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Archive for September, 2008

By Lindsey Galloway
 

 
Fall is officially here as are the many celebrations across the state…
 
Almost overnight Hobart has become a town of pumpkins.  There are pumpkins on wagons on the courthouse lawn.  There are pumpkins at the light poles, on the signs and in business windows, and it’s all to enhance the festive mood surrounding [...]

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Who will be next?

By Lindsey Galloway 
Now that I have put in nearly two years here at the Oklahoma Main Street Center, I’ve had the chance to experience everything at least once and I must say, there is nothing more refreshing than the New Town Application Workshop.  There is anticipation almost like the first day of school where everyone [...]

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 By Cari Gray
 
Ada Main Street will be holding our annual Autumn Days in Ada on Saturday November 1,2008 10am-5pm. The downtown festival will include Arts, Entertainment, Cars, Food & Fun. FALL-ing for Dessert contest and the Chili Cook Off & Salsa Showdown, will be among the activities taking place during the festival. Live entertainment will [...]

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By Dewaina Edge
It’s about pumpkins—how they can be decorated, played with and even thrown. And it all takes place on Saturday, Oct. 4 on the Kiowa County Courthouse lawn in Hobart.
It’s called the Pumpkin Palooza, and local organizers hope to make the first-time special event an annual affair.
Beginning at 9 a.m., game booths involving pumpkin [...]

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by Lindsey Galloway
 I was fortunate enough to be in Woodward this week, in the midst of preparations for their upcoming Hometown Festival.  The festival is scheduled for this weekend (September 20), and promises to include something for everyone from the sounds of it.  
The festivities include a car and motorcycle show, kids zone, fine arts show, BBQ [...]

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 by Linda Barnett 
Duncan’s very successful Main Street Banquet hosted our very favorite Friend of Main Street, Lieutenant Governor Jari Askins.  Tammy did a fantastic job of putting together a great banquet and Governor Askins did a great job also.  I thought you might be interested in a couple of things she said last night.
 1.  She [...]

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 By Lindsey Galloway
 I love this time of year.  And this week we received another sign that fall is near… the kickoff of the Oklahoma State Fair. 
  
Each year, the Oklahoma Main Street Center joins forces with the Tourism Department for booth space in the Agtropolis building near gate 10.   We provide this space to our [...]

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by Ron Frantz
 It was a God and Country type of day that makes one want to sing a hymn, carry a flag, and bleed red, white, and blue.
 The day started with a side trip to Granite, Oklahoma—a small southwestern Oklahoma town that bills itself as “Granite-A Hard Place to Beat.”  With a north-south Main Street [...]

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