Covington News

An earthquake measured at 3.6 on the Richter scale has hit Garfield County in northwestern Oklahoma.

Covington Clark-Perrin American Legion Post 190 met June 11 and held an Everlasting Service in memory of Doyle Meyer, who recently died, under direction of Dick Powers, post commander.

First Bank and Trust of Covington held a customer appreciation dinner June 3 at the Covington Fire Station.

The fifth Sunday Sing will be 7 p.m. Sunday at Covington United Metho-dist Church.

Tri County Tri County Senior Center of Covington serves a hot meal each weekday.

Several area high school junior girls have been selected to attend Girls State, a program of American Legion Auxiliary.

Covington-Douglas Junior-Senior Prom is today, with an after prom at the Enid YMCA.

"Here's the church, here's the steeple, open the doors and see all the people." The children's rhyme gets to the core of the life of a church - at its heart is the people, not the building.

Edmond has a new mayor, elected Tuesday night, one of several elections across central Oklahoma.

Residents in Waukomis overwhelmingly approved Tuesday a one cent sales tax dedicated to helping fund emergency services.

Residents in seven Garfield County communities will head to the polls to decide several races Tuesday.

At the end of a stormy day May 24, the dozen or so members of Potter Community Church had no building, no insurance and no doubt.

The Great Depression! Nowadays when the going gets tough, we invariably compare conditions to that other toughest time of the century just past - that big black hole in the economy that opened up in the 1930s and swallowed just about everything.

It seems to be a subject that will not go away. Interest among Enid area residents for building a lake continues, but costs are prohibitive at this point, city officials fear.

Teachers who have attained National Board Cert-ification now dot the map and are represented in nearly every school district in Garfield County.

No real losses were sustained during a grass fire that burned approximately 80 acres Friday morning.

Seven small spot fires broke out along Oklahoma 74 about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, forcing Oklahoma Highway Patrol to close the road for about an hour because of smoke.

One race has developed in Garfield County municipal elections as two candidates have filed for the Waukomis Ward 4 board of trustees seat.

Candidates for municipal offices in Garfield County will file for office starting Monday.

Bethany United Methodist The Rev. Rose Marie LeRoy will deliver "Follow the Leader" at 10:45 a.m. Sunday.