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Watonga Event Calendar

A Project of the Watonga Chamber of Commerce and Main Street Program
580-623-5452          www.watonga.com          580-623-2200
July 29th Friendship Tour Bus in Watonga from Moore, OK
Aug 1,2,3 Black History Exhibit at Ferguson House
Aug 9th Mason's Benefit Breakfast 7AM – 10 AM
Aug 13th First Day of School at Chisholm Trail Technology Center
Aug 14th First Day of School
Aug 16th MAIN STREET GOLF TOURNAMENT AT ROMAN NOSE
Aug 21st AWAY Football Scrimmage at Tuttle  6:30PM
Aug. 21, 22, 23rd County Fair – Blaine County Fairgrounds
Aug 28th HOME Football Scrimmage Hennessey 6:30PM
Sept 4th AWAY Football  Kingfisher  7:30PM
Sept 12th Professional Development Day at Chisholm Trail Technology Center
Sept 12th AWAY Football Christian Heritage  7:30PM
Sept 13th Music Under the Stars – Ferguson House Event – Free Admission
Sept 13th Mason's Benefit Breakfast 7AM – 10 AM
Sept 19th HOME Football  Fairview  7:30PM
Sept 23rd Sooner Success Autism Meeting at Chisholm Trail Technology Center
Sept 26th Practical Nursing Graduation at Chisholm Trail Technology Center
Sept 26th HOME Football Okla. Christian  7:30PM
Oct 3rd AWAY Football Wellston  7:30PM
Oct 10th HOME Football Minco  7:30PM
Oct 10, 11th WATONGA CHEESE FESTIVAL     School's Out
Oct 11th Mason's Benefit Breakfast 7AM – 10 AM
Oct 16,17th Watonga School Fall Break
Oct 16th AWAY Football Cashion  7:30PM
Oct 24th HOME Football  Crescent  7:30PM
Oct 31st AWAY Football Luther  7:30PM
Oct 31st Haunted House – Ferguson House Event – Free Admission-Treats
*****If you want an event added to the next calendar, call 623-2599*****
   

 

This month’s Business of the Month is Oklahoma Farm Bureau Insurance

 Rex Kraft came to Watonga in February 1998 to assume the position of Farm Bureau Insurance Agent.  He was born and raised in Shattuck; graduated from NWOSU in 1981 with a B.S. in Business Administration.  He worked as a manager for USPCI near Waynoka, Oklahoma for 10 years, then moved to Minnesota in 1992 and opened and operated a facility for the same company (then called Laidlaw Environmental) for 6 years until 1998.

 Rex Kraft says that Oklahoma Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Company is an Oklahoma based entity and that they sell insurance to Okies.  He believes that they understand the people of Oklahoma and can fulfill their insurance needs based on this understanding.  Their products are designed by Okies, for Okies.

 Growth is what Rex envisions for his business in the future.  He sees positive things happening in Watonga and Blaine County in general.  Rex believes that Watonga is a great place to live and that we all need to realize that.  He’s confident that if the word gets out, that Watonga WILL grow!

 Rex would like everyone to know that you don’t have to be a farmer to have his insurance.  Oklahoma Farm Bureau Insurance sells commercial insurance, life insurance, auto insurance, etc. and of course, farm insurance.

 Rex laughs when he thinks of one of his first social outings in Watonga.  He went to an academic banquet for students and, of course, he wanted to make a good impression on people.  He sat by a new acquaintance and asked him if he had grandkids attending the banquet.  His new friend said, “That’s my son and my daughter over there!”

     

Contact Brad Ferguson (405) 974-2415, bferguson@ucok.edu

 Announcing the Grand Opening of the Cheddar Ranch Observatory in Blaine County! 

On the evening of Saturday July 26th, 2008 the Oklahoma City Astronomy Club invites the public to attend the grand opening of our new astronomical observatory under the dark sky southwest of the town of Watonga.  The event begins at 8:00pm.

 The club has been hard at work this year building a facility which will include a classroom/lecture hall, separate men’s and women’s bathroom facilities, a library, storage room, roll off roof observatory building and attached control room, and facilities for overnight stays.

 The Cheddar Ranch Observatory (CRO), funded in part by the Kerr Foundation, will be used for scientific research, education, and public outreach and will be administered by the Oklahoma City Astronomy Club, a 501(c)(3) educational organization.  The site of the observatory was donated by the McCrary family of Watonga.

 “We are looking forward to bringing school groups to the observatory to teach young people the basics of astronomy, as well as working with area teachers to help them to teach astronomy and science better” said Jeff Thibodeau, the club’s president.

 For the public we will present regularly scheduled evenings of public viewing.

 For older students we will be hosting guided research projects for high school and college students such as asteroid research including Near Earth Orbiting Asteroids (NEOs) that may pose a threat to the Earth, research into the size, shape and orbital characteristics of asteroids, weather patterns on the other planets and stellar life cycles.

 At the grand opening guests may look through our dedicated telescope which is on permanent loan from the University of Oklahoma, and well as the personal telescopes of a number of our club members who will be happy to show you Saturn, Mars, Jupiter, various galaxies, star clusters, and nebulae.

 For more information please visit our website at:  http://www.okcastroclub.com

 And find a map to the observatory here: http://www.okcastroclub.com/Docs/CROmap.pdf

 

 

 

 

 

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