Happy Retirement, Jerry Long

I want to say "Have a great retirement Jerry Long!" Jerry retired today after 43 (of the 48 years the camp has been held - the longest running camp of its kind in the USA) of working with the Enid Baseball Camp. I also want to say to Bill Mayberry and his staff, that once again they had a great camp and all the boys had a wonderful time. They not only learn the basics of baseball but the traditions that go along with the game. The David Allen Memorial Ballpark is an outstanding facility and Enid can feel very proud of it and the people who run it. P.S. Jerry will still drive a bus when a team needs to go some place.

Renovations at EHS

They had an open house at the High School last night for people to see all the new renovations.  Take a look.  This is a short one, may get a longer one later. The photos of students in the brown frames are the 1930s. Ours in the wall pages are still like they were.

Reed Keffer sent these in

Ann,  we seriously bred akitas for 35 years and produced 65 American Kennel Club Champions of the breed.  The term CH. is used in red on pedigrees   I don't have
red in my machine...I judged several working breeds for 27 years from New York City to Seattle and Atlanta to  Taos.    with 40 total years in serious dogs.....we traveled on weekends ...,mostly in our' Winnebago,,,,,,we retired    in  2009---got two Chihuahuas .......FOR LAP DOGS.
    My zipper sits on my lap....crawls under  my Afghan and we are known to sleep
for hours...wouldnt change a thing.......except we might have started younger...
rjk
PS:  picture of Reed and Cher and their two smaller dogs.

New work done at EHS

You can go to this site and see all the photos of the new work that has been done at the high school. If you are wondering, the last photos are of the University Center that is to the East of the school building.

Inside Convention Hall

Can you believe this used to be the basketball court at Convention Hall?  All new inside on all 4 floors.  The tv screen is temporary for the grand opening yesterday.  They kept the old stage.  There are 2 ballrooms, one here and another on a floor above.  Lots of new rooms for different functions.

OPEN HOUSE: The Convention Hall Open House is today from 2:00pm to 5:00pm and will include free food and drinks, activities for the whole family, and performances on the Grand Ballroom stage. The facility will be set in various configurations to showcase the flexibility of the rooms and the ability to host everything from holiday parties to birthday parties and retirement gatherings. Enid Police Department, Enid Fire Department, LIFE EMS, US Air Force, BMX performances, bounce houses, and more will be located outside on Independence Avenue for families to enjoy!

Classmate Roy Edwin Morrow dies
ENID — Roy was born March 23, 1940, in Enid, Okla., the son of Oren and Edith Dowler Morrow, and passed from this life Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2012, in Sallisaw at the age of 72.
A 1958 graduate of Enid High School, he served in the U.S. Air Force as an air traffic controller and was stationed in Alaska and Maine.  Mr. Morrow was a retired power plant operator for Tulsa District Corps of Engineers. He worked at several lock and dams, including Robert S. Kerr, Broken Bow and Mannford.  Graveside service will be 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 19, 2012, at U.S. National Cemetery in Fort Smith, Ark., under the direction of Agent & Mallory-Martin Funeral Home, Sallisaw. Viewing 1-8 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home, where the family will greet friends from 6-8 p.m.  Condolences online to http://www.agentfuneralhome .com.