Friday July 27. This past week has been quite eventful. On Monday I met with Shirley Woods of Watonga to finalize plans for her to lead an afternoon of Karaoke during the Cheese & Wine Festival. In the early evening she'll lead a street dance, trying to get people and festival goers to get up and move around and dance. The Karaoke is primarily for adults but the street dance is for everyone. It should lend a party atmosphere to the festival.
I'm pleased to have the band "Yesterday's Wine" with Chad Slagle and Katie Bellew-Lyle on Saturday afternoon during the cheese & wine festival, along with other local acts performing on Saturday and Sunday. We're looking for some additional fun & games for children -- possibly some carnival booth games.
At the Kiwanis meeting on Wednesday lunchtime, Linda Earnst and several members of her Physical Therapy staff came to tell the group about what PT services are available at the Watonga Mercy Hospital. The cooks at the Senior Center always make the most delicious (and balanced!) meals for us. Lunch meals are also available to the pubic daily for $5.50.
The Watonga Republican's July 24 issue was full of good information. Rhonda put in an article summarizing the July 16 City Council member, with additional information from Harriette Nitzel, City Clerk, indicating that the City has voted to condemn several properties in town. Ms. Nitzel gave the reporter the addresses of those properties and photographs and addresses were included in the issue. Everyone got excited that the City is moving forward on taking care of dilapidated and dangerous properties. Upon further research and inspection, it was discovered that the properties listed in the paper to be torn down are properties that were condemned by City order "a long time ago". I personally have not seen the minutes of the meetings where they were voted to be demolished but Rhonda has been provided with that information. From my own records I know some were condemned in August 2012 (a full year ago) and some this past January or February. And the old Cheese Factory was condemned back in 2007 after the storm/hurricane." Now the City owns that property. So, technically, the City has not yet done anything about cleaning up these houses except pull the paperwork out of a file cabinet and hopefully pass them on to Marvin with instructions to proceed with demolition. We can only wait and see how long it takes to get that done. I have, however, noticed lots of yards being cleaned up, mowed, trash removed, even some of the washing machines in one yard being moved..... there is definitely some positive movement in the town toward cleanup!!! Yay!
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