times are 10am, 12pm, 4pm and 6pm. Sunday's matches are scheduled for 9am, 11am, 1pm and 3pm.
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PEP)--Registration for the third annual Paint Enid Pink to be held Saturday October 7 is open. Paint Enid Pink is a 5K color fun run to raise awareness and money for Project 31. The first 100 runners signing up will receive a free race T-shirt. Project 31 is a local and Oklahoma-based agency founded by two-time breast cancer survivor Sarah McLean. Project 31 was created to help women who have been diagnosed with breast cancer. Through peer-to-peer relationships, mentoring, support groups, activities, events, counseling scholarships and more, Project 31 will help to provide the resources women and their families need to heal. Paint Enid Pink is presented by Integris Health Imaging and My Country 103.1 KOFM.
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